First full custom loop

[alexhaslam]

Loveing the xspc case how much did it cost

At OCuk it costs £419.99
I belive it is end of line now though. I think XSPC have stoped selling cases.

I can understand why you would. I preferred it there as it was easy for cable management but I only had the one 360 rad in the bottom of mine.

Kinda a bummer these isnt more customisation options build into this case... I can see a bunch of small tweaks that could have been made to expand the case options at no expense.

 

[Mark This Day]

Wow I thought my 900d was expensive lol did you look at any caselabs cases before you got that case

 

[alexhaslam]

Wow I thought my 900d was expensive lol did you look at any caselabs cases before you got that case

I hadn't, no. The XSPC H2 was what I was wanting... but I wish I had seen it before buying it, two different versions on advertising images.

Main with this image:

Although that does not exist on this case...

 

[Mark This Day]

Have you seen the mono block for your board

 

[alexhaslam]

Have you seen the mono block for your board

I have, didn't like the aesthetic much.

 

[Mark This Day]

That raystorm you have looks nice with the copper middle

 

[2013]

At OCuk it costs £419.99
I belive it is end of line now though. I think XSPC have stoped selling cases.



Kinda a bummer these isnt more customisation options build into this case... I can see a bunch of small tweaks that could have been made to expand the case options at no expense.

Im not surprised with that price, I wonder what the original price was.

 

[Annihilation]

Rads!! out of curiosity why mx-4?

 

[alexhaslam]

Rads!! out of curiosity why mx-4?

A few reasons.
A) Reasonable performance whilst remaining non-conductive.
B) It does not scratch the surface of what its on during removal.
C) The XSPC mobo blocks recommended it.
D) MX-4 seems to have good reveiws and bench marks all round.

 

[William-Mathew]

Nice build, should come out really good

 

[alexhaslam]

Bought some waxed cotton cord to weave the PSU cables together... Something to do whilst I wait for these XSPC fittings I need to come in stock.

Ive got Black and white cord, ill try out both but would like to use both...

Cable | BlackWhiteBlack | Cable

Might be a lot of work... but if I was afraid of that I wouldn't be water cooling.

 

[alexhaslam]

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!

The rest of the parts I need are arriving today... I will see how it looks when I tube it up, may need to buy some right angle fittings if the tubing kinks with the Mobo blocks.

 

[alexhaslam]

A fair bit has happened.

Majority of my required fittings arrived, as well as the tubing (I ordered WAY too much >_< ) and EK graphics blocks.


I had imense fun fitting the blocks to the gfx cards, love how they look.







Once I had both done I measured up the tubing and fitted the cards together.


Tried them in the case



At this point I am concerned about backpressure and air getting traped in the top rad. so a little loop layout is going to be happening.
Also ordered some Right angle and 45 fittings to neaten up the loop and allow me to tube up the mobo and cpu without issue.

Basicly, what I think I will be doing is removing the top rad. and having the flow as follows to avoid any air in the loop.

res -> pump -> Bottom rads -> Mosfet block -> cpu block -> chipset block -> GFX -> res

Ultimatly If I am no happy with the performance I will modify the loop to include the top rad. Using the quick disconnects should make modifying the loop easier.

 

[Mark This Day]

Looking good mate tubeing looks great what size quick disconnects are you useing

 

[alexhaslam]

ID size? or length?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Koolance QD3 Male Quick Disconnect No-Spill Coupling, Panel Female Threaded G 1/4 BSPP Black £11.99
1 x Koolance QD3 Female Quick Disconnect No-Spill Coupling, Male Threaded G 1/4 BSPP - Black £11.95
Total : £28.93 (includes shipping : £4.16).

 

[Mark This Day]

I was just wondering what Id size can't believe they don't stock more as I have been waiting for 19 mm by 13mm for ages to come back in stock might just put a order in and just pester them

 

[alexhaslam]

ID10mm
I have been waiting on those for a month, just order and wait is all I can recommend.

Edit: Ordered two Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB White edition's to put into raid 0 for the OS and programs, and I will use my current 240gb ssd for games and my HDD for files.

Edit: got my right angle fittings Wednesday, tubed everything up that night. Pic will follow shortly. My tumbs peels 3 layers of skin or something tightening all these. From cpu to chipset block took about two hours to get right. Tried so many combos. Eventually it ended up like this 45 -> m2m -> f2f rotary -> 45 -> 90 -> compression. Love how it looks, so proud atm.

 

[WalderX]

Looking nice dude!

 

[alexhaslam]

Looking nice dude!

Thanks

I will be filling the loop and leak testing tonight. Friday night I will be powering it on if the leak test goes well. SUPER Excited.

Edit: Filled the loop, 5 hours in an no leaks found, most of the air out, but every so often give it a shake and can hear some small ones dislodge, top it up as necessary.

 

[alexhaslam]

ITS ALIVE!

Spent so long getting the connections right:



the rads in the bottom:



The ram, Love these:


Filling and leak testing the loop:



No leaks! Was supper happy, left it running for 12 hours giving it a little shake every so often, but the loop kinda works with the air so only some small ones in.

These butes arrived saturday:


Had trouble working out where to put them where they could be seen... end up with this:


Preping to cable up:

The rear - not as neat as I would like, but I could use some extensions to optomise the routes:

The front <3:


Everyone, please meet MonoChome:
Better finished photos will follow when I find the battery for my SLR.