My watercooling build

Robzere31

Robzere31

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Just a few pictures of my first watercooling build.

Comprises of the following.

Phanteks Enthoo Pro M with full acrylic window
EK Xres140 pump/res
XSPC Raystorm Pro
BlackIce 280mm
Blackice 240mm
EK 980Ti WF3 full cover waterblock
EK 980Ti WF3 Backplate
XSPC fittings
Promochill 16/10 tubing
Mayhems Blood red coolant

XSPC Raystorm waterblock fitted to my 4770K



Gigabyte G1 980Ti (Before)


(After)



EK 980Ti WF3 waterblock



BlackIce 280mm rad with Aerocool 140mm fans - bit overkill!:D



XSPC fittings on waterblock



Finshed


Hidious looking MSATA drive in full view


MSATA SSD hidden away











Front fans are Corsiar SP140mm red led fans running at 850rpm
Top fans are Aerocool DS edition 140mm fans funning at 850rpm
Exhaust fan is an Alaska Pirahna 120mm fan running at 1000 rpm

I did fit a corsir 140mm as exhaust but has issuse fitting the pump. also tried at 120mm coolermaster red led but didn't like it.

Fitting went quite well, I loved working on the case, it's certianly the best one I've had in many years, it's just well designed & built

Couple of small mistakes I've made, one bieng buying 3 pin fans rather than PWM's.
I've always used PWM's so I can control fan speed via my motherboard.
Other thing, was in hindsight I would have bought a half hieght rad for the top. The 60mm one in the is a bit overkill cooling only one GPU.

Still getting air out at the moment, but pretty happy how it's running.
A brief gaming session last night maxed the GPU out at 40c, & CPU at 60c

Not sure if the CPU will settle down in the next day or two, but was hoping for closer to 50c for it.

One thing I can't seem to do is adjust the pump speed.
It's currently running at 2000rpm molex plugged in & the other cable plugged in to motherboard header but I can't adjust it.

Couple of little tidying up jobs still to do, but it's certianly got me the watercooling bug. :D
 
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Is the pump a revo pwm? I had the same one and had the same problem on my old board.

Even playing around in the bios it just wouldnt push the rpm so it was pretty much sat between 1.5-2.2k.

My new Board is so much better though. It runs at 4.5-5k and is silent. You tried playing around in the bios?

What board you got?
 
Snookums said:
Is the pump a revo pwm? I had the same one and had the same problem on my old board.

Even playing around in the bios it just wouldnt push the rpm so it was pretty much sat between 1.5-2.2k.

My new Board is so much better though. It runs at 4.5-5k and is silent. You tried playing around in the bios?

What board you got?
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It's the revo/pwm pump, plugged into an MSI Z87 GD-65 motherboard.
I can change setting in bois, but nothing happens.
 
Hmm might just be some board compatibility issues then. No one quite managed to explain my issue. I also put it on my fan controller and it wouldn't even run on that. Try it in a case fan header? Might just be the CPU header pnot playing ball?
 
Snookums said:
Hmm might just be some board compatibility issues then. No one quite managed to explain my issue. I also put it on my fan controller and it wouldn't even run on that. Try it in a case fan header? Might just be the CPU header pnot playing ball?
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Tried it in both CPU headers & 3 sys headers. still no good.
I've been messing about with it & if you plug it into pins 1,2 & 3 of a header it will run the pump at full speed.
That will do fine for now as I just need to run it 100% to get the last of the air out.

I can drop it back to 2000rpm later.
 
Interesting, I didn't realise the Revo could run above 2000rpm! I have an MSI motherboard too and haven't been able to adjust it so just thought that it must be fixed. Would love to be able to test it at the higher revs to see if temps are better.
 
yeah I think the max on a revo is 5400rpm if I remember correctly.

There is a proper way to jump it to 100% I done it whilst filling but I can't remember it. There's a guide somewhere online.
 
Thanks guys, sussed it now. Seems that on MSI boards the revo pumps wont run at 100% capability unless its plugged into CPU2 fan connector on the board. All the other fan headers dont have the required intel spec.
If it wasn't for this thread I would never have realised, temps are already better cheers!
 
cadmunkey said:
Thanks guys, sussed it now. Seems that on MSI boards the revo pumps wont run at 100% capability unless its plugged into CPU2 fan connector on the board. All the other fan headers dont have the required intel spec.
If it wasn't for this thread I would never have realised, temps are already better cheers!
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Can you control the pump speed via the bios though CPU 2 header?
 
Yes I can now ;) couldn't before with it on any of the sys fan headers. Can also control it using the MSI command centre software too now.
 
Little update.

Temp sensor installed.




Also added a Samsung 850 Evo hard drive(1TB) to replace my WD green for games etc.

Been messing around with fan speeds & have settled on a nice profile which is quiet but still keeps the GPU around 40c & CPU around 50c
Also, removed the Corsiar 140mm Led fans from the front & replaced them with Phanteks original 140mm fans. I find them quieter & perform as well if not better.

Next job is to remove the white LEDs for the power & hard drive indicators & change them to red.
 
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Just wanna point out the D5 PWM were not built according to PWM standard and would therefore not work on every PWM header or fan controller, e.g. Aquaeros.

Not sure why manufacturers are pushing them either as IMHO D5 Vario are much better in terms of versatility
 
I intend to agree about the D5 pumps. I tried several for 8Pack systems and for me the Vario is the best option.
 
Rob
love the build but can you tell me would you be able to fit a 280 rad in the top as well as the front or would they clash?- I am looking at this case but need it to fit 2 280 60mm rads
 
Mcthommo said:
Rob
love the build but can you tell me would you be able to fit a 280 rad in the top as well as the front or would they clash?- I am looking at this case but need it to fit 2 280 60mm rads
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I have a 280mm in the top & a 240mm in the front.
You can get a 280mm in the front but need to remove the hard drive caddy at the bottom & the optical drive caddy from the top. you'd also need to have the fittings for the front rad at the bottom like I have.

Another small update, I've fitted an NZXT Grid V2 fan controller. Excellent bit of kit, computer is finally silent.
 
Change of CPU waterblock to an EK Supremacy




Also added a new monitor in the shape of an Acer XB270HU 27" IPS 1440p Gsync

 
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