Pretty straightforward 'bong' design, as these things go.
Feet are simple 2x4s screwed into the base. Used LOTS of liquid nails and plumbers goop to keep everything watertight.
That's a 120mm fan on top. Don't seem to actually NEED it, cools almost as well without, but, hell, after going to THIS much effort? Leaving it on! (Still, it's really loud, so I'll probably get a voltage limiter or something to tone it down). As you can probably guess by having it actually plugged in, the top part is removable. Helps when filling it up again (and, with the fan on, it DRINKS water!). I can see when it needs filling, of course, by the cear tube I put in at the bottom.
Anyway, temps...
'Before'
CPU - 111.2 F idle / 129.2 F load
VGA* - 64 C idle / 74 C load
*VGA is not on the loop in this test, this is the standard cooling for it
'After'
CPU - 86.0 F idle / 89.6 F load (with fan) / 96.0 F load (no fan)
VGA - 32 C idle / 35 C load (with fan) / 37 C load (no fan)
Those temps were taken on an unusually hot day in sunny Bend, OR, by the way. High desert and all.
Oooh, and diagram:
This is the system in my sig, with the exception of the 6800nu replacing the 5900XT. And the watercooling system that I am now selling off.
Feet are simple 2x4s screwed into the base. Used LOTS of liquid nails and plumbers goop to keep everything watertight.
That's a 120mm fan on top. Don't seem to actually NEED it, cools almost as well without, but, hell, after going to THIS much effort? Leaving it on! (Still, it's really loud, so I'll probably get a voltage limiter or something to tone it down). As you can probably guess by having it actually plugged in, the top part is removable. Helps when filling it up again (and, with the fan on, it DRINKS water!). I can see when it needs filling, of course, by the cear tube I put in at the bottom.
Anyway, temps...
'Before'
CPU - 111.2 F idle / 129.2 F load
VGA* - 64 C idle / 74 C load
*VGA is not on the loop in this test, this is the standard cooling for it
'After'
CPU - 86.0 F idle / 89.6 F load (with fan) / 96.0 F load (no fan)
VGA - 32 C idle / 35 C load (with fan) / 37 C load (no fan)
Those temps were taken on an unusually hot day in sunny Bend, OR, by the way. High desert and all.
Oooh, and diagram:
This is the system in my sig, with the exception of the 6800nu replacing the 5900XT. And the watercooling system that I am now selling off.