Xilikon
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After some planning and previous discussions/brainstorming, here's the official worklog of my new watercooling and case modding project.
First, some background info : I own a silver CoolerMaster WaveMaster silver case, limited edition sold by CoolerMaster as excess stock from the Compaq X07 and X09 gaming computers. The main difference with the normal WaveMaster is the added side hole to feed cool air to the CPU area. Since the case is so unique, I wanted to keep it for a long time, till the industry decide ATX is too prehistoric, which mean it would be a hell of a long time.
However, as everyone know already, the airflow is pretty poor with only 80mm fans (2 on the front and 1 on the back with the possibility to add a 4th on the top hole by removing the media panel). 80mm make it really noisy if we pick stronger fans so a lot of people ditched it for newer cases with 120mm fans. But, the case is very well built with very thick aluminium panels and guts so it would be a robust case who can see lots of upgrades before showing signs of wear.
To combat the poor airflow, the best way would be to go to watercooling to get rid of most of the heat so when it's done, all it remain is to keep just light airflow to cool the motherboard and avoid the heat rising. As the name imply, it would be a natural marriage But there is no a lot of room to install the radiator internally, especially the triple fans version so the only place would be to install it externally on the top. This would work but it will not be pretty and it would break the lovely lines of the WaveMaster as Coolermeister himself said.
It's with this background infos that I will introduce my project Xtreme WaveMaster !
First of all, here's what the project will house :
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 (L723A765), the same one as XtremeTiramisu with a expected overclocking goal of 3.6 GHz 24/7 for folding.
Asus P5K-E/Wifi-AP
Mushkin HP2-6400 (996576) 1Gb x 4 for a total of 4 Gb.
BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC 640MB
WD Raptor 74Gb AFDF
WD Caviar 320Gb AAKS
Samsung SH-203B SATA DVD-RW
Pioneer DVR-212 SATA DVD-RW
Seasonic S12-500HT powersupply
Watercooling and aircooling components :
Thermochill PA120.3 radiator with G3/8" -> G1/4" adapter from McMaster (4860K657)
D-Tek Fuzion CPU with nozzles kit
Swiftech MCP355 with Petra's DDCT-01S
EK FC8800 GTS with acetal top
Swiftect MicroRes
D-Tek 3/8" barbs x 10
Nylon hose clamps x 10
Corsair Dominator Airflow fan for memory
3x Silverstone FM121 fans (might replace it with Scythe Kaze Jyuni 1600rpm version)
Asus heatpipe fan (ordered separately from ebay since the P5K-E doesn't come with one)
3/8" ID 5/8" OD Excelon RNT tubing
You will surely say there is a lot of stuff to put in such a small WaveMaster without going external. Here's what make the project special : Why not buy a identical WaveMaster case, chop the top 8-10 inches off then extend my original WaveMaster height and use the extra room to house the radiator while keeping the case lines intact. The extra room will let me add another 120mm radiator to cool the chipset/mosfets in the future along with the 2nd loop hardware.
Now for some pics as a teaser :
Original WaveMaster currently running my setup :
The long lost twin :
Watercooling parts (missing EK FC8800 GTS and nozzles kit) :
Preliminary loop testing and cleaning :
Have questions or comments ? Feel free to post here and I'll answer all of them with pleasure. Keep in mind this would be my first watercooling experience and first case modding experience so I would take some time to complete it
Please note this is a mirror of the same thread I have on XS at http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=165596 since the project started there.
First, some background info : I own a silver CoolerMaster WaveMaster silver case, limited edition sold by CoolerMaster as excess stock from the Compaq X07 and X09 gaming computers. The main difference with the normal WaveMaster is the added side hole to feed cool air to the CPU area. Since the case is so unique, I wanted to keep it for a long time, till the industry decide ATX is too prehistoric, which mean it would be a hell of a long time.
However, as everyone know already, the airflow is pretty poor with only 80mm fans (2 on the front and 1 on the back with the possibility to add a 4th on the top hole by removing the media panel). 80mm make it really noisy if we pick stronger fans so a lot of people ditched it for newer cases with 120mm fans. But, the case is very well built with very thick aluminium panels and guts so it would be a robust case who can see lots of upgrades before showing signs of wear.
To combat the poor airflow, the best way would be to go to watercooling to get rid of most of the heat so when it's done, all it remain is to keep just light airflow to cool the motherboard and avoid the heat rising. As the name imply, it would be a natural marriage But there is no a lot of room to install the radiator internally, especially the triple fans version so the only place would be to install it externally on the top. This would work but it will not be pretty and it would break the lovely lines of the WaveMaster as Coolermeister himself said.
It's with this background infos that I will introduce my project Xtreme WaveMaster !
First of all, here's what the project will house :
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 (L723A765), the same one as XtremeTiramisu with a expected overclocking goal of 3.6 GHz 24/7 for folding.
Asus P5K-E/Wifi-AP
Mushkin HP2-6400 (996576) 1Gb x 4 for a total of 4 Gb.
BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC 640MB
WD Raptor 74Gb AFDF
WD Caviar 320Gb AAKS
Samsung SH-203B SATA DVD-RW
Pioneer DVR-212 SATA DVD-RW
Seasonic S12-500HT powersupply
Watercooling and aircooling components :
Thermochill PA120.3 radiator with G3/8" -> G1/4" adapter from McMaster (4860K657)
D-Tek Fuzion CPU with nozzles kit
Swiftech MCP355 with Petra's DDCT-01S
EK FC8800 GTS with acetal top
Swiftect MicroRes
D-Tek 3/8" barbs x 10
Nylon hose clamps x 10
Corsair Dominator Airflow fan for memory
3x Silverstone FM121 fans (might replace it with Scythe Kaze Jyuni 1600rpm version)
Asus heatpipe fan (ordered separately from ebay since the P5K-E doesn't come with one)
3/8" ID 5/8" OD Excelon RNT tubing
You will surely say there is a lot of stuff to put in such a small WaveMaster without going external. Here's what make the project special : Why not buy a identical WaveMaster case, chop the top 8-10 inches off then extend my original WaveMaster height and use the extra room to house the radiator while keeping the case lines intact. The extra room will let me add another 120mm radiator to cool the chipset/mosfets in the future along with the 2nd loop hardware.
Now for some pics as a teaser :
Original WaveMaster currently running my setup :
The long lost twin :
Watercooling parts (missing EK FC8800 GTS and nozzles kit) :
Preliminary loop testing and cleaning :
Have questions or comments ? Feel free to post here and I'll answer all of them with pleasure. Keep in mind this would be my first watercooling experience and first case modding experience so I would take some time to complete it
Please note this is a mirror of the same thread I have on XS at http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=165596 since the project started there.