Watercooled Tech-Station

erocker · Jul 20, 2008

So why not! I need a little more oomph when it comes to benching, so I got myself a little water cooling setup. The lower level of my tech-station is a perfect fit for one, here's what I've got going so far...

So here's what it looked like with a buch of hardware strapped to it.

I took off all the hardware and disassembled what I needed to. Then I placed the water cooling hardware where I wanted it. Here, I installed the radiator with "L" brackets.

Next I mounted the resevoir on one of the supports. Just drilled the holes, added bolts, viola!

Installed the pump using the very handy (and sticky) foam pad. The place I ordered everything from gave me 3/8" tubing instead of 1/2". So I had to run to the local hardware store and found some horribly stiff 1/2" clear hose. It will work for now, got everything together, added distilled water, the pump is priming and working beautifully! I've got some silver Tygon on the way...

Parts used so far:
Swiftech MCP655 Pump
DTek Fuzion V2
Black ice GT Stealth 240-Xflow
Swiftech Micro Resevoir
2 x Yate Loon 120mm High Speed fans.

If I have the time tomorrow I may try hooking this thing up to my Q6600 for some benching.

zaqwsx · Jul 20, 2008

Nice setup!! I like it!! You should shorten the hose from the pump to the rad unless it kinks.

erocker · Jul 20, 2008

Yeah, the hose is all temporary, just making sure everything is working well. It's really cheap hardware store stuff and it kinks when you look at it funny. Tuesday I should have some Tygon silver antimicrobial tubing. This is my first time doing any water cooling on a computer so your imput is very welcome! :toast:

Cold Storm · Jul 20, 2008

Bro, it's looking sweet! Glad your posting it and now I see the swivel res that you where telling me! Yeah, the cheap stuff from Home Depot isn't that great if your doing it all up as full... but it works great here.

Wile E · Jul 20, 2008

Meh, I just use the cheap crap. So long as you properly plan your runs, it doesn't kink that much. Other than that, I find it does it's primary job of holding water just fine. lol.

Hayder_Master · Jul 20, 2008

good work , better than some brand water cool

t_ski · Jul 20, 2008

Nice. I agree with the shorter tubing runs, like turning the res to face the pump and turning the pump on it's side so it goes into the rad.

Makes me want to post up pics of the techdeck I built for W/C. I may just do that...

erocker · Jul 20, 2008

I just have to make sure that nothing interfere's with the HDD rail on the top platform. I'm also trying to still fit a dvd rom and PSU under there.

Here are a couple pics with the tech-station assembled.

Cold Storm · Jul 20, 2008

It's looking sweet man! now just have to wonder on what to use!!

rangerone766 · Jul 20, 2008

just boil up some water and soften the ends of the 3/8 tubing. it will fit and you wont need hose clamps.

i believe the swiftech pump is 7/16 fitting.

sneekypeet · Jul 20, 2008

rangerone766 said:
just boil up some water and soften the ends of the 3/8 tubing. it will fit and you wont need hose clamps.

i believe the swiftech pump is 7/16 fitting.

I have personally mentioned it to both erocker and Cold....neither opted to try it!

Cold Storm · Jul 20, 2008

sneekypeet said:
I have personally mentioned it to both erocker and Cold....neither opted to try it!

You have?!?! Where was I?!? lol :laugh:

sneekypeet · Jul 20, 2008

Cold Storm said:
You have?!?! Where was I?!? lol

Space maybe, Im pretty sure it was mentioned, altho it was in about 2 weeks of a ton of info tho. Erocker said screw it and just got different tube!

Cold Storm · Jul 20, 2008

sneekypeet said:
Space maybe, Im pretty sure it was mentioned, altho it was in about 2 weeks of a ton of info tho. Erocker said screw it and just got different tube!

