Project blue water

petriodet

petriodet

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Hello everyone it's about time i started put my project together i've all the bits i need for months now and never got round to doing anything with them.it is going to be a slow project will take 2 months to complete as i get round to installing the parts you will see what i got.
anyway i've started it today by getting the dremel out.
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didn't bother with the rounded corners.
can anybody guess what case it is?
thats all for now.
 
a little bit of an update
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another game can anyone guess what fans they are?
the water cooling will be put in place when i get time,ive also got to make a bracket for the pump.
 
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ok so my project has gone off track due to being so darn busy i've decided to start on the water cooling i've got a black ice 240 stealth and the idea was to cool an i7 920 and a 5870 on that rad i don't think it'll be enough (i wasn't looking for the best temps) i have a 120 stealth i can add is this enough bearing in mind i'm not looking for the best?
 
If it helps I'm cooling a Phenom II X6 1055T and 4870x2 on a XSPC RS240 and a EK 120mm rad.
Temps aren't fantastic, I'm thinking of switching the 120mm for another 240mm rad to try to improve things. Might also switch out the 4870x2 for a 5870 (I figure less GPU cores to cool should help?). Still the temps aren't awful.

After playing Bad Company 2 for, an hour or so (I lose track), the CPU got to 46C or something like that, mid-40s. Hottest GPU got to 52C or something like that, high-40s/low-50s.
 
ok i decided to make a bracket for the pump .
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who said you can't use a dremel
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diamond edged dremel disc did the job it didn't melt the plastic and was cool to the touch after.
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some more dremel action made the corners rounded with a sander disc and made the edge smooth.
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used a paint stripper heat gun to bend it, need to do some mounting holes.
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could do with a bit more work but that's all i'm doing today.
 
Possibly a bit late now, but I'd use a thicker radiator. Something like a Thermochill Pa120.2 or Ta120.2, a HWLabs Black Ice SR1 240 or an XSPC RX240 should do well - they have less fins per inch (<10), so don't require such a high fan speed for good cooling, which will result in a quieter system.

Alternatively, for maximum cooling (for your build), go for a Phobya Xtreme 200, which is a single 200mm radiator for the roof, as well as one of the aforementioned, or a high FPI radiator with some quick fans with high static pressure.
 
Hey bud I can send you the color code for the paint I mixed that matches yours and mines sleeveing so you can paint that radeon like I did!
 
ReU_VOoDOo said:
Hey bud I can send you the color code for the paint I mixed that matches yours and mines sleeveing so you can paint that radeon like I did!
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thanks for the offer, there is no need i'm putting a water block on it :D



Marvin said:
Possibly a bit late now, but I'd use a thicker radiator. Something like a Thermochill Pa120.2 or Ta120.2, a HWLabs Black Ice SR1 240 or an XSPC RX240 should do well - they have less fins per inch (<10), so don't require such a high fan speed for good cooling, which will result in a quieter system.

Alternatively, for maximum cooling (for your build), go for a Phobya Xtreme 200, which is a single 200mm radiator for the roof, as well as one of the aforementioned, or a high FPI radiator with some quick fans with high static pressure.
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the plan is to get thicker rads but the ones i have will have to do for now.
i've looked at the phobya 200mm rad but i'm not sure.


rjkoneill said:
lovely braiding :)

really nice job
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thanks.
 
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