Project: Cool Dragon

Special thanks to Shinester184 for helping me diagnose the problem by letting me use his 5850

Hi guys!

I have been wanting to watercool for a while now so I have decided to go for it this christmas.

I am planning on watercooling my 5850 and Phenom II 955 in my Lancool K-62. This is my first watercooling build so go easy on me . Anyway, my watercooling gear I have bought is as follows

Tubing: XSPC 7/16 Clear - 1m
Pump: Laing DDC-Pumpe 12V DDC-1Plus incl. Phobya Laing DDC Light Plexi
Radiator: Hardware Labs Black Ice Stealth 280
CPU Block: EK-Supreme LT AMD - Plexi (754/939/AM2+/AM3)
GPU Block: EK-FC5850 5850 CF - Plexi
Coolant: Thermochill EC6 Non Conductive Coolant - Red
Reservoir: XSPC Single Bay Reservoir
Fittings: 1/2" Chrome Barbs
Thermal Compound: MX5

Here is the build before I start.





I began by taking off the Zalman GPU cooler I fitted. It is a big cooler





I was very nervous peeling off the adhesive ram heatsinks but I got there in the end.



Clean card






Next I am going to take off my CPU cooler (Thermalright Venomous-X). Will have an update later today

Very nice ben!! glad to see your build log is going better than mine at the moment

Nice, well spaced out build log - keep it up

Loving the case, contemplating purchasing it sometime soon - what's the cable management like, out of interest?

Cookeh said:

Nice, well spaced out build log - keep it up

Loving the case, contemplating purchasing it sometime soon - what's the cable management like, out of interest?

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It is pretty good. All of the holes seem to be in the right place for me except for the 8 pin which is a little tricky to feed the cable through. Otherwise, I love the case. Only downside for me is it is a little small but I suppose that would be a benefit for some people. Great value for money though

Just a quick update, I have taken off my CPU cooler.

Before removing with the fans



Without fans,



Dirty CPU,



Its a pretty big cooler



And here is the clean CPU.



Keep an eye on the MM as I will be selling the CPU cooler and GPU cooler after christmas.

Otherwise, I will get the watercooloing gear christmas day (possibly some photos then), if not I will be building on boxing day so more photos then

Guitarman0 said:

Keep an eye on the MM as I will be selling the CPU and GPU coolers after christmas.

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Oooooh, what the CPU being replaced with?

nice!!!...
I have the same case too, i want to water cool my cpu but i can't see the room in the case!, so i'm glad you doing it so i can see how this turns out ..
what blue neon light r u using?, my case aint that blue and i have the same number of blue fans as you too and neon lights.

more pic ASAP .

Cookeh said:

Oooooh, what the CPU being replaced with?

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I think he means he is selling the cpu cooler and the gpu cooler.

engstrom0304 said:

I think he means he is selling the cpu cooler and the gpu cooler.

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Yep, I meant CPU cooler and GPU cooler

Sgt Tackleberry said:

nice!!!...
I have the same case too, i want to water cool my cpu but i can't see the room in the case!, so i'm glad you doing it so i can see how this turns out ..
what blue neon light r u using?, my case aint that blue and i have the same number of blue fans as you too and neon lights.

more pic ASAP .

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I am just using some unbranded ones I found on a competitors site. They were really cheap

Guitarman0 said:

I am just using some unbranded ones I found on a competitors site. They were really cheap

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Ok then, cheers.
I can't w8 to c this

Guitarman0 said:

Yep, I meant CPU cooler and GPU cooler

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I need to stop speed-reading stuff!

Game on GuitarmanZERO

shinester184 said:

Game on GuitarmanZERO

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+1

Everything arrived Good old santa XD



Nice of Phobya


Some fun for when I get it up and running



I am going to replace the pump top today and if I get time flush my rad. More updates later

P.S. I also have my reservoir and fittings, just forgot to take a photo of them

Ugly pump



Naked pump



Pretty pump top



Pretty pump



Will try and get the rad flushed later. If not, more updates tomorrow when I actually start

Here is a pretty picture heavy update

So I found out that my rad wont fit my case so I am gonna file the holes for the rad. I will have photos later to explain this better but long story short I am going to have to remove my mobo from my case.

Here is my TV card



My sound card



The mobo



I also removed the 120mm fan in the drive bays as my res will go there





I am using MX4 for the CPU and GPU



Unfortunately I cant use the standard stock cooler backplate so I going to go without for the moment.



Mounting in.



The CPU block (shiny!!!)





Installation was pretty easy



Here is the GPU block. It is a monster





I actually hate thermal pads. They were a pain!



Here is the GPU block installed



More updates later today

Looking good!

Go easy on the thermal paste lol, keeps jizzing over the edge

The holes for the barbs in the rad were spaced too far apart for my case so I have had to mod it a litte

Not the neatest of mods but it is not visible with the top and side on.

Filing the section down.



Bending the metal back



Now the rad sits nicely





Also, I found a fix for the CPU mounting back plate. My dad helped me drill through the threads so the screws now fit







Just flushed the rad





More updates soon.