My (not so) new Antec case finaly watercool

morphling1 · 05-23-2003, 05:26 PM

Hi everybody long time no read

As I'm lately beeing very bussy at work my silver blocks water cooled Antec case suffered big slowdown. But last week I finaly put together my second watercooled rig. This rig main goal is to be quiet and still offer some good cooling.
One reason it took me longer is that I had to make new silver block, my previous version had slightly too narrow channels for my pump so I had it remelted, and then go with slightly modified original MK4 design.

As I also got a chance to make north bridge block out of silver for free, I also did that (wouldn't want color inbalance in my rig

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morphling1 · 05-23-2003, 05:26 PM

Next I install block on my Abit NF7 mobo

One of main highlight of this case was Dodge Viper's beautiful hand made Chavette heatercore, his work on the shrouds and fittings is just unbeliaveble. Thanks again

Here is how it looks combined with two panaflo 120mm fans.

Here is the blow hole in the front of antec case:

And here the core firmly bolted to the case.

morphling1 · 05-23-2003, 05:28 PM

One close up of the blocks running

And here everything finish and running without any problems

What's left to be done, some custom cutted side window of course

jaydee · 05-23-2003, 05:39 PM

All that money, time, and energy making silver blocks and making the damn thing look as good as it does (which it looks great!) and your sorry ass is using a PCI vid card? Damn newbs!

Looks great though. I have the same case and slowly getting it together. I did the window first though being I do stuff like that everyday at work with the laser. Going to take it back in a laser engrave something on window.

Nice work on both those blocks! What is that tiny pump you got there?

Balinju · 05-23-2003, 05:47 PM

are those thingies in the blue cirlce holes, eating part of the fins as well??

bigben2k · 05-23-2003, 05:54 PM

Melted and start over? That's got to be pretty unique! Did you loose any performance, as a result of the re-melting?

Otherwise, nice work, as usual!

morphling1 · 05-23-2003, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jaydee116
All that money, time, and energy making silver blocks and making the damn thing look as good as it does (which it looks great!) and your sorry ass is using a PCI vid card? Damn newbs!

Looks great though. I have the same case and slowly getting it together. I did the window first though being I do stuff like that everyday at work with the laser. Going to take it back in a laser engrave something on window.

Nice work on both those blocks! What is that tiny pump you got there?

Hehe, I know I only got one 3D card, but I'm still perfectly happy with matrox millenium in pci

Yep Balinju, they are.

bb2k, I didn't do that, my friend (jeweler) who got me silver piece did that as it can be done everytime, with no performanse lost, just little material lost

Balinju · 05-23-2003, 06:14 PM

you mean like this ??

morphling1 · 05-23-2003, 06:20 PM

Not exactly, same as this I used small diameter slit saw so the cutts aren't all the way to the bottom of the channel.

Balinju · 05-23-2003, 06:23 PM

wonderful work. you damn amaze me

brucoman · 05-23-2003, 07:10 PM

That IS the best looking block out there!

jaydee · 05-23-2003, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by morphling1
Hehe, I know I only got one 3D card, but I'm still perfectly happy with matrox millenium in pci

I can't really say much myself anyway. Still using a Radeon 32DDR or 7200 by the new terms.

Halo_Master · 05-24-2003, 07:24 AM

Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How about starting on my block ?

Ghys · 05-24-2003, 04:26 PM

Good Job Morphling1! but what about the T° ? They must be damn good

mfpmax · 05-24-2003, 04:37 PM

As a fellow Antec owner...

I demand an overall shot of the system installed

wywywywy · 05-25-2003, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by morphling1
Hehe, I know I only got one 3D card, but I'm still perfectly happy with matrox millenium in pci

Thats my first gfx card, superb 2d quality

And been following Matrox since then.

No Geforce in existance can compare to this good old Millennium, 2D image quality wise

fjpchina · 05-25-2003, 12:32 PM

Very nice

Just one question, why using this kind of fittings on the WB ?
After all you are not using polyurethane hoses ...

morphling1 · 05-25-2003, 05:47 PM

Halo_Master, sorry but please remind me what am I suppose to do

(you used my new email ?)

Ghys, my temp reading won't mean nothing to you, I have nf7 mobo with probe bent up so it touches the bottom of the cpu plus thermal compund for better contact, and older bios, becuse I read the new bios shaved 10°C to be less alarming for ignorant users

Anyway what count is how high I can run my cpu 100% stable and even if I used silver blocks (maybe 1°C compared to copper, prolly less) my heatercore lost half it size so water temps are about 8°C with my fans in silent mode and so are my cpu temps higher, but I still got 2560 MHz out of my good old 1700+
Like I said this case wasn't build with max oc. in mind, but to be nice and quiet.

mfpmax, will this do:

fjpchina, I use this fitting cos I ran out of stainless steel barbs, and this ones I also use in my other case and I like them a lot, very simple to remove the hoses if needed.

mfpmax · 05-25-2003, 06:13 PM

No it won't, I demand flashing lights and smoke effects!

