Punisher water cooling.

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Ok so assuming the chips that are on the way are all good now I have to cool the thing without it sounding like a jet engine.

The case is going to be a Supermicro CSE-748-1400B so is a little tight on internal space.

Because the case was a little out of my control the only rads I can mount are one 120.2 and one 80.3.

The rads are alphacool the 120 is 60mm thick with noctua fans the 80 is 45mm thick also with noctua fans.

Cpu blocks are cuplex kryos delrin reused from good old Hydra, with a MCP655 pump res combo.

My question is do you think the rads are enough to cool 4 E7 4890's each putting out 155W (Should have asked this before ordering the rads:rolleyes:).

I know the forums have a water cooling section but this build is a little different and probably more in your guys territory:)
 
Was going to try and use it as my daily driver with a few mods to windows server so it will be pedestal next to the desk.

It couldnt be as loud as the current setup it really does sound gas turbine like when the fans spool up to 8000rpm:eek:

I could always put the 64 core rig in it and run the new one in an Elysium with bigger rads, will have to look at my options when all the parts are in.

Still waiting for any of the cpu's to turn up so I can confirm the motherboard if fully functional:(
 
Finally got a bios that works so build progressing.
Brackets to hold the rads built and fitted.
I got the wrong size pipe for my fittings so waiting for that to arrive and the water block mounts need trimming to miss the ram and heat sinks but nothing impossible to overcome.
Not sure as Biffa said how quiet it will be with this setup but must be better than the air it came with.
 
Its ALIVE:eek:



After MUCH messing about it lives, this has probable been the most tortuous build yet.

But 75C in my lounge with it paneled up at 100% load.
Think a few more fans are needed:rolleyes:
 
RAD --- CPU 1 --- CPU 2 --- RAD ----CPU 3 --- CPU 4 ---- PUMP ----
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That's how I had the setup on Hydra the 48 core rig but at the time everyone said it would make no noticeable difference, only getting 2C difference between hottest and coolest.

Inner rad is in the same position as the fan bank before I removed them and the front is vented.
Aft rad has fans in external pods that I switched out for some more Noctua ones.
It is a lot quieter than the stock setup but I think 3 more fans on the aft rad will not go amiss to try and get the hot air out.
 
Currently running a batch of nfs ,pogs and universe.

Want to try folding but not really up on what version to run ,tried a basic v7 windows install and couldn't get it to do more than 32 threads even when manually set to 120.
 
You could match it using E5-2670's(current price performance king)

However you would need 10 single or 5 dual rigs ,the price would be about the same and more difficult to manage/store etc.

Running costs would also be higher.

4 slots per cpu populated 8gb dimms (would have liked 16gb but that was price prohibitive).
 
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Regular 1.35v DDR3 ECC DIMMS.

Think you need LR-DIMMS for the higher capacities.

Probably why I am not quite seeing the performance I expected in Cinebench, getting 5890 ish.
Have seen 6500+ for similar setups but it could also be OS related.
 
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Will post some more shots when the gpu is in and working.

Got the temps down below 65 with a front bay fan and finally found the dodgy ram stick(for some reason the bios shows different config to the motherboard markings:/)
 
OK so finished making the gpu power adaptors today:)

Moved the PUNISHER up stairs to its new home was just down powering the other rig to rob its titan when I noticed drips of water on the floor.

Surely they didn't come from the rig that's been running without a hitch in the lounge for days:eek:

I thinks its me being punished ,no time tonight to chase the leak.
Case open in the warm computer room another job for the weekend:rolleyes:
 
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