Any luck with your radiator?
I want to build a DIY radiator myself and have done some research. In your model you blow the air from one radiator to another - this is very inefficient. Even after the first rad the air will already be hot, ant it wont cool the second or third rad (unless you blow it really fast, which means noise). In other words, even a thin radiator already heats the air and gives away heat - there is no benefit of placing another rad in this hot air. What i found in several forums is that radiator performs better when the delta between air temp and water temp is maximized.
You rad also reminded me of another moder that made a DIY radiator - search for " Project: Hush! "
You might want to consider making a big but thin radiator that would be placed on the unused side of the PC case. Or even make this radiator a part of PC case (since you will be soldering any way) - no manufacturer will ever do it, they try do make everything modular. For this purpose the radiators of this design are more efficient:
I want to build a DIY radiator myself and have done some research. In your model you blow the air from one radiator to another - this is very inefficient. Even after the first rad the air will already be hot, ant it wont cool the second or third rad (unless you blow it really fast, which means noise). In other words, even a thin radiator already heats the air and gives away heat - there is no benefit of placing another rad in this hot air. What i found in several forums is that radiator performs better when the delta between air temp and water temp is maximized.
You rad also reminded me of another moder that made a DIY radiator - search for " Project: Hush! "
You might want to consider making a big but thin radiator that would be placed on the unused side of the PC case. Or even make this radiator a part of PC case (since you will be soldering any way) - no manufacturer will ever do it, they try do make everything modular. For this purpose the radiators of this design are more efficient:
