Nearly finished my Sandy Bridge water upgrade - need advice from the experts...take a look?

hughythomas

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Hi guys!

Spent this weekend upgrading my main rig to Sandy Bridge and wondered if you might wanna take a look? Any advice is welcome as I am still learning and am aspiring to put together something decent.


My main is mostly for general gaming and mastering in my recording studio. I have about 20 builds under my belt now (both air and water based) and whilst I wait for some coolant (and replacement resevoir brackets as they broke - see pics), was wondering if any of the experts on here could lend a hand in making my rig more professional looking?

I don't have a lot to spend (as the upgrade was so god damn expensive!) but the hardware is:

ASUS P8P67 Motherboard
Intel i5 2500K (Heatkiller 3.0)
8GB G.Skill Ripjaw 1600Mhz DDR3
NVIDIA GTX 580 (EK full cover)
Corsair HX850
Silverstone TJ07
EK 150 Res
XSPC RS360 Triple in roof of TJ07 (S-Flex fans)
Thermochilll PA120.3 in bottom compartment (Yate Loons)
M-Cubed T-Balancer Big NG
Laing DDC Ultra (XSPC top I think? Cant remember)
XSPC UV Green 3/8" - 5/8" Tubing
Sharkoon UV Lights


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I'd appreciate some constructive feedback into how I might improve the build?

I am currently awaiting some coolant and replacement EK resevoir brackets (as mine broke which I'm sure you've noticed already!!). :(

Look forward to hearing from you guys

Tom

 
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Looks nice, havent ventured into WCing yet myself, Im waiting for my next full rebuild, I do plan to though (as such I cant really give you any advice, sry), you may get better advice in the Overclocking and Cooling subforum, maybe a mod will be able to move it for you if they see it
Also just a side note, but its best if you leave a blank line between your images so theyre easier to view
 
think you have done a great job hughy but if i were to change anything it would be the long tube from bottom rad up to cpu block......it looks alittle unsightly....try and re-route it so its not just fastest way from a-b....have a look at what bends are available like bitspower and even if the tube is abit longer if its routed nice it will not affect performance and be asthetically pleasing if you have a perspex window on your case...other things maybe would be plastic snap clips instead of jubilee clips or even better bitspower compression fittings but these can be expensive....one last thing i would say is tuck that ballast in for the cathodes.....all in all great spec and a great looking machine id say bar those few things
 
Nice looking build.. So that's a dual loop yeah? As i can't see the second pump or res?

Only thing i would have changed.. and it's very minor.. I would have used compression fittings rather than hose clips..
 
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