Computer tweak'n, water cooling on my gaming rig Options

[king_wsk]

So far: 400mhz gain on the proc (15%), and 125mhz gain on the gf fx 5900xt (30%). Can't wait til i get the Thermal Electric Coolers running...

i'm only slightly nuts:

[FSX_Celica94GT]

wow, thats impressive, what brand and model is it?

[Kadett]

To say at least, its not practical Well not if you visit LAN parties as much as i do.

[mr_dude]

Definitely mojo points. But how about some benchmarks?

[LewFX]

na man, now that ive met you in person, you are verey nuts!

[Sev408]

dude fix that flat spot in the first pic. and what pump are you running cause your head flow must suck ass with that much tubing.

none the less its nice to see other W/cing people out there

pic of my old setup, ill take pics of my new one in a couple days, building a plexiglass area.



This post has been edited by Sev408: Jul 28, 2005 - 6:28 AM

[FSX_Celica94GT]

looks like one of the tubes in the first pic is being kinked, did ur tubes not come w/ springs in them? need to get some, they really help the tubes not kink up so you can get max coolant flow.

[king_wsk]

Yeah, the tube was kinking. I'm not really impressed by home-depot's clear vinyl tubing... kinks way too easily. This project was just purely to get the heat and noise away from me when i'm play WoW or D3 or HL2. I still have the system OCed, just a bit.

As far as brands, most of it is custom fabricated. The water blocks i purchased of some dude on ebay about 6 years ago. All of these parts came from my old setup.. back when I was 17 and was aiming for extreme dual TEC + water cooling on my dual celeron Abit BP6 setup.

The pump really used to kick ass, it had a head of 20+ ft. but now barely made it past 3 ft. The flow rate was rated at 500gal/hour but now I'm lucky if I see anything more than a trickle. I even took it apart and tried cleaning it; not much improvement. But it gets the job done.

This is what I get for spending ALL my extra cash on my ride and nada on my rig. 6 years ago, it was the other way around.

Next year when the cash comes in from the new job, I'll build a dual independant cycle system that will work with an array of water blocks and peltiers, something extreme tha will require an anti-freezing agent in one of the cycles.

Yes, this isn't very practicle for LAN parties, unless I host them! hehehe

ohh yeah, here are the OC results. Nothing too impressive, but its rock stable and its not bad for not using the TEC's right on the CPU/GPU.



Base Mhz:
CPU: 3.2ghz --> 3.6 = 12.5% gain
RAM: 200mhz --> 225mhz = 12.5% gain

GPU: 390mhz --> 514mhz = 31.8% gain
RAM: 700mhz --> 923mhz = 31.9% gain


One more note: next time I get a water block on the mobo chipset. Very important.

[creis]

impresive numbers, gj.

I would consider cutting the length of tubing about 12 feet, that much distance is not gana help the flow, or the ability to cool

This post has been edited by creis: Jul 29, 2005 - 9:47 PM