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Ben Harrison · 1 May 2011 at 17:23

Not usually a fan of NZXT cases, but this is looking pretty amazing so far. Love the look of the side panel.

Rob_J · 1 May 2011 at 17:41

Shayper said:
Cheers mate, check out G Dubs' project as well, he has used the kit and it looks awesome

I have and am keeping an eye on that too but I'd also like to add another 240 rad at the bottom as I have the same case as Mr Dubs.

Shayper · 3 May 2011 at 10:02

Just had some deliveries through

Now to spend a lot of time with a screwdriver

Shayper · 4 May 2011 at 12:05

Well, it's all installed and leak testing ATM, had a couple of minor ones when I first turned the pump on but all sorted now, as soon as the new psu arrives I shall chuck that in and will be sorted. Quickly gonna check if I can upload pictures with the iPhone, if not you will have to wait till later for the pics, but let me tell you it looks awesomesauce

Shayper · 4 May 2011 at 12:06

Ben Harrison said:
Not usually a fan of NZXT cases, but this is looking pretty amazing so far. Love the look of the side panel.

Thanks mate

I thought most of the other cases were pretty fugly myself, then I saw this and was like yes!

Shayper · 4 May 2011 at 12:53

Quick teaser till it's all up and running

Shayper · 5 May 2011 at 16:06

Well, just plugged it all in, turned it on and disaster! The whole thing keeps switching on and off after about 5 seconds. Good thing I ordered a 1.2kw Antec HCP off of Ace Modder, hopefully it will arrive today, seems like my measly 750w is not enough for the pump, extra fans and extra hdd

joxang · 5 May 2011 at 22:25

Shayper said:
Well, just plugged it all in, turned it on and disaster! The whole thing keeps switching on and off after about 5 seconds. Good thing I ordered a 1.2kw Antec HCP off of Ace Modder, hopefully it will arrive today, seems like my measly 750w is not enough for the pump, extra fans and extra hdd

Strange - you should easily have enough power to boot. Have you tried taking out one of your gpus and seeing if you still have the same problem?

Shayper · 6 May 2011 at 03:04

joxang said:
Strange - you should easily have enough power to boot. Have you tried taking out one of your gpus and seeing if you still have the same problem?

Will do that tomorrow

Hopefully the PSU will arrive tomorrow too! I might be getting a tattoo as well! ROCK ON!

G-Dubs · 6 May 2011 at 07:43

Hope the new psu solves the problem, but have suspicion that it lies elsewhere. i'd also suggest some problem solving first. starting with un plugging and re connecting all connections. then that second gpu.

xtremepc · 6 May 2011 at 08:12

I had a problem like yours but it did not work with changing the psu. Try changing the RAM sequence. That is how mine stopped doing that...Although i don't think so.

One quick question, how much power do you need for water cooling??

Shayper · 6 May 2011 at 10:15

Well you have all of the extra fans, the pump and in my case an LED, plus I also put a new HDD in there as well. Hopefully it will work with the new psu, the old one was pretty loud and terrible anway

Shayper · 7 May 2011 at 12:24

Tried taking out a gpu today, got halfway through loading windows, then cut out and went into the same loop.

Thinking about it, I had to unplug a fair few cables including the front panel connectors on both the motherboard end and the actual button end.

Not sure if I put the motherboard ones back on correctly, does the little arrow on the connectors mean positive or negative? I usually just guess and it turns out right but want to make sure if I have done it correctly

Shayper · 10 May 2011 at 16:16

Finally fixed!
New psu didn't help, but tried everything else, until I reseated the CPU. Now it's fine

So I shall roll on with this update! Nothing left to do now but take a picture of it in the dark

So some stuff arrived, a week late but hey

The res (terrible picture I know

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Shot from above, showing the pump

The 240 rad with fans attached

Shot of the fins

LED for the res

Enough tubing to watercool everything!

A lot of pr0n storage (games and stuff really

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The backplates (not actually needed in the end, just used my Kuhler backplate as I couldn't get it off the mobo...)

This kit comes with everything! Even a PSU bridger!

Screws and unused TIM

Hose clips (might need another two)

Decided to go with deionised in the end, so a leak shouldn't do too much damage

Le kill coil

Mmm... Shiny

Looks damn awesome eh?

Even Shinier!

Quick shot of all the new gear

Block installed...

And all piped up! (with my mate guy in the background posing!

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Naked front shot

Shot of the tubing

More WC goodness!

Shot of the res from the rear

And one last picture for you!

I shall take some more piccies later, when it is nice and dark!

Load at 4.2ghz is about 60-65 degrees, that's with 1.4volts. Epic, compared to the 95 under the Kuhler!

It is so nice to have a working PC again

Rob_J · 10 May 2011 at 16:24

Nice build mate, how long did you leak test for and where did you put the kill coil?

Shayper · 10 May 2011 at 22:27

24 hours for the leak test, and the coil is in the res

Some lovely night time pics now

One quick shot with flash

Overview of the pc

Close up on block

And one final shot!

Well, that wraps up this project, thanks for taking the time to look! If any additions happen, then I shall continue.

I HAZ W4T3RC00L1NG! L33t eh?

Rob_J · 10 May 2011 at 23:18

Thanks for the info, nice build, well done.

Shayper · 11 May 2011 at 02:03

Thankyou very much

OLDPHART · 11 May 2011 at 15:11

Hi bud, cracking temps, whats the matter why is your m8 posing and not you, is he not as ugly as you,lol. Just one thing when you have the time get a SSD, l'm using one a steal at that price, split 50/50 > OS/Games + benchmarks.

OCZ Agility Series 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive > £140 -

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-032-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427

Shayper · 12 May 2011 at 12:03

I have a crucial c300 64gb for my os, it's blisteringly fast