CoolIT Systems

OK, my DDB got here today. I wanted to show you guys some initial pics on what it lookes like and of me fitting the Koolance Blocks from the DDB onto the cards.

Here it is in all it's glory. The DDB for ATI.
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Here's my subject. Mind you, there will be 2 (Quad Grafx Baby!)
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Preparing for surgery
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On the operating table
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From the back and preparing to remove the screws to include those for the chipsets.
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Retention bracket removed. Now for the chipsets.
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And here we are with the heatsink and fan cover removed. Wow, that was a lot of weight shaved off.
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Adding the thermal pads to the H2O block.
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And here it is flipped over and put back together.
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Here's the 2 of them completed and close up.
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Finally, the surgery was a success. I introduce you to my completed and ready to install DDB for ATI by CoolIT Systems!
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More to come this week when I receive the Freezone Elite to add to this system.....

I look forward to seeing the results you get from the DDB.

I run 2 3870X2's, but figured out that a Freezone elite was going to be required to chill 4 gpu's

lookin good...keep us updated with some more pics once mounted.

cpunut4life wrote:
I run 2 3870X2's, but figured out that a Freezone elite was going to be required to chill 4 gpu's

Well, don't forget, the Freezone Elite is for the proc. The Dual Drive Bay Cooler would handle the GPU's and as you can see, it's really not that much trouble (and actually costs less than the FZE lol). The only problem I can see is that some may not have the bays available.

I'm moving from a Cooler Master Cosmos 1010 to a Cooler Master ATCS840. That gets me 6 5.25" bays vs. 5. For now, I have 2 optical drives and an Aquagate Max which takes up two bays for the reservoir. I'm gaining two bays back, so I may add in temp monitors later on since the DDB will now occupy two of those bays along with the optical drives.

Freezone Elite should be arriving tomorrow, so I will continue to post this week.

I am glad that i could help you out with that custom unit!!


Let me know how everything runs.

Just received the Freezone Elite today. Pictures to come. Got it mounted. Now to add the GPU's to the motherboard. I think I'm still out of luck though as I have 2 connections on the back of the DDB and I don't know how to connect it to the MTEC Controller.