I've got a fanless Athlon system, its not exactly cold, or overclocked, but its fairly simple. I'm not sure why Zalman don't simply include a small waterpump and massive rads on the side panels.
Components in my case are : CPU block, GPU block, GFX RAM block, NB block, 2xHDD blocks, SB block, PSU block
System is a 1600XP at stock speed and volts, and a GF4 Ti4200, also at stock.
Eheim 1048, 2 large heatercores attached to the sides of a 4U server case.
Works fine, I had to use very thick hose, because the water was getting up to about 40 degrees, causing the hoses to flex. CPU runs at 58-60 degrees under load. I made all my waterblocks myself, all to a very open design, to make sure that flowrate was kept fairly high through the large number of blocks.
Its perfectly stable, I use it as my server, main PC now is a Toshiba laptop.
I don't know why someone hasn't just done this large rads on the side of the case thing with water, rather than heatpipes, which seem quite fiddly. A decent water pump won't make any noise at all, if sufficiently isolated using foam padding or rubber feet.
And for some reason the nordic hardware site is down? I've seen the case before, but I'd like to read the preview, if only to get more information on the placement of the heatpipes.
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