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This idea just came to my mind and I'd like your thoughts on it. Basically you make a big acrylic box around your air cooler. Think a Thermalright Ultra-90 with an acrylic box filled with water. Make it a regular liquid cooling system, except instead of using a Waterblock you'll be using your heatsink in its place.
The main problem I came up with is that you'd need several hoses bringing/taking away water for it to work. Any thoughts?
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You going to need extreme Water Flow to keep the heatsink cool so it can flow threw the fins
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Assuming I had the right pump (I don't and probably never will), do you think it'd work better than a water block?
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Hasn't this been brought up before? Like, by me.... And shot down?
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IT would be cheaper and safer to buy a water block, if that acrylic box leaks then you are screwed.
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i don't think it has enough directional flow around the heatsink like a water block would have.
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Heatsinks are designed to use air to transport the heat, while waterblocks have been designed to have water take away the heat. The water block is the more efficient method of heat removal with regular watercooling.
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yea I was thinking about a gpu waterblock with 2 built in 90mm rads so that it wouldn't heat up your loop so much but I dunno
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I think it could work if designed properly, i have an idea for it not just a big box around the heatsink but have like acrylic tubes throughout the heatsink fins so it flows through it quickly.
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Quote:
 What do you mean by directional flow? The water wouldn't leave the area or it would go real slow?
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