Water Cooled Case Gallery

[IanY]

Pardon me Krueml while I swear some choice curse words That is just stunning lol You mind if I copy your use of water cooling equipment for one of my upcoming builds? That machine makes me a little too excited

What is the brand of your additive/dye? That doesn't look like Swiftech Hydrx.

[Ic3man]

Nice blocks, dunno If I would run them all of one pump though looks to be a hell of alot of restriction there.

[Pete]

I does look cool without any hose clamps..just hop they don;t move!

[Timmay]

loop is set up wrong IMO, but hey, looks nice!

[Sparky]

loop is set up wrong IMO, but hey, looks nice!

Why, loop order doesn't matter.

[Pete]

I would always goes CPU 1st but how do you make that look nice in a sling loop....he's really though about it and pulled off nicely

[lowfat]

Why, loop order doesn't matter.

exactly. Shorter tubing will help more, and i think he did a good job at keeping the tubing as short as possible.

[krueml_]

exactly. Shorter tubing will help more, and i think he did a good job at keeping the tubing as short as possible.

I think so, too. But I'm not satisfied with the long tubing from mosfets to pump inlet..

IanY .. no problem .. It's UV WaterDye: http://www.aquatuning.de/product_inf...ye-29-5ml.html

[IanY]

Krueml,

I guess the Alphacool water tank is not removable for filling. So you have to be careful when topping up the reservoir, correct?

You use 7/16" ID 5/8" OD Tygon R-3603 right? That doesn't look like 1/2" ID 3/4" OD Tygon to me.

Wasserzusatz UV Dye !!

[Foxy_PT]

Those Ek blocks are Sweet

That alphacool top seems very nice. How about the performance? Better than a mcp655?

[N H O]

just refilled the loop not too long ago

[krueml_]

Krueml,

I guess the Alphacool water tank is not removable for filling. So you have to be careful when topping up the reservoir, correct?

You use 7/16" ID 5/8" OD Tygon R-3603 right? That doesn't look like 1/2" ID 3/4" OD Tygon to me.

I'm using a short hose with a funnel for filling, no problems.. and yes, it's 7/16"ID 5/8"OD..
But I have really problems to get the air out of the system - as you can see in the 3th picture - the reservoir is too small, the Laing has too much power and the rig is simply too less restrective. Alphacool will send me a swam for the reservoir and I hope that the storm will be over then..

[Pete]

Sorry i'm lost to what the issues is where?

[Timmay]

Why, loop order doesn't matter.

It does if you want the last deg in temp off your CPU etc, Tubing doesn't have much effect on resistance, its all the tiny little restrictive SB/NB blocks I would be worried about.

[thunderstruck!]

It does if you want the last deg in temp off your CPU etc, Tubing doesn't have much effect on resistance, its all the tiny little restrictive SB/NB blocks I would be worried about.

No, it goes from pump -> rad -> gpu -> cpu.

Also, loop order really doesn't make a difference. The important thing it to use the least amount of tubing and make the least bends.

[coolmiester]

I'm using a short hose with a funnel for filling, no problems.. and yes, it's 7/16"ID 5/8"OD..
But I have really problems to get the air out of the system - as you can see in the 3th picture - the reservoir is too small, the Laing has too much power and the rig is simply too less restrective. Alphacool will send me a swam for the reservoir and I hope that the storm will be over then..

I found that krueml_ using an 18watt DDC in my HTPC which was making all sorts of gurgling noises from the res no matter how full i filled it and couldn't get the last bubbles out so had to resort to a bit of foam.

I used the filter foam from an Eheim 1250 pump which fits perfectly into the Alphacool Plexi res top and worked an absolute treat - it hasn't so much slowed the flow down but stopped the turbulence in the res altogether so you can literally fill it completely to the top even with the pump running







Then fill the Res cap with whatever liquid your using and stick it in the freezer for 20minutes or so until it freezes - make sure you have the res filled up right to the brim then screw the cap back on with the frozen liquid inside - frozen liquid melts and it gets rid of the air that normally gets trapped in the lid...........genius

[Timmay]

No, it goes from pump -> rad -> gpu -> cpu.

Well I be damned, I thought it went the other way.

[Pete]

Paul that really is genius sir! I like that a lot. A very simple trick and mod and use of pyhsics. Im rather impressed

[sreedx2]

Here is my new build

Just mind the messed up rheobus mod

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[Polizei]

Very nice. What UV dye are you using? I want a color similar to that, maybe a little brighter.

[sreedx2]

That is UV blue fluid xp, I also have some Pentosin G11 which I am going to try after this

ah ic you also have a crappy 6600 I am at 3.6ghz running 1.5875 Vcore

[safan80]

How will you prime the system?
No there is no reservoir or T-line as far as I can see
/Thomas

he uses the bleed screw on his pa120.3

[Polizei]

I have pushed it to 3.55GHz @ 1.625v... I couldnt get much higher otherwise Orthos failed almost immediately. This computer is the first one Ive ever built, so a like, 45% overclock is not too shabby for me. I could probably hit 3.6 with like, 1.65v, but I dont know...

I want that 50% overclock sometime... maybe when I get water this summer.

I was in a 16C room and with my SI-120 with some POS Thermaltake fan I was hitting 49C load.

[sreedx2]

Yeah that is still good, I am also happy with my OC but I would like more .. or lower temps some C2D`s can reach go much higher with a lot lower Vcore

[IanY]

SreedX2,

Just an observation. I would fill the drain port completely with fluid. Leaving an unfilled section that is subject to condensation (and other forms of growth) is not the smartest idea.