WaterCooling... (I guess I am just confused)

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Thu Nov 23, 2000 2:04 am

Not about Water cooling in general, radiators. Look at this pic.

<img src=http://www.geocities.com/frost_27/bestra1.jpg>

I always thought that the radiator was the silver thing in the back. I have seen places where they have fans on the silver thing for the radiator, but now there is this black thing. I guess I just don't understand what is the actual radiator, and what is the other part. Here is the site I got it off of:<a href=http://www.overclock-watercool.com/>Here</a>

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Thu Nov 23, 2000 3:13 am

It looks like 2 separate radiators, possibly beside eachother as a size reference.

yeah after looking at the page some more I think they are trying to show you that the little radiator in the pic is supposed to perform as well as the larger one behind it.

[Edited by Schwartz on 11-23-2000 at 03:16 AM]

Jen · Post by **Jen** » Thu Nov 23, 2000 7:55 am

Two different radiators.

Jen

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Thu Nov 23, 2000 1:10 pm

That was kinda what I was thinking, but looking at the black one I can't even see where the water would travel through!

Ladies Man · Post by **Ladies Man** » Thu Nov 23, 2000 7:28 pm

at the bottom of the black is where the water would go through....... see the pipes?

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Thu Nov 23, 2000 10:22 pm

Yeah, but I mean how does it get from one pipe to the other? IT is easy to see where it goes through on the silver one, but on the black on it looks like a heatsink with pipes on it, BUT I can't see where the water would go inside the heatsink from one pipe to the other.

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Fri Nov 24, 2000 1:15 am

It's just all black and the fins are close together so you can't see it in the picture. There is just a tube that snakes around through the fins and the fins add surface area to help radiate the heat.

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Fri Nov 24, 2000 1:27 am

So is it kinda like a heatsink on top of some metal tubing to get rid of the heat??

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Fri Nov 24, 2000 1:33 am

Yeah but the fins are not on top. The tube runs through the middle of the fins. It is just like the radiator on a car only smaller.

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Fri Nov 24, 2000 2:50 am

Ok, thanx Schwartz!