Fortress FT02 Watercooling

khemist

khemist

khemist

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Decided to stick a 120mm rad in the top of my FT02 just for the cpu, mostly due to boredom of being off sick from work for a couple of weeks.

When i first got this case i had bought a 240 rad and bay res etc but changed my mind and sold/sent back the stuff in the end.

This will be my third attempt at watercooling, before it was a Lian Li a77 and and firstly the Antec p182. :)


Parts -

XSPC RX120 + 2 x Enermax Clusters
EK DCP 4.0 12V Pump
EK Reservoir for DCP 4.0
EK-DCP mounting plate kit for EK DCP Pump
EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock Nickel Plexi
3/8" ID - 5/8" OD Compression fittings + 45° Rotary Compression Fittings
Ball valve
3 x Koolance QDC High Flow 3/8"ID 5/8"OD Quick Disconnects
2m Tygon R306 tubing + kill coil
Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Water + Mayhems Dye 10ml Dropper Bottle : Deep Purple (this stuff is seriously strong, 1 drop should do the loop.)

I've always used coloured tubing and distilled water before but fancied some purple in the block this time.



One Drop


Will probably have it a bit darker than this.

Pump/Res will be mounted here



The tubing in the pic is PrimoFlex but i don't think i will bother using it just now since i've got tygon and quick disconnects coming next week and dont want to have to plumb it up again, will update as i progress. :)
 
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Turns out the most of the pics i have didn't turn out great since it got dark and the light was rubbish, anyway, the first problem i had was the wrong length screws for the rad/fan so i had to grab a load of washers from HDD mounting screws -



Rad installed





Block on



Getting tubed up



Loop filled

 
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Add a splash of mayhems deep purple



wasn't purple enough so added some more







Couple of thing i didn't foresee was how short the tubes would be in this loop so wasted money on quick disconnects as they are almost as long as some of the tubes in this loop :) so will keep them for the future (at least i got a drain line in so that should make things a bit easier) and also one drop of the mayhems dye looked really great in a pint glass but i've added about six drops now and it's still not quite as deep as i want anyway, that's about it, cheers. :)
 
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Thanks, i'm just waiting on some parts arriving from the U.S. and Germany, should have them in the next couple of days so i can get cracking. :)
 
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