water cooled case pics

[MadMikeSS]

This is what you call fun modding with a cheap watercooling kit.

The WC-201, you can read my review of the kit here: Review

Now that being shown, here is what I did to it afterwards:











Here's the simple explanation of what I did:

Bought external 5 1/4" drive enclosure (had to be powered) for ~$25, used a couple 80mm fans I had around, one for the unit to replace the stock fan within which is really loud. The other replaced the stock fan on the 2nd radiator which wasn't pushing much air. Lastly, bought some Tygon R-3603 tubing 1/4" ID 1/2" OD 1/8" walls (yeah, they are thick) for ~$1/ft, which was way cheaper than the $2.35/ft that everyone else wants for the same grade Tygon tubing. That's pretty much it. Performs about 10C cooler than air cooling in my system. Not a hardcore overclocking watercooling setup but I had it and I wanted to have a little fun with it.

[Norbert666]

Very pleased with my upgrade I put together over the last couple of days.

Previously I had Maze3 cpu, nb and gpu (the latter two in parallel) with an Eheim 1250 and OCPC "The Deep" with a 7V 120mm YSTech.

Now I am using a Dtek White Water and I've ditched the Chipset cooler, running it in series with the original GPU block, same pump but now with a heatercore with 7V 120mm YSTech.

Currently at stock for comparison, previous load temps were 40-44 degrees, current load temp is 36 degrees.

Now that's quite some improvement, even taking into consideration that the additional heat from the chipset is no longer in the water. A lot of factors are now contributing to this better temp - increased flow, one less block, better CPU block and better radiator.

The difference between idle and load previously would be about 10 degrees. Now it appears to be approx. 4-5 degrees.

I also ditched my bayres for a T-piece, and my mobo (originally NF7-S) to a LanParty Ultra B.

I'll post a pic as soon as I download one off my camera.



Norb!

p.s. this board did 240fsb out of the box!

[WA2]

Here is a quick shot of my case. Still working on it.

[Sparx]

Originally posted by Norbert666 on 03-25-2004 at 09:02 AM
Very pleased with my upgrade I put together over the last couple of days.

Previously I had Maze3 cpu, nb and gpu (the latter two in parallel) with an Eheim 1250 and OCPC "The Deep" with a 7V 120mm YSTech.

Now I am using a Dtek White Water and I've ditched the Chipset cooler, running it in series with the original GPU block, same pump but now with a heatercore with 7V 120mm YSTech.

Currently at stock for comparison, previous load temps were 40-44 degrees, current load temp is 36 degrees.

Now that's quite some improvement, even taking into consideration that the additional heat from the chipset is no longer in the water. A lot of factors are now contributing to this better temp - increased flow, one less block, better CPU block and better radiator.

The difference between idle and load previously would be about 10 degrees. Now it appears to be approx. 4-5 degrees.

I also ditched my bayres for a T-piece, and my mobo (originally NF7-S) to a LanParty Ultra B.

I'll post a pic as soon as I download one off my camera.



Norb!

p.s. this board did 240fsb out of the box!

Nice!
Your shroud for the 120 mm looks unlike anything I have seen, it is thin and doesn't take up a lot of room. Did you make it, or buy it I am curious.
sparx

[M3at]

my sysytem

[skinnyt]

home made blocks,black ice radiator










yea i could run faster but the home made block is not workin.
must make new 1 very soon!

[MadMikeSS]

Now that's what you call hardcore... hehe

[skinnyt]

i had a soyo real good mb's...well i still have 2 of them , dad uses 1 and 1 ill turn into a server.

[pelikan]

Does that res in the mini fridge help temps a bit?

[jwill]

skinnyt, does cooling the water like that make the fridge run on all the time?

[skinnyt]

yes but the cpu block we made suxs the channels we cut in it dont flow that good.(thanks to my stupid ideas)when my new block is made and put on ill run anywhere from 18c to 15c.why i know this cause the block my freind is runnin is at 18c.but the new block were makin should run colder.as for the fridge it keeps my water at 15c and its not set to the coldest temp.i think i can hit lower than 12c when its all said and done.

[skinnyt]

as for the fridge runnin all the time it does to a point but not really the fridge i got is 1.8 cubicf.if ur gonna do this i would go with a bigger fridge like a 2.5 cubicf or something close to that.or can do what im gonna do 1 day and that is make a copper tubbing coil to fit in the freezer and run the water out(hot) thought it and then back to the res.

[pelikan]

Does the fridge have an evaporator in the freezer that you can bend so that it would be immersed in a res?

[KniFenForK]

Wouldn't you experience condensation problems, if the water is going from +35C to well below ambient?

[M3at]

what direction or air flow do you have your fans on your heater cores/radiators? I have one 120mm on my heatercore sucking air from the case, pushing through the heatercore to the outside of the case.

Is this optimal? Should I put another fan on the other side of the heatercore to pull air through the heatercore? What about the air flow for the rest of the case? I have a 120 on the side of my case blowing air in. This 120 is up by where the waterblock is.

anyway, just want to know what has worked best for you guys/girls in your water cooled systems.

Here is a pic of mine


Yeah, I know, it's a mess right now, but I'm in the middle of moving things around