Have been running the rig for a while now.
Temps after a long night with Silent Hunter IV...
cpu, Core 2 Q9450 - never went above 31 degree. Normally runs 26-28 degree
motherboard, Asus P5Q - max. 39 degree, norm 34 degree
gpu, Gigabyte HD5870 - max 48 degree, norm 42-44 degree
Amazing what water - combined with 8 (eight) fans - can do for your system
Thanks for the kind words!
But credits should go to Fractal Design for their brilliant design.
Would like to redo the wiring, maybe paint the chromed radiator sides black and of course also watercool the graphics card.
Alas I'm too busy building
the final rig, so this one is on the way to it's new owner.
Was very tempted to keep it, but still wants a smaller design... preferable something like this:
or this...
- but unfortunately a 5970 is gigantic! Enormeous!
The Silverstone desktop is less than an inch away from
not being able to house it...