Water cooling Asus Striker II Formula . with Tri - Sli

[disruptfam]

how about dual gtx's @ 650/2000 @ 1680 x 1050 2x aa?

[cajer]

Which reservoir are you using with your system?

[Sammo]

Do you have a drawing or photo of the internals of the blocks you made at all? Very very nice i like it.

Very impressive on that one full coverage waterblock......can you post the what the inside layout of the water block looks like, is it safe to say it's set up in a maze like configuration?

Also what kind of tools did you use to create the waterblocks.

First using the original passive cooler as a template the base was cut out of a piece of 3 mm copper plate…..This was then placed in position on the motherboard and the clearance was taken between the baseplate and the graphics card ….it was 11 mm…..next the base plate was clamped to the stock cooler and the mounting holes drilled through…..



Again using the stock cooler as a pattern the main block of 10 mm copper was marked out (minus mounting tags) and cut out with a band saw…..then the block was mounted in a milling machine and the waterways were cut as per the drawing….



the squares over the NB and SB were cut to a depth of 5 mm to leave 5 mm for the threads….the joining waterways were cut to 7 mm

Using a pillar drill the holes for the fittings were cut and threaded ¼ BSP and the whole thing was cleaned ready for soldering……

This was done with plumbers flux and solder …..first both faces were tinned with a small build up of solder……then the two halves were melted together…..

Next the unit was inflated with a tyre pump up to 60 psi and dropped into the sink for a couple of hours…..




Now it only remained for the edges to be squared off …again with a milling machine ….next the block was taken to a local plating shop and dipped to clean the inside..

Finally the base was lapped in with wet n dry on a piece of glass ….and the top and sides polished with lots of elbow grease…..

Finnished job was fitted to the board using the original fixings












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[LockBreaker]

Very, very nice.

Very clean job and I love those waterblocks for the Striker II

[Pete]

Sammo,

Wow really impressive stuff. I like the block a lot. Nice idea on the presure test too. Will you make other little custom things over time for ya self? I got a feeling i could see some cool custom parts from you

[QuadSLI]

The material in the Koolance is alum and gold (plated) copper …there is no reaction between gold and Aluminium ……Any copper is a long way away and earthed…..I think they are the best ….as I said I have been using one for over a year now and so far there is no sign of any corrosion…should be alright for a bit longer…

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WHat ya mean by earthed?

Thx..

[Anemic]

I would really like a 3DMark 06 score!

[Maxx103]

Thank you for the information......very impressive. You said that you had to call in some favors to make this happen so I take it, that this is going to be the only one then. Too bad to, very nice.

[crash5s]

Do the MOSFET's have the same foot print on the striker II as the striker?

[Sammo]

Which reservoir are you using with your system?

The reservoir is a XSPC Dual Eye Ball Bay unit from watercooling UK...


It comes with a separate light which is taped to the rear…



The quick release buttons on the Cosmos case allow the reservoir to easily slide forward for topping up.



I like it



Perhaps a bit over the top as it takes up two drive bays …but I have never had any trouble with air or noise …..And of course its always reassuring to see the ripples…..



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[systemviper]

Wow, very well done set up, I like it.
that must pack a punch, can't wait to see more....


great job

[Sammo]

I would really like a 3DMark 06 score!

Had a bit of bad luck with the original OCZ FLEX 9200 leaking so I have been running the memory without cooling ……

Have now put in 4 gig of sli-ready that I`ve had for a while with a spot cooler so I could try a bit of O/Clocking

Here`s the result




Just put one on the multiplier and switched on the sli-ready….

Could go higher with a bit of tweaking but this will do for now till the blocks bed in.



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