Project Three Piece Suite
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New pump arrived today in tip-top condition, we are go for a Sat build!
Decided I'm going to have the pump running at full speed all the time, got some 1/4" thick rubber padding to set it on, just need to get some longer screws
Decided I'm going to have the pump running at full speed all the time, got some 1/4" thick rubber padding to set it on, just need to get some longer screws
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All built!
Leak testing now then I'll get on with some pics while I re-wire everything.
Dropped a brick when I first started the pump up, loud grinding noise followed by it stopping, turns out it was down to the amount of air in the system - phew.
Leak testing now then I'll get on with some pics while I re-wire everything.
Dropped a brick when I first started the pump up, loud grinding noise followed by it stopping, turns out it was down to the amount of air in the system - phew.
Right here we go with some build pics!
The spread of what I was working with, got far too much DI, though 10L cost a mere £4 and should see me right for next time.
The rad getting a flush, left it flushing for around 2 hours just to be sure as its huge!
Sorry no pics of the GPU strip down and adding of waterblock, the first one took me an hour and a half to do, the 2nd only about half an hour.
Dry test of fittings to make sure I have everything at the correct angle
Tubing in place & leak testing
First time power on, still a little tidying to do
Everything back in its home, in my 'pit' in the corner of the spare room - next to the boiler of all things.
That rad, a nice snug fit out of the way
Zalman Reserator hiding at the side
Finishing touches, starting to think it looks a little tacky, not to mention the OcUK badge is off centre
Some quick load temps, over 20c better off than the H80
GPU load temps after an extreme kombuster bench, on air this would rocket up towards 80c. Heaven gave me ~36c BF3 ~39c
Thats all...for now, need to get my fan controller working (not a clue what has gone wrong there). Then its on to pushing 5+ghz on the CPU and getting my GPU's above 900mhz!
The spread of what I was working with, got far too much DI, though 10L cost a mere £4 and should see me right for next time.
The rad getting a flush, left it flushing for around 2 hours just to be sure as its huge!
Sorry no pics of the GPU strip down and adding of waterblock, the first one took me an hour and a half to do, the 2nd only about half an hour.
Dry test of fittings to make sure I have everything at the correct angle
Tubing in place & leak testing
First time power on, still a little tidying to do
Everything back in its home, in my 'pit' in the corner of the spare room - next to the boiler of all things.
That rad, a nice snug fit out of the way
Zalman Reserator hiding at the side
Finishing touches, starting to think it looks a little tacky, not to mention the OcUK badge is off centre
Some quick load temps, over 20c better off than the H80
GPU load temps after an extreme kombuster bench, on air this would rocket up towards 80c. Heaven gave me ~36c BF3 ~39c
Thats all...for now, need to get my fan controller working (not a clue what has gone wrong there). Then its on to pushing 5+ghz on the CPU and getting my GPU's above 900mhz!
Some plans for the coming weekend...
Sort out the cable routing, I had to apply allot of pressure to the blank side panel to get it to close, cables everywhere. Going to remove all the cables and refit it all, see if I can get it all neater.
The fan controller I need to get sorted, not a clue why its not detecting any fans, at the moment there are two AP121's connected.
Get the 4th fan on the rad up and running, the PCI power plate only has 3 connections, so need to get a y-splitter, then route some extensions and hope the FC5 doesn't melt controlling 4 fans, failing that I will leave it running from the provided molex.
Once I'm happy then I'll have my first stab at serious GPU overclocking, aiming for 900/1325 as a minimum.
Any and all suggestions and input welcome, had the build bug going strong for 10 months now, I simply can't stop spending more on this thing Currently edging close to the £2500 mark 
Sort out the cable routing, I had to apply allot of pressure to the blank side panel to get it to close, cables everywhere. Going to remove all the cables and refit it all, see if I can get it all neater.
The fan controller I need to get sorted, not a clue why its not detecting any fans, at the moment there are two AP121's connected.
