Project - Blueboy - Watercooled Lian Li v2000

JeffyB · 31 Aug 2010 at 20:57

Will be meshing the rad cutout soon, maybe this week. Going to use some circular perforated steel. Was going to use a honeycomb mesh but think it'll look out of place. Just not sure wether to use the exact same perforation size as is on the case or go with something a bit bigger and less restrictive.

JeffyB · 1 Sep 2010 at 19:13

I've ordered some perforated steel to match the rest of the case, 2 pieces 1 for the rad cutout and 1 for the psu plate should be here in the next day or so.

I use the blu ray drive a lot but i'm thinking of maybe moving the fan controller somewhere...

JeffyB · 2 Sep 2010 at 16:18

anant_shah94 said:
Hi Jeff, I think I've got the same fan controller as you. Mine is directly beneath the bay reservoir, and the bluray will be going directly underneath that

I think it is the same controller, really is good. I'm only using 3 channels on mine with 3 splitters. Fans are separated into rad, case and roof fans

JeffyB · 2 Sep 2010 at 16:19

Duff-Man said:
Cracking thread. Great read, and very educational.

The final product looks great. I think that if I had gone to the trouble of building a setup like that, I would need to use it as an excuse to clock the crap out of the CPU and GPU but I appreciate that you're after silence and stability.

Anyway - great build.

Thanks a lot, i wanted the thread to be helpful to people as well as documentary.

I know i'll get the time one day and crank it up, may even get some rediculously fast 140mm fans just for the occasions

JeffyB · 2 Sep 2010 at 16:27

Mesh arrived, was only ordered yesterday. Needs to be cleaned up as it's still a bit greasy, and will prime and spray it when i get a chance. 3mm holes at 5mm centers.

Fits perfectly, will more than likely use a hot glue gun to fix this making it easy to remove should i want to.

JeffyB · 8 Sep 2010 at 11:42

Thanks for the feed back , i have not got much more to do. I'm making some blocks for the psu to sit on using the same extruded box section as i used to raise the rad then i can do the psu plate.

I did use some uv cathodes they are made by sharkoon, its quite subtle as the led's cancle out the uv effect a bit.

All the fans are yate loon uv blue, D12SL-124UB on the case and D14SL-124UB on the rad.

JeffyB · 24 Sep 2010 at 16:16

Well trying my hardest to finish the last few bits, not had a chance to do the psu plate yet but i have cut the mounts. I ordered these lian li vented pci-e bracket covers

but i got sent a tooless card holder instead lol

Should get what i ordered tomorrow

JeffyB · 13 Oct 2010 at 17:33

Thanks for the kind words and i am glad my log has helped some people with ideas for their own builds. Been so busy lately that i have not had a chance to get in the workshop to finish the psu mount and backplate but willupdate when i have and get some finished pictures done

JeffyB · 16 Oct 2010 at 08:31

Addicted said:
this thread is full of win! i'm in a similar build, and just wondered on your GPU temps before you watercooled it? I'm thinking of adding mine to the cpu loop, but am wondering how much more heat it will add currently during gaming, the gpu reaches around 70, so it'd be nice to keep it a lot cooler! Mine's a 5850!

I think my 5870 was about 65-70 under load with the stock cooler, it now rarely goes above 30-35 degrees when gaming depending on ambient (can do some load testing tonight as my old temps were from the summer). It's difficult to tell how much water temps went up by adding the gpu as i used a different block before i added the gpu so cannot properly compare the temperatures but i dont think its any more than 5 degrees under load. For me adding the gpu to the loop was the last piece to get my pc as quiet as possible as the small fans on graphics cards are often the whiniest fans in any case.

JeffyB · 16 Oct 2010 at 08:33

xxela1337 said:
Excuse me if I'm being a moron, but do those vented pci-e covers work with any case?

I'm not 100% but i think they are a standard size so should fit, i can take some detailed pictures of them if it would help

JeffyB · 16 Oct 2010 at 20:53

Heres a picture of temperatures after 1 hour of team fortress 2 the gpu never went above 26 degrees and the cpu peaked at 40 on core#2. Ambient was about 18/19 degrees, so pretty cool as i have been out all day but gives you an idea of whats possible with a decent setup

JeffyB · 26 Nov 2010 at 11:52

An update!

Been running the loop for almost 4 months now been really pleased with it, decided to give it a good look over, tubes and water are all crystal clear

Had some decent dust on the rad and fans, nothing a light going over with a dust buster couldn't handle.

Got some vented brackets to finish the empty pci-e slots as well

JeffyB · 26 Nov 2010 at 15:38

It's near silent, vario is on setting 2 and i run the fans at 600rpm so there's very little to make noise anyway. The Lian Li hard drive cage/fan silenced the already pretty quiet storage drives brilliantly, alluminium cases seem to amplify hard drive noise unless theres some rubber mounts. Overall it's exceeded my expectations of cooling and noise level, still got some loose ends to tie up just been too busy to finish it.

JeffyB · 27 Nov 2010 at 15:10

Thanks and i'm glad you liked it. the V2000 is immense and such good quality, puts a lot of new cases to shame and it's donkeys years old. I have a very good clocking d0 920 that doesnt need much juice to hit 4ghz and the 5870 doesn't dump tons into the loop either so makes for a very cool and quiet pc. Coupled with the sr1-420 rad it's a formidable cooling setup capable of great temperatures at very low fan rpm

JeffyB · 29 Nov 2010 at 09:54

Well made a nice discovery. I inadvertently ran the loop passively and played my newly purchased supreme commander 2 (£2.50 steam bargain) for 3 hours before i noticed. I mush have turned the fans off when i cleaned them and forgot to turn them back up :eek:

Anyway all was well and even though the rad is not best orientated for passive cooling it still managed to keep the cpu at 66 degrees and the gpu at 57 during the game

JeffyB · 8 Apr 2011 at 13:33

Well all this talk of watercooling in the overclokcing and cooling section has made me want to finish the loose ends on this build.

Primed the rad mesh and psu mesh plate

Nice coat of gloss black spray paint

May give this another coat yet

JeffyB · 12 Apr 2011 at 18:49

Here's a few side on shots with the finished rad grill, might be time to top my res up too.

Got a smidge of cable management to sort out

JeffyB · 13 Apr 2011 at 10:06

setter said:
Gonna have to get a set of theese for my A70F, already bought the black pcie card holder bracket. Just need the pcie covers to help set it off.

Really are nice and as you say they do set it off well, part is "Lian Li Vented PCI Slot Cover 6 Pack Black : PI-01B"

hyperst said:
very nice build, loving the blue, it's been a long long time since I have used blue and I do miss it lol, I may be tempted to do mine with a blue theme now

Thanks, blue has always been my favorite i am considering other colours for when i strip it down (water is crystal clear still so not sure when i'll do this), possibly green or red but i like the blue a lot

JeffyB · 12 May 2011 at 18:35

Contemplating some new fans, i may ditch the led's and go with some Gelid wings. They come in many sizes including 140mm so i can do the whole case with the same look and they are uv reactive as well. Anyone have any experience with the gelid wing fans? They seem of a high standard, and shift more air than my yates.

JeffyB · 12 May 2011 at 22:55

The 120's are only used on the case and are only needed to keep minimal airflow over my hard drives and mobo. It's the 140's i'm really interested as they will be used on my sr1-420, i may still use the yates in pull on the other side of the rad. I'm not struggling with temps but i fancy a change and want some fans with a bit more flow than my d14sl's. They certainly look great in your pictures though.