My water cooled rig

tehnull · Sep 16, 2004

I just kinda sorta finished her so I figured I'd hurry up and come brag.

Pic of the full case. yes it's messy but airflow is still quite decent.

Finish on my whitewater :clap:

Fairly Blury close up of my vgpu mod on the 9800 pro

Close up of the 9800 pro

Overclock/3dmark

Tell me what you think. I built it on a very limited budget and also had a few size limitations. The pictures were taken at different stages in the build.

mata2974 · Sep 16, 2004

Looks nice, I am sure you are not going to leave that pump hanging up like that, if my eyes didnt trick me....good idea about cooling your GPU memory......Is that dual mode? NF-7 MB right?

Guderian · Sep 17, 2004

Ditto on the pump.

You don't want the pump hanging on your wb tubing....

If youre dead set on that location, I would recommend some alternate sort of suspension.

tehnull · Sep 17, 2004

Yeah I'm fabricating a mounting bracket. No it's a DFI NFII Ultra Infinity and yes it's dual channel.

Ad Rock · Sep 17, 2004

I like it but you should think about moving those fans away from the radiator a little bit so you can get rid of any deadspots. Also a nice 120mm fan would be better than those 4 60mm? ones.

You should check out the cyberdeals section and have a look at the Sanyo/Denki 120mm fans. I have a bunch of them and they are truly amazing fans. You can have them as quiet as Vantec Stealths or push as much air as a 120mm tornado would (if it existed).

Mr Snub · Sep 17, 2004

Yes, please don't leave that pump there, for everyone

Alacritan · Sep 17, 2004

Ad Rock said:
I like it but you should think about moving those fans away from the radiator a little bit so you can get rid of any deadspots. Also a nice 120mm fan would be better than those 4 60mm? ones.

You should check out the cyberdeals section and have a look at the Sanyo/Denki 120mm fans. I have a bunch of them and they are truly amazing fans. You can have them as quiet as Vantec Stealths or push as much air as a 120mm tornado would (if it existed).

As much as I love my Sanyo Denki's, they only push 106cfm, whereas the 92mm Vantec Tornado pushes 119cfm. HOWEVER, they do it at 39dba compared to the screaming 54dba of the Tornado. I run my fans at half speed anyway so they're even quieter.

tehnull · Sep 19, 2004

Yeah like I said it's a budget system. It'll get upgraded slowly but surely. Believe it or not 10 80mm fans was cheaper than 1 shroud and a 120mm fan so I went that route. I'm having a little trouble with temps. My system seems to perform a little bit better than air cooling but not by much. I'm thinking my problem lies with the crap maxijet pump and my lack of shroudage.

tehnull · Sep 19, 2004

Heh. I figured out the problem. The weight of the pump plus the side panel pressing against the tubing was causing both outlets on the wb to kink. installed my bracket for the pump and put tons of clamps on the tubing. Now my cpu temp is 1 degree above case temp. :burn:

Alacritan · Sep 19, 2004

Are you using coffee as your coolant? Hardcore.

Maybe I'll put Bawls in mine.

tehnull · Sep 21, 2004

Alacritan said:
Are you using coffee as your coolant? Hardcore.

Maybe I'll put Bawls in mine.

No actually it's a 12.5% mixture of dexcool and distilled water. I think it looks more like tang than anything.

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