- Joined
- Dec 12, 2002
- Location
- Warshington!
As recommended by a couple of friendly individuals I am reposting this in a more appropriate section
I also made this a bit more complete as far as describing what exactly I did. A little background, I have been working on computers and networks for 15+ yrs but this is my first watercooled system…looking at all the very nice ones here made me jealous heheh.
3 goals initially, looks, noise level, and size. I wanted the system to look clean while remaining quiet and restrained within the confines of a single midtower atx case. This is the case I started with :
It’s an AMS G-Tower from Newegg (insert random Newegg owns comment.) Ordered it and three days later I had everything hooked up and running on my desktop to get a feel for whether or not I liked the case. I really liked the look and since the plexiglass was very thick and heavy (planning on doing some etching later) I decided to ignore a few major design problems and keep it.
I pulled everything out of the case and gathered all my loot to start assembly. We have a Swiftech MCW-5002 waterblock and MCP-600 pump, dangerden waterblock for my video card, clearflex tubing, nylon clips, evercool 120mm fan, UV reactive bay reservoir and a dtek heatercore.
First I started with the PS. I am using an Antec TP 550. I replaced the 80 and 92mm fans with a Panaflo 1A and a Papst respectively. I also sanded and painted the shell white but I didn’t grab a pic of that before I put it in the case. I moved the grill into casing as well and then sleeved all the wires.
Heres what it looks like before sleeving.
And after:
I also made this a bit more complete as far as describing what exactly I did. A little background, I have been working on computers and networks for 15+ yrs but this is my first watercooled system…looking at all the very nice ones here made me jealous heheh.
3 goals initially, looks, noise level, and size. I wanted the system to look clean while remaining quiet and restrained within the confines of a single midtower atx case. This is the case I started with :
It’s an AMS G-Tower from Newegg (insert random Newegg owns comment.) Ordered it and three days later I had everything hooked up and running on my desktop to get a feel for whether or not I liked the case. I really liked the look and since the plexiglass was very thick and heavy (planning on doing some etching later) I decided to ignore a few major design problems and keep it.
I pulled everything out of the case and gathered all my loot to start assembly. We have a Swiftech MCW-5002 waterblock and MCP-600 pump, dangerden waterblock for my video card, clearflex tubing, nylon clips, evercool 120mm fan, UV reactive bay reservoir and a dtek heatercore.
First I started with the PS. I am using an Antec TP 550. I replaced the 80 and 92mm fans with a Panaflo 1A and a Papst respectively. I also sanded and painted the shell white but I didn’t grab a pic of that before I put it in the case. I moved the grill into casing as well and then sleeved all the wires.
Heres what it looks like before sleeving.
And after: