Hi all,
I know a lot of people disregard the Antec Skeleton instantly, well I'm not one of those people, I like the case purely from the aspect of it being different. Well I've searched the net and a lot of poepe havent had the best of success with watercooling. I've seen the Domino kit slapped on the backside of it, but to me this isnt enough. I knew it could be done, maybe not to the level I wish to be, but as a start this will be fine.
Well after quite a few hours of "humming and harrring" I have managed it.
Antec Skeleton + Water Cooling
1 Pump/Res
1 240 Rad
1 CPU Block
I'll get some pictures up tonight. Just thought i'd comment to say it is possible, it doesnt look at that bad at all. Does take some drilling, dremeling and a lot of planning. There is plans and room for 2 x GPU and a N/B block.
Quick spec:
I7 920 @ 3.6ghz co
Asus P6T Deluxe V2
Corsair Dominator 1866 XMP
2 x 260 (55nm) SLI O/C'ed to 720 / 1533 / 1150 - Changing all the time
2 x WD Vel*raptors 150 Raid
2 x Seagate 160gb Raid
Tagan BZ PSU Modular - High amp'ed rail over 12v
LG Blu Ray / HD Reader
Sound is on the board as no space for X-Fi at present until GPU blocks go on.
Used the Pro 240 kit off watercoolinguk as this is a tester system.
But point of this is to mention it can be done, quite well. I need to think bout better pipe managment. I tested flow rate rate and it fairs quite well considering the small pump. The pipes can move some serious heat.
Primed the system for about 1 hour - full 8 thread test,
idle temps @ 30 - 33'c - **Really warm room.
100% load @ 50 - 55'c
So quite happy to be honest, thats with running @ 3600 on the 920. Completely stable and no issues what so ever.
Have had it up to 4ghz stable with a small boost in Volt's. Mainly pumping ram up to 1.66v and CPU amplituve to 600mv or 800mv depending on VDroop. Not fully tested the drops on 4ghz yet, another couple days of stress testing will give me the math needed.
Temps can be a lot lower just need a fan controller as one of the rad fans is running at 750rpm, while other is at 1200rpm.
The water temp is quite warm, but considering the day yesterday in the south east and the ambient 28'c in the room before the kit went in I am very happy.
I predict at 4ghz and correct fan speeds, with better tube managment 28 - 31 idle across the cores and 52 - 55 load. If this is met, then I am very impressed with the results.
GPU temps at present are quite low, but the skeleton does a great job with passive cooling due to the non-restrictive sides.
check back for video link and pictures. Only own a Digital Camcorder so difficult to produce good pictures, but i'll try my best.
M
I know a lot of people disregard the Antec Skeleton instantly, well I'm not one of those people, I like the case purely from the aspect of it being different. Well I've searched the net and a lot of poepe havent had the best of success with watercooling. I've seen the Domino kit slapped on the backside of it, but to me this isnt enough. I knew it could be done, maybe not to the level I wish to be, but as a start this will be fine.
Well after quite a few hours of "humming and harrring" I have managed it.
Antec Skeleton + Water Cooling
1 Pump/Res
1 240 Rad
1 CPU Block
I'll get some pictures up tonight. Just thought i'd comment to say it is possible, it doesnt look at that bad at all. Does take some drilling, dremeling and a lot of planning. There is plans and room for 2 x GPU and a N/B block.
Quick spec:
I7 920 @ 3.6ghz co
Asus P6T Deluxe V2
Corsair Dominator 1866 XMP
2 x 260 (55nm) SLI O/C'ed to 720 / 1533 / 1150 - Changing all the time
2 x WD Vel*raptors 150 Raid
2 x Seagate 160gb Raid
Tagan BZ PSU Modular - High amp'ed rail over 12v
LG Blu Ray / HD Reader
Sound is on the board as no space for X-Fi at present until GPU blocks go on.
Used the Pro 240 kit off watercoolinguk as this is a tester system.
But point of this is to mention it can be done, quite well. I need to think bout better pipe managment. I tested flow rate rate and it fairs quite well considering the small pump. The pipes can move some serious heat.
Primed the system for about 1 hour - full 8 thread test,
idle temps @ 30 - 33'c - **Really warm room.
100% load @ 50 - 55'c
So quite happy to be honest, thats with running @ 3600 on the 920. Completely stable and no issues what so ever.
Have had it up to 4ghz stable with a small boost in Volt's. Mainly pumping ram up to 1.66v and CPU amplituve to 600mv or 800mv depending on VDroop. Not fully tested the drops on 4ghz yet, another couple days of stress testing will give me the math needed.
Temps can be a lot lower just need a fan controller as one of the rad fans is running at 750rpm, while other is at 1200rpm.
The water temp is quite warm, but considering the day yesterday in the south east and the ambient 28'c in the room before the kit went in I am very happy.
I predict at 4ghz and correct fan speeds, with better tube managment 28 - 31 idle across the cores and 52 - 55 load. If this is met, then I am very impressed with the results.
GPU temps at present are quite low, but the skeleton does a great job with passive cooling due to the non-restrictive sides.
check back for video link and pictures. Only own a Digital Camcorder so difficult to produce good pictures, but i'll try my best.
M
Your frame has just giving me an idea! *lightblub* moment!
is there any websites of sntec skeleton users which i can be a part of? thanks!
