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    1st Time Modding & 1st H2O Setup!!!

    this is the first time i modded a case and first time i ever played with watercooling i read lot of reviews and did the best i could take a look and tell me what u all think.





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    idle temp for 3375Mhz

    load temp for 3375Mhz
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    MY WATERCOOLING SETUP
    CPU*SWIFTECH APOGEE GTZ
    PUMP*SWIFTECH MCP 655
    RAD*SWIFTECH MCR320 W/ 3 SCYTHE ULTRA KAZE MED. SPEED
    RES*T-LINE
    TUBING*DURELENE PVC
    COOLANT*DISTILLED WATER & PT NUKE

    WORKLOG-Blue Devil TJ07

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    looks pretty damn good to me for a rookie...LOL...way to go man....looks awesome!
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    Watercooling Loop:

    1 X PA120.3
    1 X PA120.2
    2 X Laing DDC's w/EK-DDC Dual Turbo Top
    7 X Yate Loon Blue LED Intake Fans
    4 X Yate Loon Blue LED Exhaust Fans
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    what fans are you using on your MCR 220? And at what RPM are they running? Are you using a shroud? Where's your rad located at?

    Those are pretty nice temps...

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    rad looks like it is on top of case...looking at the 4th pic...looks like no shroud...
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    4 120MM Yate Loon Exhaust Fan
    28" HANNSPREE Monitor


    Watercooling Loop:

    1 X PA120.3
    1 X PA120.2
    2 X Laing DDC's w/EK-DDC Dual Turbo Top
    7 X Yate Loon Blue LED Intake Fans
    4 X Yate Loon Blue LED Exhaust Fans
    1 X Swiftech GTZ
    1 X GPU EK Fullcover Waterblock
    1 X XSPC Dual Bay Reservoir 5.25" with Bubble Window

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    nice temps...

    next on the mod change all 80mm fans to 120mm and watercool that gpu card too...

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    you did the best with what you had to work with ......and what you have is a great looking rig . wish my 1st attempt at wc had looked like that
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    Looks great man!
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    Simply awesome, great job! 1 quick question though: To make it easier for you the next time you fill your loop up, put the res a little higher then the pump in let. I'm assuming now when you go to fill your loop, you fill up the res, then tilt the case toward the pump?
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    Nice Mods man..

    its looking uber awesome
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    nice job
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    Quote Originally Posted by jinsean View Post
    what fans are you using on your MCR 220? And at what RPM are they running? Are you using a shroud? Where's your rad located at?

    Those are pretty nice temps...
    fans are apevia and run at 1700rpm pushing 64cfm each
    MY RIG: BLUE DEVIL
    CASE*BLACK SILVERSTONE TJ07-MODIFIED
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    MY WATERCOOLING SETUP
    CPU*SWIFTECH APOGEE GTZ
    PUMP*SWIFTECH MCP 655
    RAD*SWIFTECH MCR320 W/ 3 SCYTHE ULTRA KAZE MED. SPEED
    RES*T-LINE
    TUBING*DURELENE PVC
    COOLANT*DISTILLED WATER & PT NUKE

    WORKLOG-Blue Devil TJ07

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    Looks nice I think if you try draining a big of the PC ice, then replacing it with water, you'll see an improvement
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    Quote Originally Posted by septim View Post
    nice temps...

    next on the mod change all 80mm fans to 120mm and watercool that gpu card too...
    was going to try but when i measured i didnt have enough space to put 2x 120mm in back i would only be able to fit one and i would have had a ugly looking mad after cutting and as far as the gpu i am fine where its at it runs cool at 49-52c idle i have applied ceramique on gpu and thermal tape on memory but will consider water because i am upgrading to a gtx
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    PSU*PC POWER&COOLING BLACK QUAD 750W
    HD*SATA MAXTOR 150GB 8MB CACHE & SATA WD 250 GB 16MB CACHE
    GPU*GIGABYTE HD4670 @ 811/1100
    MY WATERCOOLING SETUP
    CPU*SWIFTECH APOGEE GTZ
    PUMP*SWIFTECH MCP 655
    RAD*SWIFTECH MCR320 W/ 3 SCYTHE ULTRA KAZE MED. SPEED
    RES*T-LINE
    TUBING*DURELENE PVC
    COOLANT*DISTILLED WATER & PT NUKE

    WORKLOG-Blue Devil TJ07

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    Quote Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
    Looks nice I think if you try draining a big of the PC ice, then replacing it with water, you'll see an improvement
    are u serious i am all for lower temps how much do you recommend removing half or 1/4
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    MY WATERCOOLING SETUP
    CPU*SWIFTECH APOGEE GTZ
    PUMP*SWIFTECH MCP 655
    RAD*SWIFTECH MCR320 W/ 3 SCYTHE ULTRA KAZE MED. SPEED
    RES*T-LINE
    TUBING*DURELENE PVC
    COOLANT*DISTILLED WATER & PT NUKE

    WORKLOG-Blue Devil TJ07

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    Quote Originally Posted by louie101086 View Post
    are u serious i am all for lower temps how much do you recommend removing half or 1/4
    I'd try to get rid of as much of it as possible Some guys had PC Ice and they said its viscosity was damn high compared to water, and switching to water improved temps by a good bit. Do you still care about the color? The best coolant is water plus some algaecide (preferably this? http://www.petrastechshop.com/pepcobi1.html) and for the bling, add some dye. Its a shame jab-tech doesn't stock their old dye, the D-tek stuff is more expensive... Well Frozen CPU still has theirs for 5 dollars. http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17...tl=g30c103s186
    7.5 shipped for the dye, 5 shipped for the PT nuke, and some water (what? 30 cents???) and you'll see a drop in temps
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    What's your room temp??

    Your temps is very good for me

    My e6400@3.0 1.38v

    Idle 34-35
    Load ortos After 1hour 40 41

    Why my idle temps is so high??

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    There's one problem with your loop setup. You need to reorient your GT block. You'll get better temps with the "Swiftech" label in the upright position.
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    I agree. Nice setup. Beats my idle temp. I get around 35 with coretemp. My first water setup looked like crap.

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    How much vcore are you pumping through that baby?
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    Quote Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
    Looks nice I think if you try draining a big of the PC ice, then replacing it with water, you'll see an improvement
    actually he wont. PCice is pretty good IMO.

    I used it b4 and i didnt see that much of a difference from straight distilled. Its nothing like fluidXP.

    I personally wouldnt change it. Its expensive coolant that actually somewhat works. You could get simular temps for less cost, but better wont be by much.


    And also ranker is correct. It was shown by niksub that having the GT lined up so the barbs are up and down will actually increase its performance and drop your temps by a 2-3C. This was discovered accidentally by nikhsub. But later realized its because the cores are lined vertically, and hence in the path of the direction of flow of water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ranker View Post
    There's one problem with your loop setup. You need to reorient your GT block. You'll get better temps with the "Swiftech" label in the upright position.

    reorient ???
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    Before I'm using like this



    After like this



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    Nice job! And Nice Temps too!
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