Taking Apart An AiO Water Cooler

[Carnage911]

Has anyone ever tried to disassemble an AiO water cooler and tried to add more tubing? I want to locate the radiators outside of my case, but I'm not sure of a few things:
1) Can the small pumps handle the increased load/ distance?
2) Would adding a pump/ reservoir improve or destroy the pumps already in the system?
3) Is it even worth the effort to try to re-use the AiO systems I have or just build a system from scratch?
I work for a mechanical company and a few of my co-workers have been tinkering with the idea of using a refrigerator to cool the radiators or using a refrigeration coil to cool a sump of water in which the radiators will sit. Either way, I need more tubing length to explore the possibilities...

 

[getochkn]

I would imagine head height is going to a hit a limit real soon. It's not the best pump in those things.

I would just get a starter water cooling kit and use that to play around. Then you can play with different coolants and all your designs, etc.

 

[getochkn]

In addition, lots of people have tried what you are doing. It's called below ambient cooling, because you will be cooling the liquid below the room temp. This creates a condensation problem as the tubing, cpu block, etc, will start to condensate being lower than room temp.

 

[Carnage911]

I agree with you Getochkn, I was just wondering if anyone had ever frankenstein'd their AiO to work differently from how it was designed. I will probably end up with a custom w/c system, I was just trying to use components I've already invested in.