My ghetto computer...

[Mac42]

Here are some pics of my system cooling...

The GeForce3:
http://xfactor.clanpages.com/geforce3.jpg


The chipset (pic wouldn't compress as well):
http://xfactor.clanpages.com/chipset.jpg


The "Radiator":
http://xfactor.clanpages.com/coil.jpg


The Radiator Enclosure (for those sub-freezing winter nights):
http://xfactor.clanpages.com/enclosure.jpg


And a view from the top:
http://xfactor.clanpages.com/top-view.jpg

[Mac42]

I made the video and chipset blocks for about $4 each.

For some reason this cpu doesn't overclock well (TBird 1.33Ghz). I've tried it at 1450Mhz and it crashed for some reason. Oddly enough it will get all the way into windows, but will crash shortly afterwards with very low cpu-usage. I can even get all the way into windows at 1600Mhz, but it does the same thing, and temps never go over 35C. I'm thinking that since the chip is new (only my 3rd day using it) that it just needs to settle in (burn in perhaps?) so I'll be doing some gaming.

Also, my water seems to warm up quite a bit while gaming, even though the cpu temps remain relatively low. About the 3 minutes after I end the game the water is nice and cold again. I took off the video-block and that helped a little, but it still gets warm. Would adding some watter-wetter help that at all, or would the extra heat it would pick up from the cpu balance it back out?

[Tebore]

That is one super "Cool" set up. How much did it cost ya? now when the water's warm is that in winter time?

[Mac42]

Prices (and these are rough estimates)...

Danger Den Maze2: $40

Homemade Chipset Cooler: $5

Homemade Video Cooler: $5

Copper tubing: $20

Pondmaster 350Gph Pump: $65

Hoses: $15

Rubbermaid Container: $3

Zip-Ties: $2

So it cost me alittle over $150, but that's been over the span of a year or so. The water temps get high right now when it's between 60F-70F outside, not sure about when it's below freezing. I also have a mini-van heater core I picked up new for $25 that I might end up using... depends on the difference it makes with cooling. I had my last chip (TBird 800) running at 1183Mhz with the KT7a voltage mod (2.3V), but I took it off a while back and haven't re-attached it. If the water gets hot now I'd hate to see it with 1.6Ghz+ @ 2.3V

[-=UR=- Ranger]

Do u have a case or something?

[Crazy Jayhawk]

How'd you make the video and chip blocks?

[Sohryu Asuka Langley]

Thry some copper spreaders on the chipset and gpu to even out teh cooling a bit more if you can that them off :)

[The Overclocker]

nice, i decided not to water cool my cipset or graphics card just be cause of what i m running, for you it is probably a advantage

[DoGMaN]

Ghetto rules dude! Keep up the smokin work:D

[Mac42]

*(sorry if the above linked pics don't display, that site has been having some trouble lately)


Well, I wrote out a detailed explaination of the below pic, but it was 2 pixels too large and erased all of my message when I went back to it.


General Info (not enough time to re-write it all): Drilled holes for thebrass barbs with handheld drill... glued copper caps together with Household Goop (very strong and waterproof) and used same stuff to seal brass connection to capper (even though it was threaded in tightly with some pliers).

Idle Temps:

Chipset temp: 17C (62F)
CPU temp: 17.5C (63F)
Outside temp: 57F
Inside temp: 70F

The outside temp is the one cooling the copper tubing via a window fan sealed off from the room in which the computer resides. My load temp right now would be just over 30C on the cpu (18C on the chipset) but the copper tubing isn't quite enough to handle the full heat load so water temps start to go up. Eventually the chipset gets up to around 25C and the CPU to around 37C, but I'm sure that will go down as winter sets in and outside temps go well below freezing. I might have to use my heater-core instead of the tubing if that proves more effective. I had to take off the video-block because that was putting out a lot of heat (and it heats my room a little now too :) ). Constructiong of the chipset block took about 10 minutes and cost under $5.

I'm sure someone could do a much better job with decent supplies, equipment, and money... but I'm paying for my own college so I'll have to settle for cheap parts and my dad's drill... it's much more fun that way anyway... isn't the whole point more power for less money? (well, that's part of it anyway)