Project: Put Watercooling in my stacker

[herulach]

So, in to the stacker is going my new watercooling set up, which is as follows:
Swiftech MCP655
Thermochill He120.3 Rad w/ 3 panaflos
Thermochill Thermotube 6" res
Swiftech Storm CPU block
Polarflo TT GPU block
DD Maze4 CHipset block
7/16" tubing.

Im also gonna be putting some lighting in there.

Here are some craptacular phone cam pics of the stuff:
Pump first:

Storm CPU:

GPU:

Chipset:

And last but by no means least the rad (this thing is huge!)


You might notice a little switch below the rad, thats my first bit of work on it, basically switches the fans between tornado mode and uber silent. (12V and 5V) although depending how temps work out i may go see about going 12 7 instead.

Anyway, TTFN.

[herulach]

Just a bit more infor about where everything is getting put. Basically rad in the top, resevoir where the crossflow fan would otherwise go, the pump in the bottom of the drive cages. Blocks in positions appropriate to what they will be cooling.

[herulach]

Gah, cutting takes so long, really should have a real cutting tool rather than a maplin rip off dremel. 2 hours per fscking hole!

[herulach]

Wooo, so its finished. Only 1 minor issue, that is the resevoir wasnt going to fit, so ive moved to a t line system, with one of the danger den fill ports, which still looks cool, although i managd to be stupid enough to drill the hole straight down onto the back of the drive cages, which took about an hour to clear out of the way.

I also couldnt get the chipset cooler off, didnt want to apply too much force incase it was epoxied on, although the bloody thing is now the loudest thing in the system.

Temps are excellent, much better than expected, 28 degrees cpu idle, 55 degrees gpu idle, load temps are around 33/60 this is with the fans at 5V.
Most impressed, and a huge massive big up to over-clock.co.uk who are a fantastic bunch who really know their stuff

[beaNN]

Why you got a chipset block?

[herulach]

Why you got a chipset block?

Thats an interesting question, was gonna install it but couldnt ge thte chipset cooler off, now ive confirmed it isnt epoxied its gonna come off the next time the machine is in bits (christmas hols)

[killkoy]

pictures???

[herulach]

pictures???

What installed? Ill nick mates camera and get some done at somepoint.

[Simon1987]

Very nice, I've always wanted a nice large case like the stacker to try my hand at watercooling.

[foxtrot]

If you are going to have thoughts like that, Keep them to yourself, or you'll find your stay at HEXUS a very short one. - Admin

[herulach]

If you are going to have thoughts like that, Keep them to yourself, or you'll find your stay at HEXUS a very short one. - Admin

Eh? Whoever deleted that pm me it, i like reading flames

[herulach]

As a bit more of an update, its now running with 3 Yate loon fans and the chipset, and is completly silent (unless you put your ear right next to it)

[Moby-Dick]

some infantile comment about playing with lego - wasn't even a decent flame

[Clunk]

hi mate,

lets see some pics then

what do you think of those yate loons? i got some for my pa120.3 and although they work fine, they have a dead spot almost as big as the blades themselvs....what i mean is that the air is fanned outwards instead of forwards. might be a duff batch, i dunno.

[herulach]

Theyre at least as good as the panaflos were at low voltage, not quite at high voltage, i really should probably have a PA series, but they werent out when i put it together, and bollocks to spending another 50 quid on it when this does fine. Ill see about pics later.