Well I finally got tired of my noisy home theater PC. It just didn't matter what type of CPU cooler I installed you could still hear it from my couch. Even the Silverado makes noise and the heat build up inside of the case was becomming a problem.
I'm sorry for the poor quality of these photos. My digital camera was having a bad day. They should at least get the point across.
Here is a shot of the AMD 1700+ XP CPU. The thermal grease seems to have errrr, spread from the prior application when I installed a Silverado fan.
I had to mount the radiator outside of the case. A quick Home Depot run and I had some #8 screws and nylon spacers. I had to drill a pair of 3/16 inch holes in the case itself. Note the thermoisister I taped in front of the radiator.
Close up shot of the water block mounted to the CPU.
Side shot of the CPU water block and the radiator. Power supply removed.
The entire cooling system is finished and the pump is running. Leak check!
Front view so you can see the pump.
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Last updated: Sat Oct 5 15:17:51 CDT 2002