BackDraft Evo (a Nanoxia DS1 Build)
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I've managed to grab a day free of commitments of any sort 
Hmmmm oh what to do...
I'll let the pictures do most of the talking
My EVGA GTX 680 SC Signature with mounted HEATKILLER® GPU-X³ GTX 680 "Hole Edition" Ni-Bl and back plate.
XSPC Raystorm CPU block (you didn't think I'd leave it stock did you).
CPU block mounted.
Motherboard mounted and essential cables installed.
Time to plumb in the loop.
Next up, prime the loop and leak testing...
Hmmmm oh what to do...
I'll let the pictures do most of the talking
My EVGA GTX 680 SC Signature with mounted HEATKILLER® GPU-X³ GTX 680 "Hole Edition" Ni-Bl and back plate.
XSPC Raystorm CPU block (you didn't think I'd leave it stock did you).
CPU block mounted.
Motherboard mounted and essential cables installed.
Time to plumb in the loop.
Next up, prime the loop and leak testing...
Looking good mate! That loop is very tidy! Everything spaced out perfect 
Liking the sneaky sneak with the 24 pin and sata cables too
As you know I have this case too, the GPU power is the only bit I'm not happy with in mine in terms of being able to see it.
Cheers,
G
Liking the sneaky sneak with the 24 pin and sata cables too
As you know I have this case too, the GPU power is the only bit I'm not happy with in mine in terms of being able to see it.
Cheers,
G
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Flat cables. Sneaky... Looks really tidy though. Well done mate.
Agreed
You can't beat the Heatkiller blocks IMHO.
Looking good mate! That loop is very tidy! Everything spaced out perfect
Liking the sneaky sneak with the 24 pin and sata cables too
As you know I have this case too, the GPU power is the only bit I'm not happy with in mine in terms of being able to see it.
Cheers,
G
Cheers G much appreciated mate
It was well worth all the planning, mocking up and prep to get that look, I'm really pleased with the loop in terms of both the aesthetics and performance.
Thank you Chris, appreciated mate
@ both of you - lmao at sneaky
So much of a fuss has been made about braided cables that people seem to forget there are also the flat variety to, routing them under the motherboard is an old skool modding method; you didn't always have cable routing holes and ask anyone who has a Lian case how difficult it is to get tidy looking cable routing
Well I'm pleased to say that BackDraft breezed through leak testing (not so much as a single drip)
Now onto the installation of the remaining hardware and then the hardware test/benches.
Up with the Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe.
You'll recall I made up some non braided front panel extensions, the idea being for them to just fade into the backdrop.
And now some eye candy of the work completed thus far
Now onto the installation of the remaining hardware and then the hardware test/benches.
Up with the Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe.
You'll recall I made up some non braided front panel extensions, the idea being for them to just fade into the backdrop.
And now some eye candy of the work completed thus far
Initial test results are in
I now have my 2600K running at a nice sedate 4.6GHz and decided to embark on a wee suicide run...
I ran 7 threads on Prime95 and Heaven simultaneously for an hour straight, the hottest core on the 2600K never exceeded 75°C and the 680 never exceeded 42°C, the ambient room temperture at the time of testing was 23°C.
That is just INSANE efficency off a single 240 rad loop IMO
I now have my 2600K running at a nice sedate 4.6GHz and decided to embark on a wee suicide run...
I ran 7 threads on Prime95 and Heaven simultaneously for an hour straight, the hottest core on the 2600K never exceeded 75°C and the 680 never exceeded 42°C, the ambient room temperture at the time of testing was 23°C.
That is just INSANE efficency off a single 240 rad loop IMO
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Thank you
It offers excellent performance beyond a shadow of a doubt
All that and without a PSU.
Great build, looking forward to the finished pics. Having the pump in the bay mounted res keeps it pretty neat.
lol the last component to be mounted with any watercooled build is the PSU, you never test a watercooled rig with it mounted in case of leaks or mishap.
Thank you, a great deal of planning and mocking up went into this particular build
Cheers much appreciated
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looks beautiful mate