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Hi Peeps ,
some questions here concerning watercooling.
I'm thinking of building a project.
But i'm not sure if i want to go take the watercooling route ,
although , the setup i have in mind would be a first i think.

So , here's the story.
My PC case is old , really old (10years).
And after i made myself a copper plated desk,
i want to do something radical on this case to make it look good on my desk.

The project :
Step 1 : trying to make a testbench-style component setup out of copper tubing.
Step 2 : (and here come the questions)
-1Can i use this copper tubing as water reservoir?
With on the one end an inlet/outlet , and on the other end another inlet/outlet for the radiator.

-2Is it possible to weld a copper tube to the CPU/GPU-cooling block?

-3 Would the entire project be doable?

Kind Regards from Banana Belgica
post #2 of 6
Copper toxicity

As for using tubing as a rez, that would work fine.

Copper isn't welded, its either soldered or braised.

If the block is copper, soldering/braising would be no problem. If it's plated copper, you'll have to remove the plating to get the solder/brazing rod to stick.

Doable? Sure.
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post #3 of 6
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Thx alot!
This project is on!

i'm gonna sell my PS3 to get funding for the parts .
Keep an eye on the case-modding section biggrin.gif
post #4 of 6
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Any suggestions on CPU / GPU blocks?

I'm thinking like , if i'm going watercooling , i'm going all the way biggrin.gif

Mobo : Asus p7p55
CPU : intel i7-870
GPU : Gigabyte 7970 Windforce

Remember , the connectors of the tubing have to be copper , as i will be soldering my copper tubes on this.
post #5 of 6
Some people have used the Bitspower Multi-Link fittings for solid copper tubing instead of using any kind of solder. You could also use compression fittings like those used for house plumbing, but would have make sure they were more robust to smash the copper well (likely solid brass).

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/10743/ex-tub-668/Bitspower_SLI_Crossfire_Multi-Link_Adapter_Pair_-_Matte_Black_BP-MBWP-C47.html
post #6 of 6
I dont suggest trying to sweat pipe to a block unless your damn good at it..maybe something more along the lines of using Electrocutor suggestion or Koolance..I know you live in Belgium though..Koolance i believe is in Wa State..maybe you have a distributor close by? I made a Res out of 4 1/8 copper pipe and 2 4 1/8 caps bought brass barb fittings from local home depot..this was over ten yrs ago and i unfortunately have no pics.. But to answer your question yes it can be done.. using flux and silver solder and Oxy/Acetylene and my favorite Rosebud tip
http://koolance.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=62_107

and if your using copper pipe as your tubing with a copper built res you can drill out the res holes to insert your pipe to directly or sweat a coupling to the hole and then sweat your pipe to the coupling.
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