Monster Rig.

[sbrehm72255]

I got bored with my water cooling again and decided to switch things up a bit. Here's what I came up with.

I pulled my HD rack out again and relocated my HD into the 5.25 bays again and reinstalled a second radiator (Swiftech MCR220), but this time I'm going with a dual loop. The first loop is going to be all Swiftech (as always) and will include the following for the CPU only; APOGEE CPU block, MCR320 triple radiator with 3 TT 80 CFM 120mm fans, "T" line and a MCP655 pump. The second loop will also be all Swiftech including; MCW60 GPU block, MCR220 dual radiator with 2 TT 80 CFM 120mm fans, "T" line and a Laing D4 pump.

 

[sbrehm72255]

Here's another upgrade I installed just this week..

 

[sbrehm72255]

One other thing I forgot, I also installed one of those 3 bay Icy Dock hot swap HD cages ..............

 

[Rob Williams]

Wow man, that's hardcore! Water cooling for your GPU memory chips

First time I've seen that, ever.

 

[sbrehm72255]

I thought that it was a pretty interesting product when I saw it on Swiftechs site, so I thought I'd give it a try. ...... It helps out with the ram OC a little, maybe 20-30 MHz, so it's not really worth it in that asspect, unless you maybe are volt modding your card. But before I installed the block, you could feel heat radiating out from the HS pretty good, now there's no heat at all coming from the card at all.........

 

[price0331]

That case looks quite interesting also, i may just pick one up my self in the coming months.

 

[moon111]

Wow talk about an old thread being brought up from the dead. sbrehm72255 (or biohazard) is still alive on some other forums. Wonder why he left?

 

[sbrehm72255]

I'm still around, just haven't been taking part in things................

I guess I should post a update to the rig as things have changed a little.

As a matter of fact, let me do it while I'm here just in case I forget again.

And for the internals.

 

[NicePants42]

I assume there's a T in front of the MCP655 intake?

Looks like you have a quick-disconnect as a fill port, but what is the other quick-disconnect between the MCP655 and the PA120.3 for - easier draining?

I'm a little curious because my current build is going to have a couple of these.

 

[sbrehm72255]

The highest QD is like you stated, it's on a "T" line for the MCP655 loop. The other is just to make it easire for draining and flushing. At the time I last put the system together I was doing a lot of reviewing and the QD made things much much easier swaping out blocks and such. They do add a bit of restriction to the loop because they self sealing, but not enough to cause any increase in temps...................

 

[NicePants42]

At the time I last put the system together I was doing a lot of reviewing and the QD made things much much easier swaping out blocks and such. They do add a bit of restriction to the loop because they self sealing, but not enough to cause any increase in temps...................

Heh, keep an eye on my build.

 

[sbrehm72255]

Figured I'd update this thread a little as well, its been a while I guess............;(

 

[Rob Williams]

That looks sweet man, and good to see you didn't just build the system to leave it there. You've kept it well-upgraded, haha.

Do you ever have house-guests that are afraid of the beast?

 

[Merlin]

It DOES look Sweeeeet.
A blend of art and engineering.
And it looks perfect in black and metal tones.
lol....What a beast

Merlin

 

[werty316]

Looking sweet as usual

 

[sbrehm72255]

Thanks guys, I'm always messing with the thing as I get a little extra cash or win a contest.............

 

[Merlin]

Thanks guys, I'm always messing with the thing as I get a little extra cash or win a contest.............

I see you have a SOYO monitor, I havent heard of them making a monitor, how do you like it?
Is that the same company that makes the motherboards?
One of my builds I used the SOYO Dragon Ultimate ( 939 CPU )
Merlin

 

[sbrehm72255]

Yup, same company, but they no longer make MoBo's.

So far the display has been great for what I paid for the thing...........

It's not top of the line by any means, it's a basic display with the baisc VGA and DVI-D connections and that's it, but for $300 I can't complain.

I have heard that Soyo has changed the specs lately and switched the panel type that they use. They were using S-PVA panels from AUO and what I've been hearing lately is that they are now using a TN panel for better gaming results.

These are the new display specs, brightness is lower and response time is twice as fast.

http://soyo.com/product/LCD_Monitors/9/TOPAZ_S_-_24%26quot%3B_Wide_TFT_LCD_Monitor/408

 

[Merlin]

What are the temps since you removed the RES and added another system?

That SOYO mobo build that I had, used water cooling.
I just havent had a need to watercool in the last two builds.

Merlin

Merlin

 

[sbrehm72255]

At 3.2 this is what I've been getting for a load temp.

I'll have to dig around for temps on my 3.6 and 3.7 OC's, it seems that I've miss placed them somewhere during my last fresh Windows install.