First Water Cooling Setup

[Aleslammer]

I’ve talked about going to water but was always afraid of a leak, so I decided to put the bulk of the connections outside the case.

Two 1968-71 Ford T-Bird heater cores, (9.75h x 6w x 2.5”d, 248 x 152 x 64mm, Fin Area)
Four Scythe Ultra Kaze 120 x 38mm fans
Scythe Kaze Master fan controller
Swiftech MCP655 pump
Tubing size ½” adapted to 3/8” at the in & outlet, until I replace my NB block
PS is an old 400w rewired for this setup
Reservoir is a large stainless steel food storage container w/ locking lid
Running distilled water, (about 1.5 gal) w/ a 1oz silver trade piece w/ a rainbow trout embossed on it for a bio agent.
Lot bigger than I imagined, but it works. Add a little anti-freeze, forced air this coming winter and a few ice cubes in the reservoir, cheap chiller.






Results w/ a Q6700 lapped at 3.6, voltages in the screenie, EK Supreme on the CPU, stock block on the NB, board flat on the bench.
At the time of the screenie the system has been up about three to four hours, room was at 22-24c



4.1 @ 1.59v Idle Temps




Q6700
Asus RE
4x1 Crucial PC3 16000
2 x 4890
Mushkin 800w PS
Boot Drives WD1600AAJS
OS 2000/XP/Vista 64

[artdrivers]

Have you tried the Speedfan utility with that watercolling system?

[Aleslammer]

Unit is only connected to the computer through the tubing, fan controller for the fans.

[Cyric]

that is just awesome, you should be proud of that.

[dryadsoul]

That's a monster setup! I'm liking your res Aleslammer.

I run 2 systems on an external WC'ing setup w/plastic red Folgers res.
Dual Bonneville heater cores w/plexi shelf on top of a vertical flow A/C.