first water build (pics :) )

steveo

steveo

steveo

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well after a few weeks of purchase i finally have all my kit minus the fluid which should be here monday after a lot of help from the fine folks on these forums am now ready to start heres some pics for ya

my kit
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thermochill pa120.2
swiftech d5
swiftech microres
d-tek fusion
3m of 7/16" Masterkleer
ac ryan anti coil
2x sharkoon 2000
ac ryan uv lights

all going in here

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annoying bracket for psu is gone, easy than i thought it would be (god bless my dremel)

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rad and pump in the bottom

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tubings fitted to pump rad and res

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res :)

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more to come
 
not far of am using 7/16" Masterkleer with 1/2" barbs needed boiling water to get the tubing over the barbs like but its a clean snug fit, just waiting for my 2 bottles of feser one blue to come should be here monday :)
 
domyboy said:
Iv always thought about water cooling but i think it would be to messy, thats what i think though, I might eventually jump into the water cooling side.
Nice work there steveo.
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thats what i thought mate i had no clue 1 month ago and now am building one lol its not messy tbh there 4 main parts for a cpu loop and thats it
 
Gerard said:
Are your fans not back to front for that lianli case? Mine had the one behind the cpu sucking in and the one over the gfx card sucking out.
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changed it first thing when i got the case so that i had cold air blowing over the gpu and mobo and the hot air from the heatsink been sunked out works a treat as i did have them back the normal way once and my temps on the mobo and gpu went up 5 degrees :eek:
 
danieldepp said:
Sweet, i want one.. cant wait for you to get more pics up
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ask and you shall recieve :p

right just an update on with the pics

psu taken out
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along with everthing else apart from the mobo as i need it to measure the tubes
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on it just for measurements the plastic is still on the front of the block to protect it
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res done
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cpu done
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water rig done
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now i just need the fluid tomorrow and for me to dig up my other psu

if any one wants any pics that arent there let me no :D
 
nope thats going to have to be a summer job thats when i come to give the system a clean that way nothing is in the way tbh am not sure how i can do it as the wheel bracket is in the way,so glad i went with a custom rig instead of a kit like a swiftech one yea it was more hassle but so much fun :D and i have achieved something i never thought i would
 
oooh good the delivery man has been (at last a parcel here before midday yup wasnt citylink lol)

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ITS ALLLLLLIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEE :)

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bleeding it at the moment all connections seem fine as well pumps stronger than i thought it would be

on another not i have used 3/4 of one bottle lol
 
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would be nice if i could killer but corsair have not put the screw holes in the right place for that type of mounting :(

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johny dolan said:
looks good steveo.Nice to see how you went about your build in comparison to mine. http://dik.dolan.googlepages.com/wc0003.JPG
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cheers bud you just need to hide some cables and it will be good

just got it all set back up and running

temps before on zalman 38/40 idle @2.4ghz @3ghz idle was 48/50 load @high 80s :(

now on water idle @3.6 32/35 not run p95 yet but load is about 45/50

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still got some stuff to tidy up but all seems ok
 
when i bought the microres res i got some velcro with it so i used that for the pump instead :D cheers for comments guys :)
 
am stripping my pc down to do some rad grills in the top and bottom with some vent windows on my side panels soon so i will not need the rad brackets, but no theres no vibrations from them as i have foam between them whichs stops it as for the pumps well as the heat grew in the case the velcro did start to come away lol so when i have emptyed my case the pump is getting attached properly but am glag i went custom instead of a kit not just for parts but for the joy of nowing a built my own :D
 
imar said:
Looking good Steveo.
Gives inspiration to those that may be wary of attempting this kind of thing.
Grats on the build :D
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cheers bud always glad to have feed back from a fellow yorkie :p so how near to york are you then
 
i was going to start a new thread but thought that its all the same so keep it in here


any way after my first water build was a semi success in that it didnt leak and dropped my temps a lot i new i needed to do some work on my case to help it out so heres some pics for ya, still have the mounting holes to drill and clean up then i can get on with my side panels the radgrill holes where done with a dremel (one of the discs shattered on me and i got a piece on my top lip fooker wouldnt stop bleeding lol) on with the pics

rad grill bottom





rad grill top





edit

think i have found my unofficial sponsor 2 more of them came today lol



3x front intakes
2x top exhaust
1x side intake
1x back exhaust
4x rad in push/pull



got some trimming to do but i really like it what you guys think
 
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strange tried editing my last post but wouldnt let me :confused:

any ways heres the top rad grill finished :D

am happy with it

 
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