Parvum S2.0 crossfire

[MonsterMoshi]

The braiding was easy and far quicker than MDPC or any other method as far as I'm concerned and it's hard to go wrong
It took 30-40 minutes to do the who of the 24-pin including crimping
The stitching is much more difficult to get right and too longer

I have picked up the D5 body and I intend to get the XSPC pump mount res
I'll see how it turns out and let you know

The pump and res you mention should do fine for most hardware and it does fit above the PSU and also alongside the radiator in the front but I wanted some more headroom so went with the D5 however it does restrict my options massively

I have spent a lot on the WC hardware alone though so it's not cheap

 

[MonsterMoshi]

I might stitch my Bitfenix extentions as i think it adds a massive ammount of neatness

Personally I think it looks many times better


So these are the purchases for today!
Standard rad to replace the XFlow I used to have
Lots of fittings! 2 meters of primo chill tubing
Mayhems pastel red. This coolant looks awesome!
More MX-4 for the GPUs
And the D5. Just waiting to get the res next week

Should get most of the tubing done when I get back home to Brum on Tuesday

 

[MonsterMoshi]

Thanks for the link. Think I'm going to use this method this tine. Did you use a threading tool? If so where did you get it from, or did you make it yourself?

No I just wrapped a little tape around the connectors
I don't think a tool is necessary

 

[MonsterMoshi]

Fantastic looking stuff, really do like the cables!

Yea this build is looking great man, the cables turned out really well, kudos!

Thanks lot! I think the time spent on the cables is well worth the effort

not sure if you know this but your GT's are on the wrong side of the single rads.

They are designed for pushing not pulling air and will be much more efficient that way round.

Yes I know this
I was more experimenting at the time because the screws which came with the rads weren't long enough to fit the fans in the front side
I have some longer ones coming this week hopefully

Similar thing went for the top as the short screws which came with the rad were too long so I have smaller ones for the top

 

[MonsterMoshi]

Final piece of the WC loop has come today
I'm currently just waiting on the backplates for the GPUs before I can get the loop finished

Think I'm going to put it together temporary tonight and see how far my 3770K will go on what is essentially dual 240 rads with direct die cooling and CL Liquid Ultra
Fingers crossed for 5.0GHz!

 

[MonsterMoshi]

Flushing done!


Unfortunately my rad screws didn't turn up because the £5 delivery wanted signing for!
So I don't think I'll have those until Friday which may slow down the build as I can't mount the front rads

The pump is in its final resting place! It looks a little bare back here currently but there are a few more cables to get in and the fluid in the res which should brighten it up a little

 

[MonsterMoshi]

So the loop is running! Albeit only on the CPU


I have never really done any serious overclocking before so you'll have to bare with me!

Currently the system is running prime stable at 4.9GHz no trouble on 1.370V temps maxing at 59°C
There is up to a 10°C difference between cores. Don't know if this is normal?

Don't know if this is what I should be expecting? I had expected temps to be a little better with direct die cooling
What do you guys think? Maybe this calls for ask 8 pack
I'm leaving it running prime overnight and also to work out the bubbles in the system

Also, how accurate is real temp?
At idle the temps are reporting as follows:
Core 1 - 19°C
Core 2 - 21°C
Core 3 - 31°C
Core 4 - 21°C
Is it odd that core 3 is reporting so much warmer than the others?

 

[MonsterMoshi]

There's something very disconcerting about seeing a reservoir sitting directly on top of a power supply!


Loop looks good though, and 10°C difference across the cores is pretty normal akaik!

Cheers!

In all honesty this does concern me a little
I'm just being careful to leak test using an external power supply before I get any major power through it!