My First Water Cooled Build

Sorry I'm confusing myself now. Is the rad going in the front of the case or in one of the top/bottom compartments you have?

If it's in the front of the case have them pull cool air in and then exhaust that heat out of the top/back of the case
 
It's OK, I'm not making myself clear.

I am having two rads, one in top chamber and one in bottom chamber, as shown in photos. I have x4 fans for each rad. Really I just need to know which side of the rads the fans should be mounted - the front of the rad, or the back of the rad (as I have at present in the photos). Sorry if it's not clear.
 
Kropsky said:
It's OK, I'm not making myself clear.

I am having two rads, one in top chamber and one in bottom chamber, as shown in photos. I have x4 fans for each rad. Really I just need to know which side of the rads the fans should be mounted - the front of the rad, or the back of the rad (as I have at present in the photos). Sorry if it's not clear.
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Okay! in the bottom I'd say have intake. So put the fans on the front of the rad in pull config.

In the top chamber but the fans on the front in push config!

I'd say that would be the way to go. :)
 
Got the temporary heatsink to check the hardware was all working

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CPUS seems to recognise mobo, cpu and ram - all good.

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Put board in case, and have changed the fans round

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Another look

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A look at the top chamber

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From top chamber looking down

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Yeah, but when you get the res and cards in it doesn't look so empty.

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By the time I mount the front HDD bays it will look fairly full I think, with options to install more rads in the bottom chamber if and when needed.

On another note, I had to drill the case today to mount the res properly. I wanted to get the pump directly under the res. More than that, I needed to move res away the right to make room for the HDD cage when they arrive. So I think this was the right decision, and here the res is mounted, with an improvised fillport at the top. Lots of cutting I'm afraid.

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Tubing on mobo is not the real stuff - just getting a feel for where things need to go.

Regards.
 
BoonMonkey said:
Why did you get rid of it? :(
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Ive lost interest in watercooling and the case is just to big without watercooling stuff inside,I just sold it quick to fund a new case and some new lens for my dslr which I'm quite into.

No remorse selling it to be honest :)
 
schizo said:
Ive lost interest in watercooling and the case is just to big without watercooling stuff inside,I just sold it quick to fund a new case and some new lens for my dslr which I'm quite into.

No remorse selling it to be honest :)
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Ahh! That's fair enough then. :) At least ya got something you wanted with the money. :D
 
Have gone an unorthodox route. Put tubing behind the mothrboard - I don't like cluttering the chambers with tubing. Waiting for a new EK bridge (quad link) so I can use the x2 16 PCIe on the mobo. At the moment one is in x8, meaning my cards would only run at that. Hope it works. Black tubing is just temporary.

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Just an update. It's alive!

Leak testing it now - so far so good.

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Will put in hhds and ssd and other stuff later on...I'm guessing after 24 hours it's safe to plug the motherboard in?
 
Looking very nice man. I've never watercooled but it is definitely something I would like to do in future when I have the budget. I would say so yes. Once you feel that there are definitely no leaks I would go for it!

If you don't mind me asking, what are the final spendings for this build? This is a MONSTER!
 
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