BF2S Forums Building my Water Cooled System (Part 1 and 2)

bubbass wrote:

What's the complete run down for the specs?

Thermaltake Armor LCS Case
Enermax 550 Watt PSU
MSI Neo4 Platinum SLI Mobo
AMD 64 San Diego 3700 CPU
Asus Nvidia 7950 GT (x2)
2 Gigs Corsair Ultra Low Latency DDR 400
70 Gig WD Raptor 10k RPM SATA HD
120 Gig WD Cavalier SATA HD
300 Gig WD Cavalier SATA HD
Sony External CD/DVD RW
SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum 2
Danger Den 360MM Radiator
Thermaletake Copper CPU Block, GPU Block(x2)
Creative Monster Works 7.1 Surround Sound
21 Inch MAG LCD Moniter
Logitech Wingman Cordless (Gamepad and stick)

R3v4n wrote:

Just a Question:
You put your Mobo on the Carpet? why?
You do know that static Electricity destroys PC's

All up a nice job. 

PS P180 is a very good case if you looking to reduce noise.

Yes I use a static wrist guard, runs to the ground on any house outlet.  Built enough of these to know better (First Water system though )

Computer is very very quite, I am happy with it.

Maj.Do wrote:

Nice, did you post this on OCforums?

Not yet, I gotta get into my BIOS and find out all my values, still tweaking it now I can keep the temps down.

tiggerr77 wrote:

Nice write-up, and nice rig.  Just a suggestion, but many people report lower temps by switching the fans around to pull air through the radiator rather than pushing air.  Might work for you.

I have seen some systems with that setup.  Cannot think of why it would be any different.  Air is flowing very nice threw the DD rad.  Very happy with it.  And again, with everything overclocked and fans not pushing alot of air, I cannot complain.

Thanks everyone for you kind words.

Best wishes
Chris

Last edited by Stealth42o (2007-02-25 18:01:02)

Cool stuff... just wondering, since you switched the radiator and that helped, could you go back to the 1/8" tubing for the NB?

cant wait to get my new system

AM2 X2 Dual Core 5000 PC System
7950gx2 1024mb
2 x Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36GB 10,000RPM Serial ATA RAID 0
320gb sata2 72000 HD
OCZ 2048MB DDR2 PC5400 Special Opps [SOE] Edition Dual Channel Kit  5-5-5-15
Alphacool AGB-Eheim 600 Station II 12V
Alphacool NexXxoS Xtreme I Radiator (120mm)
Alphacool NexXxoS XP Socket 754/939/940/FX/Opteron
Alphacool NexXxoS nVIDIA 7950
OCZ ModStream 520W ATX Power Supply     
Gigabyte Aurora case

what you think

Last edited by swedge (2006-09-29 05:11:17)

swedge wrote:

cant wait to get my new system

AM2 X2 Dual Core 5000 PC System
7950gx2 1024mb
2 x Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36GB 10,000RPM Serial ATA RAID 0
320gb sata2 72000 HD
OCZ 2048MB DDR2 PC5400 Special Opps [SOE] Edition Dual Channel Kit  5-5-5-15
Alphacool AGB-Eheim 600 Station II 12V
Alphacool NexXxoS Xtreme I Radiator (120mm)
Alphacool NexXxoS XP Socket 754/939/940/FX/Opteron
Alphacool NexXxoS nVIDIA 7950
OCZ ModStream 520W ATX Power Supply     
Gigabyte Aurora case

what you think

wrong thread, make a new one

ghettoperson wrote:

That looks sweet, you did a really good job there. But the mobo on the carpet? That made me cringe...

i also sometimes place my parts on the floor. never hurt them in any way. i do however try to place them on some anti static bags, but normally i forget

swedge wrote:

cant wait to get my new system

AM2 X2 Dual Core 5000 PC System
7950gx2 1024mb
2 x Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36GB 10,000RPM Serial ATA RAID 0
320gb sata2 72000 HD
OCZ 2048MB DDR2 PC5400 Special Opps [SOE] Edition Dual Channel Kit  5-5-5-15
Alphacool AGB-Eheim 600 Station II 12V
Alphacool NexXxoS Xtreme I Radiator (120mm)
Alphacool NexXxoS XP Socket 754/939/940/FX/Opteron
Alphacool NexXxoS nVIDIA 7950
OCZ ModStream 520W ATX Power Supply     
Gigabyte Aurora case

what you think

Looks good, these All In One kits are made for just the CPU.  If you are going to be running a CPU/GPU setup, run a bigger rad.  Pump and blocks are nice.  Building a water cooled system is like building your own comp.  It's cheaper to do and you get better quality.

