Make:

• Computer costume from the 80s will make you revisit DOS
• Custom wall mounted renderfarm
• HOW TO - OS X on the MSI Wind
• How To: Guitar/Mic Port on a PC
• Capacitor bank will discharge in a hurry
• LEGO Mac Pro houses 2 machines

"a few bucks" in this case does NOT mean cheap. This is a fantastically expensive watercooling setup, but he does a great job building custom waterblocks for his Asus Striker II motherboard, which is undoubtably the highlight of the build. He also has a phenomenal system as it is, so it's pretty obvious he's not strapped for cash. Good idea for the watercooling enthusiasts out there with access to milling machines. :b

First, the title could not be more wrong. This is not a howto guide for watercooling your PC on the cheap. This is somebody showing off a cost-no-object cooling setup, and commercial off-the-shelf components were used wherever possible.

Second, this isn't exactly news. Water cooling has been around since computer components required heatsinks, and nowadays it's easy to pick up everything you need in a packaged kit. This particular forum post happens to exhibit a particularly thorough build.

The only part that's particularly interesting is the custom-machined waterblock for the northbridge and voltage regulators on the motherboard. Designing your own waterblock has many precedents (http://www.google.com/search?q=custom+waterblock) but few people go so far as to cool everything on the motherboard.

Posted by: Shadyman on July 17, 2008 at 11:37 AM

I was waiting for a picture of a water-filled bucket :)

Subscribe today, save 42% and get web access to MAKE free. MAKE Digital Edition is available only to subscribers.

$34.95 / 1 year
(4 Quarterly Issues)

Subscribe now