The parts have arrived

As I promised, I ordered the parts last week end.  Some of the parts have come. So far one fan, the rad, coolant, thermal paste, and barbs.  The tubing, water block, and hose clamps are scheduled to arrive on Monday.  The other fan has not come yet and it is still unknown when it will arrive.  I ordered it from Amazon and the first come came with other products that people in my family have ordered from Amazon.  I also changed the rad from my last blog.  I was originally using a thin swiftech rad.  But after a couple hours of measurement I concluded that it would be possible to use a thicker rad if I mounted the fans off of the case instead of the rad.  The new rad is 40mm thick and should provide better performance.  The new rad is a 240mm black ice extreme 2.    

final parts

Soon I will be ordering all the parts, here is the list of parts:
2x Bitfenix spectre pro pwn fans white
swiftech quiet power 240mm rad
3 ft of primochill advanced LRT  white 7/16 ID by 5/8 OD
2x swiftech G1/4 1/2in barbs
swiftech hose clamps
coolermaster esinburg water  block
swiftech coolant
noctua nt-h1 thermal compound.
As you can see I have chosen Bifenix spectre pro pwn fans.  These were important Because I need to the fans to have good static pressure, match the color scheme, and have a reasonable price.  The bitfenix spectre pro's fit all of those requirements.  If I had one complaint it would be that the sides of the fans are grey as you can see in the picture above.  while most of the fan is white, matching the overall color scheme, the sides are grey.  This is disappointing because the sides will be most visible and the fans are labeled as white not grey.  
Some of you may also have notices that the inner diameter of the tubing is less than the barbs.  while this is not normally recommended the smaller tubing will create a tight seal and prevent any leaks.

20% project

This week I am now finished picking all the parts for the cooler.  I used corsair's h100i for inspiration.  I wanted to achieve a similar experience but allow for greater customization.  The only problem with this was that the only reasonable water block I could find was very bulky.  As I have previously mentioned I am using the Coolermaster esburg as the water block.  this water block works well but it has a res integrated.  This is unnecessary because the radiator already has an integrated res and only adds more bulk.  Other than that I am very pleased with all the parts I have chosen and hope to begin ordering them soon.        

20% project

first of all I am ahead of schedule.  I am ready to begin buying parts parts for the project.  I have even exceed my expectations for fund raising.  Because one of the major selling points of this product is its aesthetics I think it is necessary to show it off in a beautiful computer.  to do this I plan to purchase sleeved cable extensions that mach the color scheme of my computer.  I will also try to make sure all the components are color coordinated.  as you can see above almost all of my components have a white and blue color scheme, which I think is one of the best color schemes due to its clean appearance. But as you can also see, I have a bright red video card.  this clearly detracts from the computer.  I originally did not plan to change this as it would have a GPU water block wil blue LED's.  but since I have changed the plan it remains a problem.  I plan to fix the problem with an easy mod.  I will remove the shroud and paint it white with a blue accent.      

20% project

This week I have spent more time on the eBay selling.  I have decided to not sell the motherboard.  I have been receiving offers for it but I am worried that the it is close to the end of it's life.  In order to maintain my reputation as a trusted eBay seller I will not be selling the motherboard pictured above.  But I feel that it is not necessary to sell this motherboard. I have already exceeded the money required to start the project.  Just this week all the funds have been received.
Many people requested that I test the cooler against what I have now.  in the picture above is the cooler included with any current Intel CPU.  I will be comparing the cooler against that as well as a Coolermaster hyper 520N  or maybe a hyper 212 plus.  I have also decided that I will be using Swiftech coolant.  

20% project

This week I spent most of my time working on the business aspect of the project.  I created the logo above using gimp, a free Photoshop application.  I have also created a name for the company.  I plan to call it Cool Innovations because it sells coolers.  As I mentioned last week I am selling a video card.  The sale of the video card was final earlier this week.  I have also been working on a website for the company.  I am using Squarespace  for the website, it has everything I need and is really easy to use.  I chose my dad to be my mentor.  He does not have much experience  with computer cooling but he can teach me a lot on the business aspect of the project.  He has started many successful small businesses.  I am ahead of schedule and am confident that the project will go smoothly. 

20% project selling

This week I have achieved a lot of progress toward my project.  I have listed all my items on ebay and have already sold a few.  I have sold a processor and a controller.  I also have a pending offer on a video card.  In total I have earned $220, if the transaction with the video card gets finalized I will have made $260.  Not to mention the $80 I have already set aside for the project.  I currently have earned enough for the project,   but I am not even done selling yet, I still need to sell some ram and a motherboard. I am very excited and have no fears that the project will not be funded.  I have completed everything for my November 1^st check in, and I have begun picking all the parts for my next check in.  I am also confident that the project will finish on time.  

liquid cooled pc part 4

This week I have prepared all the parts I will be selling.  I plan to start selling them this weekend.  I have also begun selecting parts for the project. above is a picture of the cooler master esiburg.  I chose it as the CPU water block because it has an integrated pump at a reasonable price.  It is important for the block to have an integrated pump because I want to make the product easy to install.  The cooler master esiburg also has an integrated reservoir, while it is helpful I will not be needing the integrated reservoir because the radiator will have an integrated reservoir.  Normally the reservoir and pump would both be dedicated but I have chose to eliminate as many parts as possible to increase compatibility.  If all the parts were dedicated it would be impossible to plan the length of tubing for every computer.    

20% blog part 3

This past week I have designed a new model of how I want it to work.  This new model will work with almost every modern desktop that has a reasonably sized case.  In my last blog I said that be to innovative i would allow people to customize tubing color and coolant.  I have now added more options. I have added choices for the CPU block, radiator, and fittings.  this new design will now perform as well as the previous one.  the main advantage to this design is that it will work with almost any computer and is a marketable product. another advantage to this new design is that it will cost less.  I am also hoping to be able to make more money than previously expected.  this is because of a fire in the Hynix manufacturing plant.  Hynix manufactures most of chips  ram for most of the worlds ram.  The fire as caused an increase in ram prices.  I am hoping to take advantage of this by selling some ram that I am not using.

20% part 2 new ideas

This week I made lots of progress on the project.  Above is a picture of me testing some of the parts that I plan on selling. Besides testing the part I had the idea to cool only the CPU.  Many people gave me feed back that they wanted to see me sell a product like this and it just was not possible to allow for lots of compatibility and still have the GPU cooler.  When I decided to remove the GPU cooling I found that the product I am proposing is not very different from currently existing products.  The way I will make my product standout is by allowing to to be customization.  All current pre-filled CPU coolers are mass produced and dont have any customization options.  My product would allow people to pick the tubing and coolant that they want.  I hope to later expand it to more options.  I also found that with out the GPU cooler the price has been significantly reduced.

Liquid cooled computer part one

 The past week I have spent way too much time planning my 20% project.  I have been spending my free time just thinking about how everything will work.  Above is a picture of my current plan.  The red and blue symbolize the temperature of the water.  As you can see my current plan involves cooling both the CPU and GPU with two radiators.  I think I need to spend more time raising funds.  In my plan I have raising funds before picking parts, but I have spent most of my time so far on designing the layout and picking parts.  To raise funds I plan on selling an old CPU that I am not using as well as a video card and a motherboard.  Right now I estimate the cost around $300 but I could cut that in half if I decided not to cool the GPU.