Project: Angel
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I was the same, saw it come up and got excited lol.
Anyone heard from W3bbo recently? Not seen him post on any sites for a while
Anyone heard from W3bbo recently? Not seen him post on any sites for a while
Once again, sorry for the (very) long break between updating this project. Sorry to both my sponsors and just as importantly, the members of this forum who have been so kind with their comments thus far. I'm not the type to give up on anything and intend to complete this rig if it kills me! Anyway, I've finally sorted most of whats been going on in my life so it's time to get this project back on track.
You may remember that I fitted two Thermochill PA 120.3's to the front panel and those more astute among you may also remember that there is actually room for four PA 120.3's. Well I went and did it, I fitted four
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Having a bit of spare time on my hands this week, I sprayed up the remaining two rads and fitted them to the case complete with 6 enermax twisters and colour coded fan grills:
The first one was fitted above the other two but due to clearance issues come tubing time, this one was not fitted with a shroud. The front fans on the rads attached to the case will be working as intakes, sucking cold air from outside the case over the rads.
The fourth rad is positioned low down to the rear of the case. While this rad will not recieve clean cold air (sucking air from inside the case, acting as an exhaust) it should still prove cool enough to keep the chipset cool....and it would have been rude not to make use of the space for another rad
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Starting to look a little cramped in the bottom half of the case so I think that'll do for the cooling capacity of the 'Angel'.
Next up - Pump mounts.
You may remember that I fitted two Thermochill PA 120.3's to the front panel and those more astute among you may also remember that there is actually room for four PA 120.3's. Well I went and did it, I fitted four
.Having a bit of spare time on my hands this week, I sprayed up the remaining two rads and fitted them to the case complete with 6 enermax twisters and colour coded fan grills:
The first one was fitted above the other two but due to clearance issues come tubing time, this one was not fitted with a shroud. The front fans on the rads attached to the case will be working as intakes, sucking cold air from outside the case over the rads.
The fourth rad is positioned low down to the rear of the case. While this rad will not recieve clean cold air (sucking air from inside the case, acting as an exhaust) it should still prove cool enough to keep the chipset cool....and it would have been rude not to make use of the space for another rad
.
Starting to look a little cramped in the bottom half of the case so I think that'll do for the cooling capacity of the 'Angel'.
Next up - Pump mounts.
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Cheers. One of the rads was a total PITA to paint as I rushed the prep and didn't clean it down right which left some sort of residue, leaving some 'spots'. I had to clean it all down again and do it properly as I want this build to look as unblemished as possible.
As promised, here's how I intend to mount the pumps. The position may be altered slightly depending on the routing of tubing but you get the general idea.
Custom made dual DDC pump bracket:
Pumps mounted with XSPC reservoirs:
The pumps will be mounted with rubber noise dampening mounts as even though the DDC's are not loud they can give off noise through vibration:
Custom made dual DDC pump bracket:
Pumps mounted with XSPC reservoirs:
The pumps will be mounted with rubber noise dampening mounts as even though the DDC's are not loud they can give off noise through vibration:
Thx for the WB's guys
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Haha, yeah m8 I'll see if I can squeeze another one in somewhere
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.Glad to see you, and The Angel, back again Rich.
You need more radiators i think
Haha, yeah m8 I'll see if I can squeeze another one in somewhere
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Looking good! Think all those rads are super overkill, but like you said, would have been rude not to include them 
Aye, deffo more than whats required but it would look like somethings missing if I didn't fill her up. Dunno exactly which orientation I'm gonna use them all for.
2 pumps and four rads.
Was thinking CPU and chipset on one loop and 2xGTX280's on the other? Or maybe chipset and GPU on one, CPU and GPU on the other? Or just go for broke and get another two pumps lol.
Hmmmm....
2 pumps and four rads.
Was thinking CPU and chipset on one loop and 2xGTX280's on the other? Or maybe chipset and GPU on one, CPU and GPU on the other? Or just go for broke and get another two pumps lol.
Hmmmm....