Xtreme Triple PA120.3 Cooler

[CyberDruid]

Hey all

The giant cooler I made a while back is not keeping up with the ST so I had to make an even huger one. I played around with different ideas and settled on using 3 PA120.3, 3 Alphacool 1510 pumps on Meanwell 150S-24 and three EK cylinder Reservoirs. I also decided to use an Emtell 12V PSU for the fans...

I thought about a lot of differnt configs (tower, hexagon, cylinder, cube) and settled on the idea of a trapezoid with the long side up top...this way I could suck up some AC from the floor vent


Well after I got the three rads strapped together they were sooooooo heavy a trapezoidal shape would just tip over

So I went with a sorta cube shape. The amount of material, time, and planning it would take to pull off a sweet looking hex is just too much right now. Although I will revisit that sometime in the future

Here's what I got together so far. Technically the thing is ready to Rock and Roll


I used a piece of 1 x 1/8 strap to join the rads. I also used silicon grommets to isolate them from the structure.


Truly the most amazing looking thing I have seen in my shop...it's like a car rad now


At least ten pounds empty...



I did some measuring...


Made an incredibly detailed construction diagram...


Somtimes ya just gotta bust a move...I was tired of gyrating around 12 different ideas so I started with a simple frame.


I braced up the rad rack with some angle mitred to 45 degrees


Trying to keep this small was futile


This isn't about small...




I am liking how it's going together at this point...


I tossed some tubing in there just to get a reality check


At this point I could put some wires on the PSU and git r done...but I want to add some acrylic to baffle the sound.


I added a strip up top to keep any air from recirculating.


The pebble grain lexan is unbelievably expensive...we are talking HUNDREDS...sigh.


This is my favorite part so far...no problem filling this humongo cooler...


The res/pump units get supported by the EK clips on a strap and by the cutout up top and by a piece of angle that I will 777 some Neoprene onto to deaden the noise.


Blue tape is aproximately where I plan to cut the exhaust port.

The rear panel will get holes for the 6 lines. I will likely mount the AC plug there too. Up top I will put any controls and gauges. Probably would look awesome with 6 gauges for pressure (in and out) and 6 gauges for the temps (in out) and maybe even a rheostat for the fans...but I doubt I will need to undervolt them. But that can all happen later on...I need some COOLING and I need it NOW

Gonna call it a night before I screw anything up:twitch:

MOAR soon.

[Pudi]

holy crap

[The[R]eaper]

oh... my... god. . .

[perfection]

woah!!! that's insane!

[disruptfam]

oooooooooooooownaaaaaaaage

[HaCKs]

This is going to make me look like a HUGE llama, especially in the wake of those amazing pictures, but what screws are those holding the fans to the rad? I would love to be able to have that look! The screws I have now go all the way through the fan into the rad.

P.S the actual size of the screws is what I need, so I can stop at fastenal on my way home from work.

[Soulwind]

oh my freak'n ...........

ME WANT !!!!!

[gojirasan]

Yeah I am also curious about the screws. Socket head cap screws maybe? That setup is so seriously badass. Now that is extreme. Damn.

[Patriote]

Lol, you are insane dude.

[.Logic]

Does it levitate?

[cegras]

Ah, aber spielt es Crysis?

[CyberDruid]

This is going to make me look like a HUGE llama, especially in the wake of those amazing pictures, but what screws are those holding the fans to the rad? I would love to be able to have that look! The screws I have now go all the way through the fan into the rad.

P.S the actual size of the screws is what I need, so I can stop at fastenal on my way home from work.

Flange Head torx 8-32 x 1/2 in Black Oxide finish if you mean the ones that attach the rads to the straps. The others are supplied by Thermochill.

Ah, aber spielt es Crysis?

Doch jah meinem Kuhler kann Crysis spielen. Und MS FSX

Here's a little history on this latest project...

Hey thanks.

I will be lining the top back and part of the sides with Sonex



1" thick...works really well.

Here's how I tried to do that last time:





The guts


The metering manifold (I call it the Hydra )




The control panel


One side is removable for easy access.


Lined...the depth I set the fans into the enclosure was to try and kill off the blade noise.


I line the bottom in an attempt to muffle the Iwaki...no dice...it's a loud-ass pump.


It's great for running a few Folding rigs on tech stations or bareback..or a quad and SLI or what ever you want...

But the problem is that the pump is really loud...it's not as annoying as a fan that's loud...but it's too damn loud for me.

Hence the switch to Alphacools.

And the cooler depicted above has 9 fans as well...6 on the PA120.3 and 2 on the Bonnie and one for general below decks cooling of the pump and PSUs.

So this time I was thinking if I angled the fans at the Sonex it would work even better. The pumps sit on a piece of angle that I will line in neoprene and I will use isolators on the straps that hold the EK clips. I really want this one to be quieter and at least twice as powerful. I want to shift at least 1500 watts.

[BlueAqua]

Pimp!

[evil-98]

lol thats too cool

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Great work as usual. I need to learn to metal work and things. Every time I see your creations, I want to run to home depot and spend a grand on equipment. This is awesome.

[biftek.]

And the bar has been raised again!

Nice work, I'm gonna need to order some of that Sonex from you in a bit... so uh... don't use it all on this!

[Nate P.]

holy

[CyberDruid]

Good thing you mentioned it

[Martinm210]

That's awesome, I've been thinking of building a big rad box!

It wasn't going to be that nice, but very inspiring!

[disruptfam]

S-FLEX fans.. nice

ultra kaze x 9 2000rpm OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWNED

[THRASHER2]

That is a KILLER setup

[hecktic]

nice... sorry if i missed it, but what kind of noise reducing insulation is that... that foamy stuff ... what brand?

[Polizei]

It wasn't going to be that nice, but very inspiring!

Have you looked at your kitchen cabinets recently? Of course it will be nice.

[biftek.]

nice... sorry if i missed it, but what kind of noise reducing insulation is that... that foamy stuff ... what brand?

Sonex mini

[RockfordFosgate]

Watercooling expert

Very extreme cooler good job