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Modded HTPC with TEC cooling
I am in the process of TEC watercooling my Evga 680i board with an E6700 and and normal watercooling the 8800 GTX. I've managed to get everying thing inside the HTPC (believe it on not). The meanwell will sit on the PSU and will have a blowhole with 80mm fan on top of the case. The only things sticking out is the 2x120mm Rad on top and the other 120 fans/rad assembly on the back.
I currently got the following:
Lian Li PC-V880 HTPC Case
MCW60 block for the 8880GTX
3 packs of swiftech RAMsinks
1 pack Pure copper NightHawk Ramsinks
MCW5002-T755 block for the Conroe (with the conformal coating and Di-electric Grease and neoprene)
Meanwell 320W with RELAY switch
Xtreme Blackice (2 x 120mm) rad
Swiftechs single 120mm rad
6 X 120mm Enlobal magnetic Bearing low CFM fans (super quiet fans)
MCW1000 Swiftech reservoir
2 X DDC 12v Swiftech (without top)
T-type Thermal Temp Indicator
EVGA Southbridge cooler (mini fan)
EC-VC-RA Copper vga cooler (for NB)
Below is I'm only in the MCW5002-T755 testing phase. I've got a loop with 2 rad (2x120 and 1x120 with 6 fans in all). The inline temp probe reads 35.0 to 35.4 Celcius coming from the block. This is while running running the TEC alone (not installed on CPU). Are these good enough temps to go ahead an install on the CPU. Ofcourse myE6700 will probably add another 10 degrees to that. btw, i've got my Meanwell set to 13.2 V (highest it can go).
Perhaps reducing to 8-9 V would be more efficient?? What do you say?
http://208.109.69.149/Dell/tec%20water/IMAGE_00337.jpg
Here's the HTPC with the plexy glass top. You can see the 2x120 Rad on the top with 4 fans.
http://208.109.69.149/Dell/tec%20water/IMAGE_00335.jpg
This pic shows the back with the 120 rad with 2 fans
http://208.109.69.149/Dell/tec%20water/IMAGE_00336.jpg
Let me know if these temps are good sign to goto the next step??
Thanks
Last edited by despat; 08-11-2007 at 12:33 PM.
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