The Hardware: Abit C7-MAX3 Intel P-4 3 GHZ 2X Corsair Memory TwinX1024-3200C2PRO ATI RADEON 9800XT Video Card, 256MB DDR Lian-Li PC-75B Lian-Li EX-23 Black Drive Bay I-Stand Transparent Acrylic Blue LED Case Bases Enermax 550w power supply Matrix Orbital MX230 SONY CD-RW CRX160E SONY DVD-RW DW-U14A 2X (Raid 0)Seagate Barracuda 80GB Serial ATA V with 8MB Cache Western Digital 40GB ATA/100 Fans: Vantec UV LED Blue Spectrum Fan Card 4X80mm Blue UV Cold Cathode Fan 2X Panaflo 80mm High Aluminum LED Fan - 80mm Updated V4.02
The Watercooling parts I used: 4X Black Ice Micro Radiators Danger-Den RBX CPU block,Danger-Den Z-Chip Block(Intel 865/875) Delay Timer Kit (DTK) 2X MCP-600 Pumps Aqua-computer aqua-tube Bay-Res Water Reservoir Rev2 Omega FPR121 Flow Sensor CritiCool PowerPlant Rev. 2 2-Wire DC Voltmeters DMS-20PC-0-DCM-B External Power Supply 12V DC, 5A, 60W Updated V4.02
The Flow Switch Here I will explain the purpose of the flow switch on my computer. The Johnson Pump CM10P7-1 requires a 1.6 amp fuse, if the fuse burn, and without the flow switch protection the computer will suffer a terrible death. When I started my project I had the Asus PT4533 motherboard, with this motherboard you can actually disconnect the CPU fan cable from the motherboard and the computer will stay on :shrug: , not all motherboards have the same glitch, but from what I learn reading on the forums, there are a lot of them out there with this problem. After I got everything I need it to protect my computer from a possible disaster, I decided to get a new motherboard (I have a friend that wanted to buy my computer, so I sold it to him ), I got the Abit IC7-MAX3, and to my surprise this motherboard actually shutdown in 1 sec. after disconnecting the cpu fan cable (making things more easier) There is also a cheaper way to prevent the computer to say on if the fuse burn, just use the same +12v DC pump cable after the fuse to supply voltage to the fan, if the fuse burn, pump stop, fan stop (no r.p.m. signal to MB), and your computer will shutdown, but it wont shutdown the computer if there is low flow from the pump.
imho your temps are too high, 35° idle on a P4 is not good. i've got 27° or even less on a 2500+ @ 2200 mhz. maybe you used too much L-shaped connectors, they really kill flowrate... and the 4 micro-radiators are useless, much better a dual fan rad. the same for the 2 reservoirs, they are useless and slow flowrate, as the flowswitch, but that's useful. imho your system is not optimized at all if you look for real cooling. but if you look only to aesthetic... well done! sorry for my english...
Yeah i realized long time ago the temps are high for a water cool computer, i had 49c idle and 56c load when i was running on air. in the other hand the chipset temperature is about 25c. I did a couple of things first trying to solve this issue (lapping cup block, better termal paste) but nothing, i dont think is a flow restriction problem (my pump create so much flow that it was sucking colected air from the acuatube reservior back to the system, thats why i added the second angel eye 5 1/4 res and changed all the tubing before the infeed at the pump to 1/2 id) So, after doing all this, the only thing that can be causing the warm temperature, the cpu block design. What cpu block are you using on your computer?
The comp. in my sig runs 40C idle, 48C load on air cooling. 35C idle on an 800MHz P4 is very low. Also, Abit boards based on the Intel 875 chipset tend to report temps 5-10 deg. above other brands of boards. This is a well documented "problem." (They claim they are sampling the temperature closer to the core than all other mobo manufacturers, hence the higher temp. ) Link I think 35C is an awesome achievement for a 3GHz P4. Also, you english is very good.
is there a log here or just pictures of a completed case? anyways its a nice pc nice management, and looks like alot of time went into it
Yellowsnow17 thanks for that link, i thougth there was something terrible wrong with my set up I got the acuatube from wizzard design http://www.wizarddesigns.co.uk/restanks.htm but, just last week i found something interesing, the Innovatek's Fass-o-Matic Reservoir http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=HSPC&Category_Code=FassTank