Im water cooled baby!, ya leet pimp styley Options

[Uppitycracker]

Well after about a month of shopping messing around and problems I finally have my whole WC setup running!

CPU Idle Temp


GPU Idle temp


GPU Load temp


Im pretty happy with the temps, they seem to be lower then alot of the temps I read about. I know the on board thermal probes differ from actual temps so if someone wants to translate the above temps for me that would be cool.


Bleeding the lines


Maze4 CPU block


Moment of truth, my comp still works after tearing it apart!!!


Side shot


The external box, having no shroud really circulates the are keeping it cold in the box, so my pump stays cool aswell as the rad and lines.





Tomorrow I need to run over and get a plug for my t-line, then I can actually close it all up.

Noise is a little higher then Id like, Ill try and do something about that in the coming weeks.

I know its out of the ordinary to go through the side but I dont have the tools to cut through thick steel, and yes my case has some really thick sturdy steel, so I just cut through the plastic side vent.

Any questions or suggestions are welcome, Im sure Ive missed something.

[Akimbo]

WRC PC

[celicarocker]

personally id get annoyed with a little box next to my computer, but i know you didnt have many options... it looks like you did a sweet job d00d....

[Uppitycracker]

personally id get annoyed with a little box next to my computer, but i know you didnt have many options... it looks like you did a sweet job d00d....
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Oh for sure man, Id so prefer it all internal but my comp case is the anti water cooling case. In retrospect I maybe should have shopped for Lian li case or something but that probably would have added alot of money to the build since the plexi glass was 35USD and I only used half, so I guess you could say it was 15 bucks.

[Anub1s]

That is one bad ass pc I love it. Very well done.

[Sev408]

well heres mine ill get a pic wiht the door closed later tonight when its dark.
yes the wires are messy but that was during my WC leak test and none of the fans were connected, now all hte wires are hiden behind the board.

PS. i broke the fitting for teh radiator cause my teflon got lodged and it got over turned so it snaped, so thats my makeshift and it works better then the fittings that came with the rad.

my geforce 5900 is OC to 450/800 right now
CPU temp is 32c/86F
GPU temp is 31C

mind you asus probe and nvidia temps are always +-3 degrees. I need to get an accuall temp monitor to find my real temps out.




This post has been edited by Sev408: Dec 18, 2004 - 2:04 PM

[coustoe]

hmm, how much performance % do you get with oc and cooling?

[NYCelica]

Dexcool and Antifreeze for the PC?

[Sev408]

hmm, how much performance % do you get with oc and cooling?
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well your system can cool only to what your room temperature is at. so mine runs around 68-73 degrees year around so that is as low as it will drop. Basicly water cooling allows you to overclock your PC or video card and keep it running at very cool temps compared to just using fans. Its quieter also.

Dexcool and Antifreeze for the PC? 
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hahah, na distilled water and non conductive color dye.

[Sev408]

btw uppity ur system looks nice bro. Have fun with that water cooling, ill be using it the rest of my life.

heres some more pics of my junxs. sorry they are blurry cause my camera hates taking close ups. retarded kodak




yeah i know its kinked on the corner i cant find anyway for it not to. it hasnt effected anything cause my temps dont change any my flow is barely changed when i hold it unkinked.

[Sev408]

sorry 1 more post

uppity did you have to cut the screw from your GPU cooler because it was hitting your NB passive cooler. Cause i had to cut mine then bend the last fin outward some so they did not touch.

[Uppitycracker]

sorry 1 more post

uppity did you have to cut the screw from your GPU cooler because it was hitting your NB passive cooler. Cause i had to cut mine then bend the last fin outward some so they did not touch.
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No actually I didnt, it is pretty close though, it looks like we have similar mobos if not the same. I think its the difference in the video cards, mine sits a little farther forward.

Oh and I overclocked my cpu to 3.01 so far and my vga to 575/575. I have to look up numbers for the vga because it seems ram can be turned up pretty high!

few final shots:

My whole setup


All together and done



Now for my next project, find me a laptop!......Cheap! haha

[CelicaBuddy]

LOL someones a computer geek

[Uppitycracker]

LOL someones a computer geek
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yes...yes I am sooo uhhh how you doin??haha girls like geeks right?...sometimes?....never?....dammit!

[celicarocker]

dude its almost as big as your PC....

[Uppitycracker]

If by almost you mean half then yes! Its pretty much as small as it can be, you should see some of the huge things people make over at overclockers.com, they use like big wooden boxes and ****, its terrible.

[rjbibeau]

that think got a thermostat haha.... what kind coolant you runnin in that baby?

[Uppitycracker]

that think got a thermostat haha.... what kind coolant you runnin in that baby?
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Just some prestone 50/50, maybe like 20% in the water. Its pretty debatable whether thats even necessary since people who run straight distilled water clame not to have corrosion or fungal/bacteria culture.

[creis]

*drool*

That is very nice, VERY nice.

*drool*

the box for the radiator etc is a bit big for my tast but who cares its one fine working system, if your holding steady those temps.

