Upgraded my cool can setup

[meankeys]

I made a few changes to my water cooling loop. This is way more efficient and allows me a good 8 hours of benching @ 3c - 5c water temp.

1 - 50' 1/2" cooper tubing
2 - 10 gal. water cooler

The upright style cooler allows better cooling of the coil and the built in drain makes it easy to drain and refill with ice.





I also purchased a Cooler Express 2013 from FrozenPC. Once I get time to set it up I will do a complete review and post it for all to read. I will most likely install it on my R4BE. It's supposed to dissipate 280W of heat and cool to -48c

[Retired]

Making moonshine?

Cool, a phase charger. read the manual carefully before using it..

[meankeys]

I hear ya paw. I have to prep the mobo like I am going to use LN2

[Zka17]

That's very cool, mean keys! :cool:

SS on the CPU and icy water on the VGA(s) - is the way to go!

Yes, you will need to insulate your CPU area like for the LN2...

[meankeys]

Thanks Z

I havens had a chance to mess with those 680's yet will let you know how I make out.

[PowerOver9K]

You're going to get condensation on the water cooling tube as an FYI. I have done this before back in the day with a Vapochill and am very familiar with what you're doing here. Make sure you have plenty of paper towel around the tubes because they are going to sweat as they are carrying water over 5C under ambient.

[Zka17]

PowerOver9K wrote:
because they are going to sweat as they are carrying water over 5C under ambient.

Depending on your environmental conditions, but usually you need more temp difference in order to "sweat"... calculate the dew point! - that's for the chilled water, of course... SS will need more serious insulation...

[meankeys]

Hi PowerOver9K

Thanks for the input. I too have been doing this for awhile now and yes condensation is a bit of a problem. I use pluming insulation on my tubing and rolled up paper roles around the socket area. once i finish setting everything up I will post some pictures. here is a picture of my old setup.

[Arne_Saknussemm]

Good job meankeys! How much ice are you getting through for 8 hours benching like that? Just fill the cooler once?

Very interested in your phase change experience...was toying with going this way myself once since chips seem to be getting hotter and hotter..

[Retired]

when i benchmark chilled like this, i run for an hour at the time, not longer, and are keeping fans at the "condensation sensitive" part of the setup

My experience tell me that, many 3d mark crashes in a row = not lucky that day, watch a movie instead, and pick up later or another day...

Often the good scores come from the first runs.. like a blast from above, or a virgin on the run