Black Ice Micro radiators

[Amd Man]

I was thinkin of using these little babies, they are soo small that they only take up one 80mm fan spot, So I was thinkin of maybe buyin two and using both at the back of my case as the exhaust and leaving the one BIX up front and then having one 120mm intake on the door and a 92mm exhaust at the top... I wanna watercool everything the cpu, chipset, and Gpu, so you think this would work???

Only prob i see is have to "Y" the 3/8 hose to 1/4 hose, so I would run the BIM in parallel. I think that maybe runnin the micro radiators this way would be best for performance, also do you think I should get the Ehiem 1250 pump or stick with my ViaAqua 1300 pump?

[Player0]

I am not familiar with the BlackIce Micros...I cant even find specs for them.

Im not sure I recommend Y-ing the radiators, escpecially if it means using 1/4" tubing. What is the tubing size of the radiators? If they are 1/4" radiators than you have to Y and reduce. But if they are 3/8" radiators, do series for sure!

If your not having any problems with the ViaAqua, wouldnt bother switching. Eheim is probably quiter, more reliable, and maybe has more oomph to it, but may or may not improve performance, so...i guess keep what works.

[Amd Man]

Hey player here is a link with specs for the micro radiators
http://www.hwlabs.com/products/blackicemicro.htm

Also they are 1/4 radiators, that is why I would "Y" the 3/8, so instead of have my main 3/8 going down to a single 1/4 line I would have my main 3/8 line go down to 2 1/4 lines, would'nt that be a better move, that I think would be LESS restrictive then going down to a single 1/4 line and running the rads in series...:)

[Player0]

Yep! Then its the best move :)

[Amd Man]

Ohhh just found the 3/8 Black Ice Micros:) Think I will be gettin them!!!!

So to sum it up I will have two 3/8 Black Ice Micros and one 1/2 Black Ice Extreme... The cooling system will be 1/2 hose. Cpu will have a Danger Den 3-1, Gpu will have the Danger Den GeForce 4 waterblock, and the chipset will have the not released yet block that matches both the cpu and gpu blocks, the pump is a ViaAqua 1300 and a Danger Den reservoir. The BIX will be up in front of the case and the Black Ice Micros will be at the rear, there will be one 120mm fan on the case door and a 92mm fan at the very top as an exhaust, I will have the BIX fan as an intake and the Black Ice Micros fans as an exhaust. Question is which radiator should I run to first the Black Ice Micros or the Black Ice Xtreme? I will be "Y"ing the 1/2 to two 3/8 before I hit the Micros...

[Player0]

Still don't like the idea of you sucking air through the BIX in to the case. Cant mount it anywhere else eh?

I'd run:

Resevoir -> Pump -> CPU -> BIX -> Y Adapter -> 2 BI Micros (parallel) -> Y adapter -> Resevoir.

If you can do this, instead of recombingin the 3/8" tubes from the BIMicros with a second Y adapter, run two 3/8" hose in to the resevoir itself. This will help balance the pressure between the radiators.

Also, keep the tube lenghts as equal as possible after the Y, or one radiator will end up getting most of the water while the other one sits useless. Keep the radiators at equal height as well. Thats the big problem with parallel rads, its near impossible to keep the flow even to each.

[m0tion]

I'm concidering using 1 BIM to cool my 2 Pentium III-S processors (tualatin core). At stock speed that are supposed to produce around 30W a piece, I have them overclocked so my best estimate is probably 50W a piece. Thats 100W total, and the HWLabs page states that the BIM can remove around 275W. Am I safe running with JUST a BIM as a radiator for these two processors? They also rate the BIX at like 919W, are these ratings accurate?

[Player0]

Those ratings are under ideal circumstances for sure, and I doubt that in real world situations they perform that well.

With that said, they do perform well enough. PIIIs run cold. Two of them together are about as hot as a single athlon. Im not sure I would use such a tiny radiator for them unless space is an issue.

Remember, bigger radiators work much much better. And 120mm fans will seem much quieter.

Id get a standard Black Ice , Evo or Pro or something,

[m0tion]

Well, it's for a mid-tower case, not really room for a 120mm, but I've got a great spot for an 80mm. I dunno, I guess it's one of those things where you'll just have to try it out. I think it would work though.