DangerDen Maze3!!!!

[The Spyder]

I want one of these.............. I think ill have to do a review :-D

Spyder

[Random Nonsense]

they do look nice dont they! wonder how they perform! let us know if you do decide to get one!

[dimmreaper]

Hmm, looks like they added turbulators to the channels. Also it seems they finally figured out that sand-blasting the channels increases turbulance and surface area, I've been doing that for like a year with my own stuff.

[Qube]

Performance is on par with the Maze 2 Not any worse but far more beautiful.

[The Spyder]

At $42 im orderin one!
spYDER

[WinXP]

Ordered one of the Maze3 to replace my old Maze1 water block. The Maze1 still cools good but thought it was time to upgrade it.

Any concerns with the Lucite top? Just wonderin'

[dimmreaper]

Originally posted by BongWater
Any concerns with the Lucite top? Just wonderin'

Looks like they sealed it up with an O-ring. Had they used silcone sealant or something similar I'd be concerned, but O-rings are quite safe and quite reliable in high pressure applications.

Yeah that kinda confirms what I'd heard but it always pays to ask. They do look realy sweet.

Dimmreaper you have any particular blocks you'd recommend?

[Orbit]

I just bought one, too. It's on it's way, supposedly. I built an outside box for the rad and pump, if anyone's interested. I have some pix up, of the project so far, and plan to chronicle the rest of it when the pump and waterblock and stuff gets here next week.
We'll see if the Maze3 works or not, and I can't wait.

External Pump House

UPDATE: 5/01 - Got the waterblock, pump and hose today, still working on the box, proly get it installed on Friday if it don't leak tomorrow. Looking forward to it as you can imagine.

UPDATE: 5/02 - Thursday, got up early, got the hoses connected and on my way to leak testing. New pics up of the steps so far.

[Orbit]

Today's the day. I let it run for about 2 or 3 hours, no drips, so I just put it in. Cut out one of the rear fan grills on the case to get the block in, plugged it in, and it took right off. I have a 12v relay from the box's psu to the pump box to start the pump and fan when the main box kicks on. It works very well, I'm very satisfied.

The noise level went down as did the temps, both dramatically. It was a lot of work, but spread out over a couple weeks made it easy.

Any questions, just write me. ;0) Crow

[The Spyder]

What type of temps on what type of a processor w/ what rad?
SPyder

[Orbit]

The system is in my sig. The temps are running about 5 C over ambient when I'm running United Devices in the background. Also running o/c mildly at 139 fsb for 1600MHz. I'm running at 36C now on the cpu, running United Devices.
Radiator is a '93 Chevy P/U Heater Core. Works well.

What I like most is the quiet compared to before, and being able to 'go fast' without worrying about heat this summer.

Since I don't have the extra money to invest in an Innovatek block, my first choice, I have no way to compare real differences on my system, sorry. I just know from what I USED to be at to what I'm at now, and overall, the cpu temps are down about 7 to 10 C below what they were with the V77-L HSF, which wasn't a bad little noisemaker, btw, for cooling.

[The Spyder]

Is there a reason that your cpu is clocked so low?- my 1800 does 1813 :-D air cooled-
Spyder

[Southern Man]

I broke down and dusted off the Visa card and sent DangerDan what he wants for one of those babys.

Now I have a qusetion to put to you guys.

I'm running one copper block from a pump sitting in a 5 gal. paint bucker on the floor. It does a good job of keeping my xp1700+ cool with a little clocking from the multiplyer. I personally think it moves the water a little too fast through the block for a good transfer of heat. Has anyone ever tried to run 2 cpu blocks from one water pump. I was thinking Y adapters. Or should I get a new pump and stick it in the same 5gal. bucket with the other pump?

Or better yet....Get a little hightr volume pump to distribute the flow to the blocks and use the old pump to lift the water for a ping pong ball bong tower made from the existing bucket and a piece of pcv pipe bolted to the edge.

I already have my heat buildup problem in the computer room solved by ducting the heat from the back of 2 boxes for now ( soon all 4) out the window using a bathroom vent fan mounted in a cardboard box and pointing out the window. Ambient has dropped 10deg C in here in an hour. It looks ugly but she works.

Here's a couple of pics after the project is done. I build it with cardboard first and then progress to better materials after I get an Idea of what it's going to act like, and if I need changes.

[Southern Man]

The shroud around the backs of the computers where all of the heat blows off.........

[Southern Man]

And the cardboard box where I put a bathroom 70cfm fan to draw the heat from the room.

Definatly a prototype in this stage of develpoment but it has brought the ambient temp in the room down 7deg. C and the 1.4 athlon in the box on the left has dropped 5deg. C. I think it was just sucking the hot air from the back reflecting off of the wall, right back into the box.

I'll be working on getting all 4 boxes under the shroud and see what results I have then.

[Orbit]

Spyder462:

I tried running higher fsb's but this XP1800 has the crisped out L1 contacts on the L3 side, and is almost impossible to unlock to change the mulitplier.

It runs 2 degrees cooler with a fsb of 139 than it does at stock 133, don't ask me why, but I like it.

In real life, I didn't notice any difference between 1.66GHz and 1.53 GHz, when I ran the fsb up to 145--the only way I can tell is with Sisoft. And, since it runs stable at 139, and the CPU temps are in the 30's with virtually no noise compared to the previous aircooled setup, I'm a happy camper.

Not all of us water people are hardcore overclockers. I use my system to make money, not just to see how high of a theoretical benchmark I can post, and I want it to run as long as it will without resetting the BIOS, etc. Been there, done that.

I figure I'll just wait until the Thoroughbreds are out, and go that route.