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    Talking My ever changing PC in the Antec P180 [a little 56K unfriendly]

    In the begining...


    Intel C2D E6300
    Asus P5W DH Deluxe
    XFX 8800GTX
    Coolermaster iGreen 600W
    2x 200GB SATA HDD
    1x 160GB SATA HDD
    PQI Turbo PC4200 2GB DDR2 533mhz 3-3-3-8
    Antec P180

    then...

    Gigabyte pump from 3D Galaxy kit
    Alphacool NexXxoS XP
    Black Ice Xtreme 120mm
    Clearflex 1/2" ID Tubing
    Swiftech MCRES res

    added EK FC8800GTX to the loop and another radiator from the Gigabyte 3D Galaxy kit. back in the noob days, mixing aluminum with copper


    then moved to a BIX2, water colour turned from blue to purple from not cleaning out the gunk left over by previous owner, again, noob days
    also upgraded to a Laing DDC with Petra's top and a Cathar Storm G4



    my sexy Alphacool block



    then lapped my CPU



    then flushed out the gunk inside the radiator and changed to Swiftech 7/16" tubing



    Redline water wetter looks yucky, and tubing got dented from overuse of coolsleeves in unnecessary places, also changed to a Swiftech Storm



    painted the Storms mounting plate and changed to a Intel Bad Axe 2, ditched the Swiftech stuff and bought some el-cheapo tubing from Bunnings



    dogey custom bracket to support the G80


    heaps of changes have happened and now:
    -upgraded to an E6600
    -downgraded to a 8800GTS 320MB
    -swapped the 3x HDDs to a single 500GB one
    -upgraded to a Corsair HX620W PSU
    -upgraded to 2x 1GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500
    -got my hands of 1/2" ID Tygon Tubing
    -upgraded to a Swiftech MCR220
    -Laing DDC died so I bought a Swiftech MCP350
    -changed to a Swiftech Apogee
    -changed out the Swiftech MCRES to a brand new one, old one had dirty gunk in it
    -added an EK Nickel plated chipset waterblock and sold the EK FC8800GTX
    -put a HR05 of the SB
    -added an OCZ XTC RAM cooler



    then redid cabling and loop order, didn't like having my pump running sideways





    I have no idea why the paintwork is cracked like that, I will fix it sometime, also the white stuff is masking tape, my attempt to block out noise and dust, didn't have any duct tape lying around at the time




    I will be changing the motherboard out to an Asus P5N32-e SLI or Asus P5K Deluxe in the next few weeks so yeah.. stay tuned

    This all happened since mid January 2007
    Last edited by perfection; 07-21-2007 at 11:27 PM.
    My Rig

    CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 L626A175 3GHZ 1.30V real
    RAM: Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 stock speed and timings
    Motherboard: Asus P5E X38 333MHZ FSB x9 multi
    Video: Gigabyte 8800GTS 320mb stock speeds
    Soundcard Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
    Hard Drives Seagate 250GB 7200.10 SATAII (boot) > Samsung HD501J 500GB SATAII (Storage)
    Case: Lian Li PC-S80
    Powersupply: Corsair HX620W 620watt
    Optical: Samsung SH-S182D DVDRW 18x
    Monitor: Asus MW221U 22" LCD
    Mouse: Logitech CF G7
    Keyboard: Logitech G15
    Speakers: Logitech Z5500

    The water cooling

    CPU waterblock: Swiftech Apogee (original with custom top and mounting plate)
    GPU waterblock: EK FC8800GTS Acrylic
    Pump: Laing D5 Vario "3" speed setting
    Radiator: Swiftech MCR220 w/ 120mm Yate Loons D12SM-12 running at 7V
    Resevoir - Swiftech MCRES Micro - Pentison G11


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