'The Beast II'

nikhsub1 · Aug 5, 2004

Well, I have been very busy the last week or so. I decided to build another system, based on the old system, those not familiar with the old, see HERE. Anyway, I don't have much commentary yet... you can see a build log HERE. The Clamshell top has 3 windows, and 2 fans on the top. I have not even dealt with that yet, that will happen tomorrow or this weekend.
Parts:
Thermochill 120.3
Various fans - 6 Sanyo Denki 120mm's on the rad - Panaflo and Mechatronics round out the fannage.
Cascade SS
3 Laing D4's/Swiftech MCP650 in series
Tygon R-1000 Tubing, the softest, stickiest most bendable tubing I have ever used, blows R-3603 away IMO, but more $$$$
Mountain Mods U2 UFO Powdercoated Black
Various other stuff I can't even remember, lol.

Now for some pics:

DreamingWolf · Aug 5, 2004

WOW
***Faints***
***Wakes up and looks up at pictures***
:GOTO WOW

Give you a dollar for it

DWolf

ZachM · Aug 5, 2004

The final product is very clean. :thup:

Considering how much WC stuff you have in that case, it looks suprisingly uncluttered. I guess having that huge cube case doesn't hurt.

Soja · Aug 5, 2004

Wow! You got another ufo? So the old hardware went into this one? Why'd you opt for 3 laing/650s instead of let's say 2 md15s (including your old one)?

nikhsub1 · Aug 5, 2004

Soja said:
Wow! You got another ufo? So the old hardware went into this one? Why'd you opt for 3 laing/650s instead of let's say 2 md15s (including your old one)?

Yep, another UFO. 3x D4's is 1/3 more powah than 2 MD-15's, plus I like the 12V factor and that they are small and don't put out too much heat.

sbud · Aug 5, 2004

Lord !!, you've really outdone yourself Nik, that simply qualifies as an "Elite setup". You really put the "B" in beast.

Awesome work !

So how much of an improvement over your double heatercore setup?

envy · Aug 5, 2004

wow very nice. 3 pumps in series?! whats ur psi?

very nice job man

SureFoot · Aug 5, 2004

Looks a lot like my setup, juste bigger with more stuff inside

The case frame was the big YY cube, right ?

Soja · Aug 5, 2004

Its a mountainmods ufo.

esoteradactyl · Aug 5, 2004

amazing setup you got there

not to be rude but i dont see the point of spending loot like that for watercooling. all that stuff costs as much as a phase change system.

Styyn · Aug 5, 2004

Oh. My. God. :drool:

Absolutely beautiful. And that, esoteradactyl, is part of the reason for doing it. There's a certain "bling" factor to a setup like that. Granted you can buy the phase change kits and DIY, but that costs more yet.

Again, looks fantabulous, nikhsub :thup:

envy · Aug 5, 2004

phase change is way more expensive than watercooling...

JFettig · Aug 5, 2004

Ok man, you have gone insane

Senater_Cache · Aug 5, 2004

sweet rig nikhsub...

One question..It looks like the two D4s positioned right-side up are the DD model, while the one hanging upside-down is a swifty...
A. are the DDs 3/4 and the swifty 1/2 ?? and if so , how does that affect the series (have you played with them in different configs? or is the default: most restriction first in the series..
B. how does the swifty's weaker performance fit into the series? I am interseted in what order would be the most efficient.

Right now you have the small barbed-weaker swifty at pos. 1 in the series corret?

SenC.

Joe Camel · Aug 5, 2004

i LIKE it!!

cant quite make it out...is it pump-pump-pump-Rad-WB-pump... (yes...see work log...)

all pumps @ 12V?

vonkaar · Aug 5, 2004

Looks great Niks =p. The radiator is an especially nice improvement.

tricknasty · Aug 5, 2004

wow really great pictures. and yes please tell us how you have your pumps inline through the loop. cant quite tell. where did you get that radiator by the way? i have room and would love to have that size =P

nikhsub1 · Aug 5, 2004

@ sbud - seems to be a bit better in the temp department, hard to say yet though
@ envy - psi? Don't know off hand but 3x 1 D4 I would assume....
@ SureFoot - Soja is correct, MountainMods.com
@ esoteradactyl - if you don't see the point, then don't do it!

phase change is NOT an option for me, condensation is something i loathe.
@ JFettig - I can't remember when I wasn't insane!
@ Senater_Cache - you are right about one thing, the pump upside down is branded Swiftech, the other 2 are D4's but they are all 1/2" barbs and all the same specs, none are weaker in theory although there is sure to be some variation. FWIW, it really wouldn't make much diff anyway. And yes, the Swifty is in position 1.

I was going to use an Iwaki MD-30RZ which puts out about 11M of head and consumes 90W... these 3 should give me just about 10M of head and consume 72W, probably less though. I will be testing the loop with 1 and 2 pumps off to see the difference if any.

Spanko · Aug 5, 2004

Pictures no worky

I wanna see...

SewerBeing · Aug 5, 2004

Dude, you spend more on your case then I spend on my mobo, cpu, mem and case. You are insane, awesome doesn't even begin to describe your setup, what digital camera is that though???? Also what are your temps?

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