Another watercooled CM690ii

ArchAnGeL · 6 Aug 2011 at 19:53

After much deliberation in this thread I have ended up here

Final parts list

i5 2500k
gigabyte p67-ud4
4 gb corsair xms3
ati 6950
ocd vertex 2e 60b ssd
500gb old hdd
coolermaster 690ii advanced
corsair tx750w psu
laing dcc-1t 18w pump
xspc dual bay ddc res
xspc delta v3 cpu block
zalman fan controller
tubing, clips, anti kink coils etc
HW labs black ice SR1 240 rad
24" iiyama LCD 1080p
keyboard + mouse

Just a note for anyone contemplating a bottom rad in this case. It's a tight fit as you can see. I ended up choosing the rad especially for it's reduced lenght over the other fat 240mm rads and then measuring up for the PSU

RollerBall · 6 Aug 2011 at 20:21

I must say that looks very sleek. Is the pump inside the front bay res? What sorts of temps are you getting on that?

ArchAnGeL · 6 Aug 2011 at 20:50

Pump incorporates into the bay res
temps at mid 60's when priming and low fans (2500k @ 4.6, 1.35v)

JeffyB · 6 Aug 2011 at 22:16

Very tidy build, good job

Avathar77 · 6 Aug 2011 at 22:24

What happened to the bottom left fan?

RollerBall · 6 Aug 2011 at 22:31

Avathar77 said:
What happened to the bottom left fan?

Yeah, I just noticed that. Looks like something small tried to eat it.

Avathar77 · 6 Aug 2011 at 22:34

Nice and clean.
but do you really need the anti kink coils?

ArchAnGeL · 6 Aug 2011 at 23:21

RollerBall said:
Yeah, I just noticed that. Looks like something small tried to eat it.

It was an old fan that I had to superglue something to. Will probably replace it at some point.

I didn't neet the coils for all of it but the further back rad connection did and I didn't want some done and some not

David41 · 6 Aug 2011 at 23:38

Black tubing with black coils looks ace! Really tidy build, any plans to throw your gpu into the loop?

ArchAnGeL · 6 Aug 2011 at 23:58

Yes thats the plan. Just run out of cash at the moment. Next steps are a gpu block, rs240 for the top and some braided.extensions for the 24 pin, pcie's and 12v (black of course)

LiamJ · 7 Aug 2011 at 00:24

Why not stealth the GPU to make it all black, then buy the Bitfenix Alchemy extensions in Orange to match the PSU? Would look awesome in my opinion!

ArchAnGeL · 7 Aug 2011 at 09:22

Actually just went back to check the tems again now that the IC9 has had time to settle and the cores are 55-60 deg under load from prime. The same overclock was 72-78 or air using a thermalright archon and 1 fan