my dual 360 rads in my 800d are finished

timciren · 29 Jul 2010 at 16:19

so 2 weeks after deciding on the kit for my first watercooled set up it has evolved into this and I am very happy at least until the credit card bill arrives

timciren · 29 Jul 2010 at 16:22

Now comes the testing fun...

dazzerd · 29 Jul 2010 at 18:26

Nice lovely looking build.

dazzerd · 29 Jul 2010 at 18:28

Did you mod the case to fit in the bottom 360 or is it just sitting there after removing the lower drive cage?

timciren · 29 Jul 2010 at 18:40

dazzerd said:
Did you mod the case to fit in the bottom 360 or is it just sitting there after removing the lower drive cage?

yep, had to remove the hdd cage, drill out the bottom of the case, fit the rad then put the sides of the cage back

Skeng · 29 Jul 2010 at 19:17

Looks Great, Really nice job and colour scheme.

Gotta say though a motherboard as nice as that needs to be accompanied by a Chipset block. xD

"Damn the expense!"

Really nice build though would love to see some Temps. =]

timciren · 29 Jul 2010 at 19:59

Skeng said:
Looks Great, Really nice job and colour scheme.

Gotta say though a motherboard as nice as that needs to be accompanied by a Chipset block. xD

"Damn the expense!"

Really nice build though would love to see some Temps. =]

yep, mobo block is the next thing, ioh hit 68 when testing 4.2, gotta love the ROG connect
and yeah "damn the expense"

ChrisLandin · 29 Jul 2010 at 20:10

Spot on that mate!!! I hope mine will look somewhere near! Ive gone for the 2 rs triples and new as well. Figured it best as its gonna be for the long haul this case. What is the gpu your running?

timciren · 29 Jul 2010 at 21:08

ChrisLandin said:
Spot on that mate!!! I hope mine will look somewhere near! Ive gone for the 2 rs triples and new as well. Figured it best as its gonna be for the long haul this case. What is the gpu your running?

did u measure your PSU ? mine is 150mm long so has 30mm clearance to rad

GPU is a 5970, with the airfan on it looks like a beast and weighed 1000g, but the air fan weighed 830g, without it it doesnt look much for the money

looking forward to turning it up

RJC · 29 Jul 2010 at 21:14

Looking good

mast3r · 30 Jul 2010 at 10:07

Now that i DOOOOOO like! i like that a lot. Very simple but clean and pretty.

Nice job with cable management.

Do you have two loops or dual rads single loop?

Muel · 30 Jul 2010 at 10:57

Looking good! Chipset block required though, and at least one more GPU.

What's the spec of it?

w3bbo · 30 Jul 2010 at 11:00

I'd do away with the red spirals and use black tubing. Looks good though.

rjk · 30 Jul 2010 at 11:06

any chance you could go into more detail.

perhaps show us how you put the rad in the bottom?

NathWraith · 30 Jul 2010 at 11:09

rjkoneill said:
any chance you could go into more detail.

perhaps show us how you put the rad in the bottom?

Agreed, do want to see this.

OCD-OC · 30 Jul 2010 at 11:40

Same here, I think my PSU is slightly physically larger,

wish I'd been able to fit it and the PA120.3

timciren · 30 Jul 2010 at 12:29

mast3r said:
Now that i DOOOOOO like! i like that a lot. Very simple but clean and pretty.

Nice job with cable management.

Do you have two loops or dual rads single loop?

Muel said:
Looking good! Chipset block required though, and at least one more GPU.

What's the spec of it?

changed my sig to include spec

I think these have just come down in price for me

timciren · 30 Jul 2010 at 12:32

w3bbo said:
I'd do away with the red spirals and use black tubing. Looks good though.

yep, hard to decide, I hoped the spiral would stiffen the tube cos it is quite a long straight run to the top pump and it sags a bit.

But there is a lot of black in there already and I have to leave something to fiddle with later

timciren · 30 Jul 2010 at 13:10

rjkoneill said:
any chance you could go into more detail.

perhaps show us how you put the rad in the bottom?

Lots of people seem to remove both sides of the lower hdd to fit a rad in the bottom of the case, then the shelf above the PSU droops.

I wanted to fit a 120.3 in the bottom cos
1. hadnt seen anyone else do it
2. I bought a RS360 for the top but wanted to change it to a deeper rad and hated to waste it
3. seemed like it would balance the triple fan outtake at the top
4. the space was wasted

first plan was to cut a hole and mount a grill over it. So off with the feet

drill off 3 rivets on the front

and grind off 1 rivet on the top of the HDD cage ( which was a bit tricky and I scuffed my paint )

put the grill on to mark out holes

I was planning to mount the rad in the middle of the bottom of the case at this point and marked the mounting holes before drilling...
I put the fan in to just have a look and realised if I mounted it just off centre it would fit perfectly against the HDD cage and the mount screws for the rad lined up with holes in the bottom grill

I was a bit nervous about making the first cut, so I screwed up the rad to look at how to mount the grill ;

Instead of cutting a hole, I thought why not use the grill as a template for drilling 200 holes ?

timciren · 30 Jul 2010 at 13:20

a couple of battery charges later my drill was blunt....

then to support the shelf, I snipped and bent the cage

I put a couple of screws where the rivets had been and it worked.

The rad fans can now blow thru the HDD bay, but as I only have 2 SSds I am not worried about the heat.

I mounted the second pump where it would let me add another GPU if I need to, but I want to test it out under water first