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afireinside
06-16-2007, 10:31 PM
I bought this case with watercooling in mind, hoping to stuff a mcr220 in the front but well that didn't work out. I needed to think outside the box a bit but 8 months later I finally got watercooling worked out!

I remounted the chipset cooler on my EVGA 680i in hopes of breaking past 500 fsb but I think it negative helped... My temps are even higher now I think! 71c idle :(

Anyway EVGA sucks at TIM application :down:

http://sean.nickfire.com/wc900/IMG_1773.jpg

http://sean.nickfire.com/wc900/IMG_1775.jpg

http://sean.nickfire.com/wc900/IMG_1776.jpg

http://sean.nickfire.com/wc900/IMG_1778.jpg

http://sean.nickfire.com/wc900/IMG_1779.jpg

I popped a pin off the NB and it flew down my AC duct :stick: ended up leaving the PWM heatsinks off because I needed an extra pin to hold the MCP sink on. ANYWAY now that the boring stuff is out of the way, here's the loop

50z>mcr220 /w yates>fuzion>tline

http://sean.nickfire.com/wc900/IMG_1791.jpg

http://sean.nickfire.com/wc900/IMG_1793.jpg

http://sean.nickfire.com/wc900/IMG_1794.jpg

(tubes are not kinked at all now)

http://sean.nickfire.com/wc900/IMG_1795.jpg

http://sean.nickfire.com/wc900/IMG_1799.jpg

http://sean.nickfire.com/wc900/IMG_1808.jpg

Came out pretty well I think. First WC build I've had in years with the case side on that I can call daily rig ready :) Temps are 70C loaded on 3060 xeon @ 3700mhz 1.5v. Damn summer... 25-30c ambient.
Yozzman
06-16-2007, 10:52 PM
Ur tubing is a bit short...
The tube from cpu---rad...
There is a bend in it :(
afireinside
06-16-2007, 11:01 PM
Ur tubing is a bit short...
The tube from cpu---rad...
There is a bend in it :(

If you READ my post you'd see that I said I fixed the kinks

Also it was caused by the angling not the length at all
sick_g4m3r
06-16-2007, 11:03 PM
thats so sweet!! The loop is short and powerful.

yozzman, he already addressed that in his post...
ColonelCain
06-16-2007, 11:07 PM
Nice work. But you couldn't fit a 2x120 rad in the front? Thats kinda odd... I always thought that there was enough room in there.
dinos22
06-16-2007, 11:15 PM
AFI

get yourself a VGA block
k00lance
06-16-2007, 11:21 PM
AFI

get yourself a VGA block

With xeon 3070 @ 1.5v and a 8800 GTS?
I don't think so. He would need something bigger or another rad.
Nice set up. :up:
dinos22
06-16-2007, 11:27 PM
With xeon 3070 @ 1.5v and a 8800 GTS?
I don't think so. He would need something bigger or another rad.
Nice set up. :up:

ROFL that's all i'm gonna day :ROTF:
afireinside
06-16-2007, 11:31 PM
He's right. A single GTS would add to much heat with a single mcr220. On top of that I run SLI so that's mega heat dump. If I add another block it's going to be chipset, 680i mcp runs HOT!

Cain it would fit but at the loss of 7 5.25" bays. The HDD bays and fans are all attached. I hoped it would fit WITH the hdd bays and only take 6 5.25".
dinos22
06-17-2007, 12:03 AM
lol i thought it was a single card

sli might get a tad hot
ColonelCain
06-17-2007, 12:39 AM
He's right. A single GTS would add to much heat with a single mcr220. On top of that I run SLI so that's mega heat dump. If I add another block it's going to be chipset, 680i mcp runs HOT!

Cain it would fit but at the loss of 7 5.25" bays. The HDD bays and fans are all attached. I hoped it would fit WITH the hdd bays and only take 6 5.25".

That sucks. The only reason that I ever deemed the 900 worthy was because of the idea of fitting a 2x120 rad in the front. I no longer deem it worthy.:rofl:
Solarfall
06-17-2007, 01:29 AM
is the rad attached to the case ???
afireinside
06-17-2007, 10:13 AM
Nah. Maybe next time I'll drill some holes and bolt it down.
Sparky
06-17-2007, 11:08 AM
What size is the fan up top? Would be interesting to see if you could put a PA160 up there with a custom shroud to that fan :D

Is it just me or is the tubing not all the way seated over the barb's edge on the T and the rad's plastic barbs?
afireinside
06-17-2007, 11:18 AM
200mm fan at the top. A PA160.1 would fit but not perfectly stock.

It's 7/16" masterkleer, it death grips plastic barbs.

Hmm my idle temps seem to be up ~5C... Maybe putting the radiator over the exhaust fan isn't a good idea.