- Joined
- Jul 19, 2004
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
Hey all! I posted a thread a little while ago about building an external rad/pump/res thing to sit on my case, and I'm going to do that soon. I just got all the Lexan I need and some extra tools and stuff.
However, I couldn't wait. After more than two weeks of daily work, and 8 hours of non-stop complete work today (not counting bathroom breaks and lunch), I finally finished my WC project! I'm still sort of a watercooling noob so don't expect too much from it! I'm still waiting for my Coolermaster window to arrive VIA UPS and some other misc stuff, besides finishing the external rad setup. Here's the pics and specs:
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/1.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/2.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/3.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/4.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/5.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/6.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/7.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/8.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/9.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/panel-on.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/nightshot1.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/nightshot2.jpg
- Athlon 64 3200+ @ stock speeds
- Gigabyte K8N Pro
- 512mb (2x256mb) PC3500 Mushkin Level II DDR BH-5 + 1x512mb PC3000 Kingston HyperX DDR
- Hercules 3D Prophet 9800 Pro @ 485/380
- Two (2x) 74GB 10,000 RPM SATA Western Digital Raptors (RAID-0, stripe size 64k)
- Creative Audigy 2 EX
- 48x Memorex CD-RW/16x DVD-ROM Combo Drive
- 500w Logisys PSU acrylic casing, actual powersupply swapped inside is a 550w Antec
The Watercooling setup:
- Dangerden RBX A64 Waterblock (with default nozzel installed)
- Artic Silver 5 on all components
- Dangerden Maze 4-1 GPU block (pelt and coldplate removed as I have no PSU to run it on right now)
- All 1/2" fittings
- Clearflex UV Green tubing
- UV Red plastic hose clamps
- Dangerden 12v Inline Magpump
- Black Ice Micro 2 w/ two Coolermaster Quad-LED (white) 38CFM fans
- Bayres Dual 3.25" Reservoir ( so far so good, no airbubbles at all )
- 91% Distilled water, 8% RedLine WaterWetter, 1% blue UV dye
I made my own shroud out of the 3.25" drive bay enclosure inside the case. I layered some Pax.Mate sound dampening pads around the corners of the Black Ice (which is at a slant because it wont fit upright with the bayres), so the only air the fans suck out the front is air that's pulled through the radiator. It seems to be working great thus far.
Idle temperature: 25C
Idle temperature after 2 hour load: 34C
Full load temperature after two hours: 37C (wont go above that)
Few questions:
Can I overclock my FSB while these Raptors are on the on-board SATA controller? I've heard horror stories about the 34gb raptors and overclocking (lots of data corruption), but I'm still not sure.
Comments appreciated!
However, I couldn't wait. After more than two weeks of daily work, and 8 hours of non-stop complete work today (not counting bathroom breaks and lunch), I finally finished my WC project! I'm still sort of a watercooling noob so don't expect too much from it! I'm still waiting for my Coolermaster window to arrive VIA UPS and some other misc stuff, besides finishing the external rad setup. Here's the pics and specs:
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/1.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/2.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/3.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/4.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/5.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/6.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/7.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/8.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/9.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/panel-on.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/nightshot1.jpg
http://www.plastickeffect.com/rebirth/nightshot2.jpg
- Athlon 64 3200+ @ stock speeds
- Gigabyte K8N Pro
- 512mb (2x256mb) PC3500 Mushkin Level II DDR BH-5 + 1x512mb PC3000 Kingston HyperX DDR
- Hercules 3D Prophet 9800 Pro @ 485/380
- Two (2x) 74GB 10,000 RPM SATA Western Digital Raptors (RAID-0, stripe size 64k)
- Creative Audigy 2 EX
- 48x Memorex CD-RW/16x DVD-ROM Combo Drive
- 500w Logisys PSU acrylic casing, actual powersupply swapped inside is a 550w Antec
The Watercooling setup:
- Dangerden RBX A64 Waterblock (with default nozzel installed)
- Artic Silver 5 on all components
- Dangerden Maze 4-1 GPU block (pelt and coldplate removed as I have no PSU to run it on right now)
- All 1/2" fittings
- Clearflex UV Green tubing
- UV Red plastic hose clamps
- Dangerden 12v Inline Magpump
- Black Ice Micro 2 w/ two Coolermaster Quad-LED (white) 38CFM fans
- Bayres Dual 3.25" Reservoir ( so far so good, no airbubbles at all )
- 91% Distilled water, 8% RedLine WaterWetter, 1% blue UV dye
I made my own shroud out of the 3.25" drive bay enclosure inside the case. I layered some Pax.Mate sound dampening pads around the corners of the Black Ice (which is at a slant because it wont fit upright with the bayres), so the only air the fans suck out the front is air that's pulled through the radiator. It seems to be working great thus far.
Idle temperature: 25C
Idle temperature after 2 hour load: 34C
Full load temperature after two hours: 37C (wont go above that)
Few questions:
Can I overclock my FSB while these Raptors are on the on-board SATA controller? I've heard horror stories about the 34gb raptors and overclocking (lots of data corruption), but I'm still not sure.
Comments appreciated!