My Bitfenix Prodigy Water Cooled build....

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The completed project....

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As requested - here's a list of all parts...

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) £139.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £82.99
1 x XSPC Razor GTX670 VGA Waterblock £79.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £79.99
1 x Laing D5 Vario Pump -T12 VPP655 12V DC Pump £73.99
1 x XSPC RX240 120mm Radiator - Black £65.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £64.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Copper Acetal £51.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Recon Internet-Connected Fan Controller £28.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack £25.99
1 x XSPC Razor GTX670 Backplate £16.98
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 19/12.7mm, 2m, Clear £6.98
1 x EK-EKoolants Clear £5.6
10 x OcUK 1/2" G1/4 - High Flow Style - Black Nickel - Compression Fitting £3.49 (£34.90)
1 x OcUK Value SATA-II 45cm Red Data Cable (NLRB-302LOCK) £2.59
Total : £1,456.92 (includes shipping : FREE).




The only thing missing from the list is PSU (AX750 on order) and Alphacool UT60 120mm rad.


Please read on for the full build log...... hopefully it will help someone who wants to do this in this amazing little case! :)



Right guys -

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The above was my build until a few days ago. I had an Antec Kulher on both my CPU and GFX card, but the card was having issues in this case with the memory overheating etc (seems obvious as I didn't have any heatsinks etc on them). Although it wasn't a problem in my previous case.

I put the stock intel cooler back on and the stock GTX670 cooler back on which brought me to this point... the search for silence.


My specs :

I5-2500K
ASRock Z77E-ITX Motherboard
GTX 670
OCZ Agility 3 128gb SSD
2TB HD
1TB HD
750W Modular PSU


The build won't be a super speedy build as I'll slowly be getting my parts together, but once complete should be a good reference for another Prodigy water cooled case.


Looking at the below pic -

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I'm planning to run -

240 60mm rad in the roof - push pull if there's room.
120 60mm or 80mm rad in the front of the case
Apogee Drive II block pump
GTX 670 Full waterblock (undecided on which)

The reason I'm looking to go with a 120mm rad in the front instead of a 200 phobya is because I want to make sure I'll still have space for the longest of graphics card in the future.

I plan to have the 120 rad in the lower section of the front of the case - custom mount my mechanical HDs and mount a res of some sort possible on the front of the case also.
 
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Starting to make progress with this....

So far I have

XSPC RX240 Rad
Alphacool UT60 120mm Rad
Swiftech MCRES


Come the end of the month I'll be ordering the following -

XSPC Razor GTX670 VGA Waterblock
XSPC Razor GTX670 Backplate
Swiftech Apogee Drive II
Corsair SP120 Quiet Fans x 6
Bitfenix Recon Fan controller (hopefully I can make this fit the case with the rads)


Looking forward to getting stuck in.

Some proper pics and details to follow once all the parts are here! :)
 
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Finalising ordering the last few bits....

I was going for the Apogee Drive II, but due to the fact that I can't find it for sale anywhere in the UK I think I'm going with the following....

YOUR BASKET
1 x XSPC Razor GTX670 VGA Waterblock £79.99
1 x XSPC Rasa CPU Waterblock - Copper Acetal £39.98
1 x EK DCP 4.0 Pump (12v) £39.98
1 x XSPC Razor GTX670 Backplate £16.98
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 19/12.7mm, 2m, Clear £6.98
10 x OcUK 1/2" G1/4 - High Flow Style - Black Nickel - Compression Fitting £3.49 (34.9)
Total : £218.84 (includes shipping : FREE).




I'll also be ordering the Res to go with it elsewhere as it's out of stock on here...

thoughts?? :)
 
Well I was going to go with that pump in the basket list along with the res which mounts on to it. Now I'm thinking I'll go with the swiftech res I got today as I like how it mounts and I can swivel it out to fill/drain it.

So now looking for a possible different pump....



Pics : -

The first parts arrived!!!

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With the hard drive cages completely removed...

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Swiftech Res....

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Res can swivel out for easy filling/draining....
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Placed an order for this....

