Bong Designs

[Andrew]

An easy HX. Take two of your old water blocks (Maze 3, TC-4, etc.. You all have them laying around!) and clamp them together with a bit of AS5 in between. Not the best in the world but will work.

[Andrew]

Noob said it like 400 times already to not do a dual system, you'll get better temps with a single loop.

Back when I was playing with bongs (for water cooling ), I found very little temp diff between a single and dual loop system.

I am currently building a new system, I may just have to go ahead and build a couple of bongs just so that I can post the temps of each as proof.

[l3ored]

An easy HX. Take two of your old water blocks (Maze 3, TC-4, etc.. You all have them laying around!) and clamp them together with a bit of AS5 in between. Not the best in the world but will work.

that doesnt seem like it would work as well as the radiator in bong design, way less surface area.

[l3ored]

Who said you can't lan with a bong?

would be a huge hassle. n00b: "i'm tired... hey we're out of dewey too. whats this? i'm thirsty *gulk gulk gulk*" you: "WTF THERES NO WATER IN MY BONG AND MY COMP FRIED OH NOES!!" but seriously, i wouldnt want to deal with getting it set up and everything at a lan.

[n00b 0f l337]

Heh. Then make a set of smaller bongs and strap em to the case.

[Andrew]

that doesnt seem like it would work as well as the radiator in bong design, way less surface area.

I was only talking about a simple HX. Did not say that it would be a great HX

and yes, the 'Rad in a Bong' ® does work much better.


Edit: Sorry I could not help myself!!

[Bloody_Sorcerer]

Heh. Then make a set of smaller bongs and strap em to the case.

whats the shortest acceptable bong height? 2 feet? 2.5 feet? And I'm not just saying one, more like 4.
But yeah, Bongs aren't the most lan-friendly solution, and my case is already very un-lan-friendly (insanely topheavy makes for awkward transportation)

[n00b 0f l337]

I wouldnt say less than 2 feet, Though any height will work as long as you can get droplets.

[Thomas FJ]

Thanks for the explanations!
Cheers mates!
/Thomas

[carmelo]

Back when I was playing with bongs (for water cooling ), I found very little temp diff between a single and dual loop system.

I am currently building a new system, I may just have to go ahead and build a couple of bongs just so that I can post the temps of each as proof.

I don't know the actual temp difference due to me never building my own bong cooler before. I most likely won't any time soon so maybe I should refrain from posting about it. I was merely restating what was stated by noob a couple times in the past. I was under the impression he had tried multiple types of bong coolers, not only working off of theory. Not to say his work isn't well done, I am simply saying I thought he built a couple of different styles to come up with some of conclusions he had made.

[n00b 0f l337]

I have built many 1031, thank you for the support. I've got all the supplies for a new few now in my basement, which I will be using today or tommorow hopefully. I geuss our results have varied but I never found dual loops to be as good as singles.

[carmelo]

I have built many 1031, thank you for the support. I've got all the supplies for a new few now in my basement, which I will be using today or tommorow hopefully. I geuss our results have varied but I never found dual loops to be as good as singles.

I wasn't sure how many you have built, but I never doubted the amount of work you put towards it. Some people will take a statement of "I guess our results have varied but I never found dual loops to be as good as singles". People will take that as "No point in doing this, the other way will be better" sorta thing.

[Bloody_Sorcerer]

How about a square Bong the size of a tall computer case? (~2.5-3 feet)
So many ideas i wish i had the time/money/lenient parents to try.

[n00b 0f l337]

If it evaporates it works. Just a matter of how well it will. I've just finished glueing up my bongs peices. (5 feet, 4" id pipe) and its drying...

Pics are taken but will go up with the worklog.

[mcnbns]

Not to crap on all the shower head stuff, but I find that shower heads are a real PITA in bongs.

When I was bongin' I used a bunch of Scotch Brite Pads fastened together with wire (note to self: use something that doesn't rust next time) and twisted in a double-helix-esque formation up the length of the bong. Worked wonders with a wimpy little 92mm fan blowing over it and a falling distance of about 2 feet.

