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Water cooled 6800GT with Kingwin AWC-1 in Shuttle

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dworley

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The new Kingwin AWC-1 Arctic water cooling kit fits nicely inside of my Shuttle SB75G2! Temperatures were lowered approximately 5 degrees for the CPU and GPU.

I must say I am very impressed with this product, this is my first water cooling experience and it couldn't have gone smoother!

I was not sure if there would be fitment issues but it all went in without a hitch. The main cooling unit replaced my CDRW/DVD drive in the 5 1/4 bay and the external radiator fit where the ICE fan /shroud mounts. (The water resevoir is also contained within the main unit so the radiator and water blocks are the only external parts.) I did leave the main unit sticking out about 3/8 inch in the front of the CD bay so as not to cram the hoses excessively, but it looks fine and allows access to the water filling hole better anyway.

I also was able to mount the included GPU block on my BFG 6800GT after removing the stock fan and heat sink. For this to work I had to use the stock screws with the stock rear mounting plate to get the block mounted over the GPU. (I also used Thermaltake Copper ram sinks on the memory chips after removing the stock heat sink)

Previously when using the detect optimal frequencies option for overclocking my 6800GT the best it would detect was 419 / 109 - However I had to back it down to 409/109 to run a clean 3dmark 2003 test with no artifacts. With water cooling it detects 427/111 as optimal and I can run these settings with 3dmark 2003 with no artifacts for a score of 12527 (P4 3.2 - no overclocking).


Hope this helps anyone who was looking at this water cooling kit!



Shuttle w/ 6800GT water cooled

Pic #2
 
It's very quiet with the main unit fan set to low, the 6800GT was the loudest fan in the system previously so it is very quiet now!

Here's a pic showing a better view of the Radiator

AWC-1 Close up
 
Does this mean you do not have any fans other than the one on the radiator?
Doesn't the hard drive or the RAM need air flow for cooling?
 
awsome set up you have there man. ME likey

How much did the water cooling set up cost you? and where did you get it ? 😀
 
Since the radiator is located in the same place as the stock Shuttle "ICE" heat pipe fan assy. it should function as normal for air flow. The sides are mesh also which should help and I can add a PCI slot fan also if necessary.

It lists for $99 from several places but out of stock, bought from newegg for $119 however I see they jacked up the price to $134.99 and out of stock.

Try xoxide or zipzoomfly

-Dave
 
Sweet I just ordered this and some copper ram sinks for my video card. All the reviews say this is a great setup esspecially for the price. I can't wait to get it 🙂
 
Damn Xoxide just barely shipped my stuff... arr won't be here till Tuesday/Wednedsay....

I guess thats how you get customers. Say something is in stock and then say its not a couple days later.. Good company!!!
 
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