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Jun 7^th, 2005 at 3:22am

Skligmund Offline
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This is my current setup, usually in constant evolution, but I have stopped modifying it for the last 4 or 5 months......

It is summer time, so my water temperatures are pretty high, in winter, they run about 25-35F

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Reply #1 - Jun 7^th, 2005 at 5:51pm

|| Andy || Offline
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Any fish in that tank... Grin

Grin

Nice setup..

Water cooling goes along way, dont spill it.. Grin

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Reply #2 - Jun 21^st, 2005 at 11:12pm

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Hmm, interesting concept for water cooling. What you should do is stick that tank in a mini-refrigerator.

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Reply #3 - Jun 22^nd, 2005 at 10:10pm

Skligmund Offline
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Actually........

I have decided not to, even though I have 2 mini fridges. Currently, my computer overclocks to max possible given the available settings for my 'FSB' (280MHz) and the multiplier lock (9X), and thats with 75F degree coolant.....

During the winter my CPU will be below freezing anyways.

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Reply #4 - Jun 26^th, 2005 at 7:47pm

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JESUS H CHRIST PRIVET PYLE!!!! Ahem sorry, just not likeing your rig at all. The inside of the case needs much cleaning up.

Sorry to scream at you, however, being a modder its just hard to look at a messy case. To clean it up you could route the cables behind the Motherboard tray.

Oh however nice choice on the Ultraproducts X-Connect PSU, thinking of getting one myself

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Reply #5 - Jun 26^th, 2005 at 8:41pm

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Well, I was gonna reply saying 'Well, nobody sees it anyways." Then I realized, everybody here sees it...... Cry

Cry

My next project is actually going to be getting a full tower case, where I will have the room to route all my cables the way I want. That, and I think I'll have a summertime radiator in the case, and my spring, winter and fall radiator outside in the cold.

I'm also thinking of removing my western digital array, and putting that in my older computer (the A7V8X with the 2100+ that clocks over 2400 MHz) since it is sitting in a box now. My current running back-up/old rig is my KT7E running a Duron 1300.

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Reply #6 - Jun 28^th, 2005 at 12:46pm

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okey ive got a cuple suggestions for you.

First a water cooled rig should look like this:

Secondly I recomend ithor a Raidmax Scorpio 668 or any LianLi case for your full tower

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Reply #7 - Jun 28^th, 2005 at 8:52pm

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okey ive got a cuple suggestions for you.

First a water cooled rig should look like this:
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AND it should have an hard drive, a vid card, a PSU...

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Reply #8 - Jun 28^th, 2005 at 9:27pm

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And CD-ROM, ect.

Here is what fills my computer so:

4 Hard Drives
2 DVD/CD Roms
1 Floppy
PSU
Vid card that forces me to move my HD's to an other than stock location
RAID card (for PATA)
1/2" Tubing times 3 out of the CPU with no room to bend in case if cover is on (that is why it is off, at all times)

What I would like is a full tower that is extra wide, size is not really much of an issue.... As long as it is not too small.

When I redo my system here in a few weeks, I'll repost the new look.

Also, I prefer my radiator outside, that way my only fans in the house are the video card and the PSU (hopefully none pretty soon, vid cooler and water cooled PSU maybe)

Do they make water cooled PSU's? If not, I should design one, I have mills, waterjets and lathes available to me....

I'm actually considering building my own case too.....

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Reply #9 - Jun 28^th, 2005 at 10:24pm

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I do not know of any water cooled PSU.

They have passively cooled PSU, but those don't usualy exceed 300 watts. And they get very very hot.

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Reply #10 - Jun 28^th, 2005 at 11:30pm

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Then I shall design one!

This may take some time... and work. Grin

Grin

I'll keep you updated when I buy a suitable power supply....

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Reply #11 - Jun 29^th, 2005 at 12:39am

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Then I shall design one!

This may take some time... and work. Grin

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I'll keep you updated when I buy a suitable power supply....

Good luck. I'm interested too in a such a PSU. Tell me how it goes.

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Reply #12 - Jun 29^th, 2005 at 1:11am

Skligmund Offline
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Silentmaxx makes a water cooled PSU, but they want like 250 bucks or something outrageous.

I found a website of a guy who made a water cooled PSU also here: http://www.digital-explosion.co.uk/index.php?articleID=65

I like his idea, but I think I'll try an Acrylic PSU for my project, when I get the expendable funds. 8)

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Reply #13 - Jul 30^th, 2005 at 6:13pm

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PLEASE, Please, please don't tell me that you are using Anti-freeze.

please Sad

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The reason is that AF will start to erode the internals of your hoses (that is why you need special hoses for your car and they have to be replaced every so often), and also is hard on the CPU block.

See, most watercooling manufacturers do not coat the CPU block's internals. Even a little divit will start to erode and then...bingo...you have AF all over your Mobo. The welds on those blocks are not designed to keep anything but water in.

Besides, Anti-freeze is not designed to help with the temps we are running at. In fact, it is designed to help keep some heat in (to a point). Running water you will see a cooler system.

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Reply #14 - Jul 31^st, 2005 at 12:39am

ctjoyce Offline
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Its water with a green additive in it. Usually UV reflective, its for show, and not too much else. If it were Anti-Freeze you wouldnt see the thinning dye around the puddles of the resovwar.

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