Corsair 600T watercooled build: "Blue Dragon"

Vinni3 @H|H said:
Hope the internals don't get filled up with dust after you put in the side intake. :p
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:-(. The outer mesh is already getting dusty. Either need an elegant way of putting a dust filter in there or might need to think of another way to cool the vrms...(tried them as out-takes but they couldn't produce enough targeted airflow).
 
V F said:
How heavy is your case now with the water? any idea how much water it holds?
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Lol heavy as **** mate. Can barely lift it. Tempting to weigh it if I can get my hands on some scales. I got no idea how much water there is...maybe a 1L or a 2.5L? I used about 3L bottles of distilled water but also drained the loop a couple of times.
 
Great build! How quiet are the Scythe GT 1850? Would it be good for a thick radiator like black ice gtx extreme? Looking for a perfect balance between cooling and silence.
 
joxang said:
:-(. The outer mesh is already getting dusty. Either need an elegant way of putting a dust filter in there or might need to think of another way to cool the vrms...(tried them as out-takes but they couldn't produce enough targeted airflow).
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Knew it. :p DEMCiflex sell those magnetic fan filters, if you could get them to cut out a piece of black mesh the size of the mesh on the side panel you could 'sandwich' the filter mesh in between the fans and side panel mesh by having screw holes for the fans. This will be a bit of a hassle to clean though.

It would look like this:
Screw > Side panel mesh > Filter mesh (with hole) > Fan

coldfused said:
Great build! How quiet are the Scythe GT 1850? Would it be good for a thick radiator like black ice gtx extreme? Looking for a perfect balance between cooling and silence.
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The GT AP-15 is a very good rad fan, pretty much perfect for all occasions IMO.
 
coldfused said:
Great build! How quiet are the Scythe GT 1850? Would it be good for a thick radiator like black ice gtx extreme? Looking for a perfect balance between cooling and silence.
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Hey there :)! Yeh as ^ the 1850s are lovely fans. Even at very quiet they push a lot of air. On a black ice you'll probably need to have them a bit louder, but they'd still be at a decent levels. If noise is a big factor I'd get noiseblocker multiframes for that rad. On par with the GT 1850s for static pressure, but much quieter at full blast (which is where you'd want them).

Vinni3 @H|H said:
Knew it :p. DEMCiflex sell those magnetic fan filters, if you could get them to cut out a piece of black mesh the size of the mesh on the side panel you could 'sandwich' the filter mesh in between the fans and side panel mesh by having screw holes for the fans. This will be a bit of a hassle to clean though.
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Those look bloomin useful!! Seen them in some builds but didn't realise you could have them done to your specifications. I'll think on using one of them. Might get some cheap £2 filters in the mean time.
 
craterloads said:
That is stunning, cant believe youve pulled it off. Conisdering the 600T isnt your usual lian li or silverstone "luxury" case you sure made it so.
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Thanks :).

Nothing major, just got cable management sorted. Because the case sides bulge out (letting you put a quad rad in sideways), there's also tonnes and tonnes of space for cables at the back. More so than any other case I think. Spare molexes on the right for lighting.

 
^ Thanks guys.

THis has probably been asked before but why don't you put a fourth fan on the side panel?
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Don't need it, and I think it looks nicer :p. Switched all three fans to out-take now as with both rads blowing in, air inside was getting very warm. Seems to keep temperatures down by a couple of degrees.

I've started a new project, experimenting a bit with things I've seen on other builds and stuff I've learnt. Will do a new worky-loggy thing in time. Thanks for looking :)!
 
Hey joxang, you never answered my question. Are your GPU's The Asus matrix 5870's? I'm guessing they are because of the way you cooled them. If they are Asus Matrix 5870's, is the you block alone enough to cool them? I'm wondering because I have a pair of them as well in my skeleton, and am racking my brain on how to wc them because there are not any blocks made for them.
 
ReU_VOoDOo said:
Hey joxang, you never answered my question. Are your GPU's The Asus matrix 5870's? I'm guessing they are because of the way you cooled them. If they are Asus Matrix 5870's, is the you block alone enough to cool them? I'm wondering because I have a pair of them as well in my skeleton, and am racking my brain on how to wc them because there are not any blocks made for them.
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They are, it also says in the above image.
 
ReU_VOoDOo said:
Hey joxang, you never answered my question. Are your GPU's The Asus matrix 5870's? I'm guessing they are because of the way you cooled them. If they are Asus Matrix 5870's, is the you block alone enough to cool them? I'm wondering because I have a pair of them as well in my skeleton, and am racking my brain on how to wc them because there are not any blocks made for them.
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Sorry mate, missed it. Yeh they are. If you take the card apart and remove the heatsink, you'll find a metal plate covering the front, which holds the screws for the backplate. The front and back plates are what cools most of the VRAM. I just dremelled a hole in the front plate around the gpu area so I could fit a generic block, and left the front and back-plates attached to the PCB.

There are four uncovered VRMs which weren't cooled in any way in the stock card, so I left them uncovered. They get quite hot under load, but the cards haven't crashed or throttled in Furmark, or in gaming, so I'm guessing they're fine? Unfortunately I don't think the Matrix cards have any vrm temp sensors...unless you know a way of unlocking them :p?

I'm pretty happy with the cooling anyhow. I've got some airflow so hopefully the VRAMs will be fine.
 
joxang said:
Sorry mate, missed it. Yeh they are. If you take the card apart and remove the heatsink, you'll find a metal plate covering the front, which holds the screws for the backplate. The front and back plates are what cools most of the VRAM. I just dremelled a hole in the front plate around the gpu area so I could fit a generic block, and left the front and back-plates attached to the PCB.

There are four uncovered VRMs which weren't cooled in any way in the stock card, so I left them uncovered. They get quite hot under load, but the cards haven't crashed or throttled in Furmark, or in gaming, so I'm guessing they're fine? Unfortunately I don't think the Matrix cards have any vrm temp sensors...unless you know a way of unlocking them :p?

I'm pretty happy with the cooling anyhow. I've got some airflow so hopefully the VRAMs will be fine.
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So in theory the same method you used in cooling should work pretty well in my skeleton. I had an idea of doing the same thing gpu did, making a spot in the heatsink for the gpu block, but also botching the plastic cover to let the tubes go in and out so that I may still attach the original fan. Do you think that is a possibility as well?
 
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