Project Watertunnel

**bomberboysk** · 10-09-2009, 01:51 AM

Anyone who has ever owned an xclio windtunnel(Or windtunnel advanced in my case) or has looked at one for more than a minute hows how hard it is to watercool one of these. I Ended up going the watercooling route, kind of a pain especially when you see the pump/res placement.

Parts List:
*XSPC RS360 Radiator- Bought from Jab-Tech
*10ft Clearflex 60 3/4" OD 1/2" ID Tubing(I highly recommend this stuff, just as good as tygon for less than 1/3rd the price) -Bought from Jab-Tech
*XSPC ddc Res Top- Bought from Jab-Tech
*Liang DDC 3.2(MCP355)- Bought From Jab-tech
*40mm Kaze Ultra fan(For northbridge, not watercooling but i did it along with the rest of the watercooling) - Bought from Jab-tech
*4x Dangerden Fatboy 1/2" G1/4 barbs(Pump/res and Rad) - Bought from Jab-tech
*Two 10 packs(20x) Black anodized Thumbscrews(Replaced the silver side panel screws aswell as the tooless pci system)- Bought from Jab-Tech
*12" Pure Silver Strip(Wound into a coil and put into tube directly before res(biocide) - Bought from Jab-Tech
*Bitspower Radiator Support 1 - Bought from Jab-tech
*6x Worm Drive Hose Clamps- Hardware Store
*6x Coolermaster R4 120mm Fans(90CFM @ 20dba) Blue LED - XoXide(Going out of business sale got em for like $5 each)
*Shin Etsu X23-7783D- Had it on hand(obviously

)
*Two Hose grommets 1 1/16" OD 3/4" ID(To route tubing outside case)
*Coolant is Distilled water

Inside Case:

Pump/Res:

Res/Pump without flash: (You can see the biocide silver coil in the tubing on the inlet)

Rad:

Tubing/Grommets:

Thumbscrews on expansion slots:(I love how xclio has holes there for the screwdriver)

Very impressed with how it turned out, need to finalize a few small areas yet(Such as cable management,fill in the now open expansion card slot because i removed the fan controller, clean the dust from pcb of mobo/gpu/sound card), and replace the adhesive pad for the pump with screws but other than that is great

Also need to clean up that rear 120mm fan hole, i removed the grill from it when i got the case and never got around to totally cleaning it up. Plus i may end up putting a 120.1 on there...

Right now my temps are idle around 45c/45c/35c/35c, and load at 60c/60c/58c/58c. Im holding off on posting screenshots though until about a week or so once the system is ~99.9% bled and the shin etsu has had time for the solvents to evaporate.

FairDoos · 10-09-2009, 02:00 AM

Paint the inside of your case and get some purple cold cathodes in that beast it would look amazing! Nice work man

**bomberboysk** · 10-09-2009, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FairDoos

Paint the inside of your case and get some purple cold cathodes in that beast it would look amazing! Nice work man

Been debating on it, but if i did that id end up leaving the side panel off 24/7 as it doesnt have a window hehe

-Added better pictures of the pump/res-

The loudest thing now in my case is the gpu fan...previously i never felt it was that loud hehe.

FairDoos · 10-09-2009, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bomberboysk

Been debating on it, but if i did that id end up leaving the side panel off 24/7 as it doesnt have a window hehe

-Added better pictures of the pump/res-

The loudest thing now in my case is the gpu fan...previously i never felt it was that loud hehe.

Haha nice, Make a window

Ive been watching Youtube videos and MNPCTECH gave a good tutorial on how to create a window, Want me to find it for you?

**bomberboysk** · 10-09-2009, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FairDoos

Haha nice, Make a window

Ive been watching Youtube videos and MNPCTECH gave a good tutorial on how to create a window, Want me to find it for you?

Well, look up my case and youll see what im talking about. Ive modded windows in before, but id have to make an entirely new side panel in order to do so.(I have two 250mm fans on the side of my case, even if i put a window in it would be at the top ~6" and show me nothing but the power supply)

Quote:

Originally Posted by brian

make the fan vent... non-lethal.

Hehe, i took a pair of tin snips to that vent back over a year ago when i had a fan there with crappy static pressure that wouldnt push well through the vent but had good cfm. Im going to clean it up with a dremel or something though this weekend

Ramomar · 10-11-2009, 02:31 AM

Looks good dude, all you need is a paint job and you'll be set

Quote:

Originally Posted by bomberboysk

Hehe, i took a pair of tin snips to that vent back over a year ago when i had a fan there with crappy static pressure that wouldnt push well through the vent but had good cfm. Im going to clean it up with a dremel or something though this weekend

And you might wanna put some window molding or "u-channel" in because after the dremmel, it will still be kinda lethal, lol

**brian** · 10-09-2009, 02:05 AM

make the fan vent... non-lethal.

ScottALot · 10-09-2009, 02:30 AM

Waaaah I wish I had money. : (

But great job!

**bomberboysk** · 10-09-2009, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottALot

Waaaah I wish I had money. : (

But great job!