[n00b 0f l337]

Interesting Thats something ill check out. Thats more of a surface area evaporator not a bong though.

[mcnbns]

Interesting Thats something ill check out. Thats more of a surface area evaporator not a bong though.

What? This is not a bong?

[n00b 0f l337]

Thats a bong, but if u filled it full of pads your turning it from a bong to a surface area. Its just different types. Direct die water is still water.
A bong the surface area is from falling. Surface area you get water to spread out. A mix is the best, and tahts what that would be.

[Gimmpy224]

yea im gonna try to make one around 5-6ft tall and ill set it up behind my desk

[n00b 0f l337]

yeah, bong guide is up on hwa and all. and im working on mine. Crappy glue led to bad seals. Im going to try sealing with silicone.

[Andrew]

Thats a bong, but if u filled it full of pads your turning it from a bong to a surface area. Its just different types. Direct die water is still water.
A bong the surface area is from falling. Surface area you get water to spread out. A mix is the best, and tahts what that would be.

LOL! It is a bong... Anything you do to increase surface area internally is besides the point. It is still a bong. Bong is just the slang term for this 'style' of evaporative cooler. Since it looks like a head's bong. Look at l3ored's design: still a bong!

[carmelo]

LOL! It is a bong... Anything you do to increase surface area internally is besides the point. It is still a bong. Bong is just the slang term for this 'style' of evaporative cooler. Since it looks like a head's bong. Look at l3ored's design: still a bong!

I think thats what he meant by saying Direct Die water is still water...

His bong design .. is still a bong.

[hooter`Tbc]

HHHMMMM. I may be taking this to unhealthy extremes...

I happen to have some "extra" irrigation pipe laying around, my question is, would say 2 feet of 10 inch pipe as the res, and 4 feet of 8 inch pipe used as the riser for the showerhead be overkill? Or would it be so oversized that it would not work? My math says the res would hold about 9 gallons of water.

I was gonna use the Swifty 655, but it pumps out 40 dbl of noise, and I'm trying to get quieter, not louder. Is there a pump that performs as well, but without the noise? Or a $200 price tag?

Pump head is measured from the pump up right? So a pump thats rated at 10 feet of head will pump up 10 feet, how high will it pull the water? I guess what I'm asking is, can you use a 10 foot head pump in the middle of a 20 foot line? Or turn it down to lessen the noise, and run it in the middle of a 6 foot line?

[Andrew]

Overkill is a wonderful thing

With the size of your reservoir, I would probably recommend a Mag3 submerged in the res. It has about 13' of head and is very quiet. Being submerged it will dump some heat into the water but in your case this will be next to nothing compared to the amount of cooling you can get. The over sizing of the pipe will work (you can even look for some of those cool looking 7” shower heads. The only thing that I don't see is how you will set up your fan but that does not mean that you don't have a plan. Do they even sell 8” wyes?

As to loop length: I have run a 10’ of head pump to push water down 30’ of tubing with no problem but the tubing was just about horizontal and there were no water blocks. Cathar or MaxxxRacer may be able to give you the actual numbers but there is more to how much loop you can use with a given pump than just length. Things to consider: Vertical rise, restriction of water blocks, bends (90 degree bends really hurt head), and transitions (tube to barb, etc). All of these things will cut down on the effectiveness of a pump. It all depends on your given loop. The standard line is, “Your mileage may vary.” Just try to keep your loop as short and ‘clean’ as possible.

Pulling: Most, if not all, pumps that you will find for water cooling are ‘push’ type pumps. Meaning that they will not pull water to any usable degree and if you try to use them to pull you will probably end up just damaging the pump.

Ok so now that I have just typed my fingers to the bone, I just hope that some of this is informative. Have fun with this project and let us all know how it works out.

Let’s hear it for “Unhealthy Xtremes”

[n00b 0f l337]

Mag6 for that size bong.