This is the place where all of the trivial and interesting pictures will live. Most of the material here will remain as a historical record of changes within the water cooling scene. Come back and visit this page often to keep in touch with changes in the Radiical site.

Radiator test results Single Fan on Radiical 120 mm radiator

5th January 2005

Test Bed AMD 64 3200+ Clawhammer on Shuttle AN50R Motherboard 2.3 Ghz at 1.65 (actual ) volts Ambient range 30 -32 degress Celsius.

Brass Barbed Reservoir

Here is the completed Swiftech reservoir with the brass barbs
fitted.

Radiator Comparison with Radiical Extreme Radiator

In answer to the many e-mail's regarding the size of this radiator we have included the comparison picture above. By way of explanation the order from left to right is Radiical Extreme>BA radiator>BIX Dual radiator. The performance of the Radiical extreme radiator with two low speed fans is significantly better than any of the other radiators pictured.

Radiator Comparison with Radiical Pro Radiator

The same presentation is used as above. The order is Radiical Pro> BIX> Bix Pro.

Water Chiller Compressors

Here are the two compressors we have decided to use in our water chiller development. It is a bit of David and Goliath when the two development units are viewed together. The larger unit is destined to be a communal chiller source for some future projects. The smaller unit, which is where we will be going in form factor, will be recognized as an Asetek Vapochill unit.

We will open the Chiller page shortly so that visitors can follow the development of the chiller.

Radiator 120 mm.

October 16, 2004

The prototype Cooling Cube based on two BIX extreme radiator.

Dimensions 17cm wide, 15cm High 13 cm deep.

Prototype two; Conversion to copper lead in connectors and addition of flow line sensors.

October 15, 2004

Here is an illustration of the 3 tap system in use with a MCP- 600 pump.

September 02, 2004

With the release of our new water block the WHX it would be usual for us to include a manufacturers review. In a departure from our previous policy of showing our test results we have taken the review process off site. We will now be using independent review sites in various parts of the world.

To satisfy those of you who still wish to preview our own data at a very limited level we have decided to use simple graphical representations with pictures of MBM5 and WinCpuid. In the graphic below the points of interest are the operating temp of the Cpu at the overclock rate and the voltage the overclock was obtained at. This was claimed as a stable overclock after 31 hours of Folding@Home. Ambient was 20 degrees Celsius during this test.

This test result is interesting because it was conducted on a motherboard not ideally suited for over clocking at high range. The Epox 8K9AI is now very much out dated in that it has limited range for ram timing adjustment, no PCI lock and a limitation of 1.95volts real for upper voltages. The same test conducted on an Abit NF7-S saw this CPU reach 2900Mhz + using the WHX water block.

March 15, 2004

Just a few pictures to illustrate the method of fitting the CWX and LBX ( pictured) into the support cradle provided by AMD. The fully assembled unit is shown in figure Two.

Figure One

Figure Two

Once assembled as per figure Two simply attach the block to the backing plate as you would if you were fitting the normal HSF using the two longer screws supplied.

January 14, 2004

I have received many e-mail's from people who wish to see the internal aspect of the new water block. I am unable to comply with that request and as a next best thing I will publish here some of the pictures I have from the various tests we have conducted.

The first picture (figure One) is of the finish on the shipping base which is one frequent request I can comply with.

Figure One

The second picture (Figure Two) came about after base deformation testing. Base deformation attempts to stimulate the most aggressive mishandling. You may be able to see the area's on the base where no contact with the CPU has occurred due to surface irregularities. These were deliberately inflicted on the block to test what stresses the block base could withstand and still function. To most purist water coolers this goes against the grain of lapping bases to flatness of extreme tolerances. The fact that the block was able to function in its current state is testimony to the soundness of the design and Intel's internal protection. By way of example of this level of functioning I have given the last temperature test results for this block during testing in a fully loaded condition of 100% CPU usage and at idle. It was calculated that at this overclock that the Cpu was generating uo to 103 watts.

Intel 1.8A Cpu at 2400Mhz

Ambient Temp; 28 degrees Celsius

Fully Loaded Temp; 39 degrees Celsius

Idle Temp; 36 degrees Celsius

Figure Two

Here is a closer view of the base with the TIM joint material removed and the base lightly lapped to highlight the troughs and valleys in the base.

Figure Three

Well that's all for this the first post, more pictures to follow when they become available.