V1000B water-cooling log

V|per · 19 Jul 2007 at 15:29

Right, i've finally taken the leap into the world of water cooling after months of thought.. I've just spent some 100's on completing the kit, so i though a project log was in order for this build.

The final PC should consist of the following:

PC:

BFG 680i
e6400
4gig crucial ballistix pc5300 c3
BFG 8800GTX OC2
Corsair HX 620W
SATA dvd-rw
SATA 250gig HDD
Akasa fan controller (5 1/4" bay)
Lian-Li V1000B

Watercooling:

CPU: d-tec fuzion
NB: DD 680i
GFX: EK 8800gtx w/ acetal top EDIT: they sent me the danger den, aah well, i'll use that instead
Rad: PA 120.2
Res: EK multi-option 150
Pump: 12V Laing DDC1+ ultra 18W w/ Petras tech DDCT-01s delrin pump top
Tubing: 10 feet (just incase

) Tygon 1/2" tubing

handfull of wormdrive clips and some F1 too

SB: decided on the HR-05 SLi

4 sharkoon silent eagle 1000's 120mm

1 of the above in 80mm format.

The Plan

The Rad is to be mounted in the top of the case, along with a fillport, thus the case needs modding, lucky for me, the lian li i bought from the members market a few months back had already had this done to it.

The Res i am going to mount almost directy to the fillport, should give the system a bit more volume and take longer to heat up, got a fair bit for just a 120.2 rad...

im thinking.. pump -> cpu -> NB -> gfx -> rad -> res -> pump but this is subject to change after i play about with it a bit

Any ways, watch this space!

EDIT: d'oh! been called, petras tech top not in stock...

EDIT: pump top arrives tomorrow, everything else is here.. woooo!

V|per · 24 Jul 2007 at 21:05

Thought i'd add a quick photo of everything except the pump top, gonna start semi-assembling some things now. Enjoy

1337z0r · 24 Jul 2007 at 21:14

This should turn into a nice project. I am looking to the do the same in a few month's. Most likely I will use a Lian Li case, I like the V1000 and the PC7. And then a water cooling kit CPU block and GPU.

I might upgrade my system to quad core and add a extra 2GB of ram if I feel it's worth it as my system runs vista fine. Then I will get a CPU block an a GPU block and a 3fan rad and then some nice cables and all the other cables braided

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Chris19 · 24 Jul 2007 at 21:35

I heard the Ek block performs better than the DD block if you payed for the ek block get the to sort it out tbh. Looking at your set up makes me think i went over the top, i also just got stuff today was planing on a cpu only loop and got a XSPC triple rad

. Good luck with your build and is that the clear / UV blue F1 stuff?

Raikiri · 24 Jul 2007 at 21:37

Nice

But why do you have five tubes of thermal paste?

V|per · 24 Jul 2007 at 21:46

Raikiri said:
Nice

But why do you have five tubes of thermal paste?

there's 5 and half there actually

(i buy in bulk)

Chris19 said:
Good luck with your build and is that the clear / UV blue F1 stuff?

cheers, and yeah, it is

Looking around on a fair few forums, the difference between the DD and EK gtx blocks are minimal, so will just stick with the DD

V|per · 24 Jul 2007 at 23:57

ok, how on earth do i attach the fans to the rad?

1337z0r · 25 Jul 2007 at 00:03

You need screws I think :confused:

V|per · 25 Jul 2007 at 00:08

i assumed that

but how am i meant to get the screws in, as i would have to screw them in from the other side of the fan...

1337z0r · 25 Jul 2007 at 00:29

Are the screws long enough?

V|per · 25 Jul 2007 at 00:39

well, i never really had any screws with the rad, 2nd hand see, and i dont think the screws that came with the fans will fit... im sure i can bodge something up

thing is, the fans will be mounted to the inside if the case, then the rad under those, so thee fans will be pulling air through the rad, so its gonna be a bit tricky.

1337z0r · 25 Jul 2007 at 00:40

I would go to B&Q or something and find some longer screws no point really messing from the start you see

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V|per · 25 Jul 2007 at 00:43

so, you mean for me to have the screws going like this:

scerw to: fan grill->case->fan->rad, all in one? thats gonna be a 2 man job to hold all that in place :eek:

Thebug · 25 Jul 2007 at 09:05

viper - any chance of a pic inside your case before and after as i would like to do the same but not sure if i have the room

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17755937

V|per · 25 Jul 2007 at 10:29

Of course mate.. doorbell has just rang, petras tech delrin top in my hand, computer going off

and the hole's that have been cut:

V|per · 25 Jul 2007 at 15:16

Quick update from dad's PC:

everything out of the pc, and the motherboard without the nb/sb cooler, blimey they've used a fair bit of paste...

New coolers added:

GTX hs/f off (damn this was a pain)

GTX block on:

V|per · 25 Jul 2007 at 15:20

made a right **** up with the thermalright cooler: the rad is sat where the cooler is sat :\ so i found this cooler and added it:

But alas, now the GTX wont fit

Found a stupidly small and inneficient cooler for now, will get a fan at max speed in the beast when i get it running, hopefully shouldn't be too much trouble for now, as it is the SB instead of the usually hotter NB.

Board in the case:

Rad rotated 180 degrees, barbs now at front of case, no way the tubing would have bent without kinks with the GTX block being where it is:

Revised the loop a bit: PUMP -> CPU -> GTX -> NB -> RAD -> RES -> PUMP, this looks better and has less tight curves in the loop.

More to come!

Raikiri · 25 Jul 2007 at 15:53

Looking good so far

How about a custom southbridge cooler?

Used to be a vf-900 which the fan died on

1337z0r · 25 Jul 2007 at 16:33

That's looking real sweet mate, have you tried putting the RAD on top of the case instead?

waso_dude · 25 Jul 2007 at 17:51

put the fans on the outside?>