Much cleaner than mine...but I have most of my PCI slots full

05-23-2003, 05:26 PM	#1
morphling1 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Slovenia Posts: 468	My (not so) new Antec case finaly watercool Hi everybody long time no read As I'm lately beeing very bussy at work my silver blocks water cooled Antec case suffered big slowdown. But last week I finaly put together my second watercooled rig. This rig main goal is to be quiet and still offer some good cooling. One reason it took me longer is that I had to make new silver block, my previous version had slightly too narrow channels for my pump so I had it remelted, and then go with slightly modified original MK4 design. As I also got a chance to make north bridge block out of silver for free, I also did that (wouldn't want color inbalance in my rig ) __________________ [My ftp, with lots of pics, hope to be home page someday

05-23-2003, 05:26 PM	#2
morphling1 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Slovenia Posts: 468	Next I install block on my Abit NF7 mobo One of main highlight of this case was Dodge Viper's beautiful hand made Chavette heatercore, his work on the shrouds and fittings is just unbeliaveble. Thanks again Here is how it looks combined with two panaflo 120mm fans. Here is the blow hole in the front of antec case: And here the core firmly bolted to the case. __________________ [My ftp, with lots of pics, hope to be home page someday

05-23-2003, 05:28 PM	#3
morphling1 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Slovenia Posts: 468	One close up of the blocks running And here everything finish and running without any problems What's left to be done, some custom cutted side window of course __________________ [My ftp, with lots of pics, hope to be home page someday

05-23-2003, 05:54 PM	#6
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Melted and start over? That's got to be pretty unique! Did you loose any performance, as a result of the re-melting? Otherwise, nice work, as usual! __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

05-23-2003, 06:14 PM	#8
Balinju Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Malta Posts: 495	you mean like this ?? __________________ So the bullet proof vest aint a $hit when d laser is pointed to your head Kid

05-23-2003, 05:39 PM	#4
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	All that money, time, and energy making silver blocks and making the damn thing look as good as it does (which it looks great!) and your sorry ass is using a PCI vid card? Damn newbs! Looks great though. I have the same case and slowly getting it together. I did the window first though being I do stuff like that everyday at work with the laser. Going to take it back in a laser engrave something on window. Nice work on both those blocks! What is that tiny pump you got there?

05-23-2003, 06:20 PM	#9
morphling1 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Slovenia Posts: 468	Not exactly, same as this I used small diameter slit saw so the cutts aren't all the way to the bottom of the channel. __________________ [My ftp, with lots of pics, hope to be home page someday

05-23-2003, 06:23 PM	#10
Balinju Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Malta Posts: 495	wonderful work. you damn amaze me __________________ So the bullet proof vest aint a $hit when d laser is pointed to your head Kid

05-23-2003, 07:10 PM	#11
brucoman Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midwest Posts: 157	That IS the best looking block out there!

05-24-2003, 07:24 AM	#13
Halo_Master Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 44	Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How about starting on my block ? __________________ Intel PIV 3200@3840 DFI Lanparty pro875B 1024mb(2x512) ocz pc3700EB(2.5-2-2-5) Lian Li pc6070B Ati Radeon X800XT PE creative audigy 2 Silicon Graphics F180 (18,1 inch TFT) and nec-mitsubischi 930sb(black) jpiperformance V5 external watercooling(black) containing: -iwaki md20R -2x xlr120 rads -swiftech mcw6002

05-24-2003, 04:26 PM	#14
Ghys Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2003 Location: Montreal Canada Posts: 2	Good Job Morphling1! but what about the T° ? They must be damn good

05-24-2003, 04:37 PM	#15
mfpmax Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Rockledge,FL,US Posts: 731	As a fellow Antec owner... I demand an overall shot of the system installed __________________ My old and retired watercooling setup. Watercooled K6-2 450 at 600 Also Retired - Watercooling an XP1800@1782MHz

05-25-2003, 12:32 PM	#17
fjpchina Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 5	Very nice Just one question, why using this kind of fittings on the WB ? After all you are not using polyurethane hoses ...

05-25-2003, 05:47 PM	#18
morphling1 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Slovenia Posts: 468	Halo_Master, sorry but please remind me what am I suppose to do (you used my new email ?) Ghys, my temp reading won't mean nothing to you, I have nf7 mobo with probe bent up so it touches the bottom of the cpu plus thermal compund for better contact, and older bios, becuse I read the new bios shaved 10°C to be less alarming for ignorant users Anyway what count is how high I can run my cpu 100% stable and even if I used silver blocks (maybe 1°C compared to copper, prolly less) my heatercore lost half it size so water temps are about 8°C with my fans in silent mode and so are my cpu temps higher, but I still got 2560 MHz out of my good old 1700+ Like I said this case wasn't build with max oc. in mind, but to be nice and quiet. mfpmax, will this do: fjpchina, I use this fitting cos I ran out of stainless steel barbs, and this ones I also use in my other case and I like them a lot, very simple to remove the hoses if needed. __________________ [My ftp, with lots of pics, hope to be home page someday

05-25-2003, 06:13 PM	#19
mfpmax Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Rockledge,FL,US Posts: 731	No it won't, I demand flashing lights and smoke effects! Much cleaner than mine...but I have most of my PCI slots full __________________ My old and retired watercooling setup. Watercooled K6-2 450 at 600 Also Retired - Watercooling an XP1800@1782MHz

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