Project: Dual Loop and Tidied :p

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Ducky Spud

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Following on from this thread where I was doing my first real mods to my PC, Im now working on finishing it off to a high standard and just making it look good!

This is my PC as it is now
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Not too bad, but as the photo shows the cables are a bit messy and need sorting out so will be working on those. Also going to be painting the internals matt black. Also adding watercooling to my GPU and hoping to get a fully internal dual loop in my PC-A07 :D seen dual loops in them before but never fully internal... we'll see how this works out haha. Basic plan is like this: (excuse the shoddy sketchup skills)

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Its a pretty rough idea but you can figure out the second loop, straight down from one of the res's into the DDC below, then into rad in front then the GPU block. Main problem Ive noticed so far is getting those res's to fit properly but should be possible. Would be easier using res tops for the pumps but wheres the fun in that :p

Anyway, photo of the pile of bits I've been collecting over time, still need the GPU block and tubing and then a few other little bits (black screws and such) but other than that I think Im all sorted :)

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Spent all day braiding the cable extensions, takes forever but think they look alright. Need to do the rest of the case now which Im not looking forward too!

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Doing all this is gonna mean Im gonna have to either use my mums pc or be running this one in a cardboard box lol. Need the weather to pick up a bit too for spraying the case, this constant rain isnt helping at all and dont want to be on my mums useless old thing for too long!

Anyway, not much more to update for a while, not much more I can do until I take my PC to bits and not too sure when that will be :p
 
very nice mods, ye the loops do seem a bit untidy but nothing tragic. Good lucky m8y
 
Nope, I will be adding a 120mm rad just for the GPU, the rest is already set up to a double in the top of my case.

Was thinking about doing NB and CPU in a loop with the double rad and then GPU and mosfets in a loop with the single rad, but think I may be better just sticking to GPU only. Will see later on lol
 
Small update for you :) Ripped my PC apart, completely stripped the case down so all clips, switches, feet etc are off and primed it :) Drilled the holes for mounting my pump and drilled out the rivets holding in the hard drive cage first too so I wont go messing up my case after its painted!! Did a coat or primer this morning and another about 30 mins ago.

In the time between that Ive braided a couple more cables, SATA ones and my other pump. Also marked up where I need to cut the front panel to fit the rad grill so the rad can get a bit more air too it than the case allows at the moment.

Got a few photos but Im off to work now so will upload them later on :) They're not exactly exciting anyway haha
 
Photos from the last update and a few more from the last couple of days.

The case completely stripped down of everything!! Photo before it was cleaned and prepped for painting so still all the greasy finger prints and such on there.
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Dont know if its very clear, but just marked up the area I need to remove from the front panel here. Still not got round to this, but its pretty much next on the list, not much else I can do til the next deliveries get here in a few days
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PC mid painting, this is after 2 or 3 coats I think. Added a couple more after this though.
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Then test fitting parts for the new loop. Got 2 coats of primer, about 5 coats of black and still need to get a can of top coat to finish it off. Didnt have any in when I bought the others. But anyway, its looking alright, camera/me is rubbish so photos arent great but you get the idea :)
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Looks like it should all fit alright. Just going to be the tubing at the res's which may be a problem, the heatsinks on my RAM may get in the way as they're pretty epic... Just wait and see!

Last photo... bit more braiding haha. Mostly done now, just a couple of problems with trying to figure out the HDD power cable and how best to braid it :confused: Plus need to get some PCI-E extensions but am officially now skint haha
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Ordered the GPU block, adapter, tubing and some more RAM sinks today along with a hell of a lot of allen cap bolts and such to finish off the build. Should be building it all up by the end of the week, fingers crossed :D

Wont be complete till next month though, aside from not having the money to finish off the cables fully and a few other bits, I also dont have my spare front bezels with me, they're in Sheffield, Im currently at my mums haha. PC will be almost complete with just a few holes in the front :p
 
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Got my vga water block today before coming to work, all parts ready to build the system back up. Just waiting on the new screws and such, seems pointless to build it up only to rip it apart again. Still still need to finish the front panel too but the interior of the case is finished, gave it a few coats me top coat yesterday and it was looking good this morning :)

just have to hope for the screws arriving tomorrow so it can be built.

One thing im still not sure about, is should i go for a loop with gpu and mosfets cooled by the single tfc rad and the other loop just being the cpu and nb cooled by a xspc rs240? Or stick with my original plan of gpu only and the other loop staying as it is already? Any ideas on these would be great :)
 
Cheers guys :)

Still unsure of loops. Think it will look better if GPU and mosfets are in a single loop but not sure on performance, which would be better overall.

Just home from work, nearly finished cutting out the front panel and the battery died so its recharging, will hopefully finish it tomorrow morning :) Also spent some time rather boringly cutting out thermal tape to fit all the little heat sinks for my graphics card! Got 16 blue zalman ones and 20 black akasa ones! Advice again, Seen some places saying its good to put heatsinks on both sides of the PCB i.e. one on the VGA RAM chip and another on the underside of it? Guess it wont do any harm, but will it actually be much benefit?
 
Cleaned it first using some wipes Ive had for a while, bought them from a PC shop and theyre for cleaning your monitor and things, but also remove fingerprints from aluminium great as well :p

And yea, gave it a quick going over with some quite fine sandpaper, enough to rough the surface up a little but didnt want to do it too much. Also lightly sanded between the first few coats of paint as well.

As for what paint it was, its called Rust-o-leum or somthing, its shown in one of the first photos. I later bought a clear matt top coat and gave it a few coats of that too. Seems pretty good paint to me, its holding up well to the odd knock anyways :)
 
Not too sure, will check when i get home. It was quite fine but rough enough to create a texture on the metal if u get me. I'd guess around 400 but thats just a guess lol, like i said, will check when im home :)

EDIT: just checked, it was 200 :)
 
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