New and Improved Watercooling Sticky - Post Your Systems Here

CAD OC'er · Mar 15, 2005

Jiggaman2576 · Apr 5, 2005

Some impressive systems in here, very nice indeed. Here is my latest setup with a new UFO case from Mountain mods. Big yes, but the room makes it awesome to work on!

lentic · Apr 5, 2005

Here is my rig the specs are in my sig

cetoole · May 4, 2005

My water

Had to do something with the hdds, the rad is huge, takes up the first 7 bays. Not visible is the Weapon modded 2-302 heatercore+shroud, 2x120mm Sanyo Denki fans, and DDC.

Scroatdog · May 4, 2005

cetoole said:
My water

Had to do something with the hdds, the rad is huge, takes up the first 7 bays. Not visible is the Weapon modded 2-302 heatercore+shroud, 2x120mm Sanyo Denki fans, and DDC.

Dude, I did the same thing with my cage in my stacker, with same heatercore in front. What I did though, was have mine turned 1/4 turn to thr right (compared to yours), left the fan on it, so I get push/pull cooling from the bottom rad fan (push) and pull from the hdd box fan (pull). Like this:

Sgt.Corleone · May 5, 2005

i used a gutted out fan for a shroud

mohammedtaha · May 7, 2005

nikhsub1 · May 10, 2005

caligula jones · May 11, 2005

here's what i got... iteration 2.5 (first 1.5 was in a different, smaller case):

system specs:
athlon64 3000+ 754pin
abit kv8-pro
1G crucial ddr400
9800pro w/128M
turtle beach santa cruz sound card
dvd-r
PCI raid card
280G HD space (WD and seagate 7200rpm)

watercooling specs:
danger den dd12v-d4 pump
maze-4 cpu block
maze-4 gpu block
black ice extreme radiator (w/push-pull fan setup)
5 1/4" reservoir
fillport

flow goes:
pump -> cpu -> gpu -> radiator -> reservoir -> pump

OC:
cpu @ 2.15G, video @ 440/398

idle temp: 36-38C
load temp: ~45C

i love this case... it's a monster but EASY to work with!

i built this system based on the hardocp article from last year (here), and love it.

shane

Hamateer · May 30, 2005

notoriousformula · Jun 2, 2005

madmat · Jun 10, 2005

My current rig from the rear...

and from the side...

and with the side in place.

My previous rig with the Koolance...

and after I integrated a cooling solution into the case...

Zektor · Jun 12, 2005

Here is some pics of my new rig:

agrikk · Jun 22, 2005

I've posted details about this setup in this thread but here's some pics of my Reserator setup:

yang88she · Jun 26, 2005

Here's mine, finally finished (please no flames on it being an Alienware: I happenned to have gotten it for a really incredible deal and yes I can DIY)

My rig: specs are in my sig (33 idle/38 load) jumps to 43 when I have it maxed OCed

Case openned: overall I'm really happy about my wire management (7x120mm, 3x80mm, 4x30mm)

Fillport Tucked in

Lights Out

barubal · Jul 9, 2005

here is my customized ex wc kit, it has 2x150mm fans and a custom made rad with a dimension of 120mmx300mm, pumps are 2x1600l/h . the tubings I used is a Masterkleer 7/16" ID/ 5/8" OD. my load temps on an oc'ed A64 3200+ is 39C, 11C lower than my previous cooling which is a Thermalright XP-120 paired with a 90+cfm TTake 120mm SC Fan.

Punx_Clever · Jul 16, 2005

And this is why comments are supposed to be restricted in this thread... so one doesn't have to wade through scrrens and screens of pissing and moaning to see what they came to see... you know, pictures.

So, without further time wasting... here are new pictures of my rig. Since the last time I posted pictures, I've added a GPU cooler (and had to buy a new graphics card due to the last one catching on fire... only slightly related). A bit trickey routing the tubes (next system I build will be 3/8), but it works.

playafly187 · Jul 16, 2005

been running the radiator without fans for the past week or so. works pretty well and of course is very quiet...

][V][AGIC · Jul 18, 2005

condac · Jul 23, 2005

Well I have put my cheap watercooling in place now. It might look like warm temps to you but it is Silent!
Results:
Closed case and fan on the slowest rpm without stalling:
Water temp 40C/42
CPU 50C/52

Closed case and medium speed on the fan:
Water temp max load 31
CPU max load 42

As long as the CPU never gets above 60 I don't care As long as its quiet. The cpu is unstable at 63 and at 64 it locks up. But at 60 it is stable 24/7/365
And of course some pics:

Don't tell me to fix my cables please because it is imposible to have them nice when you have 2 dvd and 3 hd and the power cables is too short or to long to reach etc. This is fixed, you should see them before.

theseeker · Jul 23, 2005

New DFI MB and the same Aqua cooling.

