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Old 06-15-2006, 11:51 AM
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A couple of months ago I built a PC for a customer and recently he called me to have it watercooled, Check out what I did for him:

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Old 06-15-2006, 12:07 PM
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OMG I want one!
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 12:15 PM
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how the hell do u water cool a computer?
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 12:16 PM
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Its a secret, but just remember... its fast =)
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 12:17 PM
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how much did that cost the guy?
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 12:20 PM
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Looks bad azz!!!

PS: Details?
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by mustangV6_04
how much did that cost the guy?
Not too much, I cant quite remember how much the PC cost to built, i think it was like $700-800 because of the specs, and the watercooling i did it all for $200. So he has only invested about $1,000 which is not bad, considering other manufactors charge up around $1,200+ for non liquid cooled PCs and the companies that do provide watercooled PCs charge more then $2,000 for them.

I put a lot of time on this one making it perfect, I also tryed to sleeve everything wire so it wouldn't look ugly, But I put a lot of effort into them. Kindof like people do with cars, i do it with PCs.
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 02:23 PM
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Holy crap Spin, I wouldve never guessed you built computers...thats pretty cheap for the performance I assume it has. Thumbs up.
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 02:30 PM
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Whats the point? Sounds like a waste of $200 to me.
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 02:43 PM
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Personally, I don't care for watercooling... but you did a really nice job Spin, very clean
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 09:45 PM
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whats the specs of the actual comp?

I may be interested in getting a new comp within the next few months so I may be looking your way.
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 09:46 PM
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Looks nice and I bet its fast!
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 09:47 PM
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if that leaks he is FLUCKED!
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 09:49 PM
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yeah what if it leaks? lol
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 09:50 PM
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LMAO! that would SUC
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 10:52 PM
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I have had a water cooled PC for a couple of years with no leaks so dont be afraid if you want to do one just visit Xoxide.com . My first try at water cooling was this pc about 3 years ago and looking forward in building a new one .
 
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Old 06-15-2006, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by TClark22
how the hell do u water cool a computer?
You buy a water cooling kit from a company like zalman, thermaltake, or corsair and you install it. Looks pretty slick Spin, what are the specs on that machine and how much is it overclocked?
 
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Old 06-16-2006, 12:30 AM
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yeah what if it leaks? lol

I test it outside the case before I put it inside. With strong clamps and sealent chances of it leaking is like 1%, plus the pumps are like fish tank pumps, not much preasure, so if it leaks it will be tiny drops. I have seen people use radiators from cars for PC watercooling.
 
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Old 06-16-2006, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by csledd
Personally, I don't care for watercooling... but you did a really nice job Spin, very clean
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Im a tech, work with computers every day & i've never been a fan of it. I run an AMD X2 3800+ and I run 46degrees celsius all the time..
 
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Old 06-16-2006, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by wnracing
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Im a tech, work with computers every day & i've never been a fan of it. I run an AMD X2 3800+ and I run 46degrees celsius all the time..
yeah but start overclocking that thing and you HAVE to get a watercooling system. BTW 46 celsius is like 115 farenheit and thats still pretty hot. But i guess you can blame AMD for making such hot running chips.
 
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Old 06-16-2006, 11:57 AM
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yeah but start overclocking that thing and you HAVE to get a watercooling system. BTW 46 celsius is like 115 farenheit and thats still pretty hot. But i guess you can blame AMD for making such hot running chips.
My at home system is an AMD 64 3800+ running at 19 degress, pretty big boost huh?
 
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Old 06-16-2006, 12:05 PM
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i never realized home important cooling is untill i over clocked my old AMD 3200 it was 1g and clocked it 1.4mhz and it was fine ran fast and only was at like 110* then it started to go to 130* and up and up and i couldnt stop it and it fried itself. I lost all my data aswell (old built in harddrive crap). I stopped fucing around with overclocking after that.
 
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Old 06-16-2006, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SpinMedia
My at home system is an AMD 64 3800+ running at 19 degress, pretty big boost huh?
19 degrees celsius = very happy processor
 
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Old 06-16-2006, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by spike_africa
i never realized home important cooling is untill i over clocked my old AMD 3200 it was 1g and clocked it 1.4mhz and it was fine ran fast and only was at like 110* then it started to go to 130* and up and up and i couldnt stop it and it fried itself. I lost all my data aswell (old built in harddrive crap). I stopped fucing around with overclocking after that.
LOL some lessons are just learned the hard way.
 
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Old 06-16-2006, 08:41 PM
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ah whatever it was over 5 years old, so i didnt care. I needed to make myself buy a new one anyhow.
 
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Old 06-16-2006, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Codiddy
yeah but start overclocking that thing and you HAVE to get a watercooling system. BTW 46 celsius is like 115 farenheit and thats still pretty hot. But i guess you can blame AMD for making such hot running chips.
Im overclocked, and AMD chips run cooler than any intel chip could ever dream of. PLUS intel still hasn't developed a 64bit chip.

Intel :loser:
 
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Old 06-16-2006, 09:54 PM
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Im overclocked, and AMD chips run cooler than any intel chip could ever dream of. PLUS intel still hasn't developed a 64bit chip.

Intel :loser:
I call BS. AMD's processors just run way hotter than Intel and to argue otherwise will just make you look dumb. I prefer AMD, but they run hotter. But i knew you were full of it when you said intel still hasn't developed a 64 bit chip: 64 bit intel chips

even with a 64 bit processor, there are only about four programs written for a 64 bit so far anyway.
 
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Old 06-17-2006, 05:32 AM
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"Oh yea, well my pocket protector is cooler than yours..."

Just kidding guys. Wish I knew half of the stuff about computers.
 
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Old 06-19-2006, 03:53 PM
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rofl. That second PC you posted has the "butteryfly" PSU. A long running joke between me and a few friends. :clap: :clap:

I also build PCs FYI.
 
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Old 06-19-2006, 04:32 PM
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haha, who doesn't build their own PC's these days...

Built mine about 2 years ago for $1500 including a $100 3 piece speaker system, a $450 19" LCD monitor, and a $90 Logitech Wireless MX Duo mouse and keyboard combo. Looked it up online see how much it would cost to buy a computer with the same essential pieces I have and it would of cost around $3,000 at the time that I built it.

Building>Buying
 
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