177.1 FPS, 293 AVG, oh how I hate you for that . what do you get with the HL2 test, I bet its quite a bit lower. mine is to emberising to say (53.5 Nvidea GForce FX 5700 LE OC)

[CelicaBuddy]

LOL someones a computer geek
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yes...yes I am sooo uhhh how you doin??haha girls like geeks right?...sometimes?....never?....dammit!
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LOL

Woo! some girls do go the geek my friend... I guess its for the smarts LOL but hey its all good

This post has been edited by CelicaBuddy: Dec 19, 2004 - 1:43 AM

[Uppitycracker]

*drool*

That is very nice, VERY nice.

*drool*

the box for the radiator etc is a bit big for my tast but who cares its one fine working system, if your holding steady those temps.

177.1 FPS, 293 AVG, oh how I hate you for that . what do you get with the HL2 test, I bet its quite a bit lower. mine is to emberising to say (53.5 Nvidea GForce FX 5700 LE OC)
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I think I get over 100, can't remember though, the card isn't as invinsible as Id like, alot of games with max graphics will dip in the 20's some times which is alright cause you still don't notice but its the thought

[Uppitycracker]

LOL someones a computer geek
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yes...yes I am sooo uhhh how you doin??haha girls like geeks right?...sometimes?....never?....dammit!
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LOL

Woo! some girls do go the geek my friend... I guess its for the smarts LOL but hey its all good
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Oh ya and in another thread you said you had a pic in the pic post thread, I didnt see it anywhere!

[CelicaBuddy]

LOL someones a computer geek
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yes...yes I am sooo uhhh how you doin??haha girls like geeks right?...sometimes?....never?....dammit!
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LOL

Woo! some girls do go the geek my friend... I guess its for the smarts LOL but hey its all good
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Oh ya and in another thread you said you had a pic in the pic post thread, I didnt see it anywhere!
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LOL really? round page 11 i believe... ah hell! ill just give ya one through here



yea thats me

[creis]

lol i dug though 11 pages to find it, if i only waited a few min. i would have only had to go though 1, but oh well, its worth it, your cute.

side note: "american pie 2" give all us geeks hope.

[Uppitycracker]

lol i dug though 11 pages to find it, if i only waited a few min. i would have only had to go though 1, but oh well, its worth it, your cute.

side note: "american pie 2" give all us geeks hope.
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haha werrrd

[JazViper]

everytime i showed my modded pc to girls they wanted me to come and mod theirs

LOL someones a computer geek
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yes...yes I am sooo uhhh how you doin??haha girls like geeks right?...sometimes?....never?....dammit!
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[Sev408]

yeah unfortuneatly i am now the comuter fixer at school. people call me and ask for dumb****, like my email wont work. Normal reply, go f8ck yourself i have my own problems, Im have serious artifacs that i have to fix.

Some of you will understand that.

[SlowCelica94]

Ah, sweet delicious coolant

[JazViper]

yeah unfortuneatly i am now the comuter fixer at school. people call me and ask for dumb****, like my email wont work.  Normal reply, go f8ck yourself i have my own problems, Im have serious artifacs that i have to fix.

Some of you will understand that.
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i understand that pretty well, i'm that "free tech help" for neighbours and for relatives sometimes its not so fun but i'm sorta used to it because i was teacher few years.. teaching basics of general use for peoples over 30, sometimes you just had to keep poker face when answering on special questions
anyways it was pretty cool.

[Uppitycracker]

yeah unfortuneatly i am now the comuter fixer at school. people call me and ask for dumb****, like my email wont work.  Normal reply, go f8ck yourself i have my own problems, Im have serious artifacs that i have to fix.

Some of you will understand that.
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Haha ya I know what you mean, I have no formal training with computers but I find it easy to figure things out so if someone has a problem im not sure about Ill just google it and usually find the right procedure.

And artifacts what are those?? ohhhh ya I haven't seen one since I got rid of my old nvidia card

[creis]

my mom makes me help her every time she has to go on the internet, its kinda sad, just click the big "E" on the desktop and your in.

As far as helping people, i'm a tech so at work i kinda have to help, the worst computer dumbness i have ever seen at work was when a user was trying ot log off for me, and could not figure out why the mouse was not working, it took all my worth not to laugh, but they finaly figured out that the mouse was upside down, and every time they moved it down it would go up.

[Sev408]

yeah unfortuneatly i am now the comuter fixer at school. people call me and ask for dumb****, like my email wont work.  Normal reply, go f8ck yourself i have my own problems, Im have serious artifacs that i have to fix.

Some of you will understand that.
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Haha ya I know what you mean, I have no formal training with computers but I find it easy to figure things out so if someone has a problem im not sure about Ill just google it and usually find the right procedure.

And artifacts what are those?? ohhhh ya I haven't seen one since I got rid of my old nvidia card
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hahahah yeah i havent had any artifacts lately cause im overclocked to the max safest point. im happy it plays my games and dominates them.