Ziox

Project: Aqua

Ziox's Build Log

Hi I started this project in 7/07 but im only 14 and i only get $20 a month thats why its kinda took so long. I love to build comps and love to help people with them I started when i was 12 with my dads comp. Then one day I just wanted to build my own so i started studying and stuff about comps .Then later when i got my comp I wanted to overclock as much as i can so i studyed watercooling. I did this all on my own not even school to teach me how, My dad helped me with the cuting for the 120mm holes. This is also my first build the only thing i wish i changed was the cpu to Intel because they overclock easier.

btw please comment ; )


My rig:

Motherboard: (New XFX 780i) Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe

CPU: ( New Q6600) AMD Athlon 64x2 5600 OC: 3.250mhz (new OC: 3.5010)

RAM: OCZ Platinum DDR2 800mhz OC: 832mhz

GPU: XFX 8800GT OC: 741/1852/950

Case: CM Stacker

PSU: OCZ 600w

Watercooling System

WB: D-Tek with nozzel Kit

GPU WB: MCW60

Rad: GTX 360

Pump: Laing D5 Vario




My new WC stuff came : )




Just Mounted my D-Tek Fusion




Got my fans on my rad




Puting everything together in old case with wc



Got my WC setup all together in my old case. The Graphic card in there now is a EAX1950XTX

Ziox

What I have done here is mod my CM Stacker I cut 3 120mm holes for fans "with my dads help" Also i painted the inside of the case black and the outside. Im doing one more mod, and that is to give it a side window I haven't done that yet but planning to do so in a week or 2.


I painted the door to the cm stacker and later to have a window on it.





I painted the inside of the case and as you can see i mounted my GTX 360 rad at the bottom.





I added some black fangrills at the bottom of the case were the rad is.

Ziox

Reserved for final#2

DanNEBTD

looks good ATM . . dont think you need three posts to be reserved though :P

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Ziox

Thank you Iv been working hard on it XD

biftek

Off topic, but mind if i ask what your settings are to get to 3.3Ghz on the 5600+ with the M2N-SLI?
I'm currently at 3.2 with that same mobo, been trying to get to 3.3 for a while now.

Also what fans are you using on the RAD?

Ziox

yah well my multiplier is 13x with a voltage of 1.400 DDR2 Voltage 2.20 Cpu frequency 250mhz my ram timings are 4-4-4-15 and i had to set the ram frequency down to 667mhz in bios then with the overclock it puts it back up to 832mhz. For my rad I am using these http://www.petrastechshop.com/12yalod1cafa.html and these http://www.petrastechshop.com/12scsysstcaf4.html

Ziox

~:Update:~

So today i just ordered acrylic and some fans for my door this is what i ordered.



This should be coming on Monday or Tuesday. PS the reason why I got 2 is I didnt know which one to pick, one with fans or not so i got them both.

Ziox

~Update~


Well srry for not updating in a while alot has happened.

1# I got my window installed
2#Mobo fried
3#graphic card fried (getting replaced by XFX now)
4#modified ram sinks on graphics card (1 week before it fried)

Well I'm buying a new mobo and cpu. I'm going to go with Intel because I'm disappointed with amd and to try something new. So this is what board I was thinking http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188026 and the cpu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115037.

Here are some pics of the window








A pic of my new modified ram sinks


I redid my loop now it looks cleaner

Ziox

1# So i got my new mobo. I decided to get a XFX 780i and a Q6600.
2# Also I got my Graphics card replaced : ) but the faceplate was bent and twisted so i had to bend it back with pliers.

So far Iv got my Q6600 to 3.5ghz stable but i know i can go farther.

~:Pics in a bit:~