Project: Angel
- Thread starter w3bbo
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-is it hard to setup
No, just take your time, and it's easy really. Looks hard and risky but if you do your research, it's a doddle.
-by leak test do you run the water while its away from the pc and just the blocks on their own on a table or something?
Some people do, personally I don't bother now as I'm confident in my building. I see little point in leak testing outside a case, to strip it down and then build it inside and leak test again. I will perhaps leak test for an hour or so if it;s something complex and I would deffo advise newbies to watercooling to do the same as a minimum.
-and when it comes to cleaning how often do you have to do it/is it a pain to do?
If you clean your parts right and use the correct liquids/additives your loop in the first place your loop should not need cleaning for 6 months-year.
No, just take your time, and it's easy really. Looks hard and risky but if you do your research, it's a doddle.
-by leak test do you run the water while its away from the pc and just the blocks on their own on a table or something?
Some people do, personally I don't bother now as I'm confident in my building. I see little point in leak testing outside a case, to strip it down and then build it inside and leak test again. I will perhaps leak test for an hour or so if it;s something complex and I would deffo advise newbies to watercooling to do the same as a minimum.
-and when it comes to cleaning how often do you have to do it/is it a pain to do?
If you clean your parts right and use the correct liquids/additives your loop in the first place your loop should not need cleaning for 6 months-year.
@PK - I must admit I have to agree with you - but then again w3bbo may have plans to fully fill that case with hardware
I certainly do. It's just a PITA trying to find all the bits one store stocks. I hate paying for multiple delivery from a number of webstores
.Ever heard the story about the Old Bull and the young Bull?
The old bull and the young bull are taking a walk along the hillside. The young bull spots a herd of cows in the valley below and turns to the old bull.
"Hey look at all them cows, let's run down and 'impregnate' one!"
The old bull just snorts and says.
"Nah, let's walk down and 'impregnate' them all".
The old bull and the young bull are taking a walk along the hillside. The young bull spots a herd of cows in the valley below and turns to the old bull.
"Hey look at all them cows, let's run down and 'impregnate' one!"
The old bull just snorts and says.
"Nah, let's walk down and 'impregnate' them all".
Update:
Everywhere appears to have sold out of the Enermax 120MM clusters so I was left with a shortfall of 6.
Having done a serious miscount on the amount of fans I needed (got 10 - need 16), Enermax have come up trumps again and are sending out another 6. Big thanks to Enermax!!
I can now crack on with the build - sorry for the delay guys!
Other Jobs to do:
Clean both rads
Spray both rads
Mod a memory cooler to match the build
Spray EK FC280GTX backplates to match
Still to purchase (among other things):
Lot's of braid (White)
Tubing (white)
2 x Reservoirs (EK or XSPC - dunno yet)
Bitspower goodies
CPU Waterblock (still undecided on this)
2 switches
Everywhere appears to have sold out of the Enermax 120MM clusters so I was left with a shortfall of 6.
Having done a serious miscount on the amount of fans I needed (got 10 - need 16), Enermax have come up trumps again and are sending out another 6. Big thanks to Enermax!!
I can now crack on with the build - sorry for the delay guys!
Other Jobs to do:
Clean both rads
Spray both rads
Mod a memory cooler to match the build
Spray EK FC280GTX backplates to match
Still to purchase (among other things):
Lot's of braid (White)
Tubing (white)
2 x Reservoirs (EK or XSPC - dunno yet)
Bitspower goodies
CPU Waterblock (still undecided on this)
2 switches
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More Spraying
Update:
While waiting for the rest of the fans to arrive from Deutschland (Enermax) I found the time to do a few more mods. Well make that spraying a few more items to colour code the rest of the build.
The Black skin of the Thermochills would have stuck out like a sore thumb as they were so I went for a satin white flavour here. I also did the same to the shrouds.
Here's the bits and bobs I have lightly sanded down to give the paint a key to work to:
Primed
and the rads drying off after a couple of rub downs with wet and dry and a final top coat:
Update:
While waiting for the rest of the fans to arrive from Deutschland (Enermax) I found the time to do a few more mods. Well make that spraying a few more items to colour code the rest of the build.
