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Crazy Larry
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Some of the pics didn't come out as planned, so there will be a gap or two 
I had some heat issues with a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop with a C2D T7400 and nvidia 8600m gt. Something I always wanted to try was to liquid cool it, so I scrounged up some old parts I had lying around and went to work.
The biggest issue with this project were size and voltage. There is not much room inside the chassis. I decided to take out the fan which was cooling the heatpipes and replace it with a water block. It took me a while to find the right block that would fit in there. I ended up using parts from a Coolermaster Aquagate Duo Viva (pic for reference only)
One of the blocks has a built in pump, while the other is just the water block. The toughest part of the build would be the heatpipes themselves. They are copper with fins attached directly to the heatpipe. Once removed with a pair of pliers, I sanded each one flat. Don't have a pic of the vid heatsink or the removal process (sorry) but here is a shot of the cpu heatsink:
After disassembling the Aquagate Duo Viva kit, doing some sanding at the bottom of the chassis and removing the air duct on the side of the laptop, I installed the pumpless block.
I wasn't able to cover both sides of the heatpipe as I originally planned due to space issues, but I believe this should be sufficient. Used an old cpu mounting bracket and screws, which I had to make a few alterations to, to hold everything down. Sorry, no pic but you can see the mounting bracket in the pic next to the heat exchanger.
Next we need the pump, heat exchanger, and reservoir. The pump is the other block from the Duo Viva kit
Next, we have the heat exchanger. This, I bought at a Auto Zone. It is a heat exchanger for an automatic transmission.
And the reservoir is a Swiftech Micro Rev. 2
Gave it a test run, and worked great! Temps do not get above 50c under full load!
The only thing left was to find it a nice home and cool the heat exchanger with a fan
The fan was taken from a cheap laptop cooler purchased from ebay. The case was also bought on ebay...I believe it was a 13" or 14" laptop carrying case. It was attached to the back of the lcd. I used a external connector from a Evercool water cooler (I believe the WC-301) to allow the tubes to pass between the case and the block. The pump and fan are run off 2 separate usb connectors.
Pros:
Fantastic temps
Super quiet - The hard drive is the loudest thing on this computer right now (I use the cd modular bay for a 2nd hard drive)
Cons:
Weighs more than before
Added a pic of desktop showing lappy running the Folding@Home CPU & GPU clients. As you can see from the pic, the temps are 52c for the CPU and 44c for the GPU. I'm thinking of breaking the system down to put SIIG Diamond Thermal Grease on the CPU/GPU/Chipset/Water Block. If I do, I'll take more pics.
I had some heat issues with a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop with a C2D T7400 and nvidia 8600m gt. Something I always wanted to try was to liquid cool it, so I scrounged up some old parts I had lying around and went to work.
The biggest issue with this project were size and voltage. There is not much room inside the chassis. I decided to take out the fan which was cooling the heatpipes and replace it with a water block. It took me a while to find the right block that would fit in there. I ended up using parts from a Coolermaster Aquagate Duo Viva (pic for reference only
)
One of the blocks has a built in pump, while the other is just the water block. The toughest part of the build would be the heatpipes themselves. They are copper with fins attached directly to the heatpipe. Once removed with a pair of pliers, I sanded each one flat. Don't have a pic of the vid heatsink or the removal process (sorry) but here is a shot of the cpu heatsink:
After disassembling the Aquagate Duo Viva kit, doing some sanding at the bottom of the chassis and removing the air duct on the side of the laptop, I installed the pumpless block.
I wasn't able to cover both sides of the heatpipe as I originally planned due to space issues, but I believe this should be sufficient. Used an old cpu mounting bracket and screws, which I had to make a few alterations to, to hold everything down. Sorry, no pic but you can see the mounting bracket in the pic next to the heat exchanger.
Next we need the pump, heat exchanger, and reservoir. The pump is the other block from the Duo Viva kit
Next, we have the heat exchanger. This, I bought at a Auto Zone. It is a heat exchanger for an automatic transmission.
And the reservoir is a Swiftech Micro Rev. 2
Gave it a test run, and worked great! Temps do not get above 50c under full load!
The only thing left was to find it a nice home and cool the heat exchanger with a fan
The fan was taken from a cheap laptop cooler purchased from ebay. The case was also bought on ebay...I believe it was a 13" or 14" laptop carrying case. It was attached to the back of the lcd. I used a external connector from a Evercool water cooler (I believe the WC-301) to allow the tubes to pass between the case and the block. The pump and fan are run off 2 separate usb connectors.
Pros:
Fantastic temps
Super quiet - The hard drive is the loudest thing on this computer right now (I use the cd modular bay for a 2nd hard drive)
Cons:
Weighs more than before
Added a pic of desktop showing lappy running the Folding@Home CPU & GPU clients. As you can see from the pic, the temps are 52c for the CPU and 44c for the GPU. I'm thinking of breaking the system down to put SIIG Diamond Thermal Grease on the CPU/GPU/Chipset/Water Block. If I do, I'll take more pics.
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