Sprocket's New Home

[tesco]

Originally posted by clocker+21 April 2004 - 16:49--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 21 April 2004 - 16:49)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-lynx@21 April 2004 - 15:01


THis probably means I can reduce the cooling circuit to a single bank, leaving the other free for better purposes. :beerchug:

Would that make your comp a "server"?

K,

No, no more fans.
For now.
I was just at MicroCenter and they were unpacking a shipment of Zalman Reserators.
They didn&#39;t have one open yet, but the box is HUGE.
Prolly 3&#39; long of so.
Hopefully they&#39;ll have one set up soon... [/b][/quote]
whats a reserator? is it a water cooling part?

[clocker]

Yup.

[tesco]

Originally posted by clocker@22 April 2004 - 20:55
Yup.

ooh thats water cooling system looks awsome. except for the fact that its external and most likely cant fit in ur case.

are you thinking of buying this clocker? or is it too expensive? i think ir would be perfect for what u want it to do: operate quietly.

[clocker]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+22 April 2004 - 20:11--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 22 April 2004 - 20:11)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-clocker@22 April 2004 - 20:55
Yup.

ooh thats water cooling system looks awsome. except for the fact that its external and most likely cant fit in ur case.

are you thinking of buying this clocker? or is it too expensive? i think ir would be perfect for what u want it to do: operate quietly. [/b][/quote]
I can&#39;t think of any case that thing would fit into.
It&#39;s 26-27" tall.

It is very nicely made ( like most Zalman stuff) and also quite expensive ( like most Zalman stuff...) &#036;250 at MicroCenter.

I haven&#39;t seen a comprehensive review of this yet, so It&#39;s hard to say how interested I am.

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by clocker@22 April 2004 - 19:55
Yup.

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Nice&#33;

[kaiweiler]

Yeah it looks so classy&#33; but I wanna see some results of it cooling an overclocked system folding for a day or two, then we&#39;d see how it actually preforms but from the reviews i have seen it looks really really good. I&#39;ve been looking into this system as well

[racer II]

Well if you can wait 2 months then i can let you know how the reserator performs

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by racer II@23 April 2004 - 13:30
Well if you can wait 2 months then i can let you know how the reserator performs

your gettin one? awesome, give us a good review&#33;
is it gonna be cooling the system in your sig or something else?

[racer II]

Originally posted by kaiweiler+23 April 2004 - 20:35--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kaiweiler @ 23 April 2004 - 20:35)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-racer II@23 April 2004 - 13:30
Well if you can wait 2 months then i can let you know how the reserator performs&nbsp;

your gettin one? awesome, give us a good review&#33;
is it gonna be cooling the system in your sig or something else? [/b][/quote]
Yes im getting one for sure, and yes its for the system in my sig.

[clocker]

Originally posted by racer II@23 April 2004 - 15:33

Yes im getting one for sure, and yes its for the system in my sig.&nbsp;

Excellent.
Our systems are similar enough that your results will be of great interest to me.
Out of curiousity, do you happen to know what the head limit on the pump might be?

If the Reserator is an acceptable solution it will certainly make my life much simpler.

I have been struggling with Sprocket&#39;s new home with mixed results.
So far, I can achieve very cool or very quiet, but not both at the same time.
So I decided to comprimise.

Here is the general layout....

Pretty standard ( for me, at least).
I have upgraded the front casewall fan to a 120mm that I had laying about and used one of my beloved TT ducts in the back to help cool my new vid card.

Here is where the comprimise is manifested...

I built a superduper control panel in the floppy drive bay opening.
The top row has three rheostats to contol the speed of:
-video card helper fan ( back case bottom)
-rear exhaust fan ( upper rear wall)
-motherboard wall fan ( I just couldn&#39;t resist...this is the one mod that has worked in all of my cases and I consider it to be indispensable)
The bottom row kas two switches to jump from 12v to 7v for the front 120mm intake fan and the ( soon to come) HS duct fan on the other sidepanel. In the middle of the bottom row is a "clear CMOS" switch ( another handy little gadget).

So far the difference between running the fans at full whack ( i.e. noisy) and silent mode is about 10degrees at full load. In quiet mode I reach @44c while Folding.

Here is a beauty shot of the new feet I installed....yeah, I know, not as sexy as real hardware...but I&#39;m kinda proud of them...

These are actually door bumpers ( found them at Ace hardware) and they replace the cheesy hard plastic stock pads.

I also lined the whole case interior and sidepanels/roof with foam to help silence the case. The jury is still out on this mod...the HDD is now completely silent, but I can hear air whooshing in/out of the case. The optical drives might be slightly quieter also, but this could be wishful thinking.

So that&#39;s where I am now.