stinkas first go at water cooling

stinka · 16 Jul 2007 at 20:48

after my case mod in this thread: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17743309
i thought id have a go at water cooling the beast :

well i new it would be a tight squeeze and it was but it works super :

so i drilled the rivits and took the top off to mark out where the 120.2 thermochill would go i cut that out and mounted the rad in the top with fans pulling through rad

then i bolted the pump to the floor of case bellow hdd's :

big thanks to my mate george for knocking me up the t piece and tempory fill port cap as my nylon t piece and danger den filport never arrived on day of build, so good olg george made me some from half inch plumbing fittings and TBH the t piece is prolly less restrictive than the nylon one would be

more to follow in a sec

stinka · 16 Jul 2007 at 20:53

so i piped it up and began filling and bleeding :

dead straight forward TBH

i did a leak test for an hour and a half not very long i know but im pretty confident and its been running for 3 hrs now with no sign of anything on this simple loop

well im chuffed to bits was a piece of cake and ive broke my watercooling virginity

max load after 10 mins of priority 9 orthos is 47 c down from 59 c

so im gonna wack some voltage through her set a divider for mem and see how far shell go

thermochill 120.2 with stainless grill, swiftec ddc, swiftech apogee gtx, fesser 1, t line

phi1 · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:01

Looks nicee

RJC · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:10

Very nice & neat, the wooden front looks good

phill9800 · 16 Jul 2007 at 21:21

Nice setup there mate

Wonder if I might have the same fortune as you have when I do mine

Overclock it more now mate

:lol:

Darg · 16 Jul 2007 at 23:25

Looks nice, I really like the retro case look. But why is one of the pipes only half full?

w3bbo · 16 Jul 2007 at 23:50

Thats the T-line.

loltim · 17 Jul 2007 at 00:09

Darg said:
Looks nice, I really like the retro case look. But why is one of the pipes only half full?

Basically a piece of tubing acting as a reservoir.

Azza · 17 Jul 2007 at 01:59

Looks awesome.

Love the colour of the coolant. :cool:

Great work there. The front looks very sexy.

jellybeard999 · 17 Jul 2007 at 02:13

Looks nice mate, but you aren't half restricting the DDC

Darg · 17 Jul 2007 at 02:50

Tim said:
Basically a piece of tubing acting as a reservoir.

Ahh.. very clever.

Barry1337 · 17 Jul 2007 at 12:37

Looking realy nice.

stinka · 17 Jul 2007 at 19:28

jellybeard999 said:
Looks nice mate, but you aren't half restricting the DDC

why so bad mate just cos of the top ?

jellybeard999 · 18 Jul 2007 at 23:21

stinka said:
why so bad mate just cos of the top ?

Your running 1/2" or 7/16" tubing, with 1/2" barbs all round by the look of things, however your pump is 3/8", negating everything else being of a wider bore.

Get yourself a petra top, and 1/2" barbs

Shorten the tubes from the rad too, the shorter the better

1mm3 · 20 Jul 2007 at 20:41

No "finished" pic? With the case window on? Does the purple go well with the silver/ wooden look?

Jokester · 20 Jul 2007 at 20:43

jellybeard999 said:
Your running 1/2" or 7/16" tubing, with 1/2" barbs all round by the look of things, however your pump is 3/8", negating everything else being of a wider bore.

Get yourself a petra top, and 1/2" barbs Shorten the tubes from the rad too, the shorter the better

The difference between 3/8" and 1/2" is next to nothing, though I do recommend getting a better top, but not for larger bore, but for the superior flow path into the pump.

Jokester

SpudMaster · 22 Jul 2007 at 02:12

TBH the flow makes little difference also, ive run my ddc ultra with alphacool top from both top and bottom inlet and the difference in temps was minimal

Cotti · 22 Jul 2007 at 09:19

When pushed hard tho the top inlet pumps are much better but I bet the system isnt being pushed to much at the moment, upgrade the top next time you add something to the loop

Nice job btw!

jellybeard999 · 22 Jul 2007 at 13:47

Jokester said:
The difference between 3/8" and 1/2" is next to nothing, though I do recommend getting a better top, but not for larger bore, but for the superior flow path into the pump.

Jokester

Forgot that was the main reason for the top

Haven't had w/cing for ages now... got sick of it

You could also do the ghetto top intake mod if you feel inclined :eek:

stinka · 22 Jul 2007 at 16:32

well added alphacooltop, 90 bend due to kink in pipes, dd filport, and a backplate that i had to mod to clear resistors on back of mobo: