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dougolada

dougolada

dougolada

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I have recently started a new build and have big plans for this system. I have a load of watercooling components on order so have been preparing the system for the watercooling modifications.
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Hard drive cages moved to allow space for quad radiator in base of case
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Unnecessary hardware removed from base of case, sound card and GTX 780 installed
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System ready for watercooling hardware to arrive!

Watercooling components on order:
EK Water Blocks EK-FB KIT ASUS M6F - Acetal+Nickel
XSPC D5 Vario Pump & XSPC Acetal D5 Top
XSPC EX480 120mm Radiator - Black
XSPC Photon 270 Tube Reservoir
4x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM High Pressure Fan
Mayhems Pastel - Red Coolant
Bitspower Blood Red Multi-Link Adapters

I am going for a rigid tubing setup, was originally going to use acrylic tubing but I think I'll go for copper piping instead, should look nice :)
 
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fantasticCG said:
Wow cool cant wait to see copper piping :)
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Yea, I'm hoping I can do it justice. If the end product is anything like what I've got in my head, it will be beautiful!

pipson said:
Thats a massive case! Cant wait to see the water cooling set up! I myself plan on going this route in a few months.
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Yea, the case is massive, but I love it!

nick.lidgett said:
I think its perfect as it is :D

I do like those mobos, what fittings do you need for copper pipe?
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Thanks :)
The CPU is overheating so I have to upgrade the system cooling, and why not go down the custom watercooling route? Apart from the fact that it aint cheap...
I have ordered these https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-387-BP for use with the copper pipe. It seems that 12mm copper pipe is very rare in the UK but I managed to source some.
 
Still waiting on most of the parts coming and have realized that I had made a daft mistake and not ordered a CPU waterblock. I had thought that the ek water blocks ek-fb kit asus m6f had a cpu waterblock but turns out, i was mistaken.
extra parts ordered from ocuk and a revised loop design as you can see here:

I have also ordered a waterblock for the graphics card.

Just need all the parts to come so I can start building!
 
All parts from Overclockers arrived today but still awaiting copper piping. Will start putting things together tomorrow morning. I really hope the pipe arrives so I can get the system up and running. Photos and details will follow when the build commences :)
 
Well the pipe still hasn't arrived but I have fitted most of the waterblocks, radiator, fans, pump and reservoir. Will post some pics tomorrow.

Ran into a bit of an issue when I realised that the XSPC Razor GTX Titan / 780 / 780Ti GPU Waterblock doesn't fit on the EVGA GeForce GTX 780 ACX FTW. Well that's going to set me back a bit... Will be phoning OCUK in the morning to try and work out a solution... I'm hoping I can get something sorted out.
 
Hmm, turns out OCUK don't have a compatible waterblock for my graphics card so looks like I'll have to do without watercooling the GPU...

Anyway, here are some pics of what I got up to yesterday :)

Box of tricks

Draining valve fitted to rad for future maintenance

Res & pump in place

Motherboard

Res, pump, rad & fans


Time to put my graphics card back together and try and complete the loop!
 
nniitt said:
any progress?
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All waterblocks fitted (apart from incompatible gpu waterblock), pump, rad, reservoir and fans all fitted, acrylic tubing fitted fron rad to pump to reservoir. EVGA emailed asking about waterblock compatibility but I'm not holding my breath. Have cancelled original order for copper piping as was still not showing as dispatched. Have ordered some from a different supplier and is due to arrive Tuesday so should get the build completed on Wednesday (minus gpu waterblock of course)
 
QUOTE=Cosimo;25602290]Could you please post a picture of that bottom rad from the opening on the other side? How much space is there between the rad and the psu?[/QUOTE]
Looking to back of case with psu in view

Looking towards front of case


There is about 62mm between the radiator and the psu. The only reason I have mounted the radiator with the ports to the front is so I could fit a valve for draining the system, which wouldn't have been possible with the ports to the rear of the case. I have had to remove the bottom front case fan to fit the rad and fittings in but you wouldn't have to do this if the rad was mounted the other way round.

If you need any more dimensions or photos, just let me know :)
 
Cosimo;25603639 Thanks for that. I'm looking at fitting a XSPC D5 Photon 170 Reservoir/Pump Combo in mine and was expecting to see your reservoir mounted against the motherboard back panel and not against the drive cages. Is there a reason for doing that and I can't see how you've fixed that on?[/QUOTE said:
The reason for doing it on the drive cages was because the back panel doesn't really have anywhere to secure to so would involve drilling holes where I wanted to mount the reservoir and pump. At the moment, the reservoir is held to the drive cages using cable ties and the pump is held on with bolts through holes in the drive cages. Thinking about it now, I would probably be better doing it on the back panel as it would be more secure and better for when the reservoir has the extra weight of the fluid...
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Well after no success of finding a GPU waterblock that was compatible with my card, I contacted OCUK to see if I could return the card and pay the difference for a 780Ti which was compatible with the waterblock. Unfortunately as I was over the 14 days of OCUK's return period, they weren't prepared to accommodate this.

I just so happened to be on the EVGA website when I saw that they have a 90 day step-up option where you can return the product direct to them and pay the difference for the upgrade within 90 days of purchase. Sorted! Application for upgrade submitted and I just need to wait for their approval.

I'm still waiting on this (insert expletive here) copper tubing! I tried doing as much of the build as I could with acrylic tubing but didn't have much success as the acrylic seems very prone to fracturing/ warping and generally not doing what I wanted it to do.

I have today and tomorrow off so really hope the copper pipe arrives so I can get this system built. I will need to consider what to do about the gpu waterblock as I can't really include it in the loop until I get the new gpu from EVGA, so looks like there will have to be a temporary section of the loop that gets modified once I get the new gpu.
 
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