My First Watercooling Project - Asus Striker II Formula

Hallo i just wanna show you how i installed my watercooling system.
Most of my project are images couse my engglish is not very good...:)

So i hope is gonna be instructive for everybody.I ve spent with that about 10 hours,is really good experience.
I ve got unbelievable temperature. My MCP has before about 50C during the gaming 60C with two noisy coolers on passiv,now is 30C and during gaming after 3-4hours about 33C...and CPU has in everest ultimate 27C but in real temp has about 10C more.But anyway is really good.
I tried oc on 4,4 with 1,58V and temp was about 56 after stressing cpu with everest.i would try orthos but doesn t work,i don t know why maybe couse vista 64bit... still stop running.

i have really bad branch of CPU cause 1,58 in 4,4 GHZ is too much i think...my 24/7 is 4,2 ghz is enough for me i don t wanna break any OC record on this Forum.I m actually satisfied.My pc is silent,cooled and that s make me happy...

So here it is :
CPU: Intel C2D 8400 3ghz
MB: Asus Extreme Striker II Formula
RAM: CORSAIR DDR2 2x2048MB 1066MHz TWIN2X
HDD: WD Raptor 150GB ; Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATAII VGA: Asus GeForce 8800GT 512mb
PSU: Seasonic M12 700W
Case: Cooler Master Cosmos S LCD: Samsung 226CW
OS: Windows Vista HP 64Bit
Mouse: MX518 Gaming ; EXACTPAD EP-A1



HAVE a LOOK ON MY STUFF

HW Labs Black Ice Xtreme III Triple 120mm Radiator - Black
Tygon R3603 7/16in. ID 5/8in. Laboratorne Hadice
Danger Den High Flow Fittings 1/4in to 1/2in
Swiftech MCRES-MICRO - Expanzka
Swiftech MCP355 s Delrin DDC Pump Top
EK-NB S-MAX - Acetal
EK-SB Striker 2 Formula - Acetal
EK-Backplate LGA 775
EK-Supreme - Acetal s Extra mounting plate
Arctic Cooling MX-2
Thermalright HR-09S Type 2 Mosfet Cooler
Thermalright HR-09U Type 2 Mosfet Cooler
Feser One F1 Cooling Fluid - UV BLUE - 1 Liter

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nice im cooling my striker II as well, looks like you had the same issue. not being able to install a GFX card in the top pci-e slot

looks pretty good :up:

thats quite a nice setup you have there:up:

i m waiting on new GPU from NVIDIA and after that i m gonna buy high end card and instal that with waterblock..but i have to save some money..in europe is everything more expensive like in america...:) about 40%

Great work. Thanks for all the pictures.

Is it possible to rotate the radiator so that the barbs are over the CPU end of the case. It may shorten some tubing runs.

Looks great.

nice build! looks good :up:

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Originally Posted by Snyxxx

Great work. Thanks for all the pictures.

Is it possible to rotate the radiator so that the barbs are over the CPU end of the case. It may shorten some tubing runs.

Looks great.

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Many thanks to everybody...yeas is possible turn that radiator..but where you wanna put pump after anx reservoir..???...i think this is best choise how i ve made it....

i looking foward on my new GPU..nvidia GT200 ....

i hope will be soon avaible...

One of my machines has the rad reversed as I mentioned and the pump is at the same location as yours.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1200373612

I run the same coolant...

Hey UnseenSVK, don't you wish it stayed the same color that it was when you were filling it?

Nice build UnSeen!

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Originally Posted by HaCKs

I run the same coolant...

Hey UnseenSVK, don't you wish it stayed the same color that it was when you were filling it?

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Hey HaCKs, what do you mean by this? Has the blue changed, has it gone transparent/opaque etc? I've seen another build that used feser uv blue; his initial shots showed a bright, slightly opaque blue, but in the more recent pics it looks darker and more transparent.

When I saw HaCKs' build log, his blue when filling was a bit more cloudy and not as clear as it is in this build. I bet he liked the cloudier, less transparent dye.

did you really have to take the the mosfet sinks off? or did you just want to use aftermarket coolers for it? i'm guessing since it's attached to the main NB cooler, the SB and mosfet sinks have to come off also?

Very nice build and I'm loving that cosmos s. One thing I did notice that kind of made me cringe.....your motherboard is sitting atop a HUGE static generator!

The static electricity those clear bubbles produce is enough to kill or degrade sensitive electronic components. Now the pink bubbles are anti-static and ESD safe, same goes for packing peanuts, just an FYI. :p:

Sweet looking, very clean setup! The blue tubing looks really nice.

I notice you're using what looks like the Noctua NF-P12 on your radiator. I was planning on getting 3 of them for my pa120 and 3 more for case airflow. How do you like them so far? Do they seem to move enough air quietly? @ $20 a pop I'd kind of like to hear from somebody that uses them before I foot the bill for them.

Nice build :)

What are the model #s for the Mosfet coolers?