Project Iceberg (56K Users Beware!)

[DarkBlue]

Well I have finally completed my first water-cooled computer and thought I'd share it here.

The rig is as follows:

ABIT NF7-S (rev.2)
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (not over-clocked yet but I'm about to start)
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Corsair XMS TwinX 1Gb @ 3700
2 x Maxtor 80Gb SATA @ 7200rpm - RAID 1
Antec TrueBlue 480W PSU
Matrix Orbital LCD
CoolerMaster ATC-201

Water cooling consists of the following:

Danger Den Maze 4 (CPU & GPU)
Danger Den Z-Chipset (NB)
Danger Den tubing (1/2")
Eheim 1250 pump
Aqua Computers AquaTube res
Thermochill HE 120.1 rad
Criticool Powerplant pump relay

Here's a picture of the whole setup:



The CPU block:



The GPU block:



The pump is mounted in the bottom of the 3.5" drive cage with an anti-vibration mounting kit:



The radiator and reservoir are at the top of the case, naturally:





I used 1/2" tubing and fittings throughout:

[DarkBlue]

I also spent a lot of time braiding cables and routing them:







The end result:









And the temps... well I think the system can speak for itself:

[Knoxville]

Thats one sweet rig dude

makes me want watercooling even more now :/

[luke313]

Thats on of the best looking and well thought out watercooling rigs I have seen. Congrats mate

[dgr]

thats beautiful. couple of questions:

do you not use cds? or do you have one big MF of a network (with big hdd!).

where did you get the braid from? I have 3 hdds and 2 cd drives and the power cables are like a jungle...


dgr

[Theo]

Did you mod the aquatube reservoir so that it has 1/2" fittings? Or did it come like that?

[DarkBlue]

do you not use cds? or do you have one big MF of a network (with big hdd!)

If you look closely at the first picture, you can just see a TEAC DV-50 in a black, USB-2 enclosure between the TFTs. Unfortunately, with the space constraints of the ATCS-201 this was the only solution for the configuration I wanted.

It's worked out well, it's nice having the optical drive directly in front of me.

where did you get the braid from?

I bought it from Kustom PCs (http://kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?view=2445) and I have used 15m of the stuff. I think it was worth it though.

Did you mod the aquatube reservoir so that it has 1/2" fittings?

No I had to mod it. I bought it without fittings, then drilled and tapped new holes for the 1/2" fittings.

[evildoc614]

thats awesome, seems like you put alot of time into it and really thought it out. good job best mod and watercooling i have seen to date

[Alan]

It really is a cracker DarkBlue and is seriously tempting me to take the plunge!

I would have complimented you on the Kustom forums but I can't connect to any of their web addresses at the moment. (I think its an NTL Router thing )

[joshwa]

that IS nice! what are the monitors?

[Tom]

extremely nice man! i cant understand why on your website its a very similar system with a lian li, 3000+ leadtech board, logitech keyboard and mouse yet this one is a 2800+ abit nf7-s with coolermaster case, keyboard and mouse lol

[Re-Invented]

Look sweet now the overclocking begins

Lee

Time to fry ur chip

[Mozzer]

Looks very nice, well done

[jack]

Looks great m8!

Im guessig you couldnt get the aquatube facing forward due to space?

[Tom]

josh they look like LGs mate

[DarkBlue]

Hi guys. Thanks for all the compliments for Project Iceberg, it's very rewarding to get such positive feedback. Right, I'll try to answer all the questions that have accumulated:

1) The monitors are LG L1810Bs - 18.1" of TFT goodness in each!

2) My website is way out of date. That is why it describes a totally different rig from the one I have described here. Users of the forums over at Kustom PCs have followed the progress of this machine through very many changes - my website describes the very first version and I haven't got around to covering the other two builds yet!

3) The AquaTube is oriented 90-degrees opposed to it's "natural" position. This was the only way I could fit it in to the CM-201 - space constraints as you so correctly guessed Jack!

Again guys, thanks for the feedback.