Project: Danger

**Res is in the post special delivery arriving tommorrow 05/01/12** am thoroughly excited about it, you can keep Christmas and New Year this is much more fun .... yes i know i need to get a life but i have one for better or worse and i am enjoying it :p;):D

There wont be any of the branding visible when i am finished with it ;)
 
Loverly res but these work out a bit cheaper:

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and will still run two loops albeit with a common res.
 
Darn that is 1 good looking res, for a split second i had my doubts about the koolance but hopefully it'll look just as imposeing once i am done :)

My 2nd build is at least 8 weeks away but that res has definately given me a few ideas Thank You :)
 
Well it arrived when they said it would today, not too happy about being woke up at 6.50a.m. but hey ho.

Now i knew from reading reviews and other peoples experiences that these are a pain in the back side to bleed whatnot but that was not going to put me off. It seemed with revision 1 and 2 that they included a bleed pipe to help with the problem. I was expecting a revision 2 to land but apparently they have just released revision 3 which has the bleed pipes inside, only problem is i think they stick out like a sore thumb i was not happy at all.
So if your thinking of getting one or have your pre-orders in then chances are it'll be the rev 3 you get if your using a coloured coolant fair do's it may not be as noticeable but why for heavens sake make the newly added bits chrome and shiny chrome too no matter onwards and upwards.

Have had my "mock up" running for 2 weeks now and allthough it looks like a disaster zone as far as tubing is concerned its given me some invaluable help and ideas considering its my first watercooled build.
The whole lot is set to be transplanted into a 700d over the weekend just a few small decisions to make that i would like your input on.
Currently the triple push/pull is inside the case and cooling cpu and mobo the rx480 is external and cooling 1 gpu at the moment with 2 sat here ready to go wc.
Am in 2 minds wether to keep the quad external and fixed with the koolance bracket or mod the 700d to have the quad in the case and the triple external, what do you think chaps would the quad look "too much" mounted externally i cannot decide :rolleyes::confused:



 
Only just seen this and good luck matey :)

I have a couple of ideas for your rig though if your feeling daring :D



Taking the idea of the RV03 and place the PSU where the blue is and but the quad in the bottem it should all just squeeze :D

Then you could put some feet on it to allow all the air flow to steam straight through the case and will help the temps on a little bit and give your case high air flow for the top rad ;)
 


also would make it easier to pump as i tak it your using EK blocks which you can use in series and go in the top and come out the bottem

Or if you perfer parrellel cooling you could take them both out the bottem and would be neater but more restrictive as below

 
Well that was 3 days offline i won't forget in a hurry hells bells i am patient but even i allmost snapped :eek::D

Morning Paul :)

When the case is ready is ready and i grab some new cards will probably do the quad top and 2 dual in the lower psu bay, not entirely sure of the outside rad. It looks ok but not 100% stuck on it the fan noise is pretty good considering and that will improve once i get around to installing the acquero and can moderate the speeds properly :)

Hi Mr Cleeecooo sah, yeah it is kind of "beastly" looking not sure if it will stay for the final build but its definately different :)

Thanks for the kind words Mr w3bbo sah, its still a work in progress and am thoroughly enjoying it (well apart from the last 3 days) :)

Cheers Stinger53 thanks for the comment and for taking the time to look :)

Mr May sah, blimey you've but a lot of time and effort into thinking this one out, have only just gotten back online so will have a good look and think over the suggestions, am liking the idea of moving the psu good thinking :D

So why 3 days :confused::mad:

I started cutting up the 700d to fit the sr2 motherboard tray friday morning, what with one thing and another i realised my trusty dremmel was not upto the task. Cue a visit to wilkinson and an £18 angle grinder probably my best purchase of late cuts really well and importantly a lot quicker than a dremmel.
Was going to move the build into it but am going to wait until i have it finished and sprayed, useing the 800d at present to test and play around with layout untill i am 100% satisfied then i will move the gubbins over.

By far the biggest time consumer was filling and bleeding this revision 1.3 koolance res, the rev 1.3 supposedly helps improve the filling and bleeding process .... good grief what the heck was it like before??
It started out well and bearing in mind this is my first build the pump started making a real "grinding" noise. I panicked and jumped online to order a new one not realising as a friend explained "you idiot its just trapped air" thanks Mick you saved me a lot of time trouble and money :D.
So once that was out of the way (best part of a full day to bleed!!) i thought about the triple rad on top and got to thinking it was a bit of overkill for the cpu and mobo cooling, so replaced it with single depth triple pull only which has not made ant difference to temps cpu 100% load 3.8 oc 49 degrees and the wc 480 845 core and 34 degrees ... a good day.

So thats what i have been upto, still a work in progress and occasionally frustrating but still hugely enjoyable and the satisfaction of getting it right is a win win :)

The case mod still needs "finishing off" then spraying but am well pleased with getting the sr2 mobo tray inso easily:rolleyes:;)


 
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Looking good mate :D but one worry with the sr2 mobo mount it is right up to the top of your case with the I/O plate will there be any room for the top mounted rad and fans with the mobo in ?
 
Mr. May said:
Looking good mate :D but one worry with the sr2 mobo mount it is right up to the top of your case with the I/O plate will there be any room for the top mounted rad and fans with the mobo in ?
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Morning N :)

Its very close certainly a double depth rad is out so its either a slim danger den or a top mounted koolance :)
 
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