Water Cooled Case Gallery

[Weber]

Didnt watercool the GPU as i didn't know how crappy a MCW50 was until i opened it up.

Hey lowfat, did you have to remove the crazy cool back plate on that DQ6 to install the water block?

[hobbes70790]

update, finished pics!

for some reason my camera hates the EK block.. sorry for the blurry again.

the Fuzion and the pipes on my new Asus P5k

EK rez in action.. Dang that thing is slick

top shot

side shot

D-Tek Fuzion and the corner of my OCZ XTC cooler

side panel off

w/side panel

w/side panel take 2

OCZ XTC cooler and the EK Multioption (you can also see the red/green lights from my tracers in the middle)

during the test and windows install etc. earlier in the day, basically a day shot w/window off

as usual critique is welcome and encouraged :thumb:
meanwhile enjoy

[septim]

very nice xaser3 hobbes, where did you put the top usb ports, or did you leave that out.

[hobbes70790]

very nice xaser3 hobbes, where did you put the top usb ports, or did you leave that out.

haha those got ripped out long ago to make room for the rad
i never used them anyway though, i just use the usbs on my monitor and my speaker control has a headphone jack.

[coolrmaster]

pretty freakin sweet Hobbs, like the color scheme and it's clean to boot

[louie101086]

hobbs are those orange fans uv or are those leds in them

[RX7boricua]

I had to add my precious to the gallery! My precioussssss...... :P She's a UFO Horizon that I worked on sporadically for a month or two until it was done. Definitely the best case out there!

[septim]

hmm horizontal placement of EK multioption, i think i see a problem with cavitation happening...

[hobbes70790]

hobbs are those orange fans uv or are those leds in them

all the fans are just plain uv, i cant stand UV led fans because the glow is not uniform i have a 12" uv ccfl on either side of the top rad fans to get them to glow

[lowfat]

Hey lowfat, did you have to remove the crazy cool back plate on that DQ6 to install the water block?

nope.

[Gr8 Vivec]

my build

[coolrmaster]

RX7 - almost perfect except that white rad sticker sticks out like a sore thumb

GR8 - looks good, what is that at the top of your loop with the foam on top?

[Okda]

hdd cooler

[tiro_uspsss]

@ arctic_storm: those hdds have any cooling? (ie: fan) they r sitting together so darn close & cuddly &... hot...

[DarthBeavis]

update, finished pics!

for some reason my camera hates the EK block.. sorry for the blurry again.

the Fuzion and the pipes on my new Asus P5k

EK rez in action.. Dang that thing is slick

top shot

side shot

D-Tek Fuzion and the corner of my OCZ XTC cooler

side panel off

w/side panel

w/side panel take 2

OCZ XTC cooler and the EK Multioption (you can also see the red/green lights from my tracers in the middle)

during the test and windows install etc. earlier in the day, basically a day shot w/window off

as usual critique is welcome and encouraged :thumb:
meanwhile enjoy

I love the lights!!!! great job bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RX7boricua]

Whoa, Darth, that means a lot coming from someone that has a custom painted, phase chaged, gigantor UFO on steroids with a friggin axe sticking out of the top. Thanks!

I'm not too happy with the fact that the only air coming into the case has to pass through the PA120.3 first, so this morning I ordered a 120mm fan hole acrylic triple 5.25" bay cover from MM, along with a black 120mm grille, a Yate Loon D12SM-12, and some MX-1 TIM for the CPU to see if I get better temps than I get with AS5. My hope is that I can get some fresh air (that doesn't pass through a rad) into the bottom of the case for the PA 120.2 to take advantage of.

I just photochopped one of my pics and placed a 120mm in the left drive bay. What do you guys think?

[septim]

hmm mod horizon top to accomodate 2 120mm fans, or the 1 besides mobo (extra PSU slot) to another 120mm fan...

[coolrmaster]

I'm not too happy with the fact that the only air coming into the case has to pass through the PA120.3 first, so this morning I ordered a 120mm fan hole acrylic triple 5.25" bay cover from MM, along with a black 120mm grille, a Yate Loon D12SM-12, and some MX-1 TIM for the CPU to see if I get better temps than I get with AS5. My hope is that I can get some fresh air (that doesn't pass through a rad) into the bottom of the case for the PA 120.2 to take advantage of.

you can't be serious that your pa120.3 is sucking air into the case? that's about as smart as running the heater during summer in Arizona

[RX7boricua]

Septim, I want to keep the top with just the big window, as the motherboard and loops are the "showcase" of the entire setup. As far as the spare PSU hole, I wouldn't even know where to begin to throw a 120mm fan there and make it look good. :P

coolrmaster, how do you propose I get air into my case then? From everything I've read while deciding on a setup, the temperature of the air passing through the radiator doesn't really change. Running 3.65ghz @ 1.46V, I'm getting 33-35degC idle and 52-53 load. From what I've been told, those temps are excellent.

[coolrmaster]

RX7, temps look good, what's the ambient?

I run qx6700 and 8800gtx sli at stock speeds on dtek fuzion and danger den blocks on single loop with pa120.3, temps approx. 8C and 20C above ambient respectively.

[RX7boricua]

Ambient for me is anywhere between 20-22degC. If I set Vcore to Auto and clock down to stock speeds, my CPU idles at around 24-25degC and loads at around 33-35degC.

[c1rcu1tburn3r]

That's mine,I think with my QX6700 is not important to cool the NB couse you can't get more than 500-510 of fsb...

[pvtdonuts]

Painted the case flat black and added a second loop to accommodate the QX6700. Loops are as follows, PA120.3 -> Fuzion -> Microres -> DB-1 & MCR320 -> 2x EK FC8800 -> Microres -> DB-1
Also I replaced the stock asus p5n32-e sli heatsinks with thermalright HR-09's and HR-05's

[Roch]

[tiro_uspsss]

@ Roch: it looks sooo... sparse in ur case! i guess thats a testament to how clean it is !