Damn, I was almost ready to go hunt it down also! lol.. Most likely did, but it being at 1am... i am just a zombie that knows how to type! lol :roll:

commandercup · Jul 22, 2008

rangerone766 said:
just boil up some water and soften the ends of the 3/8 tubing. it will fit and you wont need hose clamps.

i believe the swiftech pump is 7/16 fitting.

does the same thing work with a hairdryer?

I already hooked up my loop and the tubing on the apogee drive is barely on... ( would barely pass the actual stub of the barb)

I should try heating it! 0_0

intel igent · Jul 22, 2008

tubing run's could use some work and that RAD has got to go :eek:

X-flow = :shadedshu

other than that :toast:

sneekypeet · Jul 22, 2008

Is the Quad ready to go , under the block I mean?

erocker · Jul 29, 2008

What's wrong with the x-flow? It seems to work well in the horizontal position and performs quite well... I could always use suggestions though! :toast:

Wile E · Jul 29, 2008

erocker said:
What's wrong with the x-flow? It seems to work well in the horizontal position and performs quite well... I could always use suggestions though!

Dual pass rads cool much better than X-flow rads.

SerenadeRB · Jul 29, 2008

My 2 cents:
All the Xflow is is the regular dual pass rad. with the center taken out so that it becomes 1 pass ... In the end it is ultimately less effective, even with low CFM fans.
-I believe Dtek Fuzion v2 is G 1/4 so you could improve efficiancy by using DD high flow 1/2" barbs.
I'd recommend 7/16" tubing as it fits quite snugly with 1/2 " barbs, and has little to no difference in performance than 1/2"..
Oh and try to use bigger fitting on the res ... like 5/8" . You want as much flow to your pump as possible!
Anything else lemme know

~Eva

DaMulta · Jul 29, 2008

Very nice tight runs you have there.

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

System Name	AMD/ATI PHENOM MONSTER
Processor	AMD Phenom II 965BE
Motherboard	ASUS M4A785TD-V EVA
Cooling	Air right know. Water later
Memory	4bg Corsair Dominator PC3 8500 9,9,9,24 2t timing
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD7950 Vapor-X
Storage	5x 500gb sata3.0 Seagate in RAID 0 - 2x 160gb Seagate for backup
Display(s)	MAG INNOVISION 19in LCD 2ms 1600:1cr, 22in LED 2ms-5ms
Case	Thermaltake Armor QuadFX edition
Power Supply	1000w Thermaltake toughpower
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Benchmark Scores	3Dmark06 10712 single card and no oc, 12071 with cpu @ 2.8ghz and card oced, 13877 with crossfire.

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

System Name	Haro
Processor	AMD 1700x
Motherboard	AsRork x370 Taichi
Cooling	EK Custom Loop - CPU only
Memory	32gb G-Skill Trident Z
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 Superclock 2
Storage	Too Many
Display(s)	Viewsonic VX2450WM-LED 24" & LG 32 IPS
Case	Cooler Master Cosmos II
Power Supply	Cooler Master V1000
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 500
Software	Win10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	i5 750 4.62ghz pi runs // Evga FTW p55

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

Watercooled Tech-Station

erocker

*

zaqwsx

erocker

*

Cold Storm

Battosai

Wile E

Power User

Hayder_Master

t_ski

Former Staff

erocker

*

Cold Storm

Battosai

rangerone766

sneekypeet

Retired Super Moderator

Cold Storm

Battosai

sneekypeet

Retired Super Moderator

Cold Storm

Battosai

commandercup

New Member

intel igent

New Member

sneekypeet

Retired Super Moderator

erocker

*

Wile E

Power User

SerenadeRB

New Member

DaMulta

My stars went supernova

System Name	MASTER
Processor	Core i7 3930k run at 4.4ghz
Motherboard	Asus Rampage IV extreme
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	4x4G kingston hyperx beast 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	2X EVGA GTX680
Storage	2X Crusial M4 256g raid0, 1TbWD g, 2x500 WD B
Display(s)	Samsung 27' 1080P LED 3D monitior 2ms
Case	CoolerMaster Chosmos II
Audio Device(s)	Creative sound blaster X-FI Titanum champion,Creative speakers 7.1 T7900
Power Supply	Corsair 1200i, Logitch G500 Mouse, headset Corsair vengeance 1500
Software	Win7 64bit Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	3d mark 2011: testing

