Worklog: External Watercooling Enclosure
Scope: To created an external enclosure for my watercooling parts.
Design: A square base made of aluminum angles, with an aluminum plate for the floor. Use clear acrylic for the walls and Lid (fasten lif with hinges). Parts: Voyeurmods quad 120mm heatercore Swiftech MCP-655 Pump (liang brand) Typhoon 120mm Reservoir in UV blue Fortron Mini PSU 200watt (to power fans lights and pump) Sleeving in UV blue Hydrx UV green coolant Misc Hardware from MCMaster-carr (edge molding, Rubber foam padding, clamps etc...) 4x Evercool Aluminum 120mmx25mm Fans 79CFM, 12V @ 31dB. On to the pics: Heres my fortron PSU: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/psu.jpg The fan Controller that will power 4 fans and the UV lamps: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/workl...controller.jpg Sleeving some wires in the kitchen: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/sleeving1.jpg Quick Mockup: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/mockup1.jpg Mockup with the UV lamps going ,tad blurry...: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/mockupdark.jpg To the garage! Space heater to keep em warm in the 20 degrees, right next to my 2004 Lightning: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/garage.jpg Get another mockup going after I get my aluminum plate cut: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/mockup2.jpg Drilling the Angles in prep for secureing the base together: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/drilling.jpg Got the base completed with the first bolts holding it together: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/baseside.jpg Radiator and shroud out! the thing is huge! but lighter than I thought. Voyuermods.com had sucked packaging, they didn't even tape off the barbs on the pump and rad! http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/radshroud.jpg Got the shroud and fans mounted with some of that rubber foam to provide more of a height to the shroud and air insulation: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/fansmounted.jpg Got the parts in the base in another mockup of their placement: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/mockup3.jpg Starting to drill and cutout the damned 1/8" plate with a drill and jigsaw. Let me tell you it is a pain i nthe ass with a hand held jigsaw cutting through 1/8" alunum plate, go 1/16" if you want to acomplish the same thing: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/basecutout.jpg Thats all for now. I'll be getting my acrylic in on monday (todays sat). Sunday I'll finnish cutting the base plate and drilling the holes necessary for the pump mounting and psu mounting! Maybe think of how I'll make some feet on this thing. I'm not sure how I'll make vents for the air to come in/out through the inside/top of the enclosure yet... but the fans wil lbe sucking air in through the bottom. Questions, comments? log into my forums and ask away, no email authorization registration required: http://forums.unoid.net/ |
Couple additions, Couldn't sleep, so I decided to waste 1.5ft of tubing and some 70% isopropyl alcohol and distilled water to flush the rad and pump out and test the res for leaks.
Here ya go: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/cleaning1.jpg http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/cleaning2.jpg Those fans sure do pull some nice air through the bottom of the radiator. They're also kinda loud at 12V. but near silent when the fan contorller pus them all the way to low, 5-7V. |
I pretty much got the entire base and mounting done for my project. All that really is left is working with the
acrylic and mounting the reservoir and fan contorller and power switch. I should get the acrylic work done by tuesday or wednesday. On to the pics! I got the plate cutout done and mounted the rad up to check bolt alignment: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/workl...ountedhole.jpg I used a steel wire attachment on my dremel to get a brushed aluminum look: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/platebrushed.jpg A finished brushed look with some SVt logo for fun :) http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/workl...tebrushed2.jpg Got the whole base bolted together and brushed the visible sides of the angle aluminum: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/basebrushed.jpg I had to come up wit some way to mount the psu so the fan can have a vent hole in the acrylic and a hole for the power cable: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/psumount.jpg Now I have everything mounted! http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/allmounted.jpg Heres a quick mockup with proper fan controller and res placement: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/mockup4.jpg Another but with dark shot to show the UV fun! http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/mockup5.jpg I'll post again in a couple days when I get to working with my acrylic! |
being an owner of an SVT focus, I like the SVT logo :)
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Were'd you get the psu?
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lota ppl have asked about the psu, I just looked for a small psu like in those shuttle barbones...
