My first project log...

If I placed the pump directly below the res, how would I actually fill the res? Some sort of pipe going out of the back of the system or something or just dont attach the res until I have filled the loop outside of the case? (sorry for amazingly daft question)
 
James J said:
If I placed the pump directly below the res, how would I actually fill the res? Some sort of pipe going out of the back of the system or something or just dont attach the res until I have filled the loop outside of the case? (sorry for amazingly daft question)
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Just unscrew the cap on the top of the res and pour your fluid in thus continually feeding the pump under pressure via gravity. Keep topping up until the loop is bled. If you get you're pump and res placement correct filling and bleeding will take less than 5 minutes, get them wrong and you'll be there all day and risk damaging your pump if it runs dry.

A t-line can work but its a poor idea in the way that you currently have it configured in your 800D. Filling and bleeding will be near impossible in such a large loop with that many blocks. and placing the pump above the res is a school boy error.

I'm sorry but I feel cleeecooo is giving you some ill-thought out advice at the moment.
 
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I'll assume you've quoted the wrong post in your reply above. You wouldn't be able to bleed through the res if you are also trying to fill through the same tube.

Plus, as soon as you switched the PC off the air would pocket in the pump and the 360 roof rad and god knows where else.

OP's choices for optimal performance are placing the pump under the cylindrical res or opting for a bay res and locating the pump inside that. The former option is the better IMO.
 
No need to argue guys as I'll see what works best when it all arrives anyway. Still have a few things to do in regards to the case before I can do the watercooling anyway which is proving to be problematic. Need something to support the divider tray which separates the lower and mobo compartment due to the 240mm rad mod done to the bottom of it removing the hdd cage. I also need to drill some holes to secure the 240mm rad at the bottom of the case as well due to not wanting it to go walk about when I move my pc in a few months time lol.

My waterblocks have been posted to ocuk so just waiting to find out when they turn up from RJK or 5UB. Should get delivery of all of it this week though unless there's an unforseen delay.
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayjohnson2011/6714510201/
Took advantage of the low price of my RAM so added another 8gb set :)

All DIMMs are filled now so it looks rather good, plus the colour of the RAM matches the heatsink colour of my motherboard also, same with the pcb colour on the RAM and mobo!

Shame my gcards have brown pcbs.... although full waterblock + black backplate should sort that out :D

edit: removed the low quality picture as it has the invoice under it with all my address details lol
 
Gonna be a busy boy on friday as my housemates PC components are arriving so I'll be building that for him. I've sold him some items I'm upgrading from, incluiding my CPU cooler, so praying my watercooling stuff actually comes this week!

His spec is as follows:

i5 2500k
MSI P67A-C45 (use to be mine)
Coolermaster CM690II advanced (same)
8gb Crucial 1600 vengence blue
seagate 1tb hdd
60gb OCZ agility SATA3 SSD
Windows 7
MSI 6950 2gb
OCZ 600w stealthXsteam2 PSU (also sold to him from me)
Corsair H60 + apache black (same as above)

Should be a nice little machine! (little compared to my corsair 800D :D)

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I've also been doing some modding today but don't have a camera at the moment so I'll have to steal my girlfriends lol. I bought the case with a 240mm rad mod done to the bottom shelf of it, which I've smartened up today and added some dust filters to fill the gap. I've had to order another 90 degree SATA cable due to noticing that the 6gb upgrade kit for the hotswop bays was being bent by the plastic cover as I have 3 hard drives, so 2 90 degree bend cables and a straight one, which is the problem and is being replaced.

Looking at putting some sort of support for the tray and have a few ideas, yet I don't own ANY of the tools necessary to do it, so watch this space lol. Seen someone use a black wooden dowel as a support which actually works quite well, yet it wasn't secured, which is an issue for me as I will have to move the case at some point. Due to that, I've ordered some velcro addesive pads from OcUK to secure some components which may be loose, depending on what loop layout I choose (like whether I should suspend the pump below the res etc).
 
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Setup my housemates PC today and it works nicely and got confirmation that my entire watercooling order has been shipped for saturday delivery so it'll be with me tomorrow :D

Gonna take my time and build the loop tomorrow, so I'll update the thread at some point with the photos I take (won't be good quality though as I only have my phones camera :( )
 
Understood thanks. Looks like I have space for the pump at the bottom of my case but I'm confused by the inlet and outlet as it comes with no instructions :s there's an inlet and outlet then two other unamed ports. What do I need to put into these?
 
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