May i introduce you please, to a Blue and white Cheddar Cheese - H440 Build

Spursingham · 27 Mar 2014 at 09:25

Quick Update.

Haven't had much of a chance to do much in the last few days.
Yesterday I wanted to check out the Graphics on a mates computer before ripping it apart and voiding the pathetic Sapphire warranty.

Mate has a 5 Year old PC. Replaced his HD4800 with my Tri-X.
Heaven Benchmark got up to around 60FPS.
Tested the following games on the highest setting and they all looked great:
Spec Ops -The Line, Grid 2 and Empire - Total War.

Empire - Total War was on Ultra. Had 30+ ships battling it out and it ran smoothly.

Aiming to have the tubing and everything fitted before the weekend so I can leak test on Saturday.

Chesney420 · 27 Mar 2014 at 09:34

Subbed! Looks great. Very nice case

Spursingham · 28 Mar 2014 at 08:43

So I've managed to Fit the GPU Block. Fit all the tubing etc. Looks alright. Would Anyone with Watercooling experience like to comment on my work?
For some reason I feel like i'll be surprised if it doesn't leak.

So here's how it went yesterday:

I started the work off with some fuel:

Then I took apart my Graphics and added the WaterBlock:

Started and Finished the Tubing:

Now that's done, which eagle eye forum member would like to win a prize?

I have done something wrong. What is it?

More pictures Here: Spursingham.imgur.com

Gangster · 28 Mar 2014 at 08:47

Nice build, its a project log don't wrap them in spoiler tags

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Spursingham · 28 Mar 2014 at 08:50

Haha, I like to keep the page tidy.

Bart_Hunt · 28 Mar 2014 at 09:28

Haha, you are polish too

I like what I see, it looks nice and clean so far

Spursingham · 28 Mar 2014 at 09:41

Bart_Hunt said:
Haha, you are polish too

I like what I see, it looks nice and clean so far

HAHA not me. The GF is Polish.
She's been helping with the tubing

Gambisk · 28 Mar 2014 at 09:58

Looks great man, all these nice builds are giving me the water cooling itch.

Danny75 · 28 Mar 2014 at 17:36

Spursingham said:
Now that's done, which eagle eye forum member would like to win a prize?

I have done something wrong. What is it?

Just a guess - Should you have inserted the RAM before placing all the tubing? Or can it still be done without removing tubing?

Spursingham · 31 Mar 2014 at 09:47

Danny75 said:
Just a guess - Should you have inserted the RAM before placing all the tubing? Or can it still be done without removing tubing?

No, but that did end up being tricky. It was fine in the end.

The problem was I forgot to put the Blackplate on the Graphics card. Wasn't too much of a hassle though.

No one got the answer....does that mean I win a prize?

Spursingham · 31 Mar 2014 at 10:08

Update.

I started getting all the watercooling ready Saturday morning and started the leak test at around 11am.

After filling the water up I noticed some bubbles in the CPU and GPU blocks, and the sound of air bubbles in the Rad. After about an hour of twisting it upside down, side to side etc, it all went away. Left it running while I started my new project of grow some cat grass for my cats.

I left it running until around 7pm.
Outcome: NO LEAKS! Score!
Pretty surprised to be fair.

After that I plugged everything in and got the PC up and running.
Windows 8 installed in about 10 minutes.

I briefly started Crysis and Grid 2 to see how they run and it's flawless.

I was busy Saturday night and it was mothers day yesterday so I haven't had much of a chance to mess around with it properly.

I'd also like to point out that when the PC is on, I cannot hear a thing.
The stock fans going at 100% are dead quiet. Props for NZXT.
Also, the AX760i is a great buy. Doesn't make a sound on idle. Can't remember hearing it after starting a few games. I think I will end up buying the corsair SP210's so I can have some control over the speeds though.

Temps on the CPU and GPU on light use is around 35-40C. Is this right?
I thought it would be lower than this.

All in all I'm very happy.

Pictures to follow.

Spursingham · 31 Mar 2014 at 12:31

Pictures!

Backplate on!

Preparing for leak test.

Filling up.

Looked okay at this point.

No leaks. Everything connected

Danny75 · 31 Mar 2014 at 14:23

Spursingham said:
No, but that did end up being tricky. It was fine in the end.

Ah good.

Spursingham said:
The problem was I forgot to put the Blackplate on the Graphics card. Wasn't too much of a hassle though.

No one got the answer....does that mean I win a prize?

I think that means you keep it.

Thank you for the pics. Looking very tasty.

pdaboy · 31 Mar 2014 at 14:57

Wow really nice build. Did you have any experience of using water cooling before or was that your first install?

Spursingham · 31 Mar 2014 at 15:04

pdaboy said:
Wow really nice build. Did you have any experience of using water cooling before or was that your first install?

Cheers!

This is my first time setting up a watercooled system.

pdaboy · 31 Mar 2014 at 15:11

Spursingham said:
Cheers!

This is my first time setting up a watercooled system.

Even more impressive then. I get so tempted to build a new rig everytime I read one of these posts.

Spursingham · 2 Apr 2014 at 17:28

Small upgrade. Will fit these tonight:

TheyCallMeAndy · 2 Apr 2014 at 19:15

Whats your overall opinion on the ability to watercool in here, reckon you could fit a nice tall tube res?

deFiniLoGy · 2 Apr 2014 at 21:46

Nice clean build

Spursingham · 3 Apr 2014 at 10:01

TheyCallMeAndy said:
Whats your overall opinion on the ability to watercool in here, reckon you could fit a nice tall tube res?

I'd say it's quite tight. My res/pump is rested on one of the HDD cages on the right. If you removed a few of these you might be able to mount a long res along the front Fan spaces.

There's not much space underneath near the Power supply due to this being the place where all the cables get stuffed.

It's a great case for watercooling. I'd feel strange having stock cooling on all parts due to only having small vents on the top and front.