My first watercooled PC.

[altrezia]

Well, last night was my first nerve-wracking night. Pouring water into your computer feels totally wrong! ha ha.

I got in from work, and started fitting the new kit.



Took the computer apart, and fitted the waterblocks to the mobo, and graphics card



Then fitted all the pipework.

It's a very tight fit. I'm sure the loop is no way near perfect, and I've probably made a load of school boy errors.



The loop:

Pump > CPU > GFX > 120.3 Rad > Chipset > 120.1 Rad > Res

I'm not massively happy with the layout, and it may get changed. I quite fancy a bigger case to do it in, as I'm sure I could make a neater job of it! I really dont like where I've had to put the pump, for instance.

Still, the pump has been running since late last night, and there are no leaks so far - nothing is plugged in, but I'm still hoping that it wont leak while I'm at work today.. :$

I'll report back with the performance figures later tonight.. see if its made a difference from the stock cooling and Big Typhoon.

Here's a link to a few more pics of the setup:

www.dorkish.com/index.php?a=albums/Personal/Watercooling/

Please ignore the messy wires - they will be tidied away before long

-al.

[altrezia]

Silence, and I want to hit 3.2 gig with my cpu (stock is 2.6)

[altrezia]

The noisyest part now is the hard drives, my PSU is damn hear silent - its a high quality Tagan jobby =)

It's a A64 4000, they run at 2600 stock, and I've currently (on air cooling) got 2950mhz. =)

[Altrezia]

Yours looks a bit more mental and purposeful than mine, Karl! ha ha