Thermaltake Mozart tx watercooling build

[jolly]

Here's the pics of mine

Front view



Front shot



Innards at the time being

 

[jolly]

Older shot of innards



Other Cheek



Desk Shot



The machines currently in and out of the hospital , the cpus playing up cant get it past 3.2 (e6600-been up to 1.55v)
The 680i has worked in dribs and drabs for the past few months(cant push 390fsb on it+several fan headers not working)
1 of my evga 7950gts is at evga headquarters (new one coming soon)

Rest of specs - Galaxy 1000w / teamgroup extreem 6400c4 / 1tb sata300raid0-500gb media hdd- 250gb OS Hdd / The watercooling is basic dual rad with a nexxos xp block - this is getting overhauled with dual dcc-ultras and a quad rad for when my dual dx10 set up fund matures

 

[ChoÞÞer]

that looks mint mate, but i bet you want to change that white cd rom to a black 1

 

[jolly]

well, at first I thought it looked distinguished then I slapped myself very hard in the face after ramming an old jam filled a64 heatsink down my grundies giving it a shake and coming to my sences. When i get around to it I'll stealth it instead of bothering with new bezels

 

[jolly]

paul_64l what kind of idle/load temps do you get on your cpu/nb. I can expect load temps of about 34c when my room temp is 21c thats on 1.45v

 

[Cupra]

im on 1.5v orthos priority 1 cpu small fft's is about 45 @ 3.8

 

[james.miller]

Display is in. having some problems with it though ill see if i can sort it out before i write a review up

 

[Cupra]

getting popular these cases now... and for good reason i must add

that display does look good m8

 

[jolly]

Its so easy to work with, aside with a few quirks such as not being able to fit two dual rads on the back panel (not both on the same side anyways) its a beauty, the build is so easy, fitting the 1kw large psu was a joke it was so easy and you have tonnes of space for pretty much anybody.

One thing Ive been looking at is one of these http://www.magicool.biz/Magicool/images/Radiators/2x 240Xtreme.jpg , which seems like it would be the best internal dual-dual rad solution (even thought it isnt 2)

Ive been thinking of a PA120.2 and another 120.2 rad but one would have to be mounted externally and that would negate the point

 

[Cupra]

delete me

 

[Cupra]

my rad is a pa120.2 and i can get another one above it mate.. just drill the rad screw holes yourself.. jobs a good en..
if you put your first 120.2 at the bottom just lower the screw holes by 1/2cm and when you get your second rad put them 1cm higher than the top fans screw holes this way you CAN fit 2 120.2's in this case. a bargin for £120.

 

[jolly]

To be honest, I was looking to keep radiator costs below 60 - 70 pounds. Also I have the small Hdd unit with a protruding fan module on the back that makes space a little tight what with the pa120.2's depth. Still when the time comes (more that likely mid june) I'll reassess my options.

Im going to be switching the cpu out for a q6600 also going to consider a new motherboard as Im pretty sure this one is a bit borked.

I'll be upgrading the graphics to either dual 2900's or dual 8800gts320s (im getting one through evga's step up program, this is more than likely a problem as I run 1920x1200)

So mid june:

Dual gpu full cover blocks

Quad rad or dual dual rad

dual dcc ultra2 wi' custom top

D'tek Fuzion

mcw30 c/s block

Probably a switech mcres or other cheap reservoir solution

EDIT: just realised I could probably fit 2 of the cora passive solution cores inside the front of my case, that may work better as a dual loop config with the cpu cooled off the cora and a dual rad for the gpus and c/s

 

[jolly]

On the back panel with a radiator mounted would you say extracting air from the case over the radiator, behind the radiator(pulling air out), or pulling air in over or through the radiator - for the coolest solution

 

[Cupra]

its an exhaust m8 pulling air out.... the case has good airflow so makes more sence keeping the mobo cold

also my 1m sata cables come today and i changed my ram to some crucial 8500 ballistix and got the ocz fan controler

pic

not my floppy drive in the bottom... beed a longer floppy cable and cant find one long enough

 

[jolly]

For the sake of a few degrees on the mobo is it not worth getting the 'vital' components a degree or 2 cooler by pulling aimbient air into the radiator, i suppose it is possible to reverse the air flow of the case completely, when I get my sli 8800s in a few weeks and I rebuild ill give it a whizz, see what temps I get

 

[Cupra]

if you are watercooling the gpu's with full blocks the case temp will be hardly any diffrent to the ambient temp

 

[NachT]

What clock is that and were can I buy one. And what lights are you using behind your desk in that pic? the redy/ orange lights?

 

[jolly]

I dont know where the clock is from, got it for christmas it is however a cheapo and shouldnt cost more than a tenner, but it looks very nice in the dark and does the job perfect.

The desk lighting heheh - Can you see my logitech z5500 control unit and speaker on the left of my desk, well behind there ive got an old 145 watt fsp psu. Ive got that powering some ccfl tubes that I bought as I had absolutely loads of converters for them and no ccfl, simple very cheap mod, ive got 3 red and 3 blue, 1 of each behind the monitor and two of each under the desk, I wanted the colours that would match the lighting scheme on my eclipse 2, so I can have red/blue/purple lighting depending on what mood I'm in. The blue backlighting is great, really relaxing on my eyes. So - old psu- jump started, some old ccfl converters and a few ccfl tubes. total cost was under a tenner

If you want some pics of blue just ask ill charge my camera up and wait for dark

 

[NachT]

That's such a great idea! I never thought of using an old PSU

I'd love to see some pics of the blue aswell, great setup you have there ;P

I've got blue cathodes behind my desk aswell, but i've been looking for some orange lighting - the blue is to... bright for me and wanted somthing chillin'
Those red ones you have look orange enugh for me tho what make are they?

 

[jolly]

To be honest theyr a very warm pink, well thats how I'd describe it they are made by sharkoon and are bright but Ive put them behind the support bar so the majority of the light is blocked but just enough for effect