Whoopeee!!!

[Tiribulus]

(jumps up and down listening to the echo in the brand new cooling room!) Refrigerated water changed my life. How many happy hours I spent in the cooling room complaining about the lousy stock solutions that come on every video card I ever saw and what to do about it.
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[shwaip]

Don't just leave us hanging...show us pics and temps :D

[Omega65]

Ditto!

[danball1976]

How easy is it to set up a water cooler rig?

[shwaip]

it's pretty easy to set up a vanilla water cooling rig. gotta take your time and test for leaks, and make sure you have quality parts, but other than that, there's not much to it

[Tiribulus]

This is actually old news, but I was waxing nostalgic in an attempt to be the first poster in the cooling thread.
THIS (http://gregnmary.zapto.org/frankenbox.htm) is from my old sig.
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BTW. Water cooling rigs can range from fairly easy to veryinvolved depending on how you do it and how good you want your results to be. This one runs on three permacool radiators (CrazyPC) in a mini freezer feeding a gemini water block. Ambient 65f keeps me in the high 20s celcius under load.

[fuxor]

ahh does that mean i have to repost my vodka cooled computer?
this'll have to do for now

[profdlp]

fuxor said
ahh does that mean i have to repost my vodka cooled computer?
this'll have to do for now

Vodka cooled? If you throw a party you'd better keep the fridge stocked or your guests will drain your reservoir!

Prof
(Always looking for a contingency plan):D

[polarys425]

danball1976 said
How easy is it to set up a water cooler rig?

as simple or as hard as you want it to be....mines still a work in progress, as i still have to make a shroud to cover my radiator.....

[polarys425]

heres the rest of the cooling setup....

[Tiribulus]

Very clean lookin setup there Dude. A lot prettier than mine. What are your temps like?
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[Tiribulus]

fuxor said
ahh does that mean i have to repost my vodka cooled computer?
this'll have to do for now
How bout a little more. I can think of a couple decent scientific reasons why liquor may actually be a good choice for coolant.
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[FudgePacker]

Great looking fans on that radiator!

[polarys425]

Tiribulus said
Very clean lookin setup there Dude. A lot prettier than mine. What are your temps like?
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idle is 39c @2568 @ 1.84v. load about 44-45c. this is with both fans on the radiator undervolted to a whisper.

the pump in an Eheim 1048, the waterblock is an Innovatek Innovacool rev3, and i have the GF4 graph-o-matic on the video card.

this computer is so quiet its unreal.

[polarys425]

FudgePacker said
Great looking fans on that radiator!

thanks....their Titan aluminum fans, the housing is milled from aluminum and the blades are chromed as well.

[danball1976]

I'm not sure I want to set up a water cooling rig on my computer. Too expensive for me, and I'm not brave enough

[polarys425]

as for being brave, thats why i like the Innovatek kits....they use compression fittings which virtually eliminate leaks...im real happy with my setup.

cost is...well...you can easily put $300-$400 in what ive go, but my system is just so quiet, i wouldnt think twice about doing it again. in fact all i need now is a pump and waterblock to watercool my second system.

[Tiribulus]

polarys425 said
idle is 39c @2568 @ 1.84v. load about 44-45c. this is with both fans on the radiator undervolted to a whisper.
the pump in an Eheim 1048, the waterblock is an Innovatek Innovacool rev3, and i have the GF4 graph-o-matic on the video card. this computer is so quiet its unreal.
I must confess that our priorities are a bit different which isn't at all to say that one is to be universally preferred over the other. I applaude your attention to detail, outstanding planning and patience not to mention your excellent choice of parts in my view. Having said that the Frankenbox (click the link) is ugly, but as you can see if you look close is idling @ 21c and peaks under load @ 27-29c depending on what she's doing (2400+@ 13.5x180/2.1v). Yours would sell better than mine and probably should. I am in every area of life a function over beauty guy. Which again is not in any way to say that I don't appreciate your obvious skills. Very nice work and I mean that sincerely:respect:
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[Tiribulus]

danball1976 said
I'm not sure I want to set up a water cooling rig on my computer. Too expensive for me, and I'm not brave enough
Not as expensive as you might think, but having the mini fridge in my basement when I moved in helped especially since my landlord told me to do what I want with it. As for bravery.. maybe, my whole system is uber ghetto and took me a couple of weeks to get going, but there are much easier ways to go. One thing though. Water systems are highy dependent on ambient unless you actively cool your solution which can then introduce condensation among other things. In a nutshell it's immensly satisfying to see your system in action once you get it going whatever type you decide to go with. It is very impressive to the untutored masses which is significant if you have an ego like mine. On the other hand a picturesque work of art like polarys425 has built above is likely to be even more impressive. I love computers.. rally I do.
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[polarys425]

Tiribulus said
polarys425 said
idle is 39c @2568 @ 1.84v. load about 44-45c. this is with both fans on the radiator undervolted to a whisper.
the pump in an Eheim 1048, the waterblock is an Innovatek Innovacool rev3, and i have the GF4 graph-o-matic on the video card. this computer is so quiet its unreal.
I must confess that our priorities are a bit different which isn't at all to say that one is to be universally preferred over the other. I applaude your attention to detail, outstanding planning and patience not to mention your excellent choice of parts in my view. Having said that the Frankenbox (click the link) is ugly, but as you can see if you look close is idling @ 21c and peaks under load @ 27-29c depending on what she's doing (2400+@ 13.5x180/2.1v). Yours would sell better than mine and probably should. I am in every area of life a function over beauty guy. Which again is not in any way to say that I don't appreciate your obvious skills. Very nice work and I mean that sincerely:respect:
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first, thanks for the nice comments....its nice when someone likes your work.

second.....true, it all depends on what you want....i wanted mine quiet and transportable to the occasional lan party. dropping the cpu another 10c wouldnt be bad, but since its still well within the operational limit, im not gonna sweat it any.

now i just have to find time to work on the shroud. im considering sacrificing a couple Lian-Li side doors and making one that will match the case. only thing is, if its not right the first time, it'll get expensive. i may just go with some kinda ABS plastic and paint to match, just for the shear ease of workability and cost. however it would look sweet made from the aluminum..... decisions.....decisions

[polarys425]

jdii1215 said
Heating duct metal can be aluminum.... So can rolls of sheet metal.... Make templates???

yeah...ive thought about that as well...another problem i didnt mention is the corners of the shroud. in order to make it a solid unit, the corners need to be tig welded. that opens the door for screw-up, as well as im not sure how badly tig welding will mar/burn the original Lian-Li finish.

[Tiribulus]

There are indeed some cons to my setup such as a moderate noise level and no portability at all. Also if I don't air condition the computer room I get condensation when it gets warm. I'm not sure I'm following you on the shroud deal. I'm having trouble picturing what you mean.
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[polarys425]

Tiribulus had this to say
There are indeed some cons to my setup such as a moderate noise level and no portability at all. Also if I don't air condition the computer room I get condensation when it gets warm. I'm not sure I'm following you on the shroud deal. I'm having trouble picturing what you mean.
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i finished it a while back.......