Finally i get cracking 900d time !!

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Idleman said:
About time you got round to this T, that 900D must have had an inch of dust on it. :p
Sorry to hear you`re having a few problems but I`m sure you`ll get it sorted.
Look forward to seeing the rest of build, will be keeping an eye on this thread.
Sorry, can`t offer any advice, as I know bugger all about watercooling.:D
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Hi G, am getting there slowly took all my options on board and slept on em last night should plough through it today :)

ChrisLandin said:
Liking it so far Tony.
Looks like a few teething issues so far but ive a feeling this is going to look just great!!
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Cheers Chris am on me way, course you could have popped over to lend a hand :D Just kidding but if you do drop by your welcome to have a butchers!

pgi947 said:
Around 3-3.5 will be more then enough with serial D5's, I had a pair in serial both set at 5 pushing a monster of a loop, my loop was filled and bled inside 15 mins, emptied a 450ml res in a couple of seconds, massive amount of pressure/flow :D

I had res>pump>pump>GPU>GPU>CPU>MB>360>1080>280>260>res. Single D5 couldn't cope, a pair of them ate it for breakfast :)
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Thanks for that Paul, good grief man that was a heck of a loop definitely getting your monies worth out of the d5's there :)
 
piggin said:
Nice work MrT, keep it up :)
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Morning Paul cheers for that hope you and yours are keeping well and the neck has cleared up :)

Avathar77 said:
Hi Tony
Bit confused with the placement of the RES and Pump(s).
Are you going to place the RES right on top of the Pump Top?

In your RES, ;
Outlet going to be from one of the ports on the bottom pom cap and inlet going to be from one of the side ports of the bottom pom cap?

If so, I would remove the crystal tube from the outlet of the RES.
It would make the draining much easier!
Also, don't over tighten the RES, I have heard some stories about RES cracking(made me check my loop :))

When I first saw 900D case, I thought that will fit 2 x 480 RADs in the bottom compartment and PSU can go in the Top!
This may require some modding to fix the PSU and partitioning to hide it(may be using plexi?) ;)
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Morning S, aye that's the plan with the loop.



Hey wait a minute .... I see what you did there that sounds like a good idea keep me upto date with a few sketches/pics when you get cracking !!
 
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Looks like it's going to be an awesome build! Have any bits gone into the case yet? Would love to see some pics of it all going into place.
 
I would go
Pump(s)-> Bottom RAD -> Bottom GPU -> Top GPU -> CPU -> Mosfet -> Top RAD -> RES(one of the top ports as inlet) -> Pump(s).
I would also try to put the inlet and outlet of the top RAD to the front end of the case.

But that's just me :)
Deference between having CPU before GPUs would be minimal!
 
I like the flow direction tea, but not sure about the positioning of the pumps. I'd bling them up a bit put them on the mid plate or in the space where you removed the drive cages at the front. Then I'd go res>pumps>cpu>gpus>bottom rad>top rad>res.

Or put both rads in the bottom.
 
Ok who's the numbnut that said this would be finished for Saturday night??? ... oh wait :o:o:o :D

Seemed like trial after trial as if I was never meant to do this build but its all done n dusted for now.

The original loop plan went to pot when I realised the quad would not fit the way I wanted in the roof .

The only thing I have not done very well is the cable management as I am going to get a new modular thingummywhatsit this thermaltake 1500w in olive green was just begging to be covered in fablon :)

Overall did I set out to do what I wanted? Yup its a clean and tidy build an improvement over my last one not altogether sure it was worth the £3040 spent on it, and some of those parts were from members market so heck only knows what it would have cost all new.

The journey is the biggest part for me and now I am largely done feel a bit deflated ..... off too members market to start again probably.

The photos are really bad am sorry I was using my phone I will say they do not do it justice its smart.













 
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I think it looks great mate, you are the worst when it comes to hardware addiction, well nearly as bad as me so I know what I'm talking about! :)

What you need to do is finish it, and use it and enjoy it for a while. Play some games, makes sure you have it somewhere you can see the great quality kit you put together.

You probably also need to separate your main system from any crunchers you build. Don't try and make one thing that does everything.

That way they can be pig ugly or even nekkid, getting you the most bang per buck wheras your main PC can be a work of art if thats what you fancy.

But for what its worth, I think it looks very nicely done, you should be proud of yourself. Maybe take more pics so that we can follow your journey closer and appreciate it with you.
 
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Thank you Mr Biffa sah, I know what you mean am off to town to get a decent camera to try and do it justice.

Its already crunching till I can get a second machine up and running have neglected seti for far too long and will start doing the news in a week or so.

Will do a clean windows install later, stick a lightrope in there and start shopping for a good modular psu ..... which will give me the perfect excuse (a spare psu) to build a dedicated crunching rig and keep this one for games and poking about with.

:)
 
whyscotty said:
Looking good sir :cool:
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Alasdairhurst said:
Awesome! I was looking forward to this one :P How are you planning to get that bottom-front fan in there with the 420mm rad in the basement?
That loop is very similar to how mine is going to go (minus the extra 780) :)
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Thanks chaps much appreciated.

Allthough I am fairly happy with it as is once the modular psu is installed then I can do the cable tidying bits.

Would have liked to go with Mr Biffas suggestion of raising the pumps to mid-level but hmmm .... yup I might just do that fill the window up a bit :)
 
Thanks Mark :)

I used a dual d5 top that comes with anti-vibration gaskets so its literally sat on the bottom of the case.

If I had bought an x3 res with a small link it could screw into the link directly attached to the block eliminating the need to set it up like I did. As others have said it would probably look better if the pump top/res was raised to mid-level in the case with the aid of a small metal plate for support.
The handy thing with the pump top is it is able to fit in a 5" drive bay depending on how you arrange your loop.

I took a trip into town to look for a camera to take some decent photo's but could not see anything to fit my requirements, I did not want to spend more than £100-£150 and even the second hand stores were all out of sony af100 which a friend recommended, so am stuck with a camera phone at the minute.

 
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Hi Mark

Sorry again for the quality of that pic have lightened it up to try and show the D5 pump itself is attached to the block uptop the casing at the bottom is just for anti-vibration and is attached by rubberised screws.

Have a scout through the watercooling section you should find something you need, if its something you know a supplier like Ek does but its not listed stick a note in the customer service section.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=962&catid=2141

 
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