First Water Cooled Build Log

[Tenatious]

Hey,

Well I've just picked up the parts for my first water cooled build. The spec is as follows:

Cooler Master CM-690-II Advanced USB3.0 Windowed Gaming Tower Case
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz
OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
EK H3O Watercooling Kit - Supreme LT 240 **2011 Compatible**
3x BitFenix Spectre LED ORANGE 120mm Fan

So, on to the pictures!

The components for the build:

And the water cooling parts:

So first things first.... I stripped the case down. In two minds as to whether to leave the bottom HDD cage in. Not sure it'll be needed!

Now for the motherboard and then the CPU installation:

If at any point someone sees me making any stupid mistakes, please do point them out! Nobodies perfect

CPU block now added.... how tight do I need to make those thumb screws on top of the springs?

 

[ZZZAC]

would think you dont want to warp the board but if its easy to do up the screws, i always have the screws fully in to bottom the spring

 

[Tenatious]

Hit a bit of a snag and need some advice! I have no idea where to mount the pump and reservoir! I can put it below the CD drive but then I wouldn't be able to stick a fan controller in due to the height of the reservoir. Any ideas?

 

[Sgt Tackleberry]

mite have to do some case modding in that case. If you have seom power tools and try to remove half of the hdd cage, if not try googling about that case + watercooling and see what other people have done!.
good luck