water cooling radiators...

ducati748r · 04-August-02, 12:41 AM

well i have just found so good info for all the water cooling people here. if you go to your local auto parts store and ask for a transmission cooled od even a power steering cooler you can use thoes for your radiators in a water cooled rig... they are also much cheaper that buying the radiators online from the distributers. i foun a transmission cooler for $13.00 and it is the same radiator used buy many water cooler suppliers that sell fo $30.00 and up.....

BigAkita · 04-August-02, 01:15 AM

lcpiper, another home-grown system.

You are absolutely correct, a transmission or oil cooler works as well, probably better, than these branded radiators. How much do they want for the Black Ice? Screw that.

ViperZ · 04-August-02, 01:41 AM

Now now BA, don't be dissin my dream

Nice find Duc

lcpiper · 04-August-02, 08:49 AM

You are correct about the radiators, I puchased my first as part of a kit. But it is a Maxxexpert, and then I have my small Infinipro that is a 1/4" all copper that uses 80mm fans. These are not modified from other sources but built for the job. Is there any real performance difference?

It's like I have been saying, yes there is a difference, but it is relative to your thermal load and the rest of your system, your environment too.

But the ones like you bought work real good for damn cheap

Oh, if you havn't baught yet, or if you wanta go looking anyway. Check out the Motorcycle shops. Bikes have small radiators too

ducati748r · 04-August-02, 09:15 AM

well i did check for motorcycle oil coolers, but they were overly expensive, especially for a hardly davidson cooler. and besides most oil coolers have a high density fin count witc requires more airflow to push through ware as a trans cooler is a little less of a fin count to allow more air to pass through. they are also condireded a drop radiator witch will amount to better water flow for cooling instead of the plate type that most oil coolers are.

ViperZ · 04-August-02, 11:42 AM

I will do a bit of looking around LC, small is the paly for I want an internal system.

How is it determined if a rad is a low pressure drop or not?

lcpiper · 04-August-02, 05:22 PM

Wish I knew, I dont even know what they are talking about. Like any water cooling systems is likely to be "High Pressure". It's not impossible, but what for?

Marketing rules, fancy names, wrongful claims.

Anyway, I posted a shot of that little one, but it is for a 1/4" system. That makes it perfect for a small pertable setup cooling an AMD CPU and GPU. But that's about it. Or it should handle anything else you throw at it on an Intel rig.

04-August-02, 12:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
ducati748r Motor Cyc -Hoe Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: DETROIT< ROCK CITY> Posts: 1,217	water cooling radiators... well i have just found so good info for all the water cooling people here. if you go to your local auto parts store and ask for a transmission cooled od even a power steering cooler you can use thoes for your radiators in a water cooled rig... they are also much cheaper that buying the radiators online from the distributers. i foun a transmission cooler for $13.00 and it is the same radiator used buy many water cooler suppliers that sell fo $30.00 and up..... __________________ eDUCATIon

04-August-02, 01:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Nirvana Posts: 14,315	lcpiper, another home-grown system. You are absolutely correct, a transmission or oil cooler works as well, probably better, than these branded radiators. How much do they want for the Black Ice? Screw that. __________________ "I'll stop being an A-Hole if you will stop being an Idiot."

04-August-02, 01:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
ViperZ KAT-HOE Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: SK. Canada Posts: 723	Now now BA, don't be dissin my dream Nice find Duc __________________ My Rigs

04-August-02, 08:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
lcpiper H2-Hoe Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ. Posts: 3,339	You are correct about the radiators, I puchased my first as part of a kit. But it is a Maxxexpert, and then I have my small Infinipro that is a 1/4" all copper that uses 80mm fans. These are not modified from other sources but built for the job. Is there any real performance difference? It's like I have been saying, yes there is a difference, but it is relative to your thermal load and the rest of your system, your environment too. But the ones like you bought work real good for damn cheap Oh, if you havn't baught yet, or if you wanta go looking anyway. Check out the Motorcycle shops. Bikes have small radiators too __________________ Life is hard. It's harder if your stupid ! Give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves. Give'em a little more and they'll hang us all !

04-August-02, 09:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
ducati748r Motor Cyc -Hoe Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: DETROIT< ROCK CITY> Posts: 1,217	motorcycle radiators well i did check for motorcycle oil coolers, but they were overly expensive, especially for a hardly davidson cooler. and besides most oil coolers have a high density fin count witc requires more airflow to push through ware as a trans cooler is a little less of a fin count to allow more air to pass through. they are also condireded a drop radiator witch will amount to better water flow for cooling instead of the plate type that most oil coolers are. __________________ eDUCATIon

04-August-02, 11:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
ViperZ KAT-HOE Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: SK. Canada Posts: 723	I will do a bit of looking around LC, small is the paly for I want an internal system. How is it determined if a rad is a low pressure drop or not? __________________ My Rigs

04-August-02, 05:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
lcpiper H2-Hoe Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ. Posts: 3,339	Wish I knew, I dont even know what they are talking about. Like any water cooling systems is likely to be "High Pressure". It's not impossible, but what for? Marketing rules, fancy names, wrongful claims. Anyway, I posted a shot of that little one, but it is for a 1/4" system. That makes it perfect for a small pertable setup cooling an AMD CPU and GPU. But that's about it. Or it should handle anything else you throw at it on an Intel rig. __________________ Life is hard. It's harder if your stupid ! Give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves. Give'em a little more and they'll hang us all !

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