Ok I know it has been a while since I got this thing going, but I finally got hold of a digital camera... so what to you think of my first attempt at watercooling?
And yes this is milkcrate technology at it's finest
Here is the inside of the top half: 3 heater cores (8"x7.5"x2" each, fin area)
The parallel distribution manifolds are 3/4" ID pvc and all the braided hose you see is 5/8" ID.
Here is another top down view...
Air is vented in through the grated bottom by a 6.5" 235CFM rotron (however I only run it at below audible and have not tested it any higher, so I'm guessing it is pushing maybe ~70 CFM or less... The shroud is made of rubber roofing mat, so the fan is completely suspended and vibrationally isolated...
Click here for a closer view of the fan/shroud....
The pump and electrical wiring are in the very bottom of the fan crate... (I have the computer, Eheim, and fan plugged into a custom electrical box that is then plugged into my switch box that sits under my monitor.)
Click here for the front side of the Fan Crate...
The complete project
The filling/air removal tubes:
edit: Oh yea I forgot this image: The workstation:
I used more rubber roofing mat to seal/center the 13x13" floor tile top, makes a nice beer holder
Well there you go. All I gotta say is that was much more expensive than I first planned, but the quiet, ahhhh...
any comments or suggestions are welcome...
Specs:
1800XP @ 1830Mhz, 2.05V 166FSB
EPOX 8K3A+
Maze3 1/2" barbs
2 GPM (timed bucket method)
Idle 30 C
Load 38 C
Ambient 21 C
H2O (input) 27 C
H20 (output) don't know yet...