Project: Liquid7

[lesterc]

Hi

This is going to be my first water cooling, always been wanting to try it out so here goes... it's going to be very simple single loop, just for the cpu, i might upgrade later on but didn't want to go crazy on my first watercooling rig =)

Main parts list:
* CPU - Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz D0!
* MotherBoard - Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5
* Memory - Kingston HyperX 6GB DDR3 2000 Triple Channel
* Case - Corsair Obsidian Series 800D Full Tower
* Powersupply - Corsair CMPSU-850HX 850W
* Harddrive #1 - Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB SSD Gen2
* Harddrive #2 - Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB 7200RPM
* DVD Drive - Samsung SH-S243D SATA DVD
* Video Card - BFG Tech 8800 GTX



WaterCooling Parts:
* CPU Block - Swiftech Apogee XT Extreme Performance
* Reservoir - EK Waterblocks EK-Multioption RES 250 Rev. 2
* Pump - Swiftech MCP655 12 VDC Pump Liquid Cooling System
* Radiator - Swiftech MCR320 "Quiet Power" Triple 120mm Radiator
* Tubing - PrimoFlex Pro LRT White Tubing -1/2in. ID X 3/4in. OD 10 Feet
* Fittings - Bitspower True Silver Compression Fittings and True Silver Barbs
* Fluids - Distilled Water



Thanks! Will update soon with more pics !

[lesterc]

some water cooling part pics...

Swiftech Radiator


Swiftech Pump


Primoflex White Tubings


Gentle Typhoons


Bitspower True Silver Compression Fittings



Bitspower True Silver Barbs


Bitspower True Silver Stops


Swiftech XT water block


some bent pins but i think overall not bad.. what do you guys think?

[HazChem]

Good list of parts you have there!

Take your time. I really look forward to what you do with the 800D!!

[M0RTI]

I love the obsidian 800D that penalty in Spain is not for sale. and that piece of pc and a 8800gtx?

[lesterc]

I love the obsidian 800D that penalty in Spain is not for sale. and that piece of pc and a 8800gtx?

it is the 8800gtx.. it's an older video card i had.. waiting for the new nvidia cards to come out soon before upgrading =)

[lesterc]

some new updates...

my awesome drawing =)


cut some tubings and making sure i got everything..


more planning..


first time playing with compression fittings..

[lesterc]

lets start putting things together... encountered some bad stuff...

Mounting the reservoir...


bad stuff #1! these arylic? holders broke on me!! last picture of them still intact! lol but they bascailly all snapped off tried to use electric tape and superglueing but no luck.. have to figure something out for this now :angry2:


compression fittings on radiator..


lets get the typhoons together..





mounting it in the case..


Flipping my inlet to fit the compression fittings..


so decided to give the silicone mod a try, i saw them being done to the xt water blocks.. it's bascailly about a mm of 100% silicone applied to the inlet part of the water block

[lesterc]

testing my parts to make sure everything works before hooking up the watercooling parts

[GregSG]

nicely done...



Maybe if u mounted ur fans in a diff direction, then u would not see the fan cables

[woffen]

Is it possible to mount the rad with the fans on top of the rad? Then you could have the fans sucking cold air and pushing it through the rad. As you have the 1850rpm GT's I think push would be better.

[Arthur]

Is it possible to mount the rad with the fans on top of the rad? Then you could have the fans sucking cold air and pushing it through the rad. As you have the 1850rpm GT's I think push would be better.

Actually, I was trying to say that on my previous post down here.

[Anemic]

Very nice so far, more updates plz =)

[lesterc]

Is it possible to mount the rad with the fans on top of the rad? Then you could have the fans sucking cold air and pushing it through the rad. As you have the 1850rpm GT's I think push would be better.

Actually, I was trying to say that on my previous post down here.

i was thinking that initially as well actually... however came across this
http://martin.skinneelabs.com/Radiat...ng-Review.html
basically.. "Push for fast fans of over +1800rpm, -1300rpm pull works better and doesn't matter if it lies in between."
i don't plan on running mine at max fan speed all the time however all this the difference i think is 1-2c either way

but yea i'm not 100% committed to it so if anyone have better data i'm all ears =)

nicely done...



Maybe if u mounted ur fans in a diff direction, then u would not see the fan cables

yea actually i was just thinking that! haha the cables are starting to bug me

Very nice so far, more updates plz =)

Thanks! more soon once i have leak tested the new orientation

[dapzar]

Clean and nice job

[lesterc]

an update pic for you guys... =)



so some updates...
flipped the inlet and outlet of the swiftech xt.. talked to gabe at swiftech and he said my new orientation is fine with the logo upsidedown so thats good..
did a leak test.. and it was NOT good! my reservoir intake was leaking all over.. tried a ton of stuff nothing fixed it!! :angry: i bought a Bitspower G1/4 Extender with my water cooling parts just in case.. but it was still not good news! so at basically 4am i found some spare barbs that came with my swiftech xt water block that i didn't use tried it and it worked!! went 8 hours without incident.. lame part now thought is i can't use my compression fitting on the intake grrr

i also flipped the fans over so the wire is facing the back now much cleaner! thanks for the suggestions!
but still in the pull config like it was before..

currently i have bleeding done and computer is booted up!
doing some overclocking test and priming =)

running 4.2ghz and load temp is about 55c

stay tuned for more pics!

[lesterc]

Fan Orientation Test results!

what i did here is try out different fan orientation... each test consist running Prime95 for 10 min exactly and letting it cool down for 5 min all running at ~1200 rpm fans.. avg temp is calculated from the lowest idle to highest load temp. Temp readings were taken from Real Temp and Case Ambient Reading from fan controller.

i7 920@4.3Ghz + MCR320 + 3x Gentle Typhoons

1) Push - From air inside the case into radiator and out the top
Avg Temp - 68.5 c
5min cool down - 37.5 c
Case Ambient - 24 c
2) Pull - From air inside through the radiator and out the top
Avg Temp - 67.5 c
5min cool down - 37.5 c
Case Ambient - 25 c
3) Push - From air outside the case into radiator and into the case **Winner**
Avg Temp - 66.5 c
5min cool down - 35 c
Case Ambient - 27 c
4) Pull - From air outside through the radiator and into the case **Original**
Avg Temp - 67.5 c
5min cool down - 36 c
Case Ambient - 27 c

not super scientific but all i could do and tried to keep it as consistent as possible.. =)
kinda interesting results i think.. shaved a few degree but basically dumped it into my case...maybe i need a stronger rear exhaust...

also something to factor in... room ambient is around ~23 c
i have radient floor heating so hot air comes from the floor

currently running it at an even slower rpm fan speed to make it even quieter and looking at the longer term effects of dumping heat into the case...

[Onoff312]

what voltage on the 920 im getting much higher temps then you at 4.2

[lesterc]

what voltage on the 920 im getting much higher temps then you at 4.2

cpuz has me at 1.36v

[lesterc]

Hey guys...

so first Happy New Year! :thumb:

heres some new pics! *some pics where taken at different times* =)





sighh just not the same :blarg:






Complete!







i'll post some pics later on the overclock result.. =)

Thanks Guys

[lesterc]

alright after a couple days of over clocking... after much playing around with numbers decided to settle with this....



i7 920 @ 4.3Ghz
HT on
Turbo on
6gb DDR3 @ 1640 @ 7-7-6-20

vcore @ 1.376v
qpi/vtt @ 1.275
ioch @ 1.1
vdim @ 1.64

room ambient is around ~23c
cpu Load temp ~69c
case Load temp ~ 28c

Thanks guys for feedback and support =)
definitely already trying to think of whats next! hehe