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Well after my last rebuild of my PC into a smaller case kinda fell flat on its arse due to the case being terrible for cable management and acoustics I have decided to watercool this PC.
It is used for web design and photo processing, plus personal use in my home office.
Here is a picture of the current setup, excuse the poor quality, its under my desk and I can't be bothered to move it!
As you can see the cables are a mess, there is very little room for any WC setup, and the case is too small for me!
The setup consists of the following
i5 760 @ 4GHz
Asus P55P7D E LX Mobo
2 x 2GB Corsair Dominator 1600 RAM
XFX 5770 XXX 1GB GFX Card
40GB SSD Boot Drive
1TB Data Drive
500GB Programs Drive
2 x 120GB 2.5" Drives in RAID
Wift PCI Card
VIA RAID PCI Card
Corsair 620W Modular PSU
All the components listed above will be staying in the build, with the Zalman CPU cooler going in place of a WC setup. I will add the GFX to the loop at a later date.
The WC setup will be the following
EK Coolstream XT 360 Rad
EK Multioption Res (not sure of size)
EK DCP 4.0 Pump
EK Supreme LT Acetal Block
Bitspower 1/2 matte black barbs
XPSC Black 7/16 Tubing
That is all the kit I have at the moment, the block is on its way, only have 2 of the fittings here at the moment, 1 on order with the case and the other 5 on the way! Didn't include the tubing in the photo, im sure you all know what it looks like!
Have decided on the Fractal Design R2 Case in Pearl Black, currently in the hands of DPD to be delivered tomorrow along with one bitspower fitting(they are a PITA to get hold of, 3 different suppliers to get 8 of them!!!)
I will be transfering all the hardware to the case tomorrow, along with mounting the Rad, Res and Pump. Photos to follow!
I am in two minds about the order of the loop, thinking about pump - rad - CPU - res - back to pump. If there is a better order then please let me know!
Will have photos of the build up tomorrow!
Edit - Forgot about the fans for the setup. Will be leaving the Fractal fans in the case and using 2 Apache fans along with a Noctua until I decide what fans would work best with the setup.
It is used for web design and photo processing, plus personal use in my home office.
Here is a picture of the current setup, excuse the poor quality, its under my desk and I can't be bothered to move it!
As you can see the cables are a mess, there is very little room for any WC setup, and the case is too small for me!
The setup consists of the following
i5 760 @ 4GHz
Asus P55P7D E LX Mobo
2 x 2GB Corsair Dominator 1600 RAM
XFX 5770 XXX 1GB GFX Card
40GB SSD Boot Drive
1TB Data Drive
500GB Programs Drive
2 x 120GB 2.5" Drives in RAID
Wift PCI Card
VIA RAID PCI Card
Corsair 620W Modular PSU
All the components listed above will be staying in the build, with the Zalman CPU cooler going in place of a WC setup. I will add the GFX to the loop at a later date.
The WC setup will be the following
EK Coolstream XT 360 Rad
EK Multioption Res (not sure of size)
EK DCP 4.0 Pump
EK Supreme LT Acetal Block
Bitspower 1/2 matte black barbs
XPSC Black 7/16 Tubing
That is all the kit I have at the moment, the block is on its way, only have 2 of the fittings here at the moment, 1 on order with the case and the other 5 on the way! Didn't include the tubing in the photo, im sure you all know what it looks like!
Have decided on the Fractal Design R2 Case in Pearl Black, currently in the hands of DPD to be delivered tomorrow along with one bitspower fitting(they are a PITA to get hold of, 3 different suppliers to get 8 of them!!!)
I will be transfering all the hardware to the case tomorrow, along with mounting the Rad, Res and Pump. Photos to follow!
I am in two minds about the order of the loop, thinking about pump - rad - CPU - res - back to pump. If there is a better order then please let me know!
Will have photos of the build up tomorrow!
Edit - Forgot about the fans for the setup. Will be leaving the Fractal fans in the case and using 2 Apache fans along with a Noctua until I decide what fans would work best with the setup.
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