The main water cooling parts have been ordered
I’ve received all the parts I listed in the first post, except for my case and it’s supposed to be here today. I’m really excited to get the case so I can start planning everything.
Yesterday, I order all the main water cooling parts and I’ve listed them below.
- Pump: Swiftech MCP655
- Radiator: Black Ice GTX Xtreme 360 Radiator
w/ Panaflo 120×38mm Ultra High Speed FBA12G12U1BX (3) - CPU Block: HEATKILLER® CPU Rev3.0
- Reservoir: Swiftech MCRES Micro Revision 2
- GPU Block: Enzotech VGA-IB Forged Copper VGA Waterblock
w/ Swiftech Copper BGA RAMsinks and Aluminum MOSFET Heatsinks Set - Tubing: Feser Tube Active UV Hose – 1/2″ ID (3/4″OD) Anti-Kink Tubing
- Fluid: Distilled Water w/ Silver KillCoils
This is my first time setting up a water cooled system, so I’m sure there are some minor things that I’ll need to purchase as well. Once all the main water cooling parts come in, I can start putting everything together and I can figure out where everything should go.
Once things start coming together, I’ll start posting pictures on here.
Make sure you watch for updates!
The process of building a new computer has begun!
I’m very excited to announce that I am going to be building a new computer for my home desktop. It’s been about 7 or 8 years since I built my current computer, so I would say it’s definitely time for a major upgrade. Last night, I order most of the main parts from Newegg.com and I’ve listed them all below.
- Case = Corsair Obsidian Series 800D
- PSU = Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W
- Motherboard = GIGABYTE GA-790FXTA-UD5
- CPU = AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz
- Memory = OCZ AMD Black Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB)
- Video Card = EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+
- Hard Drives = Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (2)
I also plan on setting it up for liquid cooling, but I haven’t ordered any of those parts yet. I still have some research to do for that part of it.
I will be posting updates on here as things unfold, so you should subscribe to get updated about new posts.
I’m so excited!
Large Hard Drives Really Excite Me!
I was browsing Slick Deals today, like I do every day or so, and something caught my eye.
Here is the listing:
2TB Hitachi Internal 7200RPM Serial ATA Desktop Hard Drive $144
Dell SB has 2TB Hitachi Internal 7200RPM Serial ATA Desktop hard drive for $160 – 10% off coupon J1DRH2J?0D1143 = $144 with free shipping. Next best on Google Products is $190. Thanks Selma
In my computer, I have two 500GB SATA drives and I paid $84.99 for each of them on 5/19/2008. It’s only been about 17 months and now you can get drives four times that size for an extra $60. The rate at which technology grows is just amazing to me.
Hardcore Reactor – Total Liquid Submersion
It’s been a few months now since the launch, but I just found this yesterday. This is by far the coolest PC that I’ve seen in a while. All of the components are totally immersed in non-conductive liquid coolant.
CORE COOLANT
Core Coolant is a mineral-oil-like substance that’s approximately 750 times denser than air and can store twice as much heat per unit of mass. In other words, Core Coolant has tremendous heat capacity—the maximum amount of heat containable in an entire air-cooled PC tower can be stored in 1 cubic inch of Core Coolant. Unlike water, Core Coolant is non-conductive and doesn’t harbor microorganisms. Fluids like Core Coolant have cooled electronics for decades in the transformer industry.
WHAT WE COOL AND HOW
Reactor’s active components are fully submerged in Core Coolant. Our Total Liquid Submersion technology cools in two ways: natural convection (described above) and forced convection (pumped coolant). Core Coolant circulates through Reactor’s radiator at 2.5 gallons per minute. Most internal components cool via natural convection, but these items get coolant pumped directly to them:
1. CPU (has a heat sink)
2. Northbridge (has a heat sink)
3. GPU (has a heat sink)
4. Power supplies
Reactor’s direct cooling plumbing track ends at the heat sinks, where the directed Core Coolant disperses and
integrates with the fluid in the tank.
For any heat sink to work effectively, thermal interface material performance is paramount. On Reactor, the thermal interface between the CPU and its heat sink is made of indium, which is simple to install and transfers heat extremely well.
Now, for the bad news:
Reactor Price: $3108.00
Reactor Pro Price: $3936.00
Reactor Extreme Price: $9167.00
The base price isn’t to bad, but I think the only problem is that everything is proprietary and there’s not much room for personal customizations. What do you think?
More Information:
Hardcore Computer
Gadget Pr0n Review
Maximum PC Review
The Homemade Server Rack Project
I’ve started working on the server rack again and my goal is to setup a high availability cluster using two of the four machines. “This topology provides a highly available service with minimal hardware requirements.” That’s perfect for me because the computers are old and slow. When I figure that out, I’d like to expand that to a high availability and load balancing cluster. “This topology provides a highly available and load balanced service. A minimum of 4 nodes is required for this topology.” This type of setup might be the overall goal of this project. I know this might seem like overkill just to have a shared folder that I can access from my main computer, but it’s just to see if I can do it. I may just create two separate clusters.
Current Hardware Specs:
4 Computers
Keyboard w/ touchpad
Port Authority2 4-Port VGA/USB 2.0 and PS/2 KVM Switch
D-Link DES-1105 5-Port 10/100 Desktop Switch
NEC MultiSync LCD1550M
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