Images from my water cooling project back in summer 2002. The computer is long gone and has been replaced several times. Images is only for historical reasons. The project was low budget as I was unemployed during that time. the temperature during high intensive load would reach above 46°C during summer.

the computer running smoth without use of CPU fans. It was possible to lower the PSU fan down to 5V making it almoust noiseless. The next project was to replace the fans in the PSU with water cooling and the disk-drives, however that goal was never achieved.

The heater is from a old FIAT 127 mounted on the side of the cabinet.

Close up of the heater.

In the buttom, the pump is mounted. 230V AC is pulled from the power supply. The pump is an eheim with roughly 600liters per hour. Enough flow to eliminate boubles in the water.

Testing the CPU water cooler fits before mounting it on the system.

Testing that the CPU cooler fits.

Testing that the CPU cooler fits.

The heater before mounting it.

Mounted the water pipes and pump in the cabinet.

Testing whether it was possible to overclock the CPU if the temperatur was lower. Used icecubes to cool the waater.

Testing whether it was possible to overclock the CPU if the temperatur was lower. Used icecubes to cool the waater.

Operating mode with icecubes.

Operating mode with icecubes.

Operating mode with icecubes.