The Black skin of the Thermochills would have stuck out like a sore thumb as they were so I went for a satin white flavour here. I also did the same to the shrouds.
Here's the bits and bobs I have lightly sanded down to give the paint a key to work to:
Primed
and the rads drying off after a couple of rub downs with wet and dry and a final top coat:
I'm waiting on the extra fans from Enermax who have helped me out BIG time with their sponsorship.
I'm also waiting on a CPU block from a competitor which I'm beginning to lose hope on. Which brings me to my next decision. I was thinking of using the Cuplex Di (new revision):
Bit of a risk as I aint ever used one and I know they are restrcitive but the new revision is supposed to be a little better. Looks perfect for my needs though.
or do I go with the EK Supreme (acrylic top) and I'll most likely be using the EK chipset blocks so would also match.
I'm also waiting on a CPU block from a competitor which I'm beginning to lose hope on. Which brings me to my next decision. I was thinking of using the Cuplex Di (new revision):
Bit of a risk as I aint ever used one and I know they are restrcitive but the new revision is supposed to be a little better. Looks perfect for my needs though.
or do I go with the EK Supreme (acrylic top) and I'll most likely be using the EK chipset blocks so would also match.
.Fan Mod
Got a couple of these to cool the memory down. These will also be going on a fan controller to run silently. They still need braiding but will do this when I get to the mammoth braiding sessions laying ahead of me. I also need to do something about the black thumbscrews.
Got a couple of these to cool the memory down. These will also be going on a fan controller to run silently. They still need braiding but will do this when I get to the mammoth braiding sessions laying ahead of me. I also need to do something about the black thumbscrews.
Aye it's the corsair cooler (and I wudda got away with it, were it not for those pesky kids!).
The fans are changed to the blue ones and it's sprayed up white. It's now much quieter too as a bonus - a simple but effective mod me thinks
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The fans are changed to the blue ones and it's sprayed up white. It's now much quieter too as a bonus - a simple but effective mod me thinks
.Oh, I almost forgot to say, I cleaned the rads before spraying them up.
The 'green' bottle was from my own rad which has been used with distilled only for about a year. The Pink ones were from a rad I bought second hand. The first runs with distilled vinegar were left to soak for 12 hours. I know this is not neccesary to get rid of the flux as it's now waterbased but as you can see, after a year or so's use things start to get gunked up again pretty quick, even without additives/dyes!
After the long soak I then flushed the old vinegar out with boiling water a few times and re filled them with clean vinegar again. This time the results were better but not perfect so I repeated the process a few more times until the emerging vineger was clear (last bottle).
I DO NOT recommend doing this yourself as Vinegar is acidic (although in this case about 4.5% iirc) and as such it can eat through metal over long periods of time so be carefull if you plan on cleaning your rads this way. Normally a good flush with hot water is enough but evidently not in my case.
The 'green' bottle was from my own rad which has been used with distilled only for about a year. The Pink ones were from a rad I bought second hand. The first runs with distilled vinegar were left to soak for 12 hours. I know this is not neccesary to get rid of the flux as it's now waterbased but as you can see, after a year or so's use things start to get gunked up again pretty quick, even without additives/dyes!
After the long soak I then flushed the old vinegar out with boiling water a few times and re filled them with clean vinegar again. This time the results were better but not perfect so I repeated the process a few more times until the emerging vineger was clear (last bottle).
I DO NOT recommend doing this yourself as Vinegar is acidic (although in this case about 4.5% iirc) and as such it can eat through metal over long periods of time so be carefull if you plan on cleaning your rads this way. Normally a good flush with hot water is enough but evidently not in my case.
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Update
Rads fitted to the case.
Also fitted the rest of the Enermax Clusters to the front (all to be controlled via fan controller). It would be a shame not to power them up wouldn't it?
Must admit, I'm quite taken with this build.
Rads fitted to the case.
Also fitted the rest of the Enermax Clusters to the front (all to be controlled via fan controller). It would be a shame not to power them up wouldn't it?
Must admit, I'm quite taken with this build
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