First attempt at water

dandos23

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Well, I finally bit the bullet and went for it.

Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case
Crucial MX200 500GB M.2 2280SS SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive
EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream XE 480 (Quad)
EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO - Full Nickel
Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack x2
Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack x3
Gigabyte X99-SLI - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle
Kingston Fury Black 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black x2

Unfortunatly I didnt take any photos of the build so far and am already over half way through. I still have the blanking plate for the 5.25" bays and the motherboard tray cover to do. I just havent decided if I should buy them or make my own. Lastly there is the cable management.

This is what it looks like so far, I had to make the light box at the bottom as the only place that makes them never has them in stock.

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Can you please remove the spoiler tags as per rules for posting in the project area :)


But it does look good :D
 
SamyBoy13 said:
Looks good to be honest. Not bad for first attempt. Did you though about water cooling gpu too and possible upgrade?
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I will be doing that but not untill around April next year due to costs.

You cant see in the pics, but the light box can change to any colour as well. I will get a vid up at some point.
 
LePhuronn said:
How did you make the light panel? Looks very evenly lit.
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This was not easy although the principles of it are. The parts that i used are

11mm x 11mm x 2 meters 90 degree aluminium
0.5mm x 500mm x 500mm steel sheet
5mm x 500mm x 500mm clear frosted acrylic
6mm x 35mm x 35mm clear acrylic x 40 (few spare)
5050 led strip 5 meters
wifi led strip controller

I used the 90 degree aluminium to make a frame that fit inside the case and then cut the steel sheet to fit inside that making an 11mm deep tray essentially.

This was then painted with black metel paint on the outside and white metal paint on the inside to help the light reflect off of the surface.

I had to polish the edges of the 6mm x 35mm x 35mm clear acrylic before evenly spacing them inside the tray so that the light could pass through them easily and provide support for the frosted acrylic that sits on top of that. All the little blocks of acrylic are held in place with 1mm think double sided tape.

The led strip is then placed around the edge of the tray with the connector closest to the back of the case.

The last part is the frosted acrylic which is cut to fit just inside the tray and sit on top of the clear acrylic blocks.

There were a few other things as well that made it a bit more complicated but if people want I could do a proper right up.


NoobCannon said:
looks good but why such long tube runs? just because you like the look?

generally the shorter the better. nice work tho
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Partly for the look but also because there was such a small amount that the tube needed to be bent I couldnt actually do it, so I had to exaggerate all the bends and make it longer. It was also to allow room for a new GPU when the time comes.
 
That is very impressive bending for a first attempt! :) Really love that fluid btw.

Only thing i would say is the extra long runs?

I bet you could bend that one on the floor so it goes throught the light box. That would allow the one going to the CPU block to come out the light box take a 90 degree left out then up and over the GPU and into the cpu port so the whole thing is straight.

Not only for looks but also fluid performance, the more bends, the more restriction is created in the loop.
 
Thanks for the lightbox summary. Pretty much what I thought you did, but it's always nice to have a rundown.

Have you got some kind of pearl/shimmer effect in the fluid, or is that just bubbles catching the light?
 
LePhuronn said:
Thanks for the lightbox summary. Pretty much what I thought you did, but it's always nice to have a rundown.

Have you got some kind of pearl/shimmer effect in the fluid, or is that just bubbles catching the light?
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It's Mayhems aurora I think, you can add it to coolant and it looks awesome. Search for a grey build that uses it, absolutely gorgeous!
 
NoobCannon said:
because every turn and bend etc creates more restriction in the loop same with angled fittings etc
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I would say, in the grand scheme of things, the resistance caused by a relatively large radius bend would be minimal compared to something like a waterblock. Angled fittings are far sharper than a bend too.

Whilst not my preference, I'd say the extra bends would create little or no effect on the performance of cooling or on the ability for the pump to, err, pump.
 
savagesam117 said:
It's Mayhems aurora I think, you can add it to coolant and it looks awesome.
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I don't think it is Aurora. The res is too clear to be Aurora and there's no sparkle in the tubing itself. As far as I know you can't/don't use Aurora as an additive, it's a full fluid, hence asking the question.

If it is Aurora then that loop is gonna get pretty messy and the Aurora effect will die off fast - it's not intended as a 24/7 fluid and only works in simple loops - the particulates will settle very quickly in the complex bends of this build.
 
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