Watercooling with a Coke-Can?

[Variable]

I'm new to watercooling and I wanted to know if you could use an empty coke-can flattened on one side to put it over the cpu and let the coolant run through it. is this possible / good? Has anyone experience with this?

[mota]

hehe, no.

[LW]

Your joking right?

[skybolt_1]

In answer to your question... YES! In my experience, there are no finer watercooling components than Coke cans. Having done extensive research on this subject, I have found that not only do the cans make excellent waterjackets, but that the Coke itself has amazing thermal propertys! So you see, the cans have a double life. Use the can for a jacket, and the Coke for coolant. I GUARENTEE that there is NO BETTER WAY.... to destroy your computer. :-)

[oxOGradiusOxo]

you're insane skybolt_1.. heh heh http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

I find that Pepsi one cans work best to dissapate heat. I mean, it's only one calorie!

oh, that one was bad

[Szech]

I have read of people using cans, and I believe what they do with the can is to cut out a rectangle that is 2 by 1, and fold it in half, insert pipes in the edges, and seal it shut. No one I know of uses the entire can, as that would be... big. What you end up with is a pretty nice water jacket that doesn't cost very much, and is made of aluminum (heats up / cools down quickly). Sorry I can't provide any more information, I haven't done this myself.

[brandon184]

hehe.. I don't think they are that great of a solution.. If you want aluminum, they sell aluminum water jackets on places like 3dcool.com.

Although - I have seen people use pop cans for PART of their water jackets. But it certainly isn't something I would consider.

[Water_Man]

It seems like even ussing part of a can the metal being so thin would be very hard to get it flat enough to make god surface contact. i use water cooling and i used a heatsink in a pvc jacket. keeps my system about 20 deg above room temp.

Water Man

[Variable]

But say, if you get a flat enough surface on the can won't it be even better because it will hold more coolant liquid => more coolant to take up heat => better destribution of the heat => cooler system.

[Water_Man]

its not really how much colant ya have. that is whay ya want the colant to be flowing through it. if ya get a good enough flow through the water block ya will get good heat transfer. i am using a 120 gph pump that is doing about 68 gph with the radiator and water block. that mean every minute it completly runs the water trhought the water block and radiator.

Water Man

[Nixona]

20 degrees above room temp? Thats not very extreme cooling...A good heatsink should be able to do that, and you don't have to worry about any possible waterfalls or anything. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[catcow]

If your going to go with the coke can, try and get the one with 10% extra as the larger surface area will draw more heat away.

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[cpucook]

Nixona,

I use water cooling for my k6-2 450. I run under a full (Q3A online) around 78f.....my computer room is about 73-75. This is because my waterblock is COPPER.....and yes, hand-made by me and my sweat :-)

I am overclocked at 5.5x100fsb 2.8v @ 550, and I know for a fact that no heat sink could run this setup for very long without damage to the cpu..........I've tried to get away from the water system, but refuse to slow it down. The ALPHA and two 4" fans could not keep the temp down long enough to boot Win98 with this current setup.

WATERCOOLING is the way to go if you are pushing too much voltage!

cpucook

[Variable]

Couldn't use the Coke can because it takes up to much room (It wouldn't have fit on the CPU) I'm now building a watercooling system with a aluminium candy box (1,5 cm x 5 cm x 7 cm) because it fits perfectly over my CPU (AMD K6-2 533 going to 600...750).
Today I got myself a nice, quiet little waterpump (300 l/h). I hope this will do.

First I will build the watercooler, test it get a new DFI-K6BV3 mobo, set the FSB 100 ... 124 and there you go.