Project Corsair 900D

Deathjester · 6 Jun 2013 at 00:40

Crystal Link fitted and tested for an hour with no leaks:

What it used to look like:

You can see the mess if you look closely!

Deathjester · 6 Jun 2013 at 00:59

There's a long way to go before this is done

(Meaning a lot more chance of leaks

Deathjester · 6 Jun 2013 at 11:43

Case has been delayed until Monday.

Times are sad!

Deathjester · 6 Jun 2013 at 13:32

Yeah I know...

I'll refill my loop again tonight for more testing, I might install windows on the new SSD as well + Driver installs if I have time.

Deathjester · 9 Jun 2013 at 11:41

I'm a but stuck until my 900d arrives now!
The 480mm rads won't even fit inside my Level 10 GT!

And I can't fit even 1 of the tube reservoirs, so other than spreading the whole of my pc across the floor to run it, there isn't much i can do!

Disappointed!

Deathjester · 10 Jun 2013 at 21:45

Shipped today!!!! Woot!!!

Also I have tomorrow off... Soooo hopefully many updates tomorrow!

Deathjester · 10 Jun 2013 at 21:48

MonsterMoshi said:
Cant wait to see this!

I love those XSPC AX rads! They might be expensive but they look awesome

They do look fabulous! The build quality is excellent!
Still waiting on 2 rotary male to male connectors and an nzxt internal USB hub (don't have enough headers on my motherboard)

Which I believe are my last 2 parts... (I really hope so anyway)

Deathjester · 11 Jun 2013 at 10:04

All Revved up with no place to go.....

Crystal Links? It might be just possible that I over purchased on these:

Motherboard tubing:

Case Arrival time is between 12 & 1pm.... HURRY UP!!!!!

Deathjester · 11 Jun 2013 at 11:44

fantasticCG said:
Awesome stuff dude can you post a close up of your psu cables
They look awesome!

I guess I've got nothing better to do other than this:

SATA Cables:

PCIE

Deathjester · 11 Jun 2013 at 15:04

No, I haven't had to cut any of the crystal links, although the levelling between the blocks was a bit of a pain...

Anyway, it's lunch break time... (at 3pm)
Case turned up at midday

A comparison with the stormtrooper....

Dismantling the case down to barebones:

Things started going back in pretty quickly:

A closeup of the motherboard:

Reservoirs & pumps installed:

Deathjester · 11 Jun 2013 at 15:08

Alasdairhurst said:
What size res are they?

250mm Bitspower Z-Multi

There has been a minor re-design, as I couldn't figure out the tubing to get a res in the front of the case, but I'm sure my CPU will be fine with a single 480mm rad....

Well the tubing WOULD have been fine, if I wasn't trying to get a 140mm rad in there, I also came to the conclusion that some fans pulling air into the case would be useful...

Deathjester · 11 Jun 2013 at 15:15

I'm quite happy with the dual reservoirs in the there

Deathjester · 11 Jun 2013 at 17:46

fantasticCG said:
Question since I'm out of the house now.
Where the screw holes already there for the tube brackets?
Just seen your using the drive cages

Yeah, I used the sides of the drive cages, there are plenty of holes, but make sure you avoid the bottom half of each where the runners for the caddies go in.

I've found 2 problems with the case:

1. The screws for the PCIE slots are pretty tough to get to.

2. You can't use 90 degree sata cables in the bottom tray for each hard disk caddy, which is really annoying...

(I need to buy and sleeve 2 SATA 3 cables... grrrr....)

I have also discovered that I need 3 more fittings ARGH!!!! (But I could possibly make do with just 2!)

Ok more photos:

The Loops:

PICE Cable closeup:

With the side back on:

Remaining Tasks:

Sleeve 2 90 degree PCIE cables
Replace the 2 Monsoon fittings with Bitspower Black Sparkle
Install the Aquaero

Cable Management
Install all of the fan cables and connect to the Aquaero

Tonight:

Leak Testing (I have a second PSU, which I use for leak testing)

Deathjester · 11 Jun 2013 at 20:06

I'm going to dye them.

But I want to run them for a while first.

Deathjester · 11 Jun 2013 at 21:37

Nah, Noctua all the way... they are great with radiators due to the focused flow.

Deathjester · 11 Jun 2013 at 22:22

I need to replace some of the multi-link fittings, as the low profile ones are leaking a little, and I'm concerned that the pressure will cause them to come looser, and maybe come off. (leak testing could have gone better!)

So I've ordered 8 of the ones with dual 'O' rings rather than the ones I have., hopefully I won't be as worried about them, and hopefully they won't leak

It's only on the parts where it leaves the pump then goes up the side of the res, and across to the blocks.

I did have a bit of excitement when I first started filling the CPU loop, the coolant started coming out of the radiator, and starting draining into the other reservoir... OOOOOOPS!!!!! Didn't take long to resolve that one, but still it was annoying, however I did also see the funny side...)

I didn't however see the funny side of it leaking!

I haven't tested the GPU loop yet, as I had to remove everything to sort out the leaks on the CPU loop.

I'll rebuild it later on this evening.

Drain taps are THE greatest thing EVER for doing a build like this, However I think I'm going to move the one on the GPU loop to the front of the case, so it's lower in the system.

Deathjester · 11 Jun 2013 at 23:33

Following a rebuild of both loops I've filled them, and tested them a little, but not for as long as I'd like...

I think the purple needs to be a little deeper, but I want to look at it in the light to be sure!

Just a quick look at the fittings I didn't use:

Though there are 8 Multi-link adapters to come out... and the 2 "O" ring versions to go in.

And the long extension bar will probably go in as well.

I also knew I probably wasn't going to use the 5 rotary "snake" fittings, but they looked awesome and I wanted them!!

And then there are the 2 monsoon fittings I'm using.

(That doesn't include the monsoon fittings I'm using for filling the loop

(I really don't need black sparkle for those ones...)

Deathjester · 12 Jun 2013 at 08:27

I've seen a YouTube video of someone using RitDye on them, including how to dismantle them etc, but I don't want to void the waranty's until I've used them for a while!

Deathjester · 12 Jun 2013 at 09:24

panyan said:
the Noctua colour scheme is very clever as it is SO distinctive

whenever you see those colours you know it is a top end fan - and for that exact reason - i dont think they should change them

and anyway, i sprayed mine with black spray paint - took 30mins and they look great

Noctua recommend that you don't spray them, as the paint disrupts the air flow (maybe slightly, but probably a very minimal effect!)

I knew I needed to do something with them, even before I bought them, the colours don't go with ANYTHING (other than Cream and Brown...)

Deathjester · 12 Jun 2013 at 11:32

WuMyster said:
Hate the colour scheme. Absolutely disgusting. I posted a thread in the general hardware (which was removed i think) and the cooling section for the black noctuas.
Not sure if theyll be the budget version. Some are stating it is but the rep Linus was talking to said they were better then the current fan versions.

I paniced for a second there and assumed you were talking about mine... (Thinking that was a little harsh! (then i read up a bit)

ToxicTBag said:
That there is the dogs danglies of a build amazing quality and detail

Thank you