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Unread 01-05-2005, 08:59 AM   #107
LopeDogg
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: South Africa
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here are some pics of blocks i built when i started WCing my pc, almost a year ago. this project has been drawn out long, but ive learned a lot, and havent had a workspace the whole time.

the HDD waterblock was a nightmare to build, and i eventually broke it cos my template HDD(an old smashed up one) was too small.

my gfx card cooler is a disgrace, but i guess im posting it so u guys can have a laugh *g* (couldnt get the stock heatsink off)
and it wouldn't be complete without the ghetto ramsinks!

my northbridge waterblock...

my psu waterblock

then my 2nd hard drive waterblock

my 2nd cpu waterblock, using the clip from my stock heatsink.

my first successful test runs

then testing out my passive rad

EDIT:
incase you're wondering, the 5W pump is in the coffee cup *g*

EDIT2:
if you're wondering what temps i got, with the bucket, i got decent temps when it was full, cant remember what they were though... the hard drives would sit at a pretty constant 33-35 degrees though, i remember that, so the water must have been a degree or 2 below that. i did try a 15W pump in the bucket, and it affected the cpu temps by only about 3-5 degrees, and it made a noise so i switched to the 5w.
i ran a XP1800 there... when i started testing my passive rad(i disconnected the HDDs from the loop for the test and put them on fans), the heat output of the CPU proved too much for the rad... it would idle at about 48-52 degrees. if i loaded the CPU to 100% the temp jumped up quickly by about 4 degrees, and climbed up about 1 degree per minute, when cpu temp hit 60C i got scared and unloaded *g*

it was a test, and the test showed that the rad sucked (i had never built a rad before and didnt know what to expect)

anyways thats all for now *g*
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