Check out this thread:

First line "NEVER BUY A KIT"  I learned the hard way, modded it so it's nice now.  Just don't make my mistake.

http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/s … p?t=176597

ghettoperson wrote:

That looks sweet, you did a really good job there. But the mobo on the carpet? That made me cringe...

I used a wrist static gaurd, it's like a swaet band with a wire coming out of it that grounds you so you can work on the comfy carpet

Stealth42o wrote:

tiggerr77 wrote:

Nice write-up, and nice rig.  Just a suggestion, but many people report lower temps by switching the fans around to pull air through the radiator rather than pushing air.  Might work for you.

I have seen some systems with that setup.  Cannot think of why it would be any different.  Air is flowing very nice threw the DD rad.  Very happy with it.  And again, with everything overclocked and fans not pushing alot of air, I cannot complain.

Thanks everyone for you kind words.

Best wishes
Chris

If you look at most car setups, the fans are set to pull air through the radiator.  It has something to do with the low-pressure area behind the fan and less turbulence.  Apparently it creates lower temps.  So people translated this to computers.  Not saying you're wrong, or this is the way you have to do it.  I just did a lot of research on water-cooling when I was thinking of building a setup, and thought I would share what I found.

ghettoperson wrote:

it aint a kit i had a look around thier web site and picked out the parts for the water cooling that i wanted

O I know, sorry, I did come across like it was.  Didn't word my reply correctly.... it was late.  I searched the site and checked out each block, pump, rad, etc.  Looks like a really good setup.  You may want to run a dual 120mm rad.  It's "Recomended" if your cooling more than your CPU OCforums and extremeoverclockers forums. (If you are in fact doing so).

Going to run great, you will love it.  Have fun too, I had a blast modding mine.

tiggerr77 wrote:

If you look at most car setups, the fans are set to pull air through the radiator.  It has something to do with the low-pressure area behind the fan and less turbulence.  Apparently it creates lower temps.  So people translated this to computers.  Not saying you're wrong, or this is the way you have to do it.  I just did a lot of research on water-cooling when I was thinking of building a setup, and thought I would share what I found.

That makes sense, I did some research after I read this and seems to work better.  After I week of taking this thing apart, and draining the system 4 times, I think I will wait at least anohter week before turning the fans around.  Wish it was as easy as it sounds.

Great find though, thank you!

Last edited by Stealth42o (2006-09-29 18:57:24)

I laugh at the fact that you had all your shit spread out on carpet. STATIC DAMAGE FOR THE WIN!

coke wrote:

Cool didnt read it just looked at the purdy pictures
+1

lol yeah same here looks very neat lol +1

Yea, im about to redo my case, maybe not with water, but definatly some 120mm fans. Mine currently also suffers the jet engine syndrome.

How do you like the Armor? I've heard nothing but good things about it and I've been looking at it for some time now...

blademaster wrote:

RichyCizzo wrote:

I laugh at the fact that you had all your shit spread out on carpet. STATIC DAMAGE FOR THE WIN!

yeah you can get Staticly electrocuted if you doing it on the carpet lol

*COUGH* STATIC WRIST GAURD *COUGH*

Armor LCS case is great, lots of room to work in and easy to modify.  Just built a system with a tsunami case, very good case as well.

Stealth42o wrote:

*COUGH* STATIC WRIST GAURD *COUGH*

Armor LCS case is great, lots of room to work in and easy to modify.  Just built a system with a tsunami case, very good case as well.

lol, only said it about 5 times.


im about to upgrade again, but i think i will get the armor without the liquid system. not quite ready for that...or have the pocketbook room...but they are doing one with a 25cm fan (!!!) on the side window that will be pimpin for the march [TUF] LAN party...

tiggerr77 wrote:

Stealth42o wrote:

tiggerr77 wrote:

Nice write-up, and nice rig.  Just a suggestion, but many people report lower temps by switching the fans around to pull air through the radiator rather than pushing air.  Might work for you.

I have seen some systems with that setup.  Cannot think of why it would be any different.  Air is flowing very nice threw the DD rad.  Very happy with it.  And again, with everything overclocked and fans not pushing alot of air, I cannot complain.

Thanks everyone for you kind words.

Best wishes
Chris

If you look at most car setups, the fans are set to pull air through the radiator.  It has something to do with the low-pressure area behind the fan and less turbulence.  Apparently it creates lower temps.  So people translated this to computers.  Not saying you're wrong, or this is the way you have to do it.  I just did a lot of research on water-cooling when I was thinking of building a setup, and thought I would share what I found.

I just read a thread on extreme overclokcers website.  The did a test with the fans in front, and with them behind the Rad.  There was no difference.

However then they did the test with fans on both sides of a dual 120mm rad.  And surprisingly, the temps dropped 12 degree's. 

Good stats, however six fans just for one rad is over the top even for me