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So, I have been throwing junk away and came across something that I thought I trashed LONG ago, an old Black Ice XtremeIII radiator...
If I remember right, my old setup had 1/2ID, sadly this radiator is missing it's barbs... But, I am seriously considering going back to water cooling for the server sitting in my closet... Those little 8350's put out some serious heat at times it seems. (My 212EVO can't keep up with it under heavy load).
So curiously, is there a way to salvage this radiator? Where could I get barbs from? The last time I touched WC was when DD was still around and highly popular...
Any recomendations on a good trio of 120mm fans that aren't too awfully loud (mind you, this is in a closet so I wont hear much from it anyways), water pump, and water block? Do people still do the old T line for bleeding these days or are resevoirs actually fairly good now for that purpose?
What about the water lines? Tygon was the go-to type of line back then, but every time I take a gander at builds, they are using hard plastic tubes so...?
I guess it comes down to, someone wanna give me a pump, block, line, and res models to look at that would let me salvage this rad?
While at it - I can NOT use a bay style res, and room is severely limited, the case is a Rosewill THOR, but as I said, this is also a server, so it's crammed pack full of stuff...
Or... Should I REALLY just cheap out and get an AIO? Are they any more reliable than they was back in ~2008?
If I remember right, my old setup had 1/2ID, sadly this radiator is missing it's barbs... But, I am seriously considering going back to water cooling for the server sitting in my closet... Those little 8350's put out some serious heat at times it seems. (My 212EVO can't keep up with it under heavy load).
So curiously, is there a way to salvage this radiator? Where could I get barbs from? The last time I touched WC was when DD was still around and highly popular...
Any recomendations on a good trio of 120mm fans that aren't too awfully loud (mind you, this is in a closet so I wont hear much from it anyways), water pump, and water block? Do people still do the old T line for bleeding these days or are resevoirs actually fairly good now for that purpose?
What about the water lines? Tygon was the go-to type of line back then, but every time I take a gander at builds, they are using hard plastic tubes so...?
I guess it comes down to, someone wanna give me a pump, block, line, and res models to look at that would let me salvage this rad?
While at it - I can NOT use a bay style res, and room is severely limited, the case is a Rosewill THOR, but as I said, this is also a server, so it's crammed pack full of stuff...
Or... Should I REALLY just cheap out and get an AIO? Are they any more reliable than they was back in ~2008?
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