- Joined
- Apr 17, 2006
- Location
- Sunderland, England
Well first thing is first. i dont own this PC but i built it !
The specs are pretty hefty - QX6700 SLI'd 8800GTX's and 4GB of OCZ Flex RAM.
This really was a challenge to water-cool as the person who it is for insisted on all 4 banks of RAM being cooled, as well as the CPU, NB and GPU's.
Because of the bore of the RAM water blocks ion the OCZ flex modules a second loop was a must unless i wanted to kill the whole loop with death by restriction.
I started off by mounting the double stealth GT rad in the top of the case. resources were limited and I only had one chance of getting it right first time.
Be warned though... the fit is VERY VERY tight, and fans must be adapted and basically hacked to bits for it to fit.
Loop 1 :
DDC Plexi top 18w
DD TDX CPU block
2x DD 88GTX GPU full cover blocks
Tygon 1/2'' tubing
XSPC bay res
Thermochill PA 120.3
Loop 2
DDC Plexi top 18w
DD Maze 4 680i chipset block
4x OCZ Flex water blocks + RAM
HW labs black ice stealth GT 240mm rad
The trouble with this rig was that id did take an extremely long time to plan, route and build. I found that I had to build it in no particular order other than lots of things at a time, mounting certain power connectors first so that I didn’t have to reach being tubing, then routing tubing when there were no power connectors in the way etc etc. so it was trial and error of what I could actually fit in / make permanent at any one time.
Coupled with the laser cut panel this machine is truly awesome in more than just performance.
A word of warning… those Quad cores run HOT !
Expect to see a fully custom painted temjin of my own shortly by the way
Rick
The specs are pretty hefty - QX6700 SLI'd 8800GTX's and 4GB of OCZ Flex RAM.
This really was a challenge to water-cool as the person who it is for insisted on all 4 banks of RAM being cooled, as well as the CPU, NB and GPU's.
Because of the bore of the RAM water blocks ion the OCZ flex modules a second loop was a must unless i wanted to kill the whole loop with death by restriction.
I started off by mounting the double stealth GT rad in the top of the case. resources were limited and I only had one chance of getting it right first time.
Be warned though... the fit is VERY VERY tight, and fans must be adapted and basically hacked to bits for it to fit.
Loop 1 :
DDC Plexi top 18w
DD TDX CPU block
2x DD 88GTX GPU full cover blocks
Tygon 1/2'' tubing
XSPC bay res
Thermochill PA 120.3
Loop 2
DDC Plexi top 18w
DD Maze 4 680i chipset block
4x OCZ Flex water blocks + RAM
HW labs black ice stealth GT 240mm rad
The trouble with this rig was that id did take an extremely long time to plan, route and build. I found that I had to build it in no particular order other than lots of things at a time, mounting certain power connectors first so that I didn’t have to reach being tubing, then routing tubing when there were no power connectors in the way etc etc. so it was trial and error of what I could actually fit in / make permanent at any one time.
Coupled with the laser cut panel this machine is truly awesome in more than just performance.
A word of warning… those Quad cores run HOT !
Expect to see a fully custom painted temjin of my own shortly by the way
Rick