[PICS] Clown's turn - Watercooling setup

Clown · 27 May 2006 at 23:45

Not my first watercooling setup, but I've always been too lazy to take pictures.

Swiftech Storm Block over an AMD A64 3700+ SD / Abit A8N32-SLI Deluxe.

Silverprop Fusion HL on a BFG 7900GTX. That's a dusty Creative Audigy 4 thing under it.

Eheim 1250. On a used bath sponge. Yep. That's the water I was using in the background. Used up about 0.5 litres after fixing the leaks and after bleeding for a few hours. Is that right? I'm sure I used a lot more in my other system. Maybe the reservoir was bigger.

Swiftech radiator and reservoir, 7/16" tubing.

Rubbish picture showing you the layout of some stuff. The Radiator is at the front of my Coolermaster Stacker, fans drawing air in. I was able to run my previous system passively like this (A scorching 2500+ Barton and 6800 Ultra), so the fans will be hooked up to the controller thing to turn them off.

dillingerdan · 28 May 2006 at 00:42

Very nice mate. Very neat, although that could chamge as nothing is plugged in yet, right? But still looks nice. Inspiring build. Should get my PC-767 finished with water cooling in the next few days, and hope to have it nice and neat also.

xander_uk2 · 28 May 2006 at 11:09

Yep, as already stated, an impressive and very neat looking build. Well planned out by the looks of it....
Been thinking about water cooling/dual core for several weeks now :cool:

Clown · 28 May 2006 at 11:15

Add some wires and it all messes up

Minstadave · 28 May 2006 at 11:31

Now you've got me wanting to move my Swiftech 120.2 into the front of my case, it looks neater than having it in the bottom.

Nice work mate

ichabod crane · 28 May 2006 at 12:17

looks good very neat, but can ya mount your pump its wonky

Clown · 28 May 2006 at 12:32

That would involve me drilling and stuff

Mikey1280 · 28 May 2006 at 12:38

Has your 1250 got the base plate for mounting? Mine hasnt

Clown · 28 May 2006 at 12:48

It has a sort of a rail thing, with slots in it where I guess the screws go through.

n30_mkii · 28 May 2006 at 14:14

i take it u dont have any of the HDD modules fitted at the bottom of the case?

Clown · 28 May 2006 at 14:24

They're at the top under the I/O and switches, and a DVD drive.

The IPB · 28 May 2006 at 14:28

Very nice

Clown · 28 May 2006 at 17:57

So the watercooling works. No leaks.
The computer doesn't work. No power.

I press the switch and the fans spin up and stop within a second. They're attached to the PSU as opposed the the motherboard slots for case fans. The motherboard light is still on, showing there's power to the board, and the PSU fan is still spinning.

What's that about?

Creidiki · 28 May 2006 at 18:01

Very nice. One of the 1st proper WC setups i see here - quality components. You should take some better shots of that Cyclone shiney though, the secksayness doesent quite show

And for your first upgrade, I suggest replacing that ageing eheim for a DDC-Ultra - less heatdump and more than 2x the head.

Id replace the Vantecs with YL or Nexus D12SL-12s though, ive got all 3 and the vantecs are definitely the worst of the lot... well, ive yet to find ANY silent fan that can beat D12SLs (Scythe, SilenX, Akasa, you name it, ive tried them, they all lose) though ive got some 140mm YLs on the way that could

OV3RCLOCK3R · 28 May 2006 at 18:04

Creidiki said:
Very nice. One of the 1st proper WC setups i see here - quality components. You should take some better shots of that Cyclone shiney though, the secksayness doesent quite show

And for your first upgrade, I suggest replacing that ageing eheim for a DDC-Ultra - less heatdump and more than 2x the head.

Id replace the Vantecs with YL or Nexus D12SL-12s though, ive got all 3 and the vantecs are definitely the worst of the lot... well, ive yet to find ANY silent fan that can beat D12SLs (Scythe, SilenX, Akasa, you name it, ive tried them, they all lose) though ive got some 140mm YLs on the way that could

Hey mate, your sig is too big. It's supposed to be 400x75 and under 20kb in size. Thought i'd inform you before a mod or admin does

On topic : Thats a very nice wc system

Creidiki · 28 May 2006 at 18:07

Oh right, just pasted my usual forum sig, will crop one for this. Thnx for the warning.

MikeTimbers · 28 May 2006 at 19:02

Clown said:
So the watercooling works. No leaks.
The computer doesn't work. No power.

I press the switch and the fans spin up and stop within a second. They're attached to the PSU as opposed the the motherboard slots for case fans. The motherboard light is still on, showing there's power to the board, and the PSU fan is still spinning.

What's that about?

Is this a new build or do you know it worked before installing WC?

Usual things to check. RAM properly inserted. Graphics properly inserted.

Then reset CMOS.

Have you a spare PSU you can use or another rig you can check this PSU with?

Creidiki · 28 May 2006 at 19:04

Usually happends to me because i never properly insert the 24-pin mobo power connector after a rebuild... :rolleyes:

BTW, you need to stick the small blower fan that comes with the mobo on the copper mosfet-heatpipe thingy since youre watercooling, or it wont get enough air to cool properly.

Clown · 28 May 2006 at 19:25

RAM has been reseated. GFX Card has been reseated. CMOS has been reset. It's half a new build; it's a new GFX card and motherboard. I'll need to unscrew my other Enermax from my other PC to test that which I'll do in a while, but this PSU worked before too.

Argh, annoying.

By the way, that heatsink is right next to a 120mm fan, do I really need that small fan on there?

Creidiki · 28 May 2006 at 19:34

Yeah. My A8R32-MVP has a similar configuration, and on my Stacker 810 ive got 2 120mm fans there, but the airflow isnt direct enough.

That lil' fan is supposed to be pretty silent, but youre gonna need it or some replacement either way.

GL figuring out whats wrong