C'DaleRider
05-21-2007, 08:01 AM
Supposedly, this set up their selling for $900 is what Hank Baron, President of Performance-PCs.com, decided was the "best of the best" in setting up the "ultimate" watercooling rig.
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21712
His goal:
"With the goal of a fully contained high performance system cooled with Fluid XP+ EXT and using dual loops, twin pumps, dual reservoirs, and 4 independent radiators left the Silverstone TJ09 as the best choice on the market for this new rig."
His hardware choices:
With any hardware imaginable at his disposal, the top of the case was cut and fitted with a Black Ice GTS 360 along with 3 Noctua 1200 Silent cooling fans and a custom laser cut radgrill.
The second rad mounted on the internal fan (connected to the side intake ducts) is a Black Ice GTX120 which is used primarily to cool the processor. The loop completes then by cooling the Northbridge and 2 voltage regulators using the fabulous EK chipset and mosfet water blocks, as well as the OCZ FlexXLC ram which feeds a Black Ice GTS120 mounted on the rear 120mm case fan.
The case uses two Swiftech MCP655 water pumps and two Alphacool Cape Bullseye's which are custom mounted to the front of the case to anchor both loops. Completing the watercooled setup is the Swiftech Apogee GTX CPU block, the Danger Den NV-8800GTX SLI GPU blocks, and 1/2" Tygon tubing for most of both loops. The ram had split off 1/4" tubing and the Southbridge cooling was accomplished with a blue Orbit chipset cooler since this does not get extremely hot to warrant a water block.
Power to this extreme system uses none other then the Koolance 1200 Watt Water Cooled PSU.
So, Black Ice GTS/GTX the best choices out there with access to, as they put it, any hardware imaginable?
And the Koolance 1200W power supply.......nice, but since it's based on an 850W Channel Well PSH850V, it had horrible ripple when supplying power at or above 850W....above ATX specs. Honestly, if you peak it beyond 850W, it'll hold up and the excessive voltage and ripple will spike at such short intervals that it should not have much effect on your other components. But there's no way you can say that Koolance has successfully managed to get 1200W out of an 850W product. Not if the ripple and noise is beyond 120mV on the +12V rails.....peaking around 180mV....completely out of control after hitting 850W of output.
So, is the Performance PC's ultimate watercooling base a good buy? Or just goodbye?
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21712
His goal:
"With the goal of a fully contained high performance system cooled with Fluid XP+ EXT and using dual loops, twin pumps, dual reservoirs, and 4 independent radiators left the Silverstone TJ09 as the best choice on the market for this new rig."
His hardware choices:
With any hardware imaginable at his disposal, the top of the case was cut and fitted with a Black Ice GTS 360 along with 3 Noctua 1200 Silent cooling fans and a custom laser cut radgrill.
The second rad mounted on the internal fan (connected to the side intake ducts) is a Black Ice GTX120 which is used primarily to cool the processor. The loop completes then by cooling the Northbridge and 2 voltage regulators using the fabulous EK chipset and mosfet water blocks, as well as the OCZ FlexXLC ram which feeds a Black Ice GTS120 mounted on the rear 120mm case fan.
The case uses two Swiftech MCP655 water pumps and two Alphacool Cape Bullseye's which are custom mounted to the front of the case to anchor both loops. Completing the watercooled setup is the Swiftech Apogee GTX CPU block, the Danger Den NV-8800GTX SLI GPU blocks, and 1/2" Tygon tubing for most of both loops. The ram had split off 1/4" tubing and the Southbridge cooling was accomplished with a blue Orbit chipset cooler since this does not get extremely hot to warrant a water block.
Power to this extreme system uses none other then the Koolance 1200 Watt Water Cooled PSU.
So, Black Ice GTS/GTX the best choices out there with access to, as they put it, any hardware imaginable?
And the Koolance 1200W power supply.......nice, but since it's based on an 850W Channel Well PSH850V, it had horrible ripple when supplying power at or above 850W....above ATX specs. Honestly, if you peak it beyond 850W, it'll hold up and the excessive voltage and ripple will spike at such short intervals that it should not have much effect on your other components. But there's no way you can say that Koolance has successfully managed to get 1200W out of an 850W product. Not if the ripple and noise is beyond 120mV on the +12V rails.....peaking around 180mV....completely out of control after hitting 850W of output.
So, is the Performance PC's ultimate watercooling base a good buy? Or just goodbye?