Dripping with style or floody disaster?

OJ46 said:
Glad I changed to PrimoChill before I built it tbh, it's a far tighter fit on the barbs and the compression fittings are tighter as well :)

For anyone wondering why I spent most of the morning on the phone to EE, my Broadband typically runs at around 16Mb/s all day, but this is what happens at 5pm every evening..
Seriously, do not touch these ***** with a barge pole. But there is some good news: After 41 minutes on the phone, I can confirm that they are not throttling me!! :D:mad::mad::mad:
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It's fantastic is it not? You spend all this money on a great PC then get snuffed over by lousy internet. Typical :eek:
I was in the same situation, as soon as fibre arrived in our area I jumped on it as I can't get by with less than 5Mbps :)
 
TechMinerUK said:
It's fantastic is it not? You spend all this money on a great PC then get snuffed over by lousy internet. Typical :eek:
I was in the same situation, as soon as fibre arrived in our area I jumped on it as I can't get by with less than 5Mbps :)
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It's bonkers mate, 2 years ago I spent 12 months in NZ and when I left the internet around here was 8Mbps, but by the time I returned last year it had gone up to 20Mbps. Only trouble is it used to run at 8Mbps 24 hours a day, now they give you faster speeds when you're not using it but awful speeds when you are... Cheers EE! Should have fibre in by Feb / March next year though, so will definitely be moving to BT then and saying bye bye to throttling :)

Might even have the new build running by then as long as Slovenian post is more reliable than EE broadband :D
 
Nice build man, I have a black evolve ATX myself and I'll be going red/black also.

Was considering 2x 280mm slim rads front and top but I'll probably just end up with a 360 AIO for the CPU and leave the GPUs on air.
 
TheMorningStar said:
Nice build man, I have a black evolve ATX myself and I'll be going red/black also.

Was considering 2x 280mm slim rads front and top but I'll probably just end up with a 360 AIO for the CPU and leave the GPUs on air.
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Thanks mate, it's my first attempt at watercooling so pretty pleased with how its gone so far. Not getting too smug until it has been leak tested though :D

They're a tank of a case aren't they, my last couple have been Lian Li but think the Phanteks is better built, and the cable management, HDD / SSD mounting and cooling options are different league!

If you went with a 240 or 280 slim in the top you could easy fit a full fat 240 in the front and still keep the HDD bays. Unfortunately as I went for a 360 in the top I've had to go with a 120 in the front, but should still be more than enough for CPU + 1 GPU :)
 
Worlds smallest update: Glad the old SATA cable was too short now...

Before, BitFenix Alchemy, with horrible metal clip
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After, Silverstone, without a horrible metal clip :)
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Much better! It's always the little things... :D

Edit: Should add this should be the last crapdate, the next update will HOPEFULLY be a fully finished and working PC :)
 
TechMinerUK said:
I can't wait for the next update to see all the lights fitted. That SATA cable looks much nicer than the other one though :D
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I'm proper OCD with things like that, the metal clip would have annoyed me forever until it was fixed... Hopefully be easier to take a semi decent photo as well once it's lit up :D

SupermotoMX said:
what about some black heatshrink over the SSD? would definatly hide it, although i don't know how warm these things get
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There's mounts for SSD's behind the MoBo if you wanted to hide them, put this one on show deliberately, just wanted black braided cables so the cables were hidden :)
 
Think he may mean the M.2 SSD. I would use the black fin heatsinks, as they sort of match the pump mount.

Must say i am liking this build a lot. The use of the crossflow radiator has really helped the clean look.
 
freddie64 said:
Think he may mean the M.2 SSD. I would use the black fin heatsinks, as they sort of match the pump mount.

Must say i am liking this build a lot. The use of the crossflow radiator has really helped the clean look.
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Cheers Freddie, wanted to get all the tubing runs as short as possible, so the crossflow was a no brainer :)

I did wonder that after I posted the last comment, and I'm definitely with you on the black fins. As soon as I've got it running and the OS installed, the fins shall be mounted :D
 
powelly2010 said:
Any specific reason you're using a heatsink on the m.2 other than aesthetics? Have you looked at stuff like coldzero covers for them?
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Nope, it's purely because the green is such a hideous lump of awfulness :p

LePhuronn said:
Nope, it's purely because the SSD is green. Although they can get a bit warm down there with no airflow so heatsinks can do nothing but help out.
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Hoping with the 3 x 120mm intake fans on the front there should be pretty decent airflow through the case, but as you say, it certainly can't do any harm :)

Luggs said:
Quality looking build buddy, hope you get some quality time on her over the Xmas break!! :D
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Cheers mate, first job is to buy a couple of games, otherwise she's gonna be a very expensive paperweight :D
 
Sooooo, apart from the lighting and fan controllers the very last parts I'd been waiting on arrived today. The extender came in an envelope...
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...But this is the box the 40mm tube came in :eek::D
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All ready to turn this into the floody disaster that the title promised...
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...NO. Seems as I'd plugged the pump into the motherboard, the pump said no. Never mind, it would have been a simple fix if there wasn't a bloody great radiator blocking access to the connector :mad:
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TADA! We have movement!
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Ahhhhh, so much neater with the extender in the bottom of the GPU :)
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Still got air in the system as the pump will only run slow until I've powered up the rest of it, but quite happy with how it's looking with the white fluid and definitely glad I went with white over red :)
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Three days until the lighting & fan controllers can be opened, so will hopefully have it all finished by about the 28th if I get time to have a proper go at it :)
 
Well done on the build mate. Not sure you needed the extender though, but that's ocd for you. :D

This may help with the bleeding.

freddie64 said:
Found this diagram for forcing full power on the pump.

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Found it here. (not the same pump, but should be the same wires.)

Hope it is of some help. :)
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Please read the link first though.
 
Ah, cheers Freddie, that looks like just the trick for getting the rest of the air out without risking electrocution :D

Didn't really need the extender, but it would have annoyed me for weeks until I drained the system to fix it haha can't beat a bit of OCD for delaying a fairly simple build :p
 
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Hmmmmm, so this is the top of the reservoir this morning... It's as tight as I can get it, but still leaking a tiny amount. Should I be worried or just leave it, and wipe the top of the reservoir each morning? :(
 
OK, I can see where I did a stupid: Didn't pay attention to the fact you need to use an extender to use the ports of the top :(

Easy fix, but means ANOTHER delay waiting for parts :(
 
Sorry to hear about the leak.

Had a quick google because i can't believe you need a extender for it as well.

All i could find was someone saying the top ports are only compatible with EK fittings.

I find that hard to believe too. Surely if it is a G1/4 fitting with a o-ring, it should work regardless of brand.
 
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