my first watercooled build i7 4ghz

rick fowler · 31 Aug 2009 at 11:55

just an update i have not done much of late as waiting on parts,hopefully they will be in stock soon,i have ordered my fans heres a pic of them.

120mm Enermax Apollish Blue Case Fan (121.93 m³/h)-Twister Bearing-Glossy Coating-Thermal Control

i think they will go well with the case colour what you think.

info on fan
Flashy colours and fascinating light effects
Due to its patented circular LED lightning with up to 15 diodes (12cm model) Apollish shines four times brighter than ordinary LED fans

Curved LED flashes
Innovative and high-resistant coating for long-lasting brilliance and extraordinary light reflexes

Persistent low noise level and long lifetime
Patented Twister Bearing Technology with self-lubricating bearing sleeve guarantees a nearly frictionless and noiseless cooling as well as a longer lifetime (up to 100.000 hours MTBF)

Excellent temperature-controlled cooling
Integrated thermal sensor for optimized speed control

Effective vibration reduction and comfortable installation
Four isolator mounts reduce vibrations and make the fan installation easier

rick fowler · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:02

just google it mate it will pop up straight away who sells them,i will take pics when they arrive also my other bits n bobs will arrive on the 2nd as well,so watch this space for the up and coming upgrades.

rick fowler · 2 Sep 2009 at 12:41

right need a bit of help,as i am waiting for my stuff to arrive,i thought i would doodle a drawing of what i would like to do,so i ask you all if this would work and look ok.
i could go with the rad in roof but then means the tubing is gonna be all over my lovley mobo and you wont see it.
if i went with the roof way does it matter how much tubing is used would this effect perfomance or temps at all?

or would the below idea work better?

rick fowler · 2 Sep 2009 at 13:13

ok so would it be ok then to go ahead doing the above design?

yes thats the only exhaust i have,but the theroy is that i am cooling all the components down with the cold air,on my previous build it worked really well,so hoping it will work again on this case,but this time 3 more fans

rick fowler · 2 Sep 2009 at 15:45

any more views ideas on this design or should i go back to putting the rad at top,just thinking of tidyness of tubing ect

rick fowler · 3 Sep 2009 at 08:19

anyone else out there think it would be better looking the way i drawed it out,should i turn the fans at top into exhaust fans rather than blowing into case,really need some feed back before i continue?

or put the rad back at top i just want to make it look its best and also tidy as possiable?

rick fowler · 7 Sep 2009 at 15:59

rite just an update all things are going to plan,i have on order my fan case mod gotta wait 7days for that to turn up so here's a few little pics of my fan test

here's the mod im having done

this will house 3 fans pic below

behind that i will have my hardrives which will be upright and hidden.

the build is nearly completed now and i guess there be something else i can add to it lol,but thats it the build i will show of all its glory in 7days,

knowing me i sell the build and start again lol

here's a couple of pics so far with fans running.

rick fowler · 7 Sep 2009 at 17:25

the block was easy to fit

the pump is 10w

you cannot put the hk3 round the other way do to the hk3 plate touching the cap

the orginal holes for cables dont match my mobo for some reason so had to cut them,i think there ok how they are done to be honest,it will soon be covered in my next mod which im working on

rick fowler · 7 Sep 2009 at 18:07

no probs matey no offense taking lol,its gonna be covered soon with uv plexi so all will be good if it goes right

rick fowler · 8 Sep 2009 at 02:01

well im keeping that one a bit quite lol,still in talks regarding this idea and so far if it works will be a first ever mod done(well i hope,not seen it anywhere!!)

yes the haf was the start of it all and its just gone into overdrive at minute,then i get the urge to sell it and do it all again,keep coming back should be more pics soon.

rick fowler · 17 Nov 2009 at 09:21

manisinghb said:
hey mate, how did u manage to get rid of the air in the system? and how do u know when it's out? what kind of volume do u get?

you have to pulse the pump every so often till the loop is filled,then if you have air still in loop tilt the case towards you whilst running the pump,it should cleat very quickly,how do you know when its all gone,sometimes its guess work but if your temps are really high that could be the reason there's air trapped in the rad,but if you keep tipping the case forward you will see bubbles poping around,if so repeat process.