Monsta 500R - The further adventures of Petey

Uncle Petey

Uncle Petey

Uncle Petey

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1st: 240+240 build



2nd: Fun overkill build 360+240+240


3rd: Green Monsta :-D 360+240




4th: Dual card goodness

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So, the arch-aircooler finally gets around to dipping a toe in the wet stuff :D

I honestly don't need to improve my CPU or VGA temps or anything, it's just that building a loop looks like a lot of fun and I can't resist any more, so here goes!

So far, we have:

- Koolance 380i Cpu Block
- EK FC7970 Block + Backplate
- 2x 240mm Alphacool Monsta Rads *giggle*
- Phobya 150 Reservoir
- EK D5 CSQ Pump top
- A bunch of EK compression & rotary fittings.

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Soon to come:

- D5 pump
- Tubing/coolant etc
- Misc stuff + a few more fittings

Stay tuned to find out how this all gets shoehorned into a Corsair 500R and expect plenty of pics :D

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Full WC component list

- Koolance 380i Cpu Block
- EK FC7970 Block + Backplate
- 2x 240mm Alphacool Monsta Rads 360+240 Monsta Rads
- Phobya 150 Reservoir
- EK D5 Pump top
- XSPC D5 Vario pump
- EK 45° + 90° rotary fittings
- EK compression fittings
- Koolance VL3N-FG Quick Release Connector Female G1/4
- Koolance VL3N-M13B Quick Disconnect Male Barb for ID 13mm (1/2in)
- Phobya Noise Destructor V.1 (the pad under the pump)
- XSPC UV green 7/16 5/8 tubing
- Mayhems X1 clear coolant

+ A couple of LED G1/4 lighting modules and a twin 5mm white LED cable for the reservoir.
Looked great with clear coolant, but the blue dye killed the lighting effect :( Edit: Turns out the LEDs just went bad..

Thanks to Tonester (GPU block/backplate, Scythe GT's and rotary fittings), Space Monkey (CPU block and pump top) and Fireisdangerous (Most of the compression fittings) for your MM bargains that made this possible :)
 
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I hope so :D
So far, it's looking like it'll be ok. Not epic desktop background material or anything if I'm honest though.

There'll be plenty of case cutting and stuff (which I've already started), but no self braided cables and bitspower lovelies etc.
There will be one particular aspect that'll split opinion though. I'll try to keep that bit as classy as I can. /cryptic

There'll be an update tomorrow when I get the majority of the remaining bits and bobs :)
 
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Nice choice on the rads mate. I've got the 240 up front in my switch 630. I only wish there was room for a 2nd Monsta, but I've had to settle with a 360 regular up top. I'm glad someone else likes the look of huge heatsinks, I think they're great. Enjoy the build mate.
 
Cheers guys, I'll try to keep up with the pic count.
I've just had a marathon sweat session with removing a huge heatsink from my card (pics in sig). That thermal glue doesn't play ball.
Hopefully, the card still works :D

Here's a quick pic until later :)

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Not a pimp mobo unfortunately... Ah well.
 
Can't wait to see how you're going to cram all this in a 500R, I know how one monsta will fit with a little cut to the bottom 5.25 bay, but the second?!? Not a clue!!

Have a 500R sat collecting dust too :p
 
Well, the first one is going in the front bay with the bottom cut out.
The second? Erm, well I guess it won't be IN the case as such, but I will do my best to minimize the ghetto factor ;)
 
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Well, the first one is going in the front bay with the bottom cut out.
The second? Erm, well I guess it won't be IN the case as such, but I will do my best to minimize the ghetto factor ;)
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I'm guessing...top mesh cover removed and radiator sat in with the fans on the underside in the case? You could try use something like a Koolance shroud over the top to give it a more seamless look? Though I'm not sure how deep they are.
 
Alrighty then, mostly done! Yay!

Leak test all clear and running sweetly :)
I bled both rads and a good shake cleared all the major bubbles. There are still some tiny bubbles in the res, but it's not an issue as far as performance goes.

Still need to do the top panel, so I'll post pics of that later.
All I'm going to do is cut a rad shaped hole in the mesh and line the cut with edge trim.

Here's some night time pics from yesterday and I'll do some daylight shots when I've finished the top panel. For a first WC build, I'm very happy with the way this turned out :)

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Pics (and my phonecam) don't do it full justice. I'll try to get some better ones in a bit.
Still need to sort out the cables on the back too.
Oh, and blank the graphics on the PSU.
 
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Cheers mate.
The rads are beefy, no doubt. I do think that pics make them look more massive than they are though.

Btw, if you were planning to do something similar with your 500R, note that I had to cut the top section off the HDD cage to make it fit under the rad.
If you wanted to put a 360 in the front (or a 240 on the floor), you'd have to either drill some new fan mounting holes about 5mm or so higher than the existing ones or cut a section out of the floor.
There was a little cutting needed on the top fan hole section to allow the top rad compression fittings a bit of room.

Also, all the cuts I made were done with a nibbler as I don't own a dremel.

There's also a modified demciflex filter on the front panel which I'll show pics of later.

Next on the list (after the mesh mod), I'll be doing a big window on the side panel.
 
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