YOUR BASKET
1 x OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) £139.99
1 x XSPC Razor GTX670 VGA Waterblock £79.99
1 x Laing D5 Vario Pump -T12 VPP655 12V DC Pump £73.99
1 x XSPC Rasa CPU Waterblock - Copper Acetal £39.98
1 x XSPC Razor GTX670 Backplate £16.98
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 19/12.7mm, 2m, Clear £6.98
2 x EK-EKoolants Clear £5.6 (11.2)
10 x OcUK 1/2" G1/4 - High Flow Style - Black Nickel - Compression Fitting £3.49 (34.9)
2 x OcUK Value SATA-II 45cm Red Data Cable (NLRB-302LOCK) £2.59 (5.18)
Total : £409.24 (includes shipping : FREE).




Along with some SP120 fans and a couple of 90 degree fittings from elsewhere. :)

If I don't get any Haribo, I'll be peeved!!
 
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I was going to have the mechanical drives in a raid enclosure but they don't spin down when not in use for long periods of time. Not ideal.

I'm going to re-think my layout slightly and see if I can keep the lower HD cage somehow.

Still want the bitfenix recon fan controller for the drive bay, but not sure if I could get it to fit with the rad there. Mmmmm.

Really need someone with one first to ask exact dimensions of certain parts of it.


**** correction - I just accessed the HDs and heard them spin up in the enclosure! All good ****
 
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Hard drives (SSDs) are mounted on the power supply cage. There are screw holes there already for them.

Quietness is all very good, but I also need good old mechanical drives for mass storage & backup.

120gb SSD will be for OS and 240gb SSD for games.
 
Im planning res>pump>CPU>240rad>GPU>120rad>res

Should be able to get water to the GPU as the fitting should be on the inside side of the block (if that makes sense).

Cables should be fine for SSDs on the PSU wall. Think I've got it sussed.

Thought it would look too messy with more cables coming from the SSD bracket area on the door. They would maybe also get in the way of the res.

My only thing is, I bought all the goods today from OCUK. It's still not showing as posted?! Showing as printed in warehouse?! If it doesn't turn up tomorrow I'll be miffed - I would have ordered elsewhere if that the case. Hopefully it'll all appear - fingers crossed.
 
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From my own build, which I know was a different gpu block you can see there was no space inside the gpu at all. It is almost flush up against the top rad. That is why I had to route the tubes all the way around the outside.

One more thing, just for my own mind, would the 240 fit if turned with the ports at the front of the case?
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Yeah, I have a couple of 90 deg fittings etc incase I have to loop it round from the other side of the GPU.

The rad fits rotated the other way around also.
 
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How can you make the recon fan controller fit with rads mate?
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I'm not 100% sure if it will fit. It depends on how deep the actual unit is - not including the normal parts that would mount into the optical bay at the side.

If the screen & electronics aren't too deep, there's a chance it may fit with some custom modding.

I may order it next week and give it a go. :)
 
The CPU block I ordered was out of stock - hence the delay in the order being sent out.

I spoke to Ben today who has arranged for the order to be delivered tomorrow.

They have also changed the block to this one....


YOUR BASKET
1 x Aqua Computer Cuplex Kryos Delrin for Socket 775/1155/1156/1366, G1/4 £39.98
Total : £39.98 (includes shipping : FREE).




Not too sure about it. I've read that earlier versions had issues with large compression connectors but they have since changed the design. I'll know tomorrow when it comes! Would have preferred the Raystorm, but out of stock - then the Rasa was also out of stock.

If the replacement isn't too bad and the connections fit, I'll go with it. Failing that I may have to put things on hold and order the Raystorm elsewhere.

On a plus note my 90deg fittings and Corsair SP120 Quiet edition fans came today.

I'll have photos of everything tomorrow night and as long as the fittings are fine with the CPU block, I'll make a proper start! :)
 
Things may be on hold for this was hoping to get it finished tonight. Order received today but a few problems.

1) I received the incorrect pump!!! I ordered the VPP655-T12 but received a TPP644-T12 which does not have the variable speed control!!?!

Also...

2) when the CPU block was changed over due to an item being out of stock I did ask if the 1/2 compression fittings would fit due to the closeness of the threads on the block. I was told it would be fine. Guess what??... Nope. Thread holes are too close together!?

Not impressed! :(
 
Here's my parts that came today with the exception of the pump and cpu block which I have on order.... I was hoping to get this done tonight - but hey ho!

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The black XSPC box is the wateblock for the 670 and the white box is the back plate.
 
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