My First WC system

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Hi. i have finally completed my WC build. below is the specs

WC spec:

EK Supreme HF Easy Mount CPU Waterblock
Laing DDC1+ Ultra Pump 600 L/hr with XSPC V3 Acrylic Top
EK Full Cover Waterblock for NVIDIA GTX480 Graphics Card : FC480 GTX Plexi
EX 360 XSPC Radiator
10x compressed fittings
Battery water
XSPC single drive bay reserviour
some white 1/2 ID 3/4 OD tube
3x Gentle typhoons 120mm 180rpm fans

PC specs:
intel core i7 920 cpu
6gb ddr ram
480gtx nvidia card
850w Corsair moduled PSU
OCZ Vertex 2 120gb SSD drive
P6T Delux Motherboad
Lian li PCA710 case


Some pics:


DPP_0006 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr


DPP_0004 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr


590 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr


597 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr


571 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr

more pics coming soon
 
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initially when i first added water. it was leaking on one of the connectors to the GPU. it was because i was using the supplied little black rubber o ring that goes around the connector but because the fittings already had one, it leaked because it wasnt on tight. fixed that and removed the o ring, dried out the effective area and added more water and all is well.

more pics below:


DPP_0008 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr


DPP_0005 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr


DPP_0004 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr


DPP_0001 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr
 
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Good to see that the negative response you got elsewhere didn't put you off doing this, and some case modding too! Nice one, good on yer.

Is it finished now?
 
yea more or less finished. jut leak testing it now as we speak. i started leak test last night. still ongoing.

when i get home from work i will see if there has been any leaks. fingers crossed there is none and i can switch on the whole pc :)
 
Don't forget to give us an update on before and after temps, thoughts on noise levels etc. :cool:

A kit list would be good too.
 
looks nice, nice moddin as well! leaktests, i know everyone says leave them for 24 hours and if none then your good but i must run my leaktests for about 20-30mins max because i know if there arnt any in the 30 mins im fine, there is also the running for 24 hours before running as well to get rid of bubbles but again you can run and get rid of the bubbles, temps will be a little higher but soon as there gone it drops!, + it can take a good few weeks for the micro bubbles to go as well so may as well just run it and get rid of them!
 
i guess because its my first time i just wanna make sure there is no leaks. however, as mentioned already, it did leak the moment i put some fluid in it lol but thats fixed and since then. there has not been any leaks so far.
 
nice job

one thing i'll add, i've pretty much got the same case as you (internals are identical) - you can pass the tube through the holes in that annoying cage at the top-rear of the case making routing a tad easier
 
hehe thanks. all upa nd running now. justa quick question. is there a way to adjust the rpm of the pump as i think its running at full wack and is a bit noisy.

Any suggestions? it came with a 3pin connector and a molex. i connected the molex to my psu and the 3 pin to the motherboard and tried to adjust it using speedfan but doesnt do anything.

the pump is a Laing DDC 1 18w one
 
nope, unless you fancy opening it up and de-soldering some bits.

that fan header cable is just so you can see what speed it's running at in windows/bios, nothing more.
 
last few pics:


water cooling 033 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr

yea i know my cutting skills is crap but this will do.


003 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr

everything wired and ready to boot up the machine


007 by jonneymendoza, on Flickr

Its alive!!! it blooming works!!!!

temps:

kombuster running for 20mins:

before WC = 90c max
after WC = 48c max

Intel Burn test for 10mins using all cores, max memory usage:
before WC = 75c
after WC 57c
 
pump speed, you not thought of a fan controller that will handle whatever watage it is????

only reason i said that is because i have a fan controller but when it was plugged into that i wasnt getting the same power as i was when on the board, could be your only option unless y ou wanna change to a D5 pump like i will as soon as i can haha
 
but you haev already said it comes with a 3pin connector on it???? just take it out the board and onto a controller, i dont even power my pump through molex its done through 3 pin....
 
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