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I decided to watercool my SB51G, with, of all things, the Thermaltake Aquarius II. $60 shipped on it wasn't a bad price, so I was happy.
My system consisted of:
Intel Celeron 2.2ghz
512MB PC2700
Gecube 9550XT Extreme Edition
Winfast TV2000 XP TV Tuner card
Benq 4x DVD+ Drive
30GB Western Digital
80GB Samsung
I wanted everything to stay for the majority stock. I wanted the drives in the drive cage, and everything. And I pulled it off. It required a bit of effort, and plenty of rerouting of tubing. But done.
The only real problem I encountered was the drive cage. I couldn't get it in after everything was ran. The key to getting everything in is to remove the DVD drive from the drive cage, and only plug in the bottom HD at first. Then, when you have the drive cage in and bolted down, plug in the top HD, and then slide the DVD drive through the hole in the front for it, and plug it in. It sucked, but it's done.
Alright, here are the pictures.
Picture #1. The victim. Here she is all closed up. Not a hint of watercooling anywhere.
Picture #2: Rear view. Oooh, you can see the radiator through the Vantec Stealth 80mm fan. Yeah, I know about the open PCI slot. I had put everything together, stuck the top back on, and said Shit! I forgot something. Oh well, it was just my tv card that I use in a blue moon. Maybe when I want to use it again, I'll put it back
Picture #3: The top is off. This is an above view, showing exactly how much I had to work with after the DVD+R drive is in.
Picture #4: Side shot. Ahh, yes, the video card. I know it is only a 9550XT Extreme Edition, but now it puts out over 9600XT speeds.
Picture #5: The other side. Not much to see here, besides the power supply. I thought I'd cover all angles tho.
Picture #6: A close up on the tee and memory. I don't know why, I just like this shot.
Picture #7:A close up of the radiator and reservoir. This was pretty much the only place I could stick the res other than the drive cage, where it fit perfedctly. This way, I still get airflow through the radiator, and I can have 2 hard drives.
You'll never understand the amount of fear a person has when they have to plug in the system and run it for the first time after placing it into the system. I swear I almost had a heart attack. And I also had my eyes playing tricks on me, when you have tubing, and the water starts to flow through it, it makes shadows of water droplets, that freak ya out..
A job well done. For now. Unless it starts leaking for some odd reason. Which I hope it doesn't. Hope.
My system consisted of:
Intel Celeron 2.2ghz
512MB PC2700
Gecube 9550XT Extreme Edition
Winfast TV2000 XP TV Tuner card
Benq 4x DVD+ Drive
30GB Western Digital
80GB Samsung
I wanted everything to stay for the majority stock. I wanted the drives in the drive cage, and everything. And I pulled it off. It required a bit of effort, and plenty of rerouting of tubing. But done.
The only real problem I encountered was the drive cage. I couldn't get it in after everything was ran. The key to getting everything in is to remove the DVD drive from the drive cage, and only plug in the bottom HD at first. Then, when you have the drive cage in and bolted down, plug in the top HD, and then slide the DVD drive through the hole in the front for it, and plug it in. It sucked, but it's done.
Alright, here are the pictures.
Picture #1. The victim. Here she is all closed up. Not a hint of watercooling anywhere.
Picture #2: Rear view. Oooh, you can see the radiator through the Vantec Stealth 80mm fan. Yeah, I know about the open PCI slot. I had put everything together, stuck the top back on, and said Shit! I forgot something. Oh well, it was just my tv card that I use in a blue moon. Maybe when I want to use it again, I'll put it back
Picture #3: The top is off. This is an above view, showing exactly how much I had to work with after the DVD+R drive is in.
Picture #4: Side shot. Ahh, yes, the video card. I know it is only a 9550XT Extreme Edition, but now it puts out over 9600XT speeds.
Picture #5: The other side. Not much to see here, besides the power supply. I thought I'd cover all angles tho.
Picture #6: A close up on the tee and memory. I don't know why, I just like this shot.
Picture #7:A close up of the radiator and reservoir. This was pretty much the only place I could stick the res other than the drive cage, where it fit perfedctly. This way, I still get airflow through the radiator, and I can have 2 hard drives.
You'll never understand the amount of fear a person has when they have to plug in the system and run it for the first time after placing it into the system. I swear I almost had a heart attack. And I also had my eyes playing tricks on me, when you have tubing, and the water starts to flow through it, it makes shadows of water droplets, that freak ya out..
A job well done. For now. Unless it starts leaking for some odd reason. Which I hope it doesn't. Hope.