- Updated Water cooled workstation in 2005 -
In 2005 i replaced the small chassi (Se text 'First Water cooled PC in 2004') With a Mercury Miditower 'Apple G5 lookalike' chassi.

Used parts / equipment
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Mercury Miditower with LCD-display. 
WaterChill CPU waterblock, BlackIce 120x120 radiator, Eheim pump.  

Motherboard : ABIT KV8 PRO
CPU         : AMD Athlon 64 3200 @2250Mhz
Memory      : TwinMOS PC3200 1024Mb NoECC
HardDisk 1  : WesternDigital WD1600JD 160Gb
HardDisk 2  : WesternDigital WD1600JD 160Gb
Grafic      : RADEON 9250 PRO 128Mb
Soundcard   : M-Audio DELTA AP192
powersupply : 430W ANTEC TRUEPOWER II ATX12V 2.0 ATX

Measured temperatures
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CPU Temp    : 45dgrC normal 49dgrC max (IN BIOS)
SYS Temp    : 34dgrC normal 42dgrC max (IN BIOS)
PWM Temp    : 28dgrC (IN BIOS)
HDD 1 Temp  : 41dgrC normal 48dgrC max (By Speedfan)
HDD 2 Temp  : 41dgrC normal 48dgrC max (By Speedfan)

Measured voltage data (IN BIOS)
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Vcore       : 1.53V    NB Voltage     2.6V
DDR Voltage : 2.74V    HT Voltage     1.26V
DDR VTT     : 1.4V     AGP VDDQ       1.60V
ATX +3,3V   : 3.43V    Standb. +5V    5.21V
ATX +5V     : 5.18V    3V Dual        3.40V

Measured noice
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No measurement done!
About the PC-Cabinet


Conclusion
This one is really quiet! And the price for nice water cooling parts is going down. I use the same parts, exept for the waterblock in an other computer but this one is much more quiet?? And i cant realy pinpoint the reason for this?


Side view


Front viev


The complete installation

Also read about my First Water cooled PC in 2004
And my Water cooled PC-Server @ home
Details of my water cooled ATX Powersupply

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