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As a continuation of my thread located here, this is the final result of my custom watercooling project.

I finally got everything together, no leaks either! Ill let the pics do the explaining:


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As you can see I decided put a majority of the setup in an extra case I had. This keeps the heat out of the Stacker.

Ive been messing around with overclocking and achieved a OC of 3.7 ghz on my 3.4 Northwood. At that speed the temps are 75F Idle, and 81F full load. For the record the temps on air at stock were ~86F idle and ~92F load!

This project is far from done. I think the next thing I am going to go for is a Northbridge cooler, then if im brave ill put my 6800 ultra in the loop (I have read ultras can raise the coolant temp by 10C though!

As for flow, there is plenty of it for the cpu, so im not worried about that.

Also as stated in my other thread I am looking for a flowmeter too (someone outbid me on ebay (probably from this forum :p )).

In the future I may add a waterchiller to the picture, but I need to do some research on compressor size and condensation issues.

Parts:
Pondmaster Pump (Unknow Model)
2 Rads (Custom)
Danger Den TDX Block
(Water treatment ended up being Swiftech HydrX)

Let me know what you guys think. I for one, think it came out excellent. Mind you its still a work in progress! Ill be happy to hear what you have to say!

~DaRkF0g~
 
UPDATES WILL BE POSTED IN THIS POST:

5/2/05:
Ordered a PCI relay card and UV CCFL's for the cooling tower. Updates will be posted once I install them.
 
I like it man, I dont have the room for a second box but I wish I did! add some dynomat and sound proof it! is it loud?
 
Its not what I would call loud. If it were it would bother me, but those 2 rad fans are Deltas, so they are pretty efficent at moving decent amounts of air quietly. They are server grade may I add.

The fans in the stacker are on a Hardcano 13 so they only get noisy when the case gets warm, IE when the 6800 Ultra's doing work.

The pump is 99% silent. Infact the Stacker is so quiet I can hear my seagate drives working, and the PCB noise the CPU makes (never knew such noise existed.)

Thanks! :)
 
I'm doing the same thing. I'm doing all the cooling in the other case which will have 2 fans for in and 2 fans for out. 2 120mm fans to cool the radiator.

Once completed you will enjoy the setup.

I'm glad someone else is doing the same thing.

Props on the good work. I would advise you to do a little bit of cable management to render it flawless ;)
 
Thanks! :)

Cable managment has been driving me nuts. The IDE cables are the only thing that makes it look messy. If I took them out you would see how clean it really is. I Tried flat ones but that didnt look good either. I have to figure out some more combinations to make it look cleaner.
 
Wow, dual radiators for a northwood? Thats kind of overkill dude, lol.

You could easily throw in your northbridge and 6800, your temps would still be fine. I am running a 9800 Pro flashed to XT, normally ran at about 70*C with a zalman heatsink, now its down to 57*C and i've also got my CPU in there. CPU used to run at roughly 33*C on idle. Now the CPU is down to 33*C on load and 22-27*C on idle depending on room temperature. Thats all with one Black Ice Pro rad. I think you could easily do a 6800, northbridge as well as your CPU, easily.
 
what made you decide on those radiators? they aren't nearly as good as the flat tube type of heater cores.......poor cooling, kills flow, and adds alot of head
 
Looks nice. Very impressive. I've got all mine jammed into my Stacker. Of course since I'm using a Bonneville core in the front bays, I only have four available :p

Moved the 4 to 3 HDD bay to the center of the case on the bottom. Not bad, just makes the case look "busy". BTW, why did you decide to go BTX with the case???? Decide to future proof it early on???
 
Very nice. I am going with an external setup myself, but I don't think I'll want my external unit to be quite as large, for portability reasons of course.

Those valves that you have there, are they from a swiftech fill-bleed kit? Do they cut water flow when you turn them?

I am trying to find an alternative to quick disconnects, some sort of valved shutoff thing...
 
bobmanfoo said:
what made you decide on those radiators? they aren't nearly as good as the flat tube type of heater cores.......poor cooling, kills flow, and adds alot of head
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see his previous thread for the answers to this question and more.
 
So many replies, all of which are positive.

bobmanfoo- First off the reason I used those rads were becasue I got them for free. A friend gave them to me. As Daishi stated read me other thread.

DarkenReaper57- Those are 1/2" Threaded PVC valves, yet they do cutoff waterflow when you turn them, really come in handy!

Scroatdog- I used BTX because, number one I like it ;p and second I wanted to see through the window when I am sitting here to admire my beauty. If I put it on the right iside (ATX) then I would not be able to see in it because the WC unit would have been in the way.

KrakenGuy- The reason I used dual rads was because I am counting on adding a Northbridge block as well as a 6800 block. I kinda need to make more money for that to happen though. Need to save up for college :)

Thanks again guys!
 
DaRkF0g said:
So many replies, all of which are positive.
DarkenReaper57- Those are 1/2" Threaded PVC valves, yet they do cutoff waterflow when you turn them, really come in handy!
Thanks again guys!
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Hmm, so I guess these won't be my answer to something I could cut off water flow, disconnect tubing, then carry the external system separately. Water would flow out of the other side. Argh, I might need to buy some colder disconnects after all.
 
Yes you CAN use them as cutoff valves. Just dont use hose barbs, like I did. Use quick connects, such as the ones found here.
 
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