First WC PC done!

StinkyPete · 05-05-2003, 08:02 PM

First post here, but I joined a little while ago. It was here, amdmb.com and OC-Forums that I soaked up all the information I needed just by reading your posts. Every time I was about to post a question I found someone had not only already asked it, but had gotten an answer in one of these three forums!! Well tonight I'm going to those forums & showing off what I made with all your input!

Well Here she is!

And I wipped up a little site with more pics and info here.

Again thanks for all your posts, couldn't have done it without you!

--Pete

winewood · 05-05-2003, 08:19 PM

That is WONDERFUL!.. amazing for a 1st case... much less a 9th case or 104th.

bigben2k · 05-05-2003, 08:28 PM

Welcome all the same

Nice build! I'll also use 4 UV CCFLs, but I think I'm going to pass on the acrylic case

So what's the final word on your OC on that Asus board?

StinkyPete · 05-06-2003, 10:22 AM

Thanks guys!

Well this is hardly my first time building a PC! This is my first attempt at a water-cooled PC! AND my first attempt at a "showcase" PC. I've never even had a PC with a window before, let alone 100% window!

But I knew I just couldn't cover up all that beautiful water cooling stuff! I started out looking for cases with big windows, and went a little overboard...

This forum is a GREAT resourse for anyone interested in "taking the plunge" into water cooling. Reading your posts gave me the courage to try it myself. But I had to do something, I was getting great overclocks, but I couldn't hear myself think over the fans!

As for overclocking ASUS boards, I'm getting ~700MHz overclock with this 2100+, NO volt mods needed. I'll be putting a Barton in her over the next couple of weeks. I've been using ASUS boards for the last 5 or 6 PC's. I'm used to them, I know their quirks. I considered going with the ABit for this rig, but when the rev 2 A7N8X started getting such rave reviews I stuck with ASUS. Besides my rev 1.04 A7N8X is still running like a top!

I've always put the best parts I could afford in my rigs. With special empasyis on the memory & power supply. I was told by a wise system builder many years ago that there are two things that kill stability in home built PC's; "cheap RAM & weak power supplies". Heeding that sage advice I've had pretty good luck with most of the rigs I've built.

BTW, that 700MHz overclock is at 31C as we speak!

Again thanks for the kind words and your informative posts/articles,
--Pete

JSimmons · 05-06-2003, 11:19 AM

Sure is purty...

RedViper · 06-14-2004, 10:58 PM

Very nice. I hope my first project yields results like that (parts arriving over the next week or so).

Nicepants42 · 09-03-2004, 12:44 PM

Looks good. But I hope that you aren't keeping the radiator shoved up against a wall like that all the time?

RedPhoenix · 09-04-2004, 10:07 PM

Never thought I would see Sponge Bob in a case

Looks good

Trekman8 · 09-15-2004, 08:51 AM

Looks nice, good job. What full tower acrylic case is that? Is it affordable? I am thinking of doing something like the bit-tech macro black project, with the acrylic painted black from the inside.

05-05-2003, 08:02 PM	#1
StinkyPete Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2	First WC PC done! First post here, but I joined a little while ago. It was here, amdmb.com and OC-Forums that I soaked up all the information I needed just by reading your posts. Every time I was about to post a question I found someone had not only already asked it, but had gotten an answer in one of these three forums!! Well tonight I'm going to those forums & showing off what I made with all your input! Well Here she is! And I wipped up a little site with more pics and info here. Again thanks for all your posts, couldn't have done it without you! --Pete Last edited by StinkyPete; 05-05-2003 at 08:11 PM.

05-05-2003, 08:19 PM	#2
winewood Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: in my chair Posts: 574	That is WONDERFUL!.. amazing for a 1st case... much less a 9th case or 104th. __________________ -winewood-

05-05-2003, 08:28 PM	#3
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Welcome all the same Nice build! I'll also use 4 UV CCFLs, but I think I'm going to pass on the acrylic case So what's the final word on your OC on that Asus board? __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

09-04-2004, 10:07 PM	#8
RedPhoenix Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 266	Never thought I would see Sponge Bob in a case Looks good __________________ rawr www.mysoarer.com

09-15-2004, 08:51 AM	#9
Trekman8 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: South East PA Posts: 7	Looks nice, good job. What full tower acrylic case is that? Is it affordable? I am thinking of doing something like the bit-tech macro black project, with the acrylic painted black from the inside. __________________ ABIT NF-7 v2.0 1700DLT3C JIUHB0310XPMW @ 2.48Ghz @ 11x225 1.75v SP-97 w/ TT SF2 Mushkin pc3500 Lvl II 2x256 (450mhz DC cas2.0 2 2 11 2.9v) BBA Radeon 9600XT 128 @ 556 321 Thermaltake Purepower 420W WD 80gig 7200rpm Lite-On SOHW-812S 8x DVD+/-RW Raidmax Scorpio case

05-06-2003, 10:22 AM	#4
StinkyPete Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2	Thanks guys! Well this is hardly my first time building a PC! This is my first attempt at a water-cooled PC! AND my first attempt at a "showcase" PC. I've never even had a PC with a window before, let alone 100% window! But I knew I just couldn't cover up all that beautiful water cooling stuff! I started out looking for cases with big windows, and went a little overboard... This forum is a GREAT resourse for anyone interested in "taking the plunge" into water cooling. Reading your posts gave me the courage to try it myself. But I had to do something, I was getting great overclocks, but I couldn't hear myself think over the fans! As for overclocking ASUS boards, I'm getting ~700MHz overclock with this 2100+, NO volt mods needed. I'll be putting a Barton in her over the next couple of weeks. I've been using ASUS boards for the last 5 or 6 PC's. I'm used to them, I know their quirks. I considered going with the ABit for this rig, but when the rev 2 A7N8X started getting such rave reviews I stuck with ASUS. Besides my rev 1.04 A7N8X is still running like a top! I've always put the best parts I could afford in my rigs. With special empasyis on the memory & power supply. I was told by a wise system builder many years ago that there are two things that kill stability in home built PC's; "cheap RAM & weak power supplies". Heeding that sage advice I've had pretty good luck with most of the rigs I've built. BTW, that 700MHz overclock is at 31C as we speak! Again thanks for the kind words and your informative posts/articles, --Pete

05-06-2003, 11:19 AM	#5
JSimmons Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 4-sided room with an exit going east, and an exit going south Posts: 392	Sure is purty...

06-14-2004, 10:58 PM	#6
RedViper Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 60	Very nice. I hope my first project yields results like that (parts arriving over the next week or so).

09-03-2004, 12:44 PM	#7
Nicepants42 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Beacon, NY Posts: 28	Looks good. But I hope that you aren't keeping the radiator shoved up against a wall like that all the time?

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