First Ever Watercooled BTX Gateway Computer

[Watswat5]

BTW, not all CPU coolers that are 775 comatable fit on a BTX mobo. Actually, you HAVE to have a BTX cooler for that, unless you have a drill and some screws handy. Maybe you DO have to have a specific waterblock for BTX, just like with the cpu cooler...

[Watswat5]

hey i just bought a btx mobo, do u know where to get a case and cpu cooler cheap?

[prowler82]

I buy all my stuff from frozen cpu.

[bobiana289]

Hey like the video, if i were you i would take a piece of tape or some thing and cover that gap between the 120mm to 80mm converter just not getting the most air flow through the rad. :)

[prowler82]

yeah this computer is long gone. I took it appart about a year ago.

[Fretkillr]

Screw all the internal plumbing. I just put my tower in a small refrigerator and run at 45 degrees F. It was a far cheaper solution and there's even room for beer.

[BarrelRoll369]

Careful with that man, the condensation can bugger your pc

[MegaHolymoly]

@Fretkillr I bet you did that... Refrigerators put off condensation = water. And water on computer components are a BIG no no. You'll fry everything.

Nice Trolling.

[popothecatathome]

to get better temps.. go from pump > cpu> radiator in the front of the case> to the GPU > then to the back radiator> and back to the pump

[2007FORLife]

...? how the hell can you have it going from the cpu to the radiator and to the gpu if the radiator only has 2 water holes? More like:

Pump > CPU > GPU > Radiator > Hard Drive > Pump

Get your facts right, this is one of the most known water cooling setup..

[neotees]

I don't understand why you need a "BTX" waterblock. The E6700 is socket 775 so as long as you have CPU waterblock that is 775 compatible it will fit your motherboard. BTX refers to the orientation of the components in side, so ATX/BTX is irrelevant to the water cooling products.

[prowler82]

It's not the block, but the brackets that hold the block. it is different from ATX.

[quasardz]

dell xps 730 or 720 or watever it its is water cooled.

[nicanis2000]

I love the customization! -- Well done.

[kicksomedude]

Nice Computer, And I Did Like It.

[footballidiot57]

looks freakin awsome, good job. What really sucks is that a year ago that computer was great. But now you can get a gateway about 4 times better for 600 bucks. lol Which is what I got. Have you gotten an upgrade since?

[MXhm91]

if you have watercooled your system why don't you overclock your E6700?

[prowler82]

Because the mother board did not support overclocking :(

[MXhm91]

that sucks =/

[gameswindows]

BFG nVIDIA 7950GT OC GDDR3 512MB :) GOOD!!!

[ba55foreva]

it would be a bugar if it started to leak lol!!!!!

=]

[prowler82]

I did twice, by the video card. I redid it and it was fine then

[Acroix707]

its very nice but if ur running a 2.6 processer and a 7950 g force do u really need 2 raidators? its a very cool dsign but it u get a 700-800 liter per hour pump should do?

[Zlatzman]

Have ever you tried running the water from the pump -> CPU -> radiator 1 -> GPU -> radiator 2 -> pump? Just curious what difference (good or bad) it would make.

[prowler82]

I think is just a personal diference. I have tried both ways and I got the same results.

[noelgsal]

i have an intel D955xcs motherboard. i am interested to put together a computer using this motherboard. Can you tell me the hardware that i would need to do that and where to find them? Thanks

[prowler82]

I don't understand. do you want a watercooling or just build a regular rig?

[RebelForce8]

why is it pink..!? dude youre a gaygamer

[propaintballa]

Not on the Graphics card :P

[prowler82]

oh yeah now i know what you meant. Yes it will fit fine, but the problem I was having is that the position the card was didn't leave me enough room to run the tubing.

[propaintballa]

Ah right. Nice rig though man

[propaintballa]

And any water block will still fit it. doesnt matter if its BTX. Just means its upside down lol.

[prowler82]

no it will not fit. BTX brackets are different.

[agntroboy1995]

where did u get ur btx brackets im water cooling my btx i just neeed to know where u got them. thx

[SPANGO0]

i think maxishine was first

[prowler82]

hmmm before I did this I browsed youtube and i turned it inside out and I couldn't find anything.

[propaintballa]

NOt everyone in the world posts on Youtube lol.

[SPANGO0]

yeh with u brotha

[warrepic]

him block for vga is suck :(

[prowler82]

The waterblock is one of the best and the graphics card is good one. I wouldn't trade that card for the lower models 8 sereis.

[plkj13]

hey i remember seeing that! They are very nice computers! Congrats!

[sweetaznate]

GRREEEEAATE!!!! Dammit now I gotta step my game up! Thanks a lot man!

[Voudim]

so ur saying btx brackets are larger then then atx?

[prowler82]

no. BTX is a different format motherboard. everything is inverted. The mounting wholes for the cpu are different than ATX, they are spread farther appart.

