PSU watercooling sketch

WildMaN[DND] · **Posted:** Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:10 am

Going to try such waterblock in a FSP460-60PFN PSU. Sure will make photos and post results

Nebor · **Joined:** Tue Mar 02, 2004 2:42 pm **Posts:** 90

So tell me... on Soviet Russia, do you electricute the power supply? :lol:

moparchris · **Posted:** Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:10 pm

are the yellow squares where mosfets will go ? because i think it would work better if the water was flowing over the area the heat is coming from - just my opinion

good luck though man :wink:

WildMaN[DND] · **Posted:** Mon Jul 05, 2004 9:48 pm

http://www.wildman.ru/psu1.jpg
http://www.wildman.ru/psu2.jpg
http://www.wildman.ru/psu3.jpg
http://www.wildman.ru/psu4.jpg
http://www.wildman.ru/psu5.jpg

moparchris · **Posted:** Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:00 pm

nice... now you've got me wanting to try it

does anything else in that PSU except the mosfets get hot/warm ?

WildMaN[DND] · **Posted:** Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:45 pm

Coils do, but i wonder do they need cooling at all. Tests will show, when i finish new fancy cover for the PSU.

moparchris · **Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:14 am

sweet, also can you tell me how big is that block in diamiter ?

WildMaN[DND] · **Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:50 am

It was designed to fit into standard 80mm cooler holes. I will try to make normal photos of block standalone with acrylic cover, but there is a sketch in original post.

WildMaN[DND] · **Posted:** Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:12 pm

http://www.wildman.ru/psu7.jpg
http://www.wildman.ru/psu8.jpg
http://www.wildman.ru/psu9.jpg
http://www.wildman.ru/psu10.jpg
http://www.wildman.ru/psu11.jpg

Made a safe test on two old harddrives. Voltages normal, scope diagrams normal. Started my PC without water system connected, ran a 3Dmark once. Waterblock was hot. Finaly, a normal test with Reserator connected:

http://www.wildman.ru/psu6.jpg
http://www.wildman.ru/psu_test.jpg

So preliminary conclusions - succesfull installation, powerfull and dead silent.

And a small bonus:
http://www.wildman.ru/zalman_inside.jpg

Seal · **Posted:** Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:34 am

Nice project! Very professionally done WB too. I'd love to be able to try the same thing if i had the equipment. What was the pic of the inside of the zalman for? Any mods done to it?

BTW are you going to use the reserator to cool the cpu too? or just the psu? cooling a PSU is VERY demanding.

moparchris · **Posted:** Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:15 pm

nice.. im gonna get me some copper when i get the time and i'll make a block similar to this and ill have the output of the block on the outside of the case (i have an external setup) so i can have the tubing go straight into the computer, through the cpu block then through the hdd and gpu blocks then through the PSU lock and out the case.

but yeah that block looks real good, and the wiring :wink:

moree pics

whats the cover gonna look like ? im thinking for mine just prettymuch a frame and wire mesh, sortof like Bladerunners (http://zfz.com/projects.asp?request=enermaxupdate)

WildMaN[DND] · **Posted:** Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:41 pm

WB is factory made. My friend makes and sells waterblocks, so i've ordered few custom pieces, this one for PSU, two for video RAM on X800, two for usual DDR

Zalman pic was just for fun, not everyone seen in from inside

Final installation will feature two Reserators, one hot loop CPU-GPU-NB and second cold loop PSU-HDD-VRAM-DRAM. Running HDD in same loop with CPU and GPU is really bad idea, i've tested it.

More pics will be in an article i plan to write after finishing it. Block will be installed in 80mm cooler hole and top cover will be replaced with acrylic one.

PSU watercooling sketch

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