Water Cooled Case Gallery

[Rapier]

taht is SWEEET

how much is that tubing btw?

I don't know, I charge it back to my department and sneek it out with me. I'll see if can find out some specs on the stuff. Its a thick wall silicone tubing. 3/8" id and 1/2" od...

...From what our store room employees say the same as McMaster-Carr. mdl. 3038K22. Search for that part number here:
http://www.mcmaster.com/

The only trouble me and Rockhammer have with the stuff, is that liquid must evaporate through the tubing walls at a very low rate (like < 1 ounce a month or 1 cc/day). Rockhammer says after 6 months or so that the rate will drop to about half that much. its weird, you don't perceive any loss through the tubing walls, but at such a very low rate, you wouldn't anyway. The stuff does stay very flexible even after long periods in time. Rockhammer does say it'll stain with what ever dye you use in the system after some time, but it doesn't really matter if you never change colors.

[k00lance]

Really awesome
to think you have all those housed in a huge heatsink^^
You make me want to get one

[trance565]

aight, here i go!


i think it's a tad messy, but hey, it does a good job so im happy
side is off by the way, i gotta dremel a spot in the case window so that the d4 fits, it's hitting the window atm
btw, will it effect my cooling if the rad is mounted on it's side? cuz that seemed to be the best way to mount it with the tubing

[ShawnMcGrail]

Here's mine, Updated once again.


Yes, I'm gangsta', No fans pushing, But thats only until I get some thing fans for the front.


Here's my war-wounds, The pump is too big under my 6800LE's heatsink so I had to chop-up the case a little, Hopefully once my 6800ULTRA arrives I can bend that little piece back in.

[[XC]Atomicpineapple]

Time to post mine on here I guess, bit of a struggle getting it all in a Lian Li V1000!

Alphacool NexXxos III Rad
Danger Den D5 Pump
Danger Den HDP 5.25" Bay Res
Danger Den TDX and Maze 4 GPU blocks

[rotNdude]

Here is my first attempt at water. It still needs a little cable management.

Storm CPU block
Swiftech MCP655
BIX2
Lian Li PC-75B

Filling/bleeding/leak testing:


Fire it up:


Put some light on the subject:

[ferrari_freak]

Well that looks pretty damn good for a first try. Really nice

Usama aka Ferrari Freak

[rotNdude]

Well that looks pretty damn good for a first try. Really nice

Usama aka Ferrari Freak

Thanks, M8! I did a lot of reading on this forum before I made the plunge (no pun intended).

[Eagleclaw]

rotNdude nice.

What mixture you have? Is that Pentosin?

[rotNdude]

rotNdude nice.

What mixture you have? Is that Pentosin?

Thanks, M8. Actually, it's *cough* PC Ice *cough*. I didn't do quite enough reading before I bought it.

[wittekakker]

My system used to be like this:



So I made some changes, é voila:







Still not much bling bling if u ask me, but it's a lot easier to move

[Leeum]

Hey Atomicpineapple: That rad looks similar to an XSPC R120-T... how's it treating you?

[Waxman]

My rig:

[Leeum]

Nice setup Waxman

One of those new Aquacomputer fan grills in black would look nice instead of the brushed alu one imo!

How is that respack reservoir? I'm considering using one in my next project The outer frame of it is anodised aluminium isn't it?

[Waxman]

I like the contrast of the silver grill with th black case.

The reservoir is great. 1/4" threads. The one I have is made out of delrin (same as the Storm). There is a version made out from aluminum, but this one is safer.

[Trice]

http://www.dmp-racing.com/king/Case/

In the making. Waiting on my 1/2" Tygon, and Raptors to put it in this weekend. Should be fun transferring from this CM Praetorian to the TJ03.

[rob[GL]]

Hey everybody, this is my second post on the forums and I'm just looking for some friendly advice... I am thinking about watercooling for the first time, and as a beginner I don't want to get in over my head. I'm pretty confident in my abilities, but I think the simpler the better. I've been building computers for about 10 years now, and here is my current setup;

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice E6 CPU 1.8GHz (9x200) @ 2.7GHz (9x300) 1.7v
1024MB (2x512MB) OCZ Premier 2.5-3-3-7 Dual Channel PC3200 RAM w/ Heat Spreader
ATi Radeon X1800XT 512MB 625/1500 @ 750/1800 (Core/Mem) 1.48v
80GB Barracuda 7200.8 SATA 7200RPM 8MB Cache
200GB Barracuda 7200.8 SATA 7200RPM 8MB Cache
MSI K8N NEO4-F Mainboard
Enermax 535W PSU

My cpu idles around 32c on stock air cooling, and under a full load reaches about 47c. That's a 15c jump that I would like to eliminate. But not bad temperatures considering the 900MHz overclock, and extra .3vcore.

My video card idles around 42c (at stock) or 60c (when overclocked) and can reach upwards of 90c when full load. I definately want to eliminate those high temperatures on the video card.

My plan is the following... I want to pick up a thermaltake bigwater se kit... I work at a computer store so I can get one cheap. Comes with approx. 10feet of hose (1/4" ID) a 120mm radiator (copper heat pipes with aluminum fins) a small water pump (approx. 100LPH) and a resevoir that fits into a 5.25" drive bay... I also plan to pick up a 1/4" waterblock for my video card, we have some KOOLANCE blocks at work...

I know that most people think 1/4" is too small, but I am a beginner, and I am not looking to get crazy cold temperatures... Mainly I want to quiet down my computer, the X1800XT and CPU fan both at 100% all the time make my computer sound like a jet engine.

The way I look at it... Any watercooling setup (even 1/4") should give better cooling and be much quieter...


Anyone have any input?

[Trice]

I would say 1/4 is a bit thin to cool a x1800 that well. You shouldnt expect too much, I almost would think it would be close to air cooling, obviously a little better, without the noise.

I dove right in to my WC setup, it was easy to setup, I had no issues at all.

[trance565]

go custom all the way dude

my first wc set up consists of
d4 pump
120mm heatercore with 1 fan pullin, 1 fan pusshing
mcp05 cpu block
and a res
all 1/2 ID tubing

it's really easy to set up
i would suggest getting a t line though
and maybe a dual 120mm radiator/heatercore

[ExtraPickles]

What if DangerDen had a sale and nobody came?

Under Construction:
Swiftech Storm CPU block
DD Low Profile Maze4 GPU block
2 x D5 pumps
Thermochill PA120.3 rad
2x Thermochill PA shrouds
6x Yate Loon fans
Swiftech res
7/16 Tygon tubing


-pickles

[mindwreck]

that radbox must be screaming in pain (if it could scream)

[koola]

That's a lot of rad hanging off the back ExtraPickles!

[MaxxxRacer]

midwreck, how do u do those etches?

[mindwreck]

photoshopd the logos and flipped the picture so that I can follow them with a dremel.

[GuitarFreak1857]

that's sick...