[RickArter]

Friend has the 7950gt as well card is beefy in games. Great job I think it is a first at least a first where it looks bad-ass. Great job like your style.

[prowler82]

Thank for the complement. You have no idea the torture i went to water cooling this midget. :P I had many trips to the hardware store and local shop to find parts that would allow me to fit everything in. You page rocks too. you have lots of cool stuff!

[Michalis2345]

no to mash mad work but nice try man nice. get a better case and u l be fine

[prowler82]

It's all about the challenge to watercool this micro small case. but thanks for the input!

[davidbarrel]

That's nice man. Would you please tell me the measures of a btx mainboard? I believe they are smaller than atx and even micro atx (24x24mm).

I'm about to make a more like....portable computer but with certain power (not like miniitx) andd...well..btx and microatx seem to be the choice.

thanks in advance

keep posting:)

[prowler82]

my motherboard measures an unbelievable 10.4 × 10.5 inches. pretty small huh! :)

[legus3]

need a better video card

[prowler82]

Why? I think that video card still kicks ass. It gets the job done very well. 7950 is still a good card, besides I'm waiting till PCI Express 2.0 and the nVidia new line of video cards to come out. :)

[AirPlus1]

Anyone knows if there will be a refresh of the current gtx/ultra models any time soon?

[Foxontherun2]

looks cool. you should change that video card tho : )

[prowler82]

No need. the 7950GT is still aswesome card and does the job well. I load all my games with no lags and glitches. everything cranked up to maximum. I'm gonna wait for the nVidia series 9 to come up before upgrading. :)

[Michalis2345]

nice! :) i waiting for the armor + case i love it!

[Maverick5588]

Very nice pc man, could we get some bench marks or anything like that?

[hsew]

I loved the build by the way. But I thought you get errors if you move files between two hard drives of different speeds?

[prowler82]

I never got any errors.

[AirPlus1]

Nice setup. Who did you get the leak in the gpu cooler?

[prowler82]

GPU water block is from DangerDen

[AirPlus1]

Sorry that was realy stupid of me. I meant how? How did the leak thing happen?

[prowler82]

Back pressure because the tube was not tighly secured besides i used the wrong ziplock to tie the tube to the fitting. My mistake was i used a ziplock, like the ones you get from the local hardware store instead of using the appropriate ziplocks made for water cooling.

[curlzboi]

is that swifttech? or... what kind of cooling

[prowler82]

It's a custom cooling system. All parts were bought independently and assembled by me. Here is a break down:

Danger Den = 2 80mm BlackIce dualpass radiators

Danger Den = VGA Koosha Waterblock

Koolance = CPU Waterblock with BTX Brackets

Swiftech = Low profile 12V pump

[who8that2]

Don't have a clue what all that means, but it looks cool. My rule of thumb: Water+Electronics= No No. :D

[prowler82]

You have to make sure you seal everything, threads and all, but the system does not use just water. The liquid inside is a special coolant that is "non-conductive" so it's pretty safe, but still you wouldn't want any leaks ;)

[0V3CHKiN]

How much did your computer cost? Just curious to compare the cost from them vs building your own. Where is the PSU? Must be in a different spot for a BTX case.

Nice system though. Congrats on getting the watercooling system in there.

[prowler82]

Thanks mate! This system was a x-mas gift so it didn't cost me anything. What I did tho was upgrade some of the hard ware like CPU, RAM, VIDEO CARD, and put in a raptor HDD. The final cost of all the updates plus the watercooling was about $1000. The PSU is in the same spot as a regular ATX, top rear of the chassis. I uploaded some pics on photobucket, just check out my profile "prowler82" I have some albuns there.

[mexicanpride2006]

fucking computer nerds, waste of time, waste of life

[darkshiv]

Waste of life? Hey were probably going to get more in life than you if you play sports, literly no one really gets on the pro sports teams. And well be programing disks and games while you are wasing dishes or doing some low minimum wage job.

[darkshiv]

Nice rig, looks cool also.

[prowler82]

thanks!!

[jaradwebb]

i have a antec p180b case, a asus m2n-e motherboard, a evga 8800gts 320mb, a amd 64 x2 4600+, 2 250gb wd hard drives in raid 0, 1 gb corsair xms ram, and i will soon be over clocking the cpu and watercooling it.

[prowler82]

Very nice... post some pics or a vid when you do watercool it. I wanna see it!

[prowler82]

Well given that the case is super small, microBTX and that I didn't have space to do much with it I think it came out decent. I admit it is a bit messy, but mostly because the case is just too small for all the crap I put in there :P... but nonetheless this is the first microBTX/BTX case I have ever seen watercooled anywhere, and people have told me that to watercool this baby would be near impossible.

[chikarcas]

sucks

[prowler82]

Show me yours then...

[adamp2]

nice

[prowler82]

Thanks!!! I appreciate it. Next year I'm going to put a really nice one together, and soon as I do that I'll put it here.