Water Cooled Tech Station

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August 25th 2008
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Outstanding (6.7)
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Key Features:
Water-cooled
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System Specs:
  • Intel e7200 (@ 3.7 ghz so far))
  • DFI DK x38-T2R
  • Visiontek HD3870
  • Asus Physx P1
  • Corsair XMS2 (2x1gig)
  • WD 36 gig SATA Raptor HDD
  • PC Power & Cooling 610 watt PSU
Performed Mods:
Swiftech MCP350 pump w/Petra's top Swiftech Apogee GT CPU block (bowed) Swiftech Micro-Res Black Ice Extreme 240 Radiator 2- 120mm 151 CFM Delta fans on shrouds Sunbeam Rheobus fan controller
Not much of a mod but it did take a little work to get the water gear mounted.
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17 Comments on Water Cooled Tech Station

#1
ty_ger
I like it!

What do you use this for? Do you do hardware reviews or something?

I noticed that you have no method incorporated to secure the add-in cards from movement and the motherboard is not mounted to the test stand; so I figure you must go through a lot of different components in a short period of time with this setup.
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#2
Unregistered
wow . . . just wow. i love setups like this, so easy to change things around and IMO, they look better than case based systems. One of the best looking systems i have ever seen! 10/10!
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#4
sneekypeet
not-so supermod
Voted...very nice of someone to give you a 1.

BTW I see that you have fans stacked....are the inside fans just used as a shroud or are all 4 functional?
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#5
Bytor
ty_gerI like it!

What do you use this for? Do you do hardware reviews or something?

I noticed that you have no method incorporated to secure the add-in cards from movement and the motherboard is not mounted to the test stand; so I figure you must go through a lot of different components in a short period of time with this setup.
The cards secure to the stand just like they do in a case. There is a long plastic bar with holes in it to screw through the card hole just like a case.
The MB just sets on the stand on top of rubber feet with 2 long nylon studs in the back that go through thetop and bottom MB holes.
All I do with it is OC and stress it. I put it on the stand so I can reset the Bios easy and swap parts as needed with out having to dig into a case.
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#6
Bytor
sneekypeetVoted...very nice of someone to give you a 1.

BTW I see that you have fans stacked....are the inside fans just used as a shroud or are all 4 functional?
A 1 eh!! I seen that. Oh well I did it for me not them...They must have a POS rig and just voted like that to vote...

The 2 outside Delta's work and the 2 inside fans are just shrouds. I bought 5 brand new 120mm x 38mm panaflo fans and never even plugged them in and I cut the guts out of them for shrouds.. lolz..
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#7
ty_ger
BytorThe cards secure to the stand just like they do in a case. There is a long plastic bar with holes in it to screw through the card hole just like a case.
Right. My bad. I guess I didn't look at all the pics closely in that aspect. I thought the white bar was part of the trim of the wall in the background.

That 1 was not from me. Just want to clear that up because I am often thought of as a cynic.
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#8
sneekypeet
not-so supermod
BytorA 1 eh!! I seen that. Oh well I did it for me not them...They must have a POS rig and just voted like that to vote...

The 2 outside Delta's work and the 2 inside fans are just shrouds. I bought 5 brand new 120mm x 38mm panaflo fans and never even plugged them in and I cut the guts out of them for shrouds.. lolz..
Have you tried without, I ask because I wonder if there was a big differnce, or is it worth attemptin with extras I have around?
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#9
ty_ger
sneekypeetHave you tried without, I ask because I wonder if there was a big differnce, or is it worth attemptin with extras I have around?
What about these monsters?
www.sidewindercomputers.com/de12gf.html

1.25 lbs!!!
2.65A !!
220CFM @ 59dBa !

LOL!
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#10
Bytor
sneekypeetHave you tried without, I ask because I wonder if there was a big differnce, or is it worth attemptin with extras I have around?
If you have the old fans laying around I would go ahead and use them. Weather you would see a diff. or not I don't know. But what I do know is that the shrouds free up that dead space right below the fan so you would be using more surface area of your Rad. with the shouds installed.

Ty_ger,

I'm not worried about that score I just wanted to share my build with everyone here. Its not like I'll get a raise or anything with a high score... lolz...
But I love this tech station so far.. It is so easy to work on your rig... Someone had a good idea to find a CRT monitor anti-static bag to cover it when not in use.

Thanks for the kind words guys....
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#14
Bytor
Update!!!!

If you look at pic's 2-4 you see all my PSU cables bunched up behind the rig. I remember this small metal fan box that came with my Rocketfish case and thought I would be able to use it to hide my cables in.
I painted the box black then stuffed all my PSU cables in it and mounted it to the tech station. This can be seen in the last 3 pic's.

Looks much better I think...
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#15
Bytor
Added a second 3870 video card and scored 17308 in 3DMark06

Pic added...
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#16
094145
fan...

hii....is the delta fans that u mounted on ur radiator noise??i was planning to get one too.....wat is the speed of the fan??
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