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Long story short: Good performing but cheap and compact water cooling loop.
I just bought a CoolIt ECO from another member on OCN for a decent price for a brand new unused unit. I was thinking of modding the radiator to a 240. It's a thin black ice radiator, but it can't cool worse than the stock one because it's a 240 can it.. I made this thread with the intention of asking questions, and posting progress if anyone else cares to watch. I plan to change the tubing as well. If it turns out that I kill the ECO, I still have a Megahalems to fall back to
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The 240 was left over from a year ago when I had a dedicated WC loop, but I abandoned it. Now I've just upgraded to an i7 930 system that I've been saving up for a long time for and I don't want a very tight crammed case so I'm trying to stick to something compact.
Expect this to start in about a week or so, when I get the cooler.
56k safe unless clicking the picture links.
I intend to also use the cooler stock for a few days to get the temperatures to compare to later. Otherwise, what's the basis of this experiment with nothing to compare to...
Progress:
Finding the perfect location for the radiator.
Disassembly, replacing the tubing, replacing the fluid
Stock temperatures and a picture
The actual point of the mod
I just bought a CoolIt ECO from another member on OCN for a decent price for a brand new unused unit. I was thinking of modding the radiator to a 240. It's a thin black ice radiator, but it can't cool worse than the stock one because it's a 240 can it.. I made this thread with the intention of asking questions, and posting progress if anyone else cares to watch. I plan to change the tubing as well. If it turns out that I kill the ECO, I still have a Megahalems to fall back to

The 240 was left over from a year ago when I had a dedicated WC loop, but I abandoned it. Now I've just upgraded to an i7 930 system that I've been saving up for a long time for and I don't want a very tight crammed case so I'm trying to stick to something compact.
Expect this to start in about a week or so, when I get the cooler.
56k safe unless clicking the picture links.
I intend to also use the cooler stock for a few days to get the temperatures to compare to later. Otherwise, what's the basis of this experiment with nothing to compare to...
Progress:
Finding the perfect location for the radiator.
Disassembly, replacing the tubing, replacing the fluid
Stock temperatures and a picture
The actual point of the mod