Mixed-Metal Loop is no more: Revising the cheapie build -56K Beware

[bryan_d]

Hey all,

Just finished revising my loop with the Storm G4, and beefed up the pump with the MCP350-to-MCP355 mod.

I do not have a means of regulating the room temperature, so no hard data to go by here. But I can say that my room temperatures are much higher than before, and temperatures of the CPU and GPU have not risen. :)

On with the pics.

From pins to jets:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/bryan_d/WC002.jpg

Out with the old...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/bryan_d/WC003.jpg

Convex GPU die it seems.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/bryan_d/WC004.jpg

Hard mounting Storm to IHS-less E4300
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/bryan_d/WC005.jpg

Crappy volt-mod... but still successful. 1.4Volts Loaded.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/bryan_d/WC006.jpg

Filling with a Y-line = White Tubing Mod
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/bryan_d/WC007.jpg

...In with the new.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/bryan_d/WC008.jpg

Thanks for looking,

Bryan D

PS - OC results will come...

[Spawn-Inc]

looking good, white tubing mod?

[schmide]

I love the way nvidia's dies mark up copper. Seen it a bunch.

[dark bishop]

sweet, another cheapie builder. ill have some new pics of mine up soon. i know the white tubing mod XD

[WonderingSoul]

For being "cheap" it looks freakin gorgeous.

[bryan_d]

looking good, white tubing mod?

Sorry I was not "clear" enough, but it was millions of bubbles that took FOREVER to escape the Y-Line. Looked cool until 30 minutes, then it looked like little hurricanes in the tubes. :)

Forgot a little background.

As I stated my E4300 is naked, and while my loop was out I installed some Air-Cooling. Stupid me for rushing, inadvertantly rocked the HSF too much for the foam pads to handle and was presented with this...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/bryan_d/WC009change.jpg

Luckily the chip is as strong as the old Socket A's and Coppermines! :santa:

Thanks for the positives all!

Bryan d

[Charr]

Thats not cheap. That has to be inexpensive territory :)

Which looks amazing btw.

[Spawn-Inc]

ahh, i never let mine get to that point. i sit there and bump the pump for 30 minutes and its gets most of the air out.

[bryan_d]

Thats not cheap. That has to be inexpensive territory :)

Which looks amazing btw.

I think the only things new in this build were the tubes, and the Heatercore! :) I love ( and hate ) the classies.

ahh, i never let mine get to that point. i sit there and bump the pump for 30 minutes and its gets most of the air out.

My loop is so small, and with the 10W->18W mod that any trace of air becomes a bubble fest; no matter how much wiggling, rotating, flicking, and poking I do... waiting is the only solution. :)

But on with a small update:

After spending the afternoon with my runny nose, I was able to find my GPU overclock. I am happy with this frequency, and with summer around the corner, I will not go further as the temps in my room will cook everything.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/bryan_d/900GPU.jpg

Not bad if I say so myself, and now onto the CPU...

Bryan d