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now that the GPUs are in there you should try and fit the gun cases back over them. That would look ... interesting.

Cooling might be a bit of a problem though.
 
Very nice build you've got here mate.

Have you got any plans on putting those graphics cards under water?

Would look so much better if they were WC'ed imo.

But great plans for the build so far, can't wait to see it up and running.
 
Has no one else noticed that there appears to be arctic silver TIM on the chipsets before the full board aster block has been fitted ?

Arctic silver is conductive nd you have spread it ll over your chipsets which could cause a short when switched on. A non conductive paste like arctic ceramique should be used on chipsets.

Would hate to see such an expensive build end in tears.

Craig
 
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AS5 is not conductive but slightly capacitive. I have always used it on my previous builds and not had any problems. After I fitted the new block, I removed it again to check the fit, tidied up all of the gunk and re-attached the block. I am content that its safe.

Things have stalled a little because I am still waiting for the 45 deg fittings for the CPU block and black screws for the radiator. So in the mean time I have ordered another identical 6GB of RAM to add to the build. The rear fan is now an intake fan and I have removed the fittings for the sata hard drive bays.

With luck all of the parts will arrive by tomorrow and I can get the tubing cut and fitted and start leak testing.
 
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Essentially I ordered the new RAM because it had dropped in price by £20 and I thought I'd better get a matching kit while I can. Whether or not I will do anything that uses all of that RAM I can't say for sure but I am building this machine to last a while and I may do in a year or so. A bit of a luxury I am sure but my girlfriend made me do it :p

Seeing as the question has been raised I will test both setups. I am sure there are quite a few people wanting to know if it will effect the OC. I will set it up with 6gb to start with and see what OC I get and then whack in the extra 6 and start again to see what I get.
 
would be interesting to see, have you got the 2000mhz dominator ram? are you going to do anything with the timings or speed of the ram?
 
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The RAM is the Corsair DominatorGT, DDR3 PC3-16000(2000), CAS 8-9-8-24. I think what I will do is try to leave the RAM alone as much as I can in order to make it as fair a test as I can.
 
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It's been a long day. I have a blister on my finger from screwing and unscrewing compression fittings and playing around with it all to get it to fit without kinking. As I type, the machine is undergoing a leak check.

So without further ado, the fittings:

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Forgive me for not taking more photos as I went along but I was too keen to get on with it. Here we are just before starting to fill it:

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Filling:

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A helping hand:

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Unfortunately I had to power the motherboard and 'turn on' the case in order to get the PSU to power the pump. The MB is insured against water damage during installation.

Hooking it up:

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The loop up and running:

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So tomorrow I should be able to get this bad boy fully set up!
 
Looking good! Brave man though... could you not have put a pin into the ATX connector to trick the PSU into powering up without risking your nice shiny new rig?
 
Looking very nice sir. Did you get the colour you wanted with the mixing of coolant? Or are you having a remix?
 
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G-Dubs said:
Looking very nice sir. Did you get the colour you wanted with the mixing of coolant? Or are you having a remix?
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Thanks G. I am pretty happy with the colour, especially the unexpected bonus of it appearing to change colour at different points in the loop. It took ages to get that top left corner to work and it wasn''t until I filled the loop that I worked out how to get rid of that big loop up there. I will order another 45 deg extension and I should be able to get a neat line rather than a long loop. I will have to partially drain the loop to do that and I may stick a bit more black in, we shall see.
 
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That looks fabulous mate!!! Love the colour of the fluid, love the mobo, love the case, love the choice of GPUs... Mods should rename this to "The Big Win Build" :) lol

Not wishing to rain on your parade but will the 5970s fit in there with that pipe running down the centre there? (the one by the PCIe slots) Or is there more clearance than there looks in the pic?
 
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I cut the pipes to length and fited them with the GPUs and RAM fitted so there is room for everything. Thank you for your concern...all will be revealed :D.
 
really nice build there mate. The red colour of the fluid with the mobo and ram looks the business. That's gonna be one serious PC for a few years to come.

On a side note, I myself am looking to do my first water build and I want to know how long you can leave your rig before having to clean it out? Basically as I'm new to it I want to get a simple water cooled setup going but I want to be able to leave it for a couple of years without having to constantly take bits out and clean etc.

This is a noob query too but when you put the liquid into the loop...where do you do it at and how do you plug it up so that it doesn't leak again? I guess I need to start a how do I thread for WCing :)
 
FiveOfTwelve said:
I cut the pipes to length and fited them with the GPUs and RAM fitted so there is room for everything. Thank you for your concern...all will be revealed :D.
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:) That's good to know - I can see the extra length in the bend at the bottom now - didn't really look down there lol

Can't wait to see it finished :)

What sort of overclock are you hoping for?
 
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