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I love the way that the rads are connected 
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I love the way that the rads are connected
Me too! I hope it's worth the 3x i spent on it compared to a single quad radiator lol.
You only need a single Delta fan on the bottom
Hahaha! In this build I'm going for aesthetics, silence, and performance - in that order.
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Possibly. It should only be a problem when filling the loop and bleeding, but I can tilt the case for that.
Ideally, EK would have released this reservoir 4 months ago when I started the project. Would have saved me so much time and money.
Possibly. It should only be a problem when filling the loop and bleeding, but I can tilt the case for that.
Ideally, EK would have released this reservoir 4 months ago when I started the project. Would have saved me so much time and money.
Hmmm That EK setup would had be better and easier, not sure if you could just get the EK-SBAY DDC unit itself. And then install your current pump, judging from the EK set-up you could mount the pump upside down?
Another an idea for ya, you could just flip the reservoir upside down so that the outlet and inlet matches better. Though you must fill it right up to the top, and you probably have air bubbles being fed to the pump.
After looking at the EK dual model images, it make sense to have the water feed low as possible. Water only needs to go through the DDC top, just flip the pump upside down like what EK done. Not sure if you can install it upside down... but EK knows better?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-407-EK
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-407-EK
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Hmmm That EK setup would had be better and easier, not sure if you could just get the EK-SBAY DDC unit itself. And then install your current pump, judging from the EK set-up you could mount the pump upside down?
Another an idea for ya, you could just flip the reservoir upside down so that the outlet and inlet matches better. Though you must fill it right up to the top, and you probably have air bubbles being fed to the pump.
I could buy it, but then I'd be out of pocket for the pump top, reservoir, and many fittings used to connect it all.
I'm not sure about the pump being upside down. The Laing DDC user manual states not to use the pump inverted.
Yeah, I got the same pump. I did read the manual, but Koolance and EK has mounted them upside down. I think Laing want to cover themselves from letting people run the pump dry. But I think they actually want you to not feed the water upside down (inlet downwards), which your design at the moment is kinda that.
Stating in the manual no mounting upside down, can cover all type of custom tops.... Example my build I got the EK CSQ Top which has the inlet at the top not on the side.... like other DDC.
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Some good news and some not so good news to report:
The good: I've finally got the last of my fittings! I now have everything I need to complete this project!
The not so good: I don't actually have time to do anything lol.. There's a final push at OcUK HQ for the end of our working year so lots of overtime over the coming weeks. I should be able to finish my cables on sunday, but wont have a decent camera for nearly 2 weeks.
I might be able to post some teasers from my phone camera though...
The good: I've finally got the last of my fittings! I now have everything I need to complete this project!
The not so good: I don't actually have time to do anything lol.. There's a final push at OcUK HQ for the end of our working year so lots of overtime over the coming weeks. I should be able to finish my cables on sunday, but wont have a decent camera for nearly 2 weeks.
I might be able to post some teasers from my phone camera though...
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This looks great, very interested to see how the rads perform stacked like that!
Been a while since an update - I haven't had much time to work on this over the past few weeks, but hopefully that's over now and I can start to get this project finished! I have managed to do little bits over the past weeks, mainly sorting out my cables - just the 24pin left once I find out where it's gonna go.
I did try out using some fishing line to lace the cables together, but it was too smooth and didn't grip on the paracord like the waxed nylon that I'm using.
Enough talking. Time for some pictures:
I originally made the 8pin go straight down towards the power supply before realising it would foul the tubing. I later redid it over a mete long to route it out of the way.
It's a little messy where the 2 SATA, the 8pin and the Molex cables meet in the corner:
Hopefully I'll be able to sort that out by sewing the cables together once everything is finalised.
Moving around to the front of the case, the SATA cables are pretty much out of sight. As will the SSDs once the outer aluminium case is installed.
Keep moving around to the front and the PCI power cables add a splash of colour to the otherwise monochrome canvas.
They stick out a bit at current, which means they will probably be touching the side panel once it's on.
You can also see the 8pin poking out at the top of the case:
The 24pin cable still needs to be done. I'm thinking of routing it in front of the motherboard down between the graphics cards and radiators. It might be a bit of a squeeze and make it rather difficult to fit the SATA cables, but it's the only place where it wont be crossing over any tubing.
That's it for this time, hopefully the next update won't take as long.
I did try out using some fishing line to lace the cables together, but it was too smooth and didn't grip on the paracord like the waxed nylon that I'm using.
Enough talking. Time for some pictures:
I originally made the 8pin go straight down towards the power supply before realising it would foul the tubing. I later redid it over a mete long to route it out of the way.
It's a little messy where the 2 SATA, the 8pin and the Molex cables meet in the corner:
Hopefully I'll be able to sort that out by sewing the cables together once everything is finalised.
Moving around to the front of the case, the SATA cables are pretty much out of sight. As will the SSDs once the outer aluminium case is installed.
Keep moving around to the front and the PCI power cables add a splash of colour to the otherwise monochrome canvas.
They stick out a bit at current, which means they will probably be touching the side panel once it's on.
You can also see the 8pin poking out at the top of the case:
The 24pin cable still needs to be done. I'm thinking of routing it in front of the motherboard down between the graphics cards and radiators. It might be a bit of a squeeze and make it rather difficult to fit the SATA cables, but it's the only place where it wont be crossing over any tubing.
That's it for this time, hopefully the next update won't take as long.
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Love it very original, can't wait for updates!