Small Form Factor my water cooled SG75G2 [56k unfriendly]

many of you probably remember my old Lian Li PC6070.
well, the liquid cooling system from that was aboiut 5 years old, plus it was louder than a jet engine.
so i decided to buy this shuttle and watercool it instead.
here are some pics XD

let me know what you think.



as a cold cathode consumes more power, and is either 4 or 12" long, i decided to buy a meteor light and mod it to use to light up the side. it consumes less than 1/10th the power of a cold cathode, and produces less than 1/2 the heat. while producing a more directed/brighter lighting effect.

now on with the watercooling:


here you can see how i mounted the pump/res, in the hdd/floppy bay, which fit perfectly by the way, as well as the entrance for the radiator


here you can see how i zap strapped the hard drive underneath the contraption, as well as the less-than 1mm clearance between the drive and the memory XD


and heres where the radiator enters the case from the back. a bit messy, but i plan on shoving some rubber grommets in there next week to fill the gap and hide the uncleasiness of the cut.


here is the clearance from the radiator against the plugs...its still difficult to take out the ethernet cable, as i have to reach under and up with a small object to depress the plastic switch thing. but that is the only connection.


here is how it looks installed and set up.


this is the view of the hose routing, and the waterblock installed.

more pics can be found here:
http://bee2643.homelinux.org/shuttle_sb75g2/
and more watercooliong related pics can be found here:
http://bee2643.homelinux.org/shuttle_sb75g2/aquarius/

Specs:
Shuttle SB75G2
Pentium4 Extreme Edition 3.2GHz
Radeon X800Pro
1gb Kingston HyperX
160GB Seagate SATA

questions? comments? post here!

 

Nice job on the cooling setup, what sort of performance are you getting out of it?

 

I like it a lot. Shame I'd never have the guts to do something like that. |Good job .

 

Amazing stuff! After a little cable tidying/sleeving and some paint on the radiator it'll look the shizzle

 

paint on a copper rad will kill the heat effectiveness. Good to see my old aquarius at work

 

sleeve those wires and it'll look awesome

 

i plan on keeping the case on at all times so im not going to bother sleeving anything

temps:
31C IDLE / 38C LOAD

 

Wicked!!!

Tooo bad I did'nt have the cash to WC my Aria.........
But silent she is


Cheers,
Mike

 

what puuurdy radeon is that? i need a new GFX card for my SN95G5

 

sweet job nice one!

 

It looks like a BBA (Built By ATi) X800PRO to me.


Cheers,
Mike

 

Nice pc but even my dsl modem is on fire....might you be able to size the pics down a bit?

 

sorry bud XD

lowest res i go for on my fileserver is 1024x768...i like it to stay detailed

 

Haddy, how can your DSL modem be on fire for 400kb pics?
Do you guys have like 0,2mbit over there or what?
I have only 4mbit DSL, and i have to wait 3 months to get 8mbit
But the pics loads just fine, just have to see what on them piccies, I'd rather see some 1600x1200 pics.
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Very nice job on that shuttle, I've seen a couple of shuttles with external watercooling, but that spoils the whole idea with having a shuttle
Put some watercooling on that videocard to

 

yea XD
need $$
but i plan to water cool it early in the next year

 

A beautifully compact solution... as mentioned if you could sort out a connection to the graphics it would be perfect. I've seen other watercooled shuttles but they tend to adversly affect the units portability.

Whats the performance and sound like?

 

i get about 33C IDLE and 38C LOAD

its silent, quiter than the average sound of the stock one

 

thats sweet mate, gives me an idea for mine

 

looks v nice

How much did that cost (the w/c) and what brand is it?

Also.. where is the pump

 

It cost him an Audigy 2 and $25, the pump is in the HDD bays, and it's a TT aquarius 2.