I really miss my NB block....

Boozer · Jul 29, 2005

well im semi finished with mine. but i call it finished. i just gotta drill the remaining holes for the top radiator fan, and get some hard drive rails for the 5inch bays so i can actually put the face plates on. sharka ran out of the reservoir black faceplates. so its silver right now. so it doesnt match my case as of yet. my main excitement is the fan hole, it was my first time modding my case. im happy because it all went smooth.

ill post the finals of the whole thing when done in a couple of days... hopefully.

nicholarse · Aug 4, 2005

Hi guys

Lian Li PC65 anodised
PCP&C 510 SLI
DFI Ultra-D
X2 4400+
7800GTX
2 x 1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC4000 memory
2 x 74GB raptors
160GB 7200rpm Lacie external (back-up storage) drive
Audigy 2 ZS Gamer
2 x samsung DVD-rw
1 x floppy
Nexus fan controller
Matrix Orbital MX222
4 x 80mm blue coolermaster fans
2 x 120mm antec blue fans
thermochill 120.2 rad
RBX cpu block
Maze 4 gpu block plus OCZ ramsinks
Aquaxtreme 50Z pump
1/2" blue primoflex tubing
DangerDen fillport
EP-UK fan grills
Dell 2405FPW UltraSharp LCD monitor
Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speakers
Logic3 rumble gamepad
Logitech multimedia keyboard
Logitech MX510 mouse
Icemat II mousemat

Now its quite messy , it was cable free but I had to keep changing things over and became more and more frustrated. One day I will get round to do the cabling again.

catkicker · Aug 8, 2005

Some Pics day and nite of the new rig

playafly187 · Aug 11, 2005

updated, new psu, video card and mobo. also, added more lighting and some UV dye.

vexvegaz · Aug 19, 2005

BlueBrat · Aug 30, 2005

Note: There's no pink lights! It's RED & UV, damnit.

The graphic's card's angle is NOT from the weight of the water cooling block, but it is from the previous stock heatsink that was on it. Doesn't bother anything but it looks odd.
The tubing (esp. from northbridge to video card) is a bit overkill in length, but as this was my first watercooling attempt, I feared crimpage and poor waterflow.

Specs in my SiG.

ryuji · Sep 5, 2005

i finaly got the inside pretty much done, all thats left is to mod the psu. water coolings staying the same, unless the physics card runs too hot to cool silently

Lt_JWS · Sep 6, 2005

This is my first post here

I dont have the side panel because i screwed it up modding it

poley · Sep 7, 2005

bosorio said:
Damn you guys have some sick looking machines. Props to everyone.

indeed...

I'm slowly putting together all the components for a major upgrade in about a years time, till then I'm modding a OEM case from Fujitsu Siemans which doesn't have all that much room in it...being a student at University doesn't leave all that much funds spare for updating...

please excuse the messy room, getting ready to go back to Uni this Friday...final year of my physics degree thankfully...

System specs

P4 2.8ghz (Northwood) @3.06Ghz
V9999 256mb 6800GT
1gig ram
80gig & 160gig western digital drives caviar

Bio-Hazard · Sep 11, 2005

I got bored today so I tore my main rig apart and installed my Storm water block and MCP-655 pump in it to replace the PolarFlo parts. I got a bit better temps along with the swap, lowered my load mild OC (275x90/2.475) temps by 2c. with all the fans set at 7v. Should get a bit better temps after the TIM sets in a few days.

HeavyH20 · Sep 12, 2005

It's a basic Innovatek setup. No internal copper, all nickel plated. Works decently.

revenant · Sep 13, 2005

I got my watercooling rig setup this weekend... I have a work log with all the gory details, URL in my sig

but for here, a select few images...

the case is a koolance lian-li combo pc3-725bk
cpu block is a DD TDX and the gpu blocks are DD maze4's (one lo-pro and one not)... the fittings are all 3/8s... tygon tubing for most of the runs... I left some of the koolance stuff there also... it's UC reactive as it turns out. Oh well... I think I will eventually swap that last bit of koolance tubing out in favor of using my last bit of tygon... but all in good time.

I am really happy with this koolance... it's super quiet in modes 1-6 and 7-10 are very powerful! it really moves some air through that rad @ lev 10... I still need to place all the thermal sensors, so I am in full manual mode, but that's fine for now.
I still have some adjusting to do, but not bad I think for 48 hours work.... not in a row, but over the last two days... whew... doing burn in tests now, letting the as5 set in... then I will start pushing this beast... I am planning on getting a 3700+ sandie core for more cpu OCing goodness... right now, my temps are cpu 29c idle 35c load and gpus are 39c idle and 44c load! wow... happy happy joy joy!!