Water Cooled Case Gallery

[safan80]

Awesome loop... Doesn't having the pump hanging like that totally eliminate any vibration noise?

it has very little vibration and next to no noise. you can't hear the pump unless you put your ear right up to it.

[safan80]

new project



wire management is for air coolers

this is the loop I took my idea from. Thanks _G_ . he uses the pa 120.3 bleed screw to fill the loop in case you were wondering.

[coolrmaster]

that snail with tail case must be an absolute nightmare to watercool, but good luck nonetheless

[C38368]

Here is some of my p180. This is what I had to work with. I have replaced the noctuas with YL's and I just ordered a MCR320 to replace the two radiators.

What are those radiators? I'm giving thought to a *very* similar set up, and I haven't found a 1x120mm that will fit up front without removing the lowest 5.25" cage...

[cyberspyder]

BIP 120s

[Waterlogged]

BIP 120s

Too thick to be BIPs...BIE 120s

[NickS]

Yea they look like BIX's... BIX with a Noctua fan *shudders*

Do they push a lot of air?

[SoulsCollective]

BIX with a Noctua fan *shudders*

What's wrong with Noctua's? I'm loving mine - quiet as, and still manage a very respectable airflow on a really restrictive condenser rad.

[Mad_Man]

What's wrong with Noctua's? I'm loving mine - quiet as, and still manage a very respectable airflow on a really restrictive condenser rad.

every other review said exactly the opposite...
and my personal testing on radiator showed the same...
but i still use them, as case fans

[customss]

dbryant9@telus.net

[stinka]

well ive been browsing these forums for a year or so but i didnt think my rig was worthy of posting untill now, i installed my first water loop ever yesterday

so heres my baby :





this was my first build as it was initialy put together by my bro and i just did upgrades like ram and gpu, but i ripped the lot out to fit the watercooling and started from scratch

comments welcome

evga 680i-e6300 @ 3.15- 2gb balsitix 5300- 8800 gtx- ocz 700w- 2x 200gb 7200 raid 0- modded antec p160- belinia 22w

thermochill 120.2-swiftech ddc -apogee gtx -dd filport -fesser 1

better pictures coming when i get my uv cathode

stinka

[SoulsCollective]

That's not too bad at all, good work there. I'd consider trying to shorten up the tubing so the pump is closer to everything rather than sitting on the bottom like that - perhaps mount it above your HDD bays? Shorter distances will mean less impedance. I'd also go Pump -> Rad -> CPU rather than Pump -> CPU -> Rad, it'll give you slightly better temps.

[n3wbi3]

well here is my1st post inthis section
Something i made up my self hope u guys like it

[SoulsCollective]

Oh you lucky bastard, that is one very, very sweet rig there. What's in the loop? Looks like dual PA120.3s, am I right?

[perfection]

that looks like dual triple 120mm BIX rads there, look at the fan spacing, they're touching each other, Thermochills have a little gap between each fan. Swiftech's fins are less dense so it must be a BIX in there

[n3wbi3]

Cheers guys
Well its a dual loop set up.
1st setup - res-> pump-> rad-> cpu-> res.
2nd setup - res-> pump-> rad-> gpu-> sb-> nb-> res.

As for the rads there are Hardware Labs Black Ice GT Stealth 360

[Solarfall]

@customss i really like your external WC box, really nice work.. i would like to see more pics of it, you would not happen to have a work log or something in some other forum.

@stinka what additive do you have in your loop..lol looks little bit like blood.. anyways looks freaking awesome to me..

and both of you guys to XS

[Yozzman]

That's not too bad at all, good work there. I'd consider trying to shorten up the tubing so the pump is closer to everything rather than sitting on the bottom like that - perhaps mount it above your HDD bays? Shorter distances will mean less impedance. I'd also go Pump -> Rad -> CPU rather than Pump -> CPU -> Rad, it'll give you slightly better temps.

+ 1 On the tubing

[meatpod]

Here is my entry into this sticky. Just finished putting together a rig in a modded G70 case.
The front:


The usual 3-hole fan mod on the top:


Two more fan holes cut into the side:


The guts of my rig:


And the brand new X2900 XT 1GB in all its water-cooling glory:


I really have to say that xtreme systems really has given me quite a bit of inspiration for this build. I have learned quite a bit from all of you. Thanks!

[terrya64]

Finished her last weekend after about 4 days of putting it together, most of that time spent making it look nice.
Specs are as follows:

evga 680i motherboard.
Intel e6600. oc'ed to 3.4
evga 768mb superclocked 8800gtx.
4gb g-skill memory.
3 500gb samsung spinrite sata 3.0 hd's.
2 250gb seagate barracuda sata 3.0 hd's.
silverstone st1000 psu,1000 watts.
thermaltake mozart tx case.
swiftech ultra water kit with stealth full cover vga block.

operating pretty good so far, 11713 on 3dmark. I have orthos but have yet to let it run for more than about 40 minutes. No errors so far. Highest temp I have seen on cpu so far was 55c. and that was running orthos and doing other things at same time. Highest on gpu is about 50c also. Both idle about 38c. Open to any suggestions. Will post pictures. hope they work.

[coolrmaster]

this thread has been hoppin lately with lots of cool new pics

meatpod sweet rig, though i should mention i am biased toward the G70 'cause i have a black one modded with the pa120.3

[meatpod]

this thread has been hoppin lately with lots of cool new pics

meatpod sweet rig, though i should mention i am biased toward the G70 'cause i have a black one modded with the pa120.3

Thanks Coolrmaster! Gotta love the space inside that huge G70!

[lowfat]

Shot with Canon PowerShot SD200 at 2007-07-18


Shot with Canon PowerShot SD200 at 2007-07-18

Shot with Canon PowerShot SD200 at 2007-07-18

[Patriote]

Freaking awesome job there lowfat

[Anemone]

Aye Lowfat that's a nice setup. Please tell me that my eyes aren't seeing zero clamps on the tubes though right?