Find the right replacement for your Dell T320 cooler.
Find the right replacement for your Dell T320 cooler.
Hi, I'm looking to swap out my CPU cooler in the Dell t320 with a water cooling setup. Anyone know if it has a standard mounting? Would a cheap AliExpress water block fit? I'm planning to use a large 200-liter plastic reservoir, skip the radiators, and rely on water's cooling power—only for short periods and cooler nights. Also, I have the 1 CPU model (8 cores E5-2440 V2) and 32GB RAM.
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Without a pump it would overheat quickly. With a pump and no radiators, he’d stay cool in just an hour or two. Adding radiators lets him run without a fan, but bigger radiator surfaces increase cost significantly. This isn’t affordable, and there’s no free power available—my next big win will come from something else.
It's because it's in my studio and stays completely quiet. I plan to cool both my Ryzen 3600 PC and GPU using a water cooling setup, ensuring the whole room remains silent during recordings. I’ll use a pump but rely on a large thermal mass instead of trying to remove all the heat. A plastic tub is more affordable than two radiators. It would only be used for a few hours; if needed longer, I can refresh the water with tap water. It’s functioning more like a PC than a server.
It's astonishing how quickly 200L of water warms up. The process is exponential, with minimal heat escaping the surface. A fan could help circulate air and extend your time before full saturation, or you might manage to release enough heat to keep the system running. You'll find out by experimenting, I think.
The big surface area wouldn’t help with heat removal. The T320 is quite efficient, using only about 25 watts under light use, and I’m okay with the iGPU to conserve power. The only issue is securing the waterblock mount.
Assess the gap between mounting holes. For model s1356, the typical spacing is 80mm between each hole.
Plastic does not conduct heat. It may need to be attached to a support structure.
This will kill your loop in mere months. There is a VERY good reason why distilled water is used, no mineral deposits that will clog up everything. Legit just use a radiator with some arctic p12 fans set at like 600 rpm. My room is 19db at the lowest and my pc even when running full throttle DOES NOT make a dent in the noise level. I literally cannot hear it over the ambient noise which there is near none of. Either way you CANNOT watercooler the t320 it is simply put not supported. It uses a different socket. That 200w of water is going to heat up FAST. I have a aquarium that is 180l with a 100w heater and when setting it up it took 15 minutes to go from 11c water to 28c water. Mind you there was a lot of surface movement which helps with temperature exchange and there were plenty of cold rocks in there so that will have hampered the temps rising. Oh and you CANNOT leave the water open to the air as it will get filthy. You'll also develop algea with changing water unless you keep dosing anti bacterial agents. Also sitting water will start smelling awful if no bioactivity can take place. Your big bucket thing has been done before and it just does not work. Last time I saw someone try was with a fx 6100 and a bathtub full of water took 4 hours for it to get too hot if I remember it right and that was whilst playing minecraft. Also the xeon doesn't have a igpu. So tl'dr. Can't watercool the t320 due to different socket mount and your reservoir watercooling idea will not work.