Winning a $220 psu and selling it for $175 really tends to help budgets for something you dont necessarily "need"

ScottALot · 10-09-2009, 03:18 AM

Oh, yah, I forgot about that. Congrats again.

10-09-2009, 01:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
bomberboysk Moderator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northeast Ohio, But mainly infront of computer Age: 16 Posts: 8,066	Project Watertunnel Anyone who has ever owned an xclio windtunnel(Or windtunnel advanced in my case) or has looked at one for more than a minute hows how hard it is to watercool one of these. I Ended up going the watercooling route, kind of a pain especially when you see the pump/res placement. Parts List: XSPC RS360 Radiator- Bought from Jab-Tech 10ft Clearflex 60 3/4" OD 1/2" ID Tubing(I highly recommend this stuff, just as good as tygon for less than 1/3rd the price) -Bought from Jab-Tech XSPC ddc Res Top- Bought from Jab-Tech Liang DDC 3.2(MCP355)- Bought From Jab-tech 40mm Kaze Ultra fan(For northbridge, not watercooling but i did it along with the rest of the watercooling) - Bought from Jab-tech 4x Dangerden Fatboy 1/2" G1/4 barbs(Pump/res and Rad) - Bought from Jab-tech Two 10 packs(20x) Black anodized Thumbscrews(Replaced the silver side panel screws aswell as the tooless pci system)- Bought from Jab-Tech 12" Pure Silver Strip(Wound into a coil and put into tube directly before res(biocide) - Bought from Jab-Tech Bitspower Radiator Support 1 - Bought from Jab-tech 6x Worm Drive Hose Clamps- Hardware Store 6x Coolermaster R4 120mm Fans(90CFM @ 20dba) Blue LED - XoXide(Going out of business sale got em for like $5 each) Shin Etsu X23-7783D- Had it on hand(obviously) Two Hose grommets 1 1/16" OD 3/4" ID(To route tubing outside case) Coolant is Distilled water Inside Case: Pump/Res: Res/Pump without flash: (You can see the biocide silver coil in the tubing on the inlet) Rad: Tubing/Grommets: Thumbscrews on expansion slots:(I love how xclio has holes there for the screwdriver) Very impressed with how it turned out, need to finalize a few small areas yet(Such as cable management,fill in the now open expansion card slot because i removed the fan controller, clean the dust from pcb of mobo/gpu/sound card), and replace the adhesive pad for the pump with screws but other than that is great Also need to clean up that rear 120mm fan hole, i removed the grill from it when i got the case and never got around to totally cleaning it up. Plus i may end up putting a 120.1 on there... Right now my temps are idle around 45c/45c/35c/35c, and load at 60c/60c/58c/58c. Im holding off on posting screenshots though until about a week or so once the system is ~99.9% bled and the shin etsu has had time for the solvents to evaporate. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.90Ghz Custom Water Loop \| Mobo: EVGA 790i Ultra SLI \| GPU: 9800gtx and GTS250 in SLI\| Ram: 4GB(2 x 2gb) 1333Mhz ddr3 \| Case: Xclio WTBKAdvanced \| Sound: X-fi Fatal1ty Championship, Z-5500 5.1 Surround\| HDD: 2x Raid 0 7200.11 500gb \| PSU: Zalman ZM-1000HP \|OS: Windows 7 Enterprise x64\| Dont skimp on a power supply,if it fails, it usually takes out other components alongside it. New? Dont forget to read the rules, Know them so you dont break them:) My Heatware Last edited by bomberboysk; 10-09-2009 at 02:33 AM.

10-09-2009, 02:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
FairDoos Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Manchester, UK Age: 16 Posts: 1,264	Paint the inside of your case and get some purple cold cathodes in that beast it would look amazing! Nice work man __________________ CPU:AMD Phenom II 955 BE X4 @ 3.4GHz GPU: ASUS ATi 4890 HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda RAM: 4GB (2 X 2GB) Dominator GT RAM CPU Cooler: Tuniq Tower 120 Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair Formula III

10-09-2009, 02:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
brian Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 17 Posts: 4,956	make the fan vent... non-lethal. __________________ Nauru our homeland, the land we dearly love

10-09-2009, 02:30 AM	#8 (permalink)
ScottALot Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Janesville, Wisconsin Posts: 1,256	Waaaah I wish I had money. : ( But great job! __________________ http://www.scottalot.webs.com/ For Quality Computers Built by Yours Truly Scott a Lot, a lot of Scott. GAMERTAG: XxScotTrickxX , ADD ME DREAM AS IF YOU'LL LIVE FOREVER, LIVE AS IF YOU'LL DIE TODAY -- James Dean MotherBOARD

10-09-2009, 03:18 AM	#10 (permalink)
ScottALot Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Janesville, Wisconsin Posts: 1,256	Oh, yah, I forgot about that. Congrats again. __________________ http://www.scottalot.webs.com/ For Quality Computers Built by Yours Truly Scott a Lot, a lot of Scott. GAMERTAG: XxScotTrickxX , ADD ME DREAM AS IF YOU'LL LIVE FOREVER, LIVE AS IF YOU'LL DIE TODAY -- James Dean MotherBOARD

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