Homemade Transparent Case with water cooling

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June 16th 2008
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Key Features:
AMD CPU AMD Graphics Scratch Build Water-cooled
System Specs:
  • AMD Athlon X2 4000+
  • ASUS M2N-E
  • 2-GB DDR2 667
  • 160-250-400 GB Sata HDD
  • MSI ATI R3450 256MB DDR2 Graphice
  • Creative 7.1 Audigy Value
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27 Comments on Homemade Transparent Case with water cooling

#2
johnnyfiive
Hrmm.. nice handy work. Is the water kit custom made as well?
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#3
rakesh_sharma23
Yes Water cooling kit is also custom made, Cpu block from Mb-chipset heatsink + acrylic sheets, pump from old printer head motor (HP-640 inkjet)and Radioter from old machinary with some type of oil cooling from local scrap yard.

Thanks for your reply
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#4
echo75
I voted 7/10 because:

amazing ingenuity!!
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#5
pentastar111
I voted 8/10 because:

Gave you an 8 for having a set of brass ones...Home made H20? You are braver than me. Nice job
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#7
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
Which coolant are you using? It looks somewhat opaque. Is that an automotive coolant?
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#8
rakesh_sharma23
Yes it is automotive coolant, but concentrated to 50/50 ratio with distilled water.

Since automotive coolant are good in heatexchange but when concentrated in 50/50 ratio it is best for Water cooling Kits for Pc.

Thanks
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#9
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
rakesh_sharma23Yes it is automotive coolant, but concentrated to 50/50 ratio with distilled water.

Since automotive coolant are good in heatexchange but when concentrated in 50/50 ratio it is best for Water cooling Kits for Pc.

Thanks
It sure is, just watch out for its corrosive effect on the tubing.
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#10
rakesh_sharma23
My aluiminium heatsink is having "Silver Flash" coating on it. Radiator is full copper. I am using high temp and pressure handing tubes.

Accouding to Galvanic table and all galvanic corrosion calculations between coolent composition and two metals( aluminium & Copper) results in a lifetime period of more then 70 years.

long time..................So no worry of galvanic corrosion
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#11
rakesh_sharma23
Here are new updated pic of my rig. With new full copper homemade cpu water block and motherboard water block. with some cable management of fan cable . And side panal fan and power connector brackets.
hope you like it.




























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#13
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
Wow, that CPU block looks great, have you tweaked the machine yet, what are the temperatures?
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#14
rakesh_sharma23
Thaks Mr. Btarunr
Here is twesked pic.
AMD x2 4000+ run at 2.1GHz but i am running it at about 2.9 Ghz and at full load for about a hour you get just 41 c temp.

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#15
rakesh_sharma23
DIY Sub-woofer

Hello to every one.
I am back with some more mod thing.
Currently i modded my Sound blaster Audigy Value 7.1. Installed new Op-amps Burr-Brown OPA277 and Capicitor mod.
It improved sound quality a lot...But now i think i Should have new SUBWOOFER..

So here i am with my own Power Sub-woofer.
DIM:-
14inc X 14inc X 18inc Sealded Encloser made from 1/2 inc thick MFD board.
12inc - 4ohms - 800Watts Sub- drive
home-made 450watts amp.

Have a look
SUB












Its very enjoying Playing CRYSIS with this subwoofer.
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#16
PP Mguire
Freakin wow. Thats awesome. 9/10
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#19
computertechy
DAMN! you have some skills mate!

brilliant work!
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#21
rakesh_sharma23
HELLO EVERYONE

NEw system Update:-

Samsung 22" LCD




Hope you all like it....It's great to watch HD Movies on it...Super...
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#22
rakesh_sharma23
Made a small pump for my Gpu Water block(under progress).
hava a look on motor , pump unit , armature and small pump running..






















DIY Reservoir












DIY Reservoir Update ... New High Pressure Pump tested ok



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#23
rakesh_sharma23
At last yesterday I had some free time to clean my PC and water cooling Setup. Here are few pics for the process.
De-assembling the dusty case.


Components:


Removing the water cooling setup:



Dusty radiator. Many members of different forums were asking me about this radiator..Now everyone can see the manufacturer’s logo still alive and speaking loud about the quality of the product.


Re-assembling you can see all the cable management in action with three SATA power connectors in line. No cable mess.


All fans cleaned and radiator washed.




Radiator and HDD’s in place.


Connecting New pipes and optical drives.


All assembled. The best cable management possible for me…


Night mode.


Hope you like it… If you have any suggestion regarding making this case neater or better say cool, then you are most welcome..

Thanking
Rakesh Sharma
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#24
pantherx12
Very nicely done.

You know I'm pretty certain some members would probably buy custom made water cooling parts from you, those who don't have access/can't afford brand parts.

Perhaps something to think about : ]
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#25
rakesh_sharma23
Small Update.
I was told by many on different forums that my Watercooling does not contras with the whole transparent cabinet. So I decided to do something ,,, well hope you like my new CPU block.

This is the pic of old CPU block.


This time I made it with 2mm thick copper base with 1mm deep round channel for some water resistance, top with 10mm thick acrylic sheet and added two UV LEDs.

As per working or so called temperature performance it is equal to my old block. Not even a single degree of difference . But looks now cool…, after all watercooling is also somewhat show off.








Hope you all like the new update..
Thanking
Rakesh Sharma
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#26
urbtree
i oringinally went for a 2/10

i love clear cases and know how hard it is to hide all the gubbins
check mine
www.techpowerup.com/gallery/2602.html
but i`m glad i held back on rating till i`d read through it properly

YOU MADE ALL THIS YOUR SELF????

now i`m impressed. nice work 7/10 from me
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#27
rakesh_sharma23
Thanks Sir

Last week when i played Bioshock 2 for 1 hour or so, the temp of my HD4850 went up to 87c and the entire fan were making lot of noise (since they have to move lot of hot air from inside of the cabinet).
So i said to myself, "It's time to do something of the HD4850." VGA water block for HD4850 was in my mind for even before building the Clearity, and i searched a lot for stock heat sink of HD4850 to convert it into a Water block. But no success.

Many forum members have branded GFX block for HD4850 but they all are very costly. And even my current rad 1x120 is not enough to handle load of both CPU anf GPU.

Last week my friend came to me regarding up-gradation of his PC. He wanted i7. So i made him one. But he also had 1.5 yrs old CM Aquagate S1 cooler, which i have repaired 6 months ago. His original fan blads brooked so i replace it with new CM silent FAN. Now this cooler won’t fit on LCG1366 socket so he asked me to sale it.
After two days of zero response in sale posted on many forums, he gave me the S1 free for the cost.

So now I have an extra rad and a block. Only thing I have to figure out is how to use it with HD4850.
After thinking for whole day I came to this idea.



Now instead to two different loops I added both rads and both pumps in the same loop. This will work better since extra rad will add up more coolant and extra heat exchange, second two pumps will help in better flow and if in any case one pumps dies other will still server the cooling.

So this is the loop flow order.
OLD Rad -> AC pump -> CPU -> S1 Rad -> GPU block/pump -> OLD Rad

Now start moding.
First take apart of the Aquagate S1.
Now added rad to the Clearity. Two fans in push and pull format.





Now made some acrylic mountings to attach the S1 block on to HD4850. After two hours of cutting, filling, drilling and screwing the block finally mounted on the card and I think it looks cool.







It’s too late in night so I have close the work for now.
On Sunday I will make the heatsinks for memory and power mosfets on the card from few old aluminum sinks lying around.

Hope you like the modding.

Rakesh Sharma
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