P180 Watercooling Compliation

I realize I spelled Compilation wrong in the title

A couple of people were asking in my other p180 thread for some links to watercooled p180s. After going out and searching I've managed to come up with a small list, I will look for some more and update the list with my findings.

So I've just ordered a black P180 case that's going to be watercooled with a Swiftech Apex kit. I've read a bunch of discussions and worklogs and I'm looking forward too this because I think it's the perfect case for the job. The already excellent air cooling makes it prime watercooling. It's comes with three 120mm fans with 3 speeds (5v, 7v, 12v) so they can be turned down low for ultimate silence.

People say that watercooling the P180 is a challenge, but from the pictures I've seen it looks pretty darn easy. That statement is also realative to the type of watercooling setup you have of course. However for the Swiftech Apex users, it seems that the case is set up for us already.

In the upper drive bay area, there are three holes that line up perfectly with the holes in the apex ultras reservoir. The pump can go where the upper HDD cage is, and the radiator bolts directly onto the back. All you have to do is drill two holes in the back for the rad and run the tubing.


p180 swiftech apex (what I'm doing)

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Unofficial P180 watercooling thread at ocforums


Enjoy.

P.S. I know this is somewhat centered around the swiftech apex system, but it's what I'm using... Besides, beggars can't be choosers



edit-- updated the list

Edit#2 updated list

Much appreciated. Thanks.

bump - a lot of links there....

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i hate winston cigs bump (no offense)

Good thing I don't smoke.......

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The P180 was absolute cake to water cool. Here's mine. I've since added the things in my sig. I will update the pictures when I get home from work in the morning but here's a teaser. There are a few people who have WC'd them on these forums. Hell, if I can cram all of my crap into a P180 and have it all be internal I don't see what everyone else is bitching about.

P.S. Do yourself a favor and snake the fan switces into the sides of the floppy drive bay....they fit like a glove

nice work there man, very nice indeed. its very goood for a pa160 and about hte only non doble/triple rad thats worht puttin in. but what about when you need a pa triple like myself?

Originally Posted by el rolio

nice work there man, very nice indeed. its very goood for a pa160 and about hte only non doble/triple rad thats worht puttin in. but what about when you need a pa triple like myself?

Check out some of my links man, that's what they're for.

One guy has a triple 120 rad mounted upside down on the back of his P180

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Here's the new motherboard/CPU along with the MCW30 chipset block from Swiftech. I also lengthened the hoses up to the radiator so I'd have more room to pull it and and bleed the system. The blue Pentosin looks so much better than the green MCT-5. Unfortunately my camera ran out of batteries after my first pic. I just need to find a good UV dye to really bring out the blue. I used Aquacomputer's dye but it's not showing up very well.

Take a look at the hoses, you can tell what is new and what is old. That's a perfect reason to use distilled water rather than MCT-5.

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Just thought I would chime in here with my PA160 in P180. If what you are after in watercooling is silence there is no greater combo to date then this...

Very nice setup Erasmus, How exactly did you install the cap for your T-line? What materials did you use etc...

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keep this up there

Here's mine:

up up and away

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