Jim Morbid
09-25-2008, 06:18 AM
Hey everyone.
Been wanting to start a water cooling project for ages but just never got around to it (between loosing items in the post and work), but finally put my foot down and bought the basis of the entire system today - a black, windowed TJ07. The build is quite complex so here is the theme: I wanted something that I can invest a lot of time into (hence the name SinkHole) so I intend on doing a lot of modding (get to that later) so I will probably find things on the way or decide not to do other things.
Components
So far this is what I want/ and what I've piece mealed together:
x48 Motherboard - DFI x48-T3RS
Quad Core Intel - Q9550
DDR3 Ram - 2x2gig Patriot Viper 1333DDR3 (in the post)
Graphics Cards - 2x 4850's
Temjin TJ07 - Lying in pieces all over the floor (Painting)
PSU - TX650 Corsair (end of the month)
2x fan controllers - (Dont have. Will probably mount them internally and not change them)
<more to follow later >
Cooling
The idea for the cooling is a dual loop with a 120.3 for the CPU and chipset and a 120.2 for the graphics cards. Cooling gear as I invision it:
120.3 Rad - (Dont have. MCR320 QP)
120.2 Rad - (Don't have. MCR220 QP)
Pump 1 - (DCC3.2 with a Petra head waiting at the post office)
Pump 2 - (Dont have. Will more than likely get the exact same as pump 1)
Res - (Dont have. Was thinking of a pair of Swiftech micros [ease of use as the loops are independent] or a central, bigger res. Worried about routing with a shared res)
CPU Block - (Dont have. GTZ hands down)
GPU Blocks - (Dont have. MCW60's I think. I want the case to be able to adapt to new hardware so I don't want to commit to full face blocks)
Chipset - (Dont have. Get something sexy here. Maybe those epic BP full sets)
Tubing - (Dont have. Probably Tygon clear. Will be braiding the tubes so the color/coolant is irrelevant :p)
Fittings - (Dont have. Aiming for a boat load of compression fittings. Might need some elbows on the radiator at the bottom)
I have 6 Sunon fans that will tear the hair right out of your scalp. Hopefully find a home for them in here somewhere :p
<more to follow later >
Intended Mods
Here is where I intend to go crazy. Half of the things I list here I dont expect to work but its more of a list of concepts that I want to try.
Colour code the inside of the case. Probably black but I want to explore polishing things here. Would love a polished black interior.
Replace the panel that splits the two compartments with 'something else' :p also a polished panel of an acrylic panel.
Install some sort of shielding on top of the top graphics card incase of some micro leaks.
Maybe some sort of clear panel over the entire motherboard (okay now I'm rambling :p)
As I stated above, I want to mod the glory out of the PSU. Recut all the cables perfect length. Terminate them at the back of the motherboard plate and then sleeve the extensions on all cables that are visible (24pin atx, 4pin, 8 pin, 6 pin Sata).
Braid (sleeve) the tubes
Mount the 320 and 220 in the lower compartment. See how that goes :p (Murderbox Style)
<more to follow later >
Been wanting to start a water cooling project for ages but just never got around to it (between loosing items in the post and work), but finally put my foot down and bought the basis of the entire system today - a black, windowed TJ07. The build is quite complex so here is the theme: I wanted something that I can invest a lot of time into (hence the name SinkHole) so I intend on doing a lot of modding (get to that later) so I will probably find things on the way or decide not to do other things.
Components
So far this is what I want/ and what I've piece mealed together:
x48 Motherboard - DFI x48-T3RS
Quad Core Intel - Q9550
DDR3 Ram - 2x2gig Patriot Viper 1333DDR3 (in the post)
Graphics Cards - 2x 4850's
Temjin TJ07 - Lying in pieces all over the floor (Painting)
PSU - TX650 Corsair (end of the month)
2x fan controllers - (Dont have. Will probably mount them internally and not change them)
<more to follow later >
Cooling
The idea for the cooling is a dual loop with a 120.3 for the CPU and chipset and a 120.2 for the graphics cards. Cooling gear as I invision it:
120.3 Rad - (Dont have. MCR320 QP)
120.2 Rad - (Don't have. MCR220 QP)
Pump 1 - (DCC3.2 with a Petra head waiting at the post office)
Pump 2 - (Dont have. Will more than likely get the exact same as pump 1)
Res - (Dont have. Was thinking of a pair of Swiftech micros [ease of use as the loops are independent] or a central, bigger res. Worried about routing with a shared res)
CPU Block - (Dont have. GTZ hands down)
GPU Blocks - (Dont have. MCW60's I think. I want the case to be able to adapt to new hardware so I don't want to commit to full face blocks)
Chipset - (Dont have. Get something sexy here. Maybe those epic BP full sets)
Tubing - (Dont have. Probably Tygon clear. Will be braiding the tubes so the color/coolant is irrelevant :p)
Fittings - (Dont have. Aiming for a boat load of compression fittings. Might need some elbows on the radiator at the bottom)
I have 6 Sunon fans that will tear the hair right out of your scalp. Hopefully find a home for them in here somewhere :p
<more to follow later >
Intended Mods
Here is where I intend to go crazy. Half of the things I list here I dont expect to work but its more of a list of concepts that I want to try.
Colour code the inside of the case. Probably black but I want to explore polishing things here. Would love a polished black interior.
Replace the panel that splits the two compartments with 'something else' :p also a polished panel of an acrylic panel.
Install some sort of shielding on top of the top graphics card incase of some micro leaks.
Maybe some sort of clear panel over the entire motherboard (okay now I'm rambling :p)
As I stated above, I want to mod the glory out of the PSU. Recut all the cables perfect length. Terminate them at the back of the motherboard plate and then sleeve the extensions on all cables that are visible (24pin atx, 4pin, 8 pin, 6 pin Sata).
Braid (sleeve) the tubes
Mount the 320 and 220 in the lower compartment. See how that goes :p (Murderbox Style)
<more to follow later >