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I added my EVGA 8800 Ultra in the loop. Before the Ultra ran 55/72C (idle/load), now it runs 40/46C. I just need to do some detail stuff & add a way to control the 4 120mm side fans.

The loop runs.... pump>cpu>gpu>quadRad>Swiftech MCR220QP-RES>back to the pump

I only have one pump.

My rig has to fit under my desk and I wanted the water cooling to be mounted to the case.

I wanted to keep the tray on top.

Not pretty but it holds the 4 120mm fans to cool the mobo, ram, gpu, etc. and the fans on the outside cover up the cuts.

 

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Nice job, I like how you added the 4 fans to side, awesome mobo + chipset cooling

Could you add some more pics of how you modded the side panel, I might want to do something like that

 

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Jeebus are you water cooling or running a hdd off a motor?

 

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That thing has more fans than my Stacker 832 0_o

Nice job though. Does the dual rads need more pumping power?

 

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What pump do you have?

 

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MCP655 according to his sig.

 

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Part one was the cpu only and I just had one radiator out back. It was nice and simple with only the pump>cpu>rad, but when I finished the overclock on my cpu I wanted to overclock my gpu. As soon as I looked at the 55/77c (idle/load) temps I felt the stock clock speed of the 8800 ultra needed water cooling before I overclock it. So I added the quad radiator, but the quad does not have a built in reservoir so I kept the first radiator since it is also is my reservoir.

I want to remove the fan shroud from the quad radiator and add a brass reservoir w/cap to the back so I can get rid of the radiator out back and run hard cooper lines on the outside of the case & use Tygon inside.

Current pump is a Swiftech MCP655 12v DC Pump, but I want to get a Swiftech MCP655-B 12v DC Pump w/Tach Sensor so I can set the computer to shutdown if the one pump fails.

This test was run at 400x9 with the CPU set to 1.4875 in the bios.
The room temp started around 80F and I ran the A/C window unit (set to 64F) during the 30min test. When the 30min test was done the room temp was 75F.

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Nice job there 1138 and the 4 x fans on the side looks ok too

 

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Very different setup. I am wondering what kind of flow rates you are getting though as that magicool quad is a very restrictive rad. I was thinking about using it on in my current build but opted instead for 2 MCR320 rads because of how restrictive the magicool is.

 

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It flows enough to keep my Q6600 & 8800 Ultra cool and those two run HOT! CPU Temps are the same or better and the GPU dropped about 30C under load with water.

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wow... Nice job... I'm liking the side fans Why don't you try going for something a bit higher than 3.2 on the quad? What kind of temperatures is your CPU at?

 

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This (see pic) was when the cpu was the only thing that had water cooling. My rig will do 400x9 but I need 1.475 volts in the BIOS and after 14.5+ hours of Prime95 one of the 4 cores had a round off error. I run the 356x9 24/7 to max out the ram and it only needs 1.3275 volts for the CPU, I was/am worried about running 1.4875 volts 24/7 to get the CPU to run at 400x9.

NOTE: This was before I added the GPU & Quad Radiator| Q6600 @ 400x9 1.4875volts in bios with a 80F room temp.

 

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Bah, I was doing 1.53V under air, it's all in your head

 

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i run 1.48 for mine to be stable.

 

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Those temps are WAY too high for an apogee GTX and the loops that you have.

60C on OCCT?

Somethings not good. I get close to those temps with my Q6600 at 1.5v 400X9 .......

Id remount your CPU block and check your loops.

 

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Here are results from how my rig is configured now.

This test was run at 400x9 with the CPU set to 1.4875 in the bios.
The room temp started around 80F and I ran the A/C window unit (set to 64F) during the 30min test. When the 30min test was done the room temp was 75F.

 

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Here is a screenshot! I'm trying 400x9 again since most seem to think 1.4875 volts for the cpu is ok 24/7 use. I would like to try 427x9=3843MHz w/DDR2-1068.

 

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I need a switch, but I was thinking about putting my old TEC to see if I can get the load temp down.

 

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It's probably just bad contact, otherwise 10C off is a lot.

 

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Hazaro said:

It's probably just bad contact, otherwise 10C off is a lot.

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My Q6600 has always run hot on two of the the four cores. On air it did this, so I reset HS, lapped the HS, lapped CPU, reset HS, upgraded to water, reset waterblock, and still my Q6600 does this. I want to get another Q6600, but the VID others are getting does not look good to OC.