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Water Cooling a PC

My processor always seemed to run really hot.

I had a great heat sink and I modded the fan setup.

Still not satisfied, it was time for water cooling. 

After all more is better.

My water cooling stuff arrived.

Here is how it came.

Water Cooling Mostly from cooltechnica.com
Packed with Peanuts.

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 The Adapter & Radiator

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 120mm

Aluminum Heat-Sink Fan

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Looks Cool

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 Lapped, somewhat

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 158 GPH

158 gallons per hour coolent pump
It's heavier & thicker then it looks

Danger Den Reservior

 It's pretty & pretty big

Black Ice 120mm Radiator

 80mm to 120mm adapter

120mm to 80mm adapter is used for mounting
This setup did not work, quite like planned.

mounted with bolts though the radiator

 radiator mounted Testing

testing for leaks
This worked great

pumping without the computer running

 testing with the block mounted tubing, reservior, and pump all running
Click Me for a screen shot or my temps I was running pure racing anti-freeze.

Adding some water dropped the temperature to 90 degrees F!!  Then I over-clocked it and it's up to 100.

 ASUS Report
new tank Update:

I've changed processors and I'm running 87 degrees F at rest and 93 during UT2003.

 

 
Next water cooled computer is "THING".
Kick Ass Water Block for AMD processors Testing the water cooling system

I'm are testing this rig now.

 radiator with 1/2" barbs
Eheim 1250, 317 Gallons per Hour Water Pump

EHEIM 317 Gallons Per Hour Water Pump

 testing my water cooling system with NO hose clamps D-Tek Pressuer Gage for Water Cooled Computers

D-Tek Water Pressure Gage

☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ I love case modding. ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺

All told, with some added hardware from the local store $225 or so.

The temperature seems very consistent.

After a game of Quake, it cools back down to 100 f so fast, I could not get out of the game fast enough to catch it.

I had to use the recorder  to catch the temperature rise/fall.

So far, I'm still impressed with the setup as a whole. 

I bought most all of this stuff at http://www.cooltechnica.com/ 

My new stuff is from www.frozencpu.com