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RUS007 · Post by **RUS007** » 10 Jun 2006, 21:04

Here is my Command Center.
Complete Specs Here
Picture Gallery Here

Urban · Post by **Urban** » 10 Jun 2006, 21:31

That's some serious water cooling :shock:

Post by **skipclarke** » 10 Jun 2006, 21:53

RE: Using 2 fans in front of each other.

I had to do a lot of research & study on this when I did my V8 motor conversion into the very much smaller engine bay of my S-10 truck.
Same principles of Fluid Dynamics also apply to moving air.

Placing 2 fans - one in front of another - probably ends up blocking airflow & hence lowering the cooling efficiency.

1) For starters the center hub of the second fan & its frame blocks at least in part the flow of the second.
2) Secondly & also unless the two fans' blade rotations were set so that the blades, when rotating, never blocked the airflow space between the other fan's blades - the result would be less than having 1 single fan.
The same principle being used for fighter planes machineguns are set to fire between the blades.

3) There can also be a situation whereby resonant frequencies set up by the RPM differential creates cavitation & no real amount of air gets moved or airflow is decreased.
At a very minimum the fan that is behind the other on the airflow direction side would have to be set at a higher RPM - but the conditions in 1) still limits airflow.

BTW squirrel cage fans are much more efficient than curved bladed fans.

Urban · Post by **Urban** » 10 Jun 2006, 23:51

Cheers Doug, nice to know i'm correct occasionally!

Ice[DDZ] · Post by **Ice[DDZ]** » 11 Jun 2006, 12:22

I've been piecing this new rig together for awhile now, very slowly... But it's finally coming together. The pictures are from a friends house with his camera, so don't mind the blandness of them. I'll get inside shots and all when everythings done. I plan on spending my next day off from work buying the supplies I need to make a custom desk as well as rework my whole computer room. I am tired of the desk I've got and how it's setup, need a good change. I'll post my progress later and how it turns out :)
I may even be going as far as to paint the room as well because I hate white, heh. This will be my biggest "computer" based project. I'm very excited to see it finished, heh.

Post by **skipclarke** » 11 Jun 2006, 15:14

Nice TT Shark :D

You might want to turn the case feet out a bit if you need more stability, as it is so near the desk edge.

Would be a crying shame if it got knocked over :shock:

BTW - the TT watercooling units fit & cool these cases great & knock all temps down really low !!

The ~$100 US BigWater is probably all you need.

Post by **FrankB** » 11 Jun 2006, 16:08

Nice Ice :)

btw, why is that beer not open? :?

Ice[DDZ] · Post by **Ice[DDZ]** » 12 Jun 2006, 10:49

Frank, that's actually a ROOT beer, heh... And it was opened and all gone by the time I took these shots. I actually don't drink alcohol, unless it's the really good tasting kind, and omg beer = *gag* :)

And Doug, I've heard bad things about the TT water cooling kits. But then again, I've had very good luck with everything TT that I buy. I'm gonna wait til payday to decide what to do next with this. I really wanna do up the computer room to be all nice, but I wouldn't mind getting some water cooling in there or maybe something else like more hdd space.

Post by **FrankB** » 12 Jun 2006, 10:51

:shock:

beer = gooooooooooooooooooood :!:

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 12 Jun 2006, 11:46

Beer = *gag*

I agree with Ice. ;)

Corsair's new external watercooling solution might be worthwhile checking out... Bit-Tech were pretty impressed with it. The Nautilus 500, or something...

Urban · Post by **Urban** » 12 Jun 2006, 12:15

Corsair's new external watercooling solution might be worthwhile checking out... Bit-Tech were pretty impressed with it. The Nautilus 500, or something...

Is it a passive one like the zalman resorator?

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 12 Jun 2006, 12:18

No, it uses a 120mm fan. A CPU block, with hoses to a box that you sit on the top of your case which contains the res, pump and radiator/fan. Powered from the system, so you never forget to turn it on. :) I think the price is hovering around Ã‚Â£90, although I can't remember offhand.

Post by **FrankB** » 12 Jun 2006, 12:30

sigh... looks like I'm all alone here... :(

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 12 Jun 2006, 12:34

On the beer front? Heh.

I like cider, though.

Post by **FrankB** » 12 Jun 2006, 12:42

:cheers :P

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 12 Jun 2006, 13:02

sigh... looks like I'm all alone here... :(

No your not, beer is the Godly moist.
Directly translated from dutch, Frank will understand. :lol:

Post by **FrankB** » 12 Jun 2006, 13:26

:bowdown

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 12 Jun 2006, 13:39

Shhhhh, don't disturb him. He's praying to the divine Beer Gods. :lol:

Post by **skipclarke** » 13 Jun 2006, 01:26

Ice,

That was their old stuff (1st gen) crack at water cooling
Their recent (last 2-3 years) WC equipment has nothing but good & rave reviews & best value for the $.

I have had NO probs at all with any of my CPU BigWater system with addon GFX waterblock. Soooo easy to put on :D & I have just about the hottest chip available.

BTW: I really wish folks would not offer opinions & recommendations on equipment they have not a single bit of usefull data for. Most doing so have never seen or used said equipment. :roll:

Ice[DDZ] · Post by **Ice[DDZ]** » 13 Jun 2006, 05:20

Shifter, you mean straight cider or turned cider? Cause honestly fresh REAL apple cider that turns is AMAZINGLY good. But I don't drink it for the alcohol, it just tastes so amazing, heh..

And Doug, yeah I hate when that happens too, heh... I'll have to look into it more. Cause I know nothing about water cooling realy. Need to see how much the block for a 7900GTX is (wouldn't think that much...) and the cooling system with it. I'd prefer to water cool everything though, even if it's useless. I'd like a fanless enviroment primarly. But again I'm going to wait til payday to see how much I get paid before I go buying anything.

EDIT:

I'm about half way done moving stuff into a different room. The room is actually painted a grayish blue so it matches the case very nicely. The standard "white" light I used to help light the shots really didn't let the blue show. But I'm without a tripod at the moment so I couldn't capture the blue like it really looks.

Strangely enough, by moving my computer I actually SIGNIFICANTLY dropped temps in my case! I went from a 34c idle on CPU to a whopping 25c! And a 42c idle on the GPU to a 34c!! :shock:

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