dexaroni
06-28-2008, 02:15 PM
Hey, I have been posting the rest of the worklog at other places, but I thought I would throw the watercooling part of it up here for you all to check out, I will continue if you like it.
Some background info, for the PDXLAN 12 mod competition, we were given the rule we all had to use the Antec 900... as many know, this isn't the best suited case for watercooling, so I decided to just blow everyone out of the water by stuffing a WC'ed QX9650 ES and a pair of Crossfired video cards, with dual radiators... You will see that later, however I did get the mobo yesterday and got the CPU put into the loop on the first radiator, this is a dual loop setup.
Hardware installed, no video card or plumbing yet.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2165.jpg
Closer look at the socket area:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2163.jpg
I'm really happy with how the wiring turned out on this one... and its not even done yet!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2176.jpg
Got the plumbing halfway done.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2166.jpg
Put a fan in there to cool off the chipset:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2177.jpg
A few really neat shots of the socket area:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2171.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2172.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2175.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2174.jpg
And here is the system in a VERY raw state, the front panel is still having work done on it, as is the top panel, but the chassis is there!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2167.jpg
And to all the naysayers regarding Danger Den:
QX9650, on a radiator with one low speed fan and an MC-TDX:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/CPUScreenie-1.jpg
Some background info, for the PDXLAN 12 mod competition, we were given the rule we all had to use the Antec 900... as many know, this isn't the best suited case for watercooling, so I decided to just blow everyone out of the water by stuffing a WC'ed QX9650 ES and a pair of Crossfired video cards, with dual radiators... You will see that later, however I did get the mobo yesterday and got the CPU put into the loop on the first radiator, this is a dual loop setup.
Hardware installed, no video card or plumbing yet.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2165.jpg
Closer look at the socket area:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2163.jpg
I'm really happy with how the wiring turned out on this one... and its not even done yet!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2176.jpg
Got the plumbing halfway done.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2166.jpg
Put a fan in there to cool off the chipset:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2177.jpg
A few really neat shots of the socket area:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2171.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2172.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2175.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2174.jpg
And here is the system in a VERY raw state, the front panel is still having work done on it, as is the top panel, but the chassis is there!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/DSCF2167.jpg
And to all the naysayers regarding Danger Den:
QX9650, on a radiator with one low speed fan and an MC-TDX:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/dexcarm890/CPUScreenie-1.jpg