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- Jan 24, 2001
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I think I'm going to go the external route and build my own water cooling system. This is what I've come up with.
Black Ice Xtreme 2 radiator (big sucker that uses 2 120's to blow air through it). $102.00, Fans $25.00
Danger Den dual bay size reservoir. $32.00
Eheim 1250 pump (120 volt). $60.00
Maze4 CPU water block. $35.00
Maze4 vid card water block. $40.00
Maze4 Northbridge water block. $40.00
1/2 tubing.
Thinking about using a 1 inch thick piece of painted plywood about the size of the top of my case and anchor the reservoir, radiator/fans (with speed controls), and pump on it, then run the hoses inside. I think this will be a nice setup with some good overclocking potential.
I know there will always be a debate of external vs internal but having the pump, reservoir, radiator/fans outside of the case sounds good to me and I think it will look rather cool.
What do you guys think? Any improvements I need to consider for the parts I have listed?
I figure with this setup I can use the 2 120 radiator fans at a low speed, change out my rear 90mm case exhaust fan for one that is a lower rpm (thus quieter). Run my 120 case intake fan at a lower rpm (quieter), lose the cpu (80mm), northbridge, vid card fans (quieter) and end up with a much cooler running system, better overclocking potential and with much less noise than what I have now (my system is pretty noisy right now which is one reason why I want to do this).
Now I'm wondering if the vid card water block is going to fit on the X800XT-PE.
Black Ice Xtreme 2 radiator (big sucker that uses 2 120's to blow air through it). $102.00, Fans $25.00
Danger Den dual bay size reservoir. $32.00
Eheim 1250 pump (120 volt). $60.00
Maze4 CPU water block. $35.00
Maze4 vid card water block. $40.00
Maze4 Northbridge water block. $40.00
1/2 tubing.
Thinking about using a 1 inch thick piece of painted plywood about the size of the top of my case and anchor the reservoir, radiator/fans (with speed controls), and pump on it, then run the hoses inside. I think this will be a nice setup with some good overclocking potential.
I know there will always be a debate of external vs internal but having the pump, reservoir, radiator/fans outside of the case sounds good to me and I think it will look rather cool.
What do you guys think? Any improvements I need to consider for the parts I have listed?
I figure with this setup I can use the 2 120 radiator fans at a low speed, change out my rear 90mm case exhaust fan for one that is a lower rpm (thus quieter). Run my 120 case intake fan at a lower rpm (quieter), lose the cpu (80mm), northbridge, vid card fans (quieter) and end up with a much cooler running system, better overclocking potential and with much less noise than what I have now (my system is pretty noisy right now which is one reason why I want to do this).
Now I'm wondering if the vid card water block is going to fit on the X800XT-PE.
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