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Originally Posted by psyclum 
well it's extreme in a sense that you are treating the thermal solution as a subsystem... much like how we build servers. for a server cluster, having HDD in the server is not practical, so we migrate the HDD's outside the server and make a SAN so all of the servers have access to it. in the consumer market, the idea is translated into small NAS boxes. you are essentially taking the same "subsystem" approach and translating it in terms of liquid cooling. essentially, you now have a "thermal mitigation subsystem" and that rad does not even have to be in the same room as the computer (ALOT of plumbing work for that tho
) all you have to do is mount a pair of quick disconnects where the hose comes out of the case at the bottom and you'll be set for some "exotic" liquid system like routing 100 feet of copper pipe on the shady side outside of the house
who needs fans when you have 100 feet of copper pipes
(tho you might need stronger pumps for all that liquid mass
)

well it's extreme in a sense that you are treating the thermal solution as a subsystem... much like how we build servers. for a server cluster, having HDD in the server is not practical, so we migrate the HDD's outside the server and make a SAN so all of the servers have access to it. in the consumer market, the idea is translated into small NAS boxes. you are essentially taking the same "subsystem" approach and translating it in terms of liquid cooling. essentially, you now have a "thermal mitigation subsystem" and that rad does not even have to be in the same room as the computer (ALOT of plumbing work for that tho
) all you have to do is mount a pair of quick disconnects where the hose comes out of the case at the bottom and you'll be set for some "exotic" liquid system like routing 100 feet of copper pipe on the shady side outside of the house
who needs fans when you have 100 feet of copper pipes
(tho you might need stronger pumps for all that liquid mass
)That's a train of thought i've been on a while ago and my thought are now on the smaller scale of an external rad box if i can pick up another 420mm rad.





