I bought this one: http://www.directron.com/fsp20050pla2.html |
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I got to working with the acrylic. I cut the acrylic with a skillsaw with a
plastic/metal blade with many many teeth. My cuts were perfect however... I should ahve gone to lowes and paid them to laser cut everything for me. If you are gonna work with acrylic make sure to have it laser cut, it'll save you time and it'll look better! Pics: Got the acrylic panels mocked up on the box http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-1.jpg Getting ready to cut out the power supply hole for cable + fan exhaust: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-2.jpg Here I'm mounting and cutting out the holes for my res: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-3.jpg Dremel cutting (wasn't fun at all!) http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-4.jpg Drill bit to cut the hole which will house the on and off power sitch (green and ground from motherboard 20pin connector: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-5.jpg ANother mockup: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-6.jpg Lid design for air exhaust: I was at a loss on how to do an exhaust for this bad boy, thought about it for a good 30 minutes... So I said F-it and did some crap design: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-7.jpg Cutting out the design: As you can tell I got rid of the top and bottom holes because when I was drilling with my wood bits(should bought acrylic bits) I ended up making small cracks in the acrylic.. so quick fix, change design: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-8.jpg Finnished the lame ass design: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-9.jpg Started acrylic cementing, but I screwed up plus the cement wasn't holding good enough 3/16" acrylic is a tad thick to cement at its edges: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-10.jpg Soo! I went to lowes and picked up some hardware for the feet (fat hexbolts and capped nuts which will rest the base 1.5" off the ground. and I decided I'd just bolts the acrylic walls together with angle pieces: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-11.jpg One corner finnished: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-12.jpg all 4 finnished: Doens't look as bad as I thought. I kinda like the bolty look: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-13.jpg Mocking the lid up top: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w3-14.jpg so... Now I'm cementing the 4 joints again while its all bolted up to make the edges look a bit smoother and add more strength... Next up I need to use my acrlic hinges and cemeent them to the lid and well then add the feet and do some finnish sanding and I'll be done! stay tuned... |
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Finally got all the acrylic and mounting finnished! Lets see the pics!
Here are my feet for this box of lubbin, 5/16 2" bolts with 4 nuts and 4 endcap nuts: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-1.jpg Top view of the feet: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-2.jpg Peeling off the protectant film! http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-3.jpg Wow it looks a lot better and my cuts don't look as horrible anymore: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-5.jpg Get some rubber molding put on: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-6.jpg Start to mount the tubing! http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-7.jpg Finnished with the tubing and not I can mount the res, power switch, fanbus: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-8.jpg All done! Night shot with UV turned on: One note: the coolant will be UV green so imagine UV green inside the tubing and res: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-9.jpg Different flash: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-10.jpg Got it cleaned up and inside for some final shots: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-11.jpg http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-12.jpg http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-13.jpg http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w4-14.jpg I haven't done anything that secures the acrylic to the base yet, I don't think i'll really have to either. I'm unsure as to when i'll hook this bad boy up to my current rig to get some cooling results. But I will soon and update this log with the results. Doesn't look half bad for a 350$ box? :) |
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Got it hooked up to the rig in my sig (hoping to upgrade in spring for M2 and maybe r600?)
Heres the pics: Attached to my old maze4, I didn't wanna take my mobo off its tray to take the waterblock off and reapply as3 (got tons left still) so I just tightened it a couple turns more and attached the new tubes. http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w5-1.jpg Pic of my desk that will soon break , I'm gonna build myself a new desk with my fathers help soon, very soon: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w5-2.jpg Filling up the system slowly: http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w5-4.jpg Pretty UV green! http://unoid.net/casemod/wcbox/worklog/w5-5.jpg As far as cooling results: WIth my origanal setup of maze4, eheim 1250, and a black ice pro single 120mm: Idle: fan(12v) 39CPU,31case,26.8 Temp Probe (in case) Fan(5V) 43cpu, 32case, 28.5probe Load: Fan 12V: 44cpu, 33case, 28probe Fan 5V: 47cpu, 33case, 28.5probe WIth my new setup: Idle: fan 12V: 31Cpu, 28case, 23 probe Fan 5V: 32cpu, 27case, 23probe Load: Fan 12V: 36Cpu, 28case, 24probe Fan 5v: 37cpu, 28case, 23probe Rundown: so having the fans at low compared to high doens't really affect my cooling performance. It would seem this radiator, no matter the fannage is overkill for one mobile barton running at 1.95V vcore LOL. Apparently to take advantage of this beast I'll need to go TEC when i upgrade. I still got air bubbles in the radiator to get rid of. |
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can i suggest some quick disconnects?
easier to move things around. |
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That heatercore looks strikingly similiar to one I used in my last external enclosure, way back in the dark ages of 2002. You can see a picture of the one I used here if you're curious.
I would certainly second the motion of adding quick disconnects to the setup. It will make it much easier to work with. |
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