Modifications on new Rig

[AAJagerX]

Usually its not leaks but replacement of the liquid that gets tiresome. The stuff doesnt leak so much as thicken and kind of like artery buildup this sludge starts to form inside everything. The only place I found water to be an advantage is on HDs and memory primarily because it takes too many fans and too much noise to get air pushing through the tight spaces around HDs and memory. If you take pride in doing things with your hands and love to take things apart and put them back together again... why not?

Use deionized water with a touch of EDTA for chelation.  That'd keep ya running for a long time.  Think of it as aspirin therapy. 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Usually its not leaks but replacement of the liquid that gets tiresome. The stuff doesnt leak so much as thicken and kind of like artery buildup this sludge starts to form inside everything. The only place I found water to be an advantage is on HDs and memory primarily because it takes too many fans and too much noise to get air pushing through the tight spaces around HDs and memory. If you take pride in doing things with your hands and love to take things apart and put them back together again... why not?

The sludge can be avoided by applying some glycole in the water, I think you're actually talking about bacterial / fungal mass in the system. That's obviously not good.

Distilled water is also good to use as mentioned.

[Chalenge]

No I mean any solution when exposed to heat tends to reduce and thicken in some small part and over time it accumulates.

[ebfd11]

Well the cooling system I ordered was apparently out of stock so the customer service tech called me and made me an offer I could not refuse, he upgraded my system.

From this

http://www.crazypc.com/products/PX93780.html

To this
http://www.crazypc.com/products/h2o-220-xt-9378.html

at no extra charge. They get my endorsement just for that, excellent customer service there and really nice guys to deal with.

Check them out they have some cool stuff there fro modding your rig
http://www.crazypc.com/

Here is something rather unique on their site I found
http://www.crazypc.com/products/cooljag-ef4-12-5680F12.html

Just take a look, but like I said I give them 2  for their customer service. Also they did inform me to make the coolant last longer without it "stiffening" up to add some alcohol (not the drinking kind, semp) to the fluid every once in awhile. Can't wait to see what it looks like all decked out, and I will post pics.

LawnDart

[SectorNine50]

nice puter, you getting better at hiding the cables  .

is that a stock cpu fan?  may want to get a different want, stock cpu fans are rated somewhere between pos and crap.


semp

Doesn't seem to be the case on the modern stock Intel heatsinks.  People are getting some wicked overclocks while still on the stock cooler (but not as high of an overclock as a copper heatsink, of course).

They are actually a pretty good design, many fins, omni-directional venting (which turns out a lot of new mobo's rely on to cool the MOSFET's and Northbridge), and the stock fans are speed controllable too!

[AAJagerX]

No I mean any solution when exposed to heat tends to reduce and thicken in some small part and over time it accumulates.

D.I. water won't thicken without outside sources getting into the water to increase the dissolved solids (corrosion or microbial).  The problem with D.I. water is that it is slightly corrosive.  I may play around with a formulation that contains a D.I. water base with a chelant (EDTA), a non-oxidizing biocide (for microbial resistance), and a corrosion inhibitor (probably TT50) just for fun.  Who wants to be my guinea pig???   

[ebfd11]

http://www.crazypc.com/products/feser-blue-93570UB.html

This is the coolant I will be using.

[AAJagerX]

http://www.crazypc.com/products/feser-blue-93570UB.html

This is the coolant I will be using.

That corrosion inhibitor is Tolytriazole.  Same as what I'd use...  Unfortunately, they don't address problems with anaerobic bacteria growth.  What I find funny is that they claim that their formula will reduce algae...  You have to have sunlight (or another source of UV light) for algae, so your computer case does the same thing.  All in all, you're paying too much for a very simple solution.

Just as a side note, they advertise it as non-conductive, which is total BS (unless their base is an oil, which hurts the heat transfer properties).  It's funny what companies can get away with these days.

[ebfd11]

 I had to move the hard drive into the small bay so I could put the pump in but it worked to my advantage



the CPU cooler, am gonna upgrade to video coolers as soon as I can afford them


Showing new graphics on side with cooler comming out back

And yes there was enough room between the front panel and the hoses so as not to pinch them.

CPU running at 23 degree's Celsius and I pilfered my 210 mm fan from my antec 900 case and installed on the side so to push cool air on vid cards.

Hope you liked them.

LawnDart

[ebfd11]

OK after having the system up and running for a couple of days I decided to check core temps and i will say I am scared. Is there such a thing as too cool????



those temps wre taken after a good 3 hours on game at full 2048 resolution and all eye candy maxed out.