[Aardil]

I am in the process of building a water cooling system for my PC's
some of this may be over kill but it is my thoughts and plan (both are subject to change)

I think this is a rather unique Idea, it may have already been done but being fairly new to the world of WC I have not seen anything like it. My thoughts and experiances are these:

Why use a WC that can fit in a Mid size PC case when at best it will only hold a quart of water ( Iceburg system) ?
Tried it and other than the 1/2 hour of wet sanding to get the gouges out of the water block it went together pretty well. entire system fit inside a mid case but no noticeable difference in chip temp, but was quiet compared to the cooler master H-002 cooler. after about a week I noticed a lake forming under the PC. the Injected molded res cracked from all 4 screw points that hold the lid on down to about 1 inch from the bottom of res. And before anyone says I over tightened the screws I barely snugged the top because I was afraid of the very thin material. Well it only took the rest of the day to make a new Res out of 1/4 inch plexiglass, I did make it as big as I could and still fit in the case, increased the water res to close to 1/2 gallon. further testing revieled a slight temp drop with added water about 1C, but at least it doesnt leak.

which leads to project #2

PC's to be cooled AMD 2000+, AMD 800
Planned colling system
I figure I can put a system together and put the cooling components into a gutted 3rd case:
make a res as large as possible:
run a single Eheim 1250 pump 317 GPH:
Hose is 1/2 tygon tubing and brass 1/2 inch fittings through out:
Special note had to use adapters at water block Strange fitting some thing called bspp thead:
route water out of pump through a black Ice extreme rad with 120mm fan (kinda like pre cooling before it goes to water blocks) :
splits into 2 separate lines one to the cooling block on the 800 the other to the 2000+:
Cooling blocks are both Innovatek innovaCOOL rev3.0:
Return lines come back to cooling tower and are routed through a adjustable valve ( this is in case the difference in hose length tries to send all or most of the cooling to one block or the other I.E. path of least resistance):
reutrn lines then merge back into one line and water is past through a second black Ice extreme rad with 120mm fan ( removing heat before returning to res.
there are 3 fans in the system, 2 = 120 mm radio shack fans and one 80 mm radio shack fan. the reasoning for the Radio Shack fans is : they are 110 volt AC fans. Since the case is gutted there is no power supply for 12 volts only 110 curent .

This is what I have planned tell me if you see any basic flaws in the system, suggestions about blocks or Radiators, any other thoughts you may have. I will have about 600 bucks tied up in this single point dual system cooler.
I have as they say " It looked good on paper"

Aardil