AirPlex Evo 1800

[Olly]

Hi, I'm about to build a new w/c system for my Shuttle PC and am considering passive rads.

Anyone seen/heard of an AirPlex Evo 1800 used as a passive rad?

Or the new Innovatek Konvekt-O-Matic Ultra (http://www.webshop-innovatek.de/assets/s2dmain.html?http://www.webshop-innovatek.de/00000094271139704/000000942713b3501/50142494350d4401b/50098894d70a23f01.html)for that matter?

If I were to go the Airplex route, I'm also considering using a pair of SilenX fans at 7v to give extra cooling when required ....

If I use a passive rad such as the Konvekt-O-Matic, I may have to use an 'active' rad as well to keep the temps down when under heavy load. However if I use the Airplex 1800 this shouldn't be necessary as I can just stick a couple of fans on it.

Anyone have any thoughts ?

Olly

[Kickass]

Hi where would the rad be going?

[Edd]

The 1800 would be swish (because I've never seen one used before!) and I would reckon that it would provide excellent passive cooling but I'm not an expert.

You'd probably have to build some kind of seperate enclosure for it though*


The 1800 IS that huge rad isn't it?

[kazuo]

http://www.aqua-computer-systeme.de/prodimg/evo-1800-2.jpg
http://www.aqua-computer-systeme.de/prodimg/evo-1800-3.jpg

I had one but it was far too big for my LianLi PC-50 :lol:. If you mount 15 220V fans on it you'll got your own flying carpet... ehm ... flying radi.

[Olly]

kickass - as both these rads are so HUGE, I thought I'd mount it on a frame which I could stand behind the table my PC is on. The frame would also house a box containing the pump and resevoir. I'd then have a couple of bulkhead connectors on my PC for easy seperation/transportation.

The only thing I'm not sure about is which pump to use, Aquastream/1046, 1048 or 1250, due to higher flow resistance in a larger rad .....

Olly

[Da_Rude_Baboon]

Go for the APE1800 because its just mental! :lol:

[Risky]

the APE seems to be a bunch on conventinal rads bolted together/ As such you have to wonder if it is realy designed for passive cooling. Are you better with innovatek design on the basis that it's designed for the job?

[kazuo]

the airplex evo 1800 is designed for server cooling. with fans on it it can handle up to 40 cpus.
it's just on big rad and not bolted together :)

http://www.watercoolplanet.de/index.php?open=4&show=7 (http://www.watercoolplanet.de/index.php?open=4&show=7)

[mrplow]

it's just on big rad and not bolted together :)

I think he meant more that it's LIKE lots of conventional radiators combined which is pretty fair to say. It's not a different design like the konvekt-o-matic things are (kinda reserator like).

I'd get the 1800 though for sheer show-off value.

[Pug]

the APE seems to be a bunch on conventinal rads bolted together/ As such you have to wonder if it is realy designed for passive cooling. Are you better with innovatek design on the basis that it's designed for the job? That was what I thought too after trying the APE360 passive but seeing as I have an 1800 here, I know that it's not quite the same as five 360s bolted together.
The main inlet splits into 3 continuous tube paths, rather than just following one, as you'd imagine.

Tbh though, until I checked the WCP link again, I wasn't aware that it had outperformed the Konvekt-o-thingy even in passive mode. :cool:
Thanks Marc. :)

[Edit] Oh and seeing as it has "show-off value"... *Pug whips his (http://www.wizarddesigns.co.uk/imgs/ape1800.jpg) out* :p :D

[Olly]

Anyone know if the 1046 pump would be powerful enough to use with the APE1800, or should I go for a 1048 ?

Olly

[Pug]

Hopefully Kazuo can confirm but I definitely remember AC advising use of the 1046 being perfectly adequate (even for the original cluster - which I still never found pics of :( ).

[kazuo]

well, it shouldn't be a problem. once the setup is completly filled an aquastream or 1046 are enough.

Rich, there weren't any pics of a cluster system. I still think the 1800 is just a marketing product but I've seen 2 1800s with 15 fans each hanging at the wall in someone's room. Unfortunately I can't find pics. :mellow:

[Fibbles]

I've been thinking of going passive lately, and it's a toss-up between the 1800 and a Konvect O Matic Maxi. I'd put the rad on the left side panel (facing the back of the case), but this only applies to the Konvect O Matic because from what I've seen of the 1800, it might not fit. Huge is a small word to describe it. :huh:

I'd be cooling a CPU, Chipset, GPU, 2 hard drives and using 2 reservoirs (one only as a fill tank). For that, the 1800 seems overkill (on my wallet too) from the info provided, and that leaves me with the Konvect O Matic, but I'm not too sure it can cool all of that. I was thinking I'd need to couple the Konvect O with an active raddy, but that sort of defeats the whole reason for going passive then, eh?

Does anyone know a good solid source of info on Innovatek products?

**EDIT** OMG!! I just peeked at the Konvect O Matic ULTRA!! HOLY COW!!! Anyone have any testy info or reviews? Where could I get one in the US?

[Starbuck3733T]

Linky???

[Fibbles]

Linky???To the Konvect O Matic Ultra? Or something else... If that, then it's above in Olly's 1st post. My attemps to link it have failed, I will not attemp any more linkage for now.

[Olly]

The way I see it the APE1800 has the advantage over the Konvekt-O-Matic Ultra in that you can add fans to it if necessary, and does away with the occasional need for an extra, active rad.