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Bart_Hunt

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Hi

I recently got bored of my old PC color theme, also I bought second GPU for SLI and PC started to generate a lot more heat.
I decided to spend some money and make a new build, some components will stay the same but I will be installing a full water cooling in my rig.
I made a simple picture of planned loop:

1. Bay Reservoir/Pump to CPU Block.
2. CPU Block to 120.1 Rear radiator.
3. Rear radiator to bridge linked GPU's.
4. GPU's to 120.1 Front radiator.
5. Front radiator to Reservoir/Pump combo.

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Here are the components:

Complete custom case - details coming soon.
EVGA Nex 750G '80+Gold' Modular PSU - Owned
Gigabyte Z77 G1 Sniper M3 - Owned
Geil 16 GB 1600 Mhz (2x8 GB) - Owned
2x Evga GTX 660 Ti 2 GB - Owned
LG DVD-RW - Owned
3x OCZ Agility (Size 60-240GB) - Owned
XSPC D5 Dual Bay Reservoir V2 - 50£
XSPC D5 Vario (Body+Screwring) - 57£
2x Hardware Labs Black Ice Radiator 120.1 - 56£
EK Water blocks EK- Supremacy- Nickel - 57£
2x NZXT 140mm Airflow Green Led fan - 28£
2x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure - 28£
2x EK Water Blocks EK-FC670 GTX CSQ - 140£
EK FC Bridge Dual Serial CSQ Plexi - 19£
2x Monsoon 10/16mm Green fittings 6 pack - 56£
XSPC High Flex Hose 10/16mm Clear/UV - 7£
Mayhems X1 UV Green Premixed Fluid 1L - 8£
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Total - 504£ + case (150£ ± 50£)

I will be buying these parts in 2 stages, because I cant afford spending so much in one month on a PC.
I should have first parts next week on Saturday. Probably case, reservoir, pump, cpu block and fittings - maybe few cheaper parts as well.
Rest will have to wait until 1st week of October.
I am also planing to paint cables so they fit color of the case - probably will have to mix dark green with gold to match it.
I will post updates with pictures and photos when I get some gear :)

Please let me know what you think about the loop.
Just for your information, I have 3 more variants of it, including use of 240mm radiator on top, but they are sub optimal in my opinion.
This way I use as little tubing as possible and I can route it very well.

Cheers
BH
 
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same pump as me only im slightly worried its not going to be strong enough to pump the whole loop but u seem to have to pump rounf even more :P as im only using one rad and one gpu waterblock
 
parkwaydrive said:
same pump as me only im slightly worried its not going to be strong enough to pump the whole loop but u seem to have to pump rounf even more :P as im only using one rad and one gpu waterblock
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what are you talking about. the d5 is fine for this loop.

mine runs a 200 + 240 rad, cpu and 690 gpu block no worries at all.
 
i dont know much about anything im new to building pc and watercooling... i built my first rig 2 weeks ago. how do you go about fitting 2 pumps into a loop? or would you have 2 seperate loops?
 
hehe thanks again mate :) still waiting my case to get back from powdercoating. but lets stop taking away this guys thread lol :D... looking foward to seeing your project man ....lots of photos ;) good luck
 
I decided to play a bit more with case moding.
I got back from work and first thing I did was picking up pen and paper :-)
What I am planing to do is:
- moding left side window. It will still be a trapezoid shape, but full size without the additional fan slot ( I can't use the slot anyway, it wouldn't fit ).
- making a motherboard cover, basicly a plate or acrylic sheet with cutouts for watercooling, also cutouts for 40mm fans (for some heat generating components); planing 2-3 of those.
- adding a plate or acrylic sheet which will split the case into 2 parts: one for motherboard and other one for PSU and some cables - not all will fit behind motherboard.
- removing both HDD cages, moving SSD's behind motherboard.

Thats it for now.
Because of these modifications I may have to stretch building time to 3 months, but I'll do my best to make it sooner :-)

Cheers
BH
 
I have 3 other water cooling diagrams, one including a front 240mm cross flow radiator, but I wasn't really satisfied with the tube routing options there. I wanted to avoid long tubing.
Also, I will be putting few 40mm fans around north bridge, ram and south bridge. They have very high rpm, 2800 If I remember correct. I think that will be enough. Maybe I will put 2 SP120s on each radiator as well, but first I will test temps with a single one. My priorities with this project are: Cool> Good looking> Quiet.

EDIT: I checked some suppliers of acrylic and aluminum sheets, as I will need them as well. Unfortunately most are selling large formats and charge extra for cutting it smaller or in some shapes.
So I will be setting up a proper workshop first - this project may take a while.
 
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Hi

A small update.
I decided to change one part of the project to make it more original :-)
I will be making my own case.
Materials used are mostly cast acrylic. I will be also using some special foam for sound proofing.
I will have some supplies arriving within next 7 - 10 days.
I will post an update with some photos then.
I also had to change the watercooling diagram a bit, I will post it within next few days.
Also, I need some advice.
I am not exactly sure how to make a 'front panel' with power/reset buttons. I could try using one from another case, just re-model it to fit the theme. Thats one of the options. Any of you is familiar with electronics enough to make completely new one?

Cheers BH
 
Uncle Petey said:
New one.

You reckon two 120mm rads are going to be enough for everything?
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Since there were modifications to original plan, I have to add that watercooling loop changed a lot. I will have to use a tube/box reservoir, but there is no problem with that.
I still plan to use a rear 120.1 radiator but there will be enough space on bottom to install a 120.2 / 140.2 or even 120.3 or 140.3 radiator.
My main concern is, in case of using radiator that size, can single D5 do this.
I will keep you updated.

EDIT: Main part of the case ordered :) I should have it sometime next week.
I also made a new watercooling diagram, just for this particular case.
I will have check it few more times and post it tomorrow, if I am satisfied :)

Cheers
BH
 
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