NEW RANGE OF WATERCOOLED SYSTEMS NOW AVAILABLE

[King Arthur]

That system as you see if was about approximately £2500 inc VAT if my memory serves me correctly

Phil

 

[King Arthur]

rjkoneill has got the pics for Sam's system. It looks awesome, I am really envious. Looks far better than the systems we sell costing twice as much.

You'll have to wait till tomorrow though for pics

phil

 

[King Arthur]

It will be. I expect more of you to get them credit cards ready tomorrow to buy our hydra system, once you've seen the photos.

phil

 

[King Arthur]

Hi Guys,

As promised here are the build log photo's as built by rjkoneill

Components

Rampage II Extreme

Rampage X58 Acetal/Nickel Mosfet Kit

Motherboard NB/SB Full Cover Blocks

Mirror Finish, EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock Plexi/Nickel

Bitspower Matte Black Fittings - 7/16

Close Up

5970 Black Edition and Water Block

GPU Dismantling

Board Loops

Thermochill PA. 120.3 Radiator & Sharkoon Silent Eagle Fans

No pictures of it fully complete yet as this is just a teaser

More pictures to follow with benchmarks once Rich has finished with the system.

Phil

 

[King Arthur]

Hi Guys,

Sorry i only have time to get one image up tonight, but i promise many more tomorrow, when im back in work.

Anyway below is the result of many hours hard work put in by Rich (rjkoneill) and i think you will all agree it looks stunning! Many thanks to Rich for creating such a stunning piece of work.

Like all things it looks 10 times better in the flesh

Phil

 

[King Arthur]

More photo's of the finished build...

Phil

 

[King Arthur]

Very nice! But isn't it missing a compression fitting?

Nope.

Tue to the metal plate that supports the 5970 due to its length, the compression fitting wont physically fit it and fouls.

Phil

 

[King Arthur]

When i upgrade, it will deffo be a watercooled system. i've never done a watercooled system so i'll probably give it to you guys to do. i got a few questions.

As a central heating engineer i noticed that the pipe work is one pipe circuit, as in it will start for e.g. at cpu and end at say graphic card, does this not affect the temperature by the time it reaches the graphic card? can you not have like a two pipe system where they all go back to radiator individually? as i presume this would be a better cooled system?

Hi Asoxdri

I know nothing about central heating so i wont try to sound condescending but its different principles in pc watercooling i think.

The loop we have designed, is high flow and unrestricted. This means water goes into the blocks and out again very quickly. Water spends a lot of time in the rad and given how large it is, its cooled very well.

Normally you would start with cpu, gpu and then back to rad or something but in this loop we opted for pump > rad > mosfets > cpu > full cover motherboard block > gpu > res.

While the temperature will increase by the time it reaches the gpu, it will only be by a couple of degrees because like i said it spends very little time in the water block to heat up the water. Its all about in and out and quick as we can.

A two pipe system doesn't work and mess's up the flow. What most people do instead is have two completely separate loops, with two rads, res and pumps and while this does offer better cooling its offten more hassle than its worth.

It also depends on the type of watercooling your after...

Outright Performance
Quietness
Combination of the above.

Our systems are designed to be a combination of the two.

Phil