Water Cooled Case Gallery

[MaxxxRacer]

Ferrari_Freak...Larger tubes don´t mean better performnce,this is not theory i proved myself,with the same hardware,changed the pump,cpu block and tubing and the temperatures remain the same.Ok larger tube has is beauty ,but "Bigger is better" doesn't aplly here (germans now what they do). ;More update...zalman Nb cooler.

Please do some reading around here before you make blanket statements . I really dont want to get into this debate, but...

1. 7/16" ID tubing with 1/2" barbs is the best overall compromise between performance and size.

2. The idea that small tubes and low flow, which some german watercooling manufactures have been poisining minds with for years now is completely false. If you dont believe me ask around here or anyone you might happen to know with a physics degree.

[marauder16]

Please do some reading around here before you make blanket statements . I really dont want to get into this debate, but...

1. 7/16" ID tubing with 1/2" barbs is the best overall compromise between performance and size.

2. The idea that small tubes and low flow, which some german watercooling manufactures have been poisining minds with for years now is completely false. If you dont believe me ask around here or anyone you might happen to know with a physics degree.

Don't bother Maxxx, it's not worth it...

[ziddey]

This is my first setup. It's with the free after rebate ultra wizard mid-tower. Case is a little nicked up even though I masking taped everything because I'm a complete noob at any type of physical work. I used a 4.5" holesaw and smoked up my old power drill trying.

Components:
Apogee, DDC2 + Petra's top, MCW60, zalman ramsinks for 7900gs, thermalright hr05 nb heatsink, 7/16 masterkleer, mc microres, coolingworks coolrad 22t, 4 yate sl's in push/pull intake for rad.


Honestly, I can see why this case was free after rebate. Initial fiddling showed the case as decent. But once you get involved, you quickly realize all its shortcomings. It's hard to tell from the pictures, but the drive cages have room for 4 external 5.25, 3 external 3.5", and 2 internal 3.5". However, the front bezel only has room to implement 3 external 5.25" (2 of which get dominated by the rad setup), 1 3.5" external in a 5.25" caddy, and the rest all internal.


Here's a shot with the drive covers removed so you can get a better look. It looks like it's really close to the bottom, but there's about half an inch or a little more, and the airflow isn't all too bad. It turned out to be surprisingly well positioned. I didn't realize until after I was done that I only had a margin of error of about 1/2" front to back, without hitting the front rail or psu in the back. To get to the psu, the rad has to be removed, so hopefully the pos ultra 500w v power won't fail again too soon (hey it was free after rebate!).


Here's the main shot. I had to make a notch in the lower left where the lip is for the side panel rails (done after picture was taken). It allows me to remove the motherboard without removing anything else, except for the rear 120mm exhaust. I had a hell of a time getting the brackets on the mc microres, and ended giving up and just using the velcro approach. It's actually more stable than I had imagined. Also, for the ddc, I drilled two holes for it, but then ended up rotating it 90 degrees, which obsoleted the holes. I ended up just using the adhesive neoprene pad it came with. Also, since the base panel of the ultra wizard isn't flat (what the hell!!!), it was a pain in the ass, but surprisingly, the neoprene was extremely flexible and adapted to it just fine.

I used the front barb on the rad for the cpu to avoid too sharp a turn. This meant that I had to use the inner barb to connect to the ddc. I hope it's not killing flow to the ram too much. Maybe I'll get those active ram coolers in the future.


Nothing about watercooling in this shot, but something I picked up from some of your posts, and really liked the idea. Routing cables through back here really takes care of a lot of the mess!! I'm still thinking of 7volting the fans, which is why I haven't tied the wiring down a bit more yet. In a case like the ultra wizard, where it wasn't designed to have you route wires back there, the mobo tray lip comes up pretty much right to where the side panel would be. This makes closing the panel a little harder, but it's not really a problem.


Final pic of a closeup of the holes I made for the top. You can really see the scratches here, where I slipped once when I was drilling the first hole. I got a lot better on the second one, but both look similar in the picture. Rad is attached simply with 8 #6-32 1.5" screws going top down through the grill, case, fan, and into the rad. Bottom yates are attached with #6-32 1.25" screws.

[Grinch]

here is a closeup of mine:

[linflas]

linflas what temps u get to water cooled 8800gtx ? my gts is running from 40 to 50c.

idle 34
load 41

clocked at 650/1000, no volt mods, yet...

[MayDay84]

OK,here's mine.... say what you think..not so beautiful but works!
http://s97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/New%20WCool/

[r00t]

hi,
my watercooling system , without these big tubes (my english is bad, i am german!):

[ziddey]

I gotta say, something about really small tubing looks real nice

[r00t]

I gotta say, something about really small tubing looks real nice

yeah but not to small , Tygon 11,2/8mm are perfect!

