Full Tower Definition
JEC has about the same definition for “full tower” case as me. It seems that many of the newer cases that are called full tower cases are what used to be termed mid-plus cases. Old school definition...
View ArticleShroud Increases Performance
A shroud increases performance by reducing or removing the dead spot that occurs directly underneath the center hub of a fan. If you mount a 120mm fan directly to a heatercore, even if that core were...
View Article2 Types of B'ville Heatercores
to prevent any confusion, there are 2 types of ’77 b’ville heatercores and they are different sizes: 1. 2-302 (’77 bonneville w/ac) - sometimes associated with some crazy modder named Weapon that...
View ArticleI don't worry about chipset cooling
The only time I really worry about chipset cooling is if I have done voltage mods on the board and I am running everything at much higher than default voltage. In that case, I add additional cooling to...
View ArticleCascade Phase Change System
I think I’ll just cheat and build a cascade phase change system – insulate and freeze everything on the board then I won’t have to worry about whether or not I have everything cooled down nicely. -111C...
View ArticleMy new H2O Heat Exchanger
A trip to advance auto, some nice fittings from McMaster-Carr, a little work with the torch, a quickly developed partnership with a watercooling enthusiast in Canada that ended up with us working...
View ArticleNew Rig
John-Erik Christensen said… That looks to me like a standard 19″ 24U half rack, if I’m not incorrect, and you have two 3U chassis up near the top and what looks like the guts of a 7U dual Xeon or Alpha...
View ArticleSpray Coolant Directly on CPU Die?
John-Erik Christensen said… If you’d like, I’m pretty sure I could find out what coolant Cray uses to spray directly onto the CPU dies … sure, that might be interesting. I suspect it is either a...
View ArticleSo Much Needs to be Dremeled
John-Erik Christensen said… Because so much needs to be dremeled anymore … Rod, you know if you had carte blanche on a PC that had to do work and play games really well there would be very little...
View ArticleMaking shrouds
I used to make all of my shroud by hand but now they are CNC machined. I have a partner in Canada – we started designing and producing shrouds for various models of heatercores around the last of...
View ArticleDanger Den RBX Waterblock
Danger Den is one of the most respected names in water cooling and I normally jump on any new product from them as soon as it comes out for testing. While the Danger Den RBX has been on the market for...
View ArticleAkwaFlo RAM Cooler
As of late, there seems to be a distinct split in the water cooling field. One half consists of those trying to hit the absolute maximum overclock while the other half is trying to achieve an...
View ArticleRBX/TDX Nozzles
I just realized that I could update that to help some out with the RBX/TDX nozzles a bit – I need to go back and run some tests with different nozzles with different pumps and breakdown the nozzle...
View ArticleArctic Silver ArctiClean
Arctic Silver, the manufacturer of Arctic Silver 5, Ceramique and Arctic Alumina thermal compounds as well as Arctic Silver and Arctic Alumina thermal adhesives, recently sent their latest product,...
View ArticleDanger Den DD12V-D4 Water Cooling Pump
As we have stated in past reviews of their products, Danger Den is one of the most respected names in the water cooling arena. While our other reviews have primarily focused on Danger Den’s water...
View ArticleDon't Rule out Evercool WC-202
Dracos said… Danger Den is great stuff, but don’t rule out kits like the Evercool Wc-202.. I had a DD kit in mine, but I was screwing around with it and poked a hole in my black ice rad… no damage...
View ArticleWatercooling Basics/General Info/Explanation
Watercooling Basics/General Info/Explanation of some of the things in my previous post… H2O basics - Pre-built, H2O kits, external setups, do-it-yourself, etc. Pre-built systems are great in that...
View ArticleEwido anti-malware
If you haven’t tried it or don’t have it, go get it. It is a kickass prog and worth every penny x 10. It found junk on my oldest system that all the other AV/anti-spy progs have been missing for months...
View ArticleCase Cleaning 101
We also have another guide about cleaning up your case here. There is nothing wrong with leaving spills, dirt, and stains on your computer case. After all isn’t that what the case is for, to protect...
View ArticleDIY Heatcore: Inexpensive & Great Performance
With the heat levels produced by most modern processors, watercooling is gaining more and more attention in the mainstream cooling gear market. Of course, the appeal of more efficient cooling that can...
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