Worklog: Antec P180B Watercooling (Project Complete, 56K Warning)

[lee143]

Great job BUT....WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE MORE UPDATES!!!

[sandoz]

me too, would also like to see some temps

[lasse.j5]

Thanks for the kind words everyone

amazing job dude. I love your keyboard BTW.
Logitech Elite FTW!!!!! we should make a club
Nice WCing job tho, its sooo clean. You should put some uv dye in that liquid tho.

Hehe. I love that keyboard. Just too bad i painted it blue years ago

Here are the temps.
Temps are meassured with CoreTemp.
Load temps are meassured after 30 mins Orthos Blend/ATITool 3D View

Ambitient temps are 28° C (Meassured with probe 10 cm away from intake fans)

E6420 @ 3600 MHz 1.52 Vcore:

Idle: 33° C
Load: 52° C

8800 GTS 641/1020 (Stock voltage yet )

Idle: 46° C
Load 50° C






I have also done some benchmarking.

3DMark01 - 68809

Cpu @ 3875 MHz
Ram @ 969 MHz 5-4-4-4-9
GFX @ 672/1566/2106

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9219483



3DMark06 - 12149

Cpu @ 3831 MHz
Ram @ 958 MHz 5-4-4-4-9
GFX @ 672/1566/2106

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2296951



Ill soon upload some pics of the ThermalRight heatsinks.. Damn they look nice

[sandoz]

looks good

can you post some pics from the finished case?

[lasse.j5]

looks good

can you post some pics from the finished case?

Thanks. The last pics are more or less of the finnished case.

I just need to mount the new heatsinks.

[Polizei]

Still waiting for most of the pictures to load (stupid slow connection), but this is what a true worklog is... Lots of pictures.

[MaxxxRacer]

Wow. That is the cleanest watercooled P180 I've ever seen. Very nice man.

The only Concern I have is for the mosfets. As you have it now, they have very limited cooling.

Putting the NB/SB on the thermalright heatsinks as well as the Mosfets will really help out though.

[lasse.j5]

NEW UPDATE WITH LOTS OF PICS!

Still waiting for most of the pictures to load (stupid slow connection), but this is what a true worklog is... Lots of pictures.

I know the server is slow but i doesn't get any better than that. Have patience is all i can say

Wow. That is the cleanest watercooled P180 I've ever seen. Very nice man.

The only Concern I have is for the mosfets. As you have it now, they have very limited cooling.

Putting the NB/SB on the thermalright heatsinks as well as the Mosfets will really help out though.

Thank you for the kins words. The new heatsinks have helped alot. The old heatsinks were scorching hot to touch. The new ones are very cool to touch.

[Yozzman]

You inspired my current build

Hardware:

Antec P182B
P5B Deluxe
E6600
2x1Gb OCZ DDR2 800
8800GTS 320MB
Audigy2 ZS
Thermaltake toughpower 600watt

Watercooling parts:
EK-wave acetal 775
EK fullcover voor 8800GTS
DCC Ultra
Swiftech Micro Res.
Thermochill PA120.3 with schroud
Tubing: innovatek 10/8 clear PVC met innovatec tec protect vloeistof






Overal:







Het rad:






From the top:

[lasse.j5]

You inspired my current build

Hardware:

Antec P182B
P5B Deluxe
E6600
2x1Gb OCZ DDR2 800
8800GTS 320MB
Audigy2 ZS
Thermaltake toughpower 600watt

Watercooling parts:
EK-wave acetal 775
EK fullcover voor 8800GTS
DCC Ultra
Swiftech Micro Res.
Thermochill PA120.3 with schroud
Tubing: innovatek 10/8 clear PVC met innovatec tec protect vloeistof

It's a nice looking build you've got there.

I like the way you mounted the res.

Maybe i should add some dye to my water too

[Yozzman]

Thx

My goal was to make the loop as short as possible.
No unnecessary bends etc...

The pump is so powerfull that i saw a vortex in the outlet of the GPU block :|

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

You inspired my current build

Hardware:

Antec P182B
P5B Deluxe
E6600
2x1Gb OCZ DDR2 800
8800GTS 320MB
Audigy2 ZS
Thermaltake toughpower 600watt

Watercooling parts:
EK-wave acetal 775
EK fullcover voor 8800GTS
DCC Ultra
Swiftech Micro Res.
Thermochill PA120.3 with schroud
Tubing: innovatek 10/8 clear PVC met innovatec tec protect vloeistof


Het rad:

You are only using 4 bolts and necessary nuts to secure the rad? Are they strong enough to move the case around without bending?

I have a p180b that I just purchased and I plan on putting a triple rad like you did.

If you don't mind, could you possibly list the size the bolt?

It looks nice btw. I like what the other guy (who started the thread) did with the metal braces, but I don't have the time to do that.

[sick_g4m3r]

lasse.j5, you sir have an amazing build. that is definately in my top 3 favorites. its amazing!

couple questions:
1) how is your RAM cooler mounted to the board?
2) any links to the vmod guide you used? have you vmodded yet?

thanks

[lee143]

Do you have a tutorial on exactly how to make the brackets for the radiator?

[giraffen]

Damm, it looks nice

[TRG]

Nice P180 mod! I like your waterloop very much.

[Agent11]

Cleanest p180 I've seen.

And AWSOME lap job btw

[aussie-revhead]

Great work , thats a beautiful setup you have there . Do you have any data on the improvement in temps from fitment of the thermalRight NB and SB heatsinks ? I was looking at water cooling these and mosfets but 6 waterblocks on a single rig would be a total mess ....

[Leadslinger]

Nice work Lap, I really like clean lines and custom shop looking special made parts. That Ramcooler is tits, does it stay on just by tension? I didn't see any mounting holes or clips. might think about producing it for retail?

[pwnage101]

here are just some ideas (personal opinion):

if you do color the water, blue would be nice.

you obviously know how to solder wires/have soldering equipment so it would probably be sweet if you get the corners of that acrylic/polycarbonate ram cooler lit up with blue or white or whatever color LEDs

and get some leds at the top of the case (where you cant see them) shining down.

do you have a window/leave your case open? because i wouldn't even bother if i just leave my case closed

[pvtdonuts]

Both of your p180 builds inspired me to do my own in a p182, great builds you guys

[[cTx] Nooc]

where do you guys get your Antecs powdercoated?

[Espion]

They just used a high quality spray paint and gave it a couple coats, which I also intend to do with my P182 in the fall when I do something similar to what these guys did.

What I would like to know is if they had any trouble with anything fitting together or holes being too filled in after they painted it.

[brussy]

davinci would crap his britches. excellent work guys. i plan on doin a project much like yours in the near future. about how much did it cost all together??

[brussy]

also, about your mobo heatsinks, you used the thermalright high riser, but did u use the slanted or upright HR-90's, and i cant find the other one, which one is that?? and which pump did you use donuts?