Black/Silver Xtreme III Project (56K warning)

OCS911

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I am moving from Intel to AMD so big clean up on my watercooling parts too so these are the parts:

After 6 months of used, dusts all over the fins so any ideas how to clean it up?

More update will coming soon!

 

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• May 26, 2005

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You don't need anything special to clean it up. A sink full of soapy water and a sprayer. Or you could use engine degreaser and a garden hose but only want to leave the degreaser on for about 30 seconds before rinsing it off with the garden hose. One with a spray nozzle would be better for clearing all the dirt and gunk out of the fins.

 

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should I use Lian Li PC-75 Case or PC-V2100 Case for watercooling? I can take pics of both cases if anyone needs an idea how is it looks like

 

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Doesn't really matter on the case, cause you'll have to mod either one to get that radiator to fit

 

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Lian Li PC-75 is the one that I'm using with my Intel rig but wonder if V2100 will benefit over PC-75 about airflow or better wire management cuz I am very bad at wiring so my case full of wires

 

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OCS911 said:

Lian Li PC-75 is the one that I'm using with my Intel rig but wonder if V2100 will benefit over PC-75 about airflow or better wire management cuz I am very bad at wiring so my case full of wires

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Where did you buy that grill at? That is sweet. I want one. Well 2 actually.

 

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go for the pc-75, its much easier to WC than the 2100's, mainly because it has much more open space



also... i question why you got the PC P&C SLI PSU when you got the ultra-d motherboard

and also, what AMD CPU is hiding in the OEM package?



edit: as far as cleaning the rad goes, get a sink (preferably a deep sink) full of soapy water, and then swish the rad up and down in it to force water through the fins - or you can do this with a garden hose or something as well - just as long as you have something that can get all the crap out of the fins

 

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I bought it from SNTsystems but out of stock now, I will get more once in-stock again

 

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Sneaky said:

go for the pc-75, its much easier to WC than the 2100's, mainly because it has much more open space



also... i question why you got the PC P&C SLI PSU when you got the ultra-d motherboard

and also, what AMD CPU is hiding in the OEM package?

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I might go to SLI in future so SLI PSU will comes in handy, AMD Athlon64 3800+ CBBLE 0504EPMW Stepping, two people from XS got it up very high overclocking with that stepping but I'm not sure about mine since I am trying to get use to AMD board and tweaking

 

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lol, i prefer fan filters over grills - with two cats & a dusty house, the grills save A LOT of crap from going into my PC

 

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Used to have Yate Loon Fans on it but now I'm switched to 6 x Sanyo Denkis Fans on BIXIII Rad

 

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Looks and sounds like a good project so far. As far as cases go, go with the PC-75 or better yet the PC-73SL. Its basically the 75 with a front cover and sound deadning material. The V series cases look just as cool but the insides along with the upside down motherboard position are a little harder to work with when water cooling.

 

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OCS911 said:

should I use Lian Li PC-75 Case or PC-V2100 Case for watercooling? I can take pics of both cases if anyone needs an idea how is it looks like

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If you want to keep the radiator internal, go with the PC-75. I managed to put a BIX III into a V2100, but I lost 2 5.25" bays and it still covers a good sized part of the motherboard. And, enough of the motherboard is covered that I don't think it would even be possible to do SLI, so if you're heading that direction stick with the PC-75. Here's what it looks like http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=3649671&postcount=63

 

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I bought V2100 long ago cuz I love it that much but haven't had a chance to use it so I guess I'm keep PC-75 for my AMD system, here is an update on Storm mounted:

 

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I would like to have a tower that big but I simply can't fit it into the computer compartment inside of our computer roll-top desk. And given both space constraints and my wife's preferences, I'm relegated to the inside of the desk.