System Name	My i7 Beast
Processor	Intel Core i7 6800K
Motherboard	Asus X99-A II
Cooling	Nickel-plated EK Supremacy EVO, D5 with XSPC Bayres & BIX Quad Radiator
Memory	4 x 8GB EVGA SuperSC DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 SuperClocked
Storage	Samsung 950 Pro 256GB m.2 SSD + 480GB Sandisk storage SSD
Display(s)	Three Asus 24" VW246H LCD's
Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
Software	Windows 10 x64 Pro

System Name	mine
Processor	2600k@5.2ghz 1.41 vcore
Motherboard	asrock z77 OC Formula
Cooling	pa120.3, apogee HD, mcp655 pump
Memory	16gigs ddr3 1600mhz sammy's @ 1886
Video Card(s)	evga gtx470 under water on a seperate loop
Storage	Crucial M4 128gig SSD
Display(s)	HP 2511x 25inch led
Case	none ATM
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling 750watt seasonic x-1250watt(dead)
Software	win 8 pro 64bit

System Name	EVA-01
Processor	Intel i7 13700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z690 HERO EVA Edition
Cooling	ASUS ROG Ryujin III 360 with Noctua Industrial Fans
Memory	PAtriot Viper Elite RGB 96GB @ 6000MHz.
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 24GB OC EVA Edition
Storage	Addlink S95 M.2 PCIe GEN 4x4 2TB
Display(s)	Asus ROG SWIFT OLED PG42UQ
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 TG
Audio Device(s)	Realtek on board > Sony Receiver > Cerwin Vegas
Power Supply	be quiet DARK POWER PRO 12 1500W
Mouse	ROG STRIX Impact Electro Punk
Keyboard	ROG STRIX Scope TKL Electro Punk
Software	Windows 11

Processor	Intel Pentium E2200
Motherboard	EVGA 680i SLI T1
Memory	2GB Patriot Memory
Video Card(s)	PNY 9600 GT 512MB
Storage	250GB Maxtor
Display(s)	HP w19
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 600W
Software	Windows XP Media Center

System Name	old school / new school
Processor	3.0e C0 @ 3.6 / e5200
Motherboard	p4p800e-dlx / p5q-DLX
Cooling	custom water see sig / air
Memory	2x1g oczPC4000EbPl / 2x2g ocz2rpr1066
Video Card(s)	3850AGP / 4890vaporX
Storage	36g raptor+120g wd / wd 1001fals 1tb
Display(s)	BenQ / sharpAQUOS LC-37D64U
Case	modded antec plusview / generic
Audio Device(s)	audigy 2zs / ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3
Power Supply	fan/cable modded powerstream 520 / OCZ 700mxsp
Software	Xp pro SP2 / VISTA ultimate OEM

System Name	H.O.P.E
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 @ 4.5 GHz
Motherboard	ASUS Rampage Extreme
Cooling	Swiftech GTZ
Memory	Micron D9GTS (Mushkin) @ 1800 7-6-7-20
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon HD4870x2 Watercooled
Storage	Velociraptor 150GB/ WD 1 TB
Display(s)	Hanns·G 28" Widescreen LCD
Case	Mountain Mods Ascension
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX II
Power Supply	1000W Modular Power Supply
Software	Windows Vista Ultimate x64

System Name	Work in progress
Processor	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard	MSi GD70
Cooling	OcZ Phase/water
Memory	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card(s)	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Storage	SSD 64GB
Display(s)	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case	Using the desk ATM
Audio Device(s)	Sucky onboard for now :(
Power Supply	1000W TruePower Quattro