[hopper]

ziddy next time you got that case apart completly,,, spraypaint that sucka,,,, makes any case look pro.... inside black, outside is ok already,,,, nice jb n the mcmicro thats where i put mine

[hopper]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=129637

[serialk11r]

woo hoo, its nice to see all these "help need suggestions" threads and then see the rigs come out themselves weeks later. Wow, I wonder what mine will look like.

[Patriote]

Woaw, Nice Rigs Guys!

PS: serialk11r, are you on Speed ? Lo0L! You replyed to all of the thread on Liquid cooling page... your 13 right ? J\k

[smopoim86]

Woaw, Nice Rigs Guys!

PS: serialk11r, are you on Speed ? Lo0L! You replyed to all of the thread on Liquid cooling page... your 13 right ? J\k

I was thinking the same thing.


@Hopper: I love how the graphics turned out. do you have a rear pic, to see how much case chopping was done?

EDIT: never mind, i followed the link

[ziddey]

ziddy next time you got that case apart completly,,, spraypaint that sucka,,,, makes any case look pro.... inside black, outside is ok already,,,, nice jb n the mcmicro thats where i put mine

Thanks for the tip. But the front bezel is plastic and is pretty scratched up, along with the finish in general. It's really a free after rebate case, so I didn't care for it too much. Maybe I should have. But if I do ever get a halfway decent case, I was definitely take your suggestion into account.

Also, just a curiousity question: I know computers weren't designed like cars and there's no need for it, but I couldn't help but notice that the chassis more or less becomes common ground. Maybe there could be whatever advantages to that? I'm trying to think up ideas still. But when painted, it'd be obviously insulated and out of the question

As for serial, keep it up man. It reminds me of a time when I was 13. You're doing good (or well if you prefer )

[hopper]

but notice that the chassis more or less becomes common ground.

i didnt paint my removable mb tray or the rails it slides on,, just tape off the mb area if you want befor



smopoim86,,,, click the link under the pic i talk about how i did it... a few pics ..... hit me up if you want to see any part of it

[Polizei]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=129637

I stared at that picture for a good 5 minutes wondering why you had a videocard block mounted vertially... and then wondered where your videocard was. How did you do that? I notice a cable there going from the slot to the card's contacts... never seen that before. Awesome, very unique.

[hot_fifty]

http://peecee.dk/?id=21770
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[hopper]

Polizei ... check out the link to see the pics of how i did it,,, it was very very easy i only cut 2 things drilled 2 small holes and the pci extension was 55$

have a nice day




hot fifty ... is that case as big as it looks in the pic... wow

[serialk11r]

Haha, I just really love posting for some reason. When I get a chance I just sit down and take off. And if you noticed, not a lot of my posts are BSish spam. I just feel like sharing my knowledge, and I do this everywhere I go, so I think you guys know what they think of me I don't mind, I mean helping people out just feels like the right thing to do. I helped 2 people at school get their rigs together but they ended up getting SH*T stuff because they're not very smart. One guy I gave a sheet with a full system recommendation, and his dad decided to go to fry's, pick up a e6600 and a 7900gs but guess what? some super sh*tty 80 dollar ram that the guy didn't know what it was called. An ECS Elitegroup motherboard (I was laughing really hard at this one), and OMFG thermaltake watercooling. I was like gomfg dude, wtf is wrong with you. He's like "I got a good case, it was 40 bucks and its plastic". which is stupid. The other dude I helped out earlier, and he got a mobo with integrated graphics and a x2 3800 and he claimed his computer was good... Anyways, nice rigs guys, and like ya, I think I have to cut down on the crazy posting. I have this "computer programming" class at school but its all BS and the teacher doesn't know anything about programming, so its FREE TIME!!! Some people play halo (yes, halo at school on macintoshes) and I do a couple posts, take a look at some stuff here and there Hopper, I really like that ribbon cable mod thing! And I think we all have to admit but german wcing systems with small tubes look really nice. I guess that's the principle thermaltake crap is built on: cheapness and looks first, performance last In every review of thermaltake WCing I have ever seen, all of them said it looked hella nice, but very few said it performed well Even their coolant, which actually performed very well, as one review put it, "glowed the most obnoxiously". I laugh at thermaltake. Seems like they're more into cosmetics for PCs rather than anything else.

[JamesTX10]

That is what I have so far. I will finish up my loop tonight and start leak testing.

[Patriote]

Looks pretty good, James!

Good Luck!

[hot_fifty]

Polizei ... check out the link to see the pics of how i did it,,, it was very very easy i only cut 2 things drilled 2 small holes and the pci extension was 55$

have a nice day




hot fifty ... is that case as big as it looks in the pic... wow

thx a lot. Yeah that case is big but nice for H2O

[Solarfall]

hey hot_fifty whats case is that? looks like a thermaltake am i right.

and sir could we see some daytime photos too, night shots are allways nice
but i for one whould really like to see more of your rig.

[hot_fifty]

nice Solarfall. Can I not send you some pics on MSN Messenger or what ever U use. Easier for me.. Thanks..

BTW: It a TT Mozart TX (20kg without WC and HW, just the case)