Get the 4th fan on the rad up and running, the PCI power plate only has 3 connections, so need to get a y-splitter, then route some extensions and hope the FC5 doesn't melt controlling 4 fans, failing that I will leave it running from the provided molex.
Once I'm happy then I'll have my first stab at serious GPU overclocking, aiming for 900/1325 as a minimum.
Any and all suggestions and input welcome, had the build bug going strong for 10 months now, I simply can't stop spending more on this thing
Currently edging close to the £2500 mark 
Soldato
holy crap that's a lot to spend....awesome tech though
Its been a gradual spend, the mrs would lynch me if I blew all that at once 
Every time I settle with my build I find something new that I need, first it was a monitor, then sound, now water. Eyefinity is on the cards for some time 2013, first need bigger room, bigger desk, new motherboard and probably tri/quadfire in some shape or form - the mrs is going to love that one
For now my main focus is getting the damn thing tidy, going to need allot of tape and tie wraps. I hate how Corsair don't make say a modular cable with just a single molex connector on it as an optional extra, I don't need 5 connections cluttering up the place when only one is in use.
Every time I settle with my build I find something new that I need, first it was a monitor, then sound, now water. Eyefinity is on the cards for some time 2013, first need bigger room, bigger desk, new motherboard and probably tri/quadfire in some shape or form - the mrs is going to love that one
For now my main focus is getting the damn thing tidy, going to need allot of tape and tie wraps. I hate how Corsair don't make say a modular cable with just a single molex connector on it as an optional extra, I don't need 5 connections cluttering up the place when only one is in use.
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No SSD today, not a clue what DPD are playing at, dispatched yesterday and tracking only as of about an hour ago shows on the site and says "Awaiting Receipt"
So could be monday now before I get the cables ripped out and re-organised.
Also now trying to get hold of some of the Corsair braided cable sets, figure ditching the extensions will help my keep things tidy. Possibly changing whats white in my case to blue in the process.
Soldato
Hold it up without bolting it on, to see what it looks like with it on. If it's naff then don't. Is it goving you problems being where it is now? BTW what does the zalaman cooler do and how does it work? What have you connected to it?
One end of the Reserator is feeding the pump, the other port is return from the radiator, it basically serves as a huge res that also has passive cooling potential
I plan to mock up the mods later this week, still have the 9x120mm fan plate from the rad so will use that for mock ups. At the moment the location of the rad isn't a problem, but I plan to get a new desk at somepoint which will remove the current location for the rad, so bolting it on with say a 10-15mm space between the rad and case wouldn't look too out of place.
The case arrived yesterday and just wow, big? this thing is freaking huuge! Put it this way, the box it was in would only fit in the back of an 09 plate Astra with a bit of pushing and card bending.
If the rad idea does look totally pants I may just cut my losses and head for internal cooling, though there arn't many cases out there have the potential to match a 1080 rad with a reserator
I plan to mock up the mods later this week, still have the 9x120mm fan plate from the rad so will use that for mock ups. At the moment the location of the rad isn't a problem, but I plan to get a new desk at somepoint which will remove the current location for the rad, so bolting it on with say a 10-15mm space between the rad and case wouldn't look too out of place.
The case arrived yesterday and just wow, big? this thing is freaking huuge! Put it this way, the box it was in would only fit in the back of an 09 plate Astra with a bit of pushing and card bending.
If the rad idea does look totally pants I may just cut my losses and head for internal cooling, though there arn't many cases out there have the potential to match a 1080 rad with a reserator
Waiting to hear from EK now before I decide on what tubing/coolant I'll be using, which is the final thing to be decided on, the GPU's will now be going into parallel flow for ease of tube routing, will also be adding two Phobya in-line temp sensors, look exactly the same as the XSPC sensors but come with in-line water temp sensors, blue LED for in, red LED for out. Input sensor will be on the pump inlet, output sensor will be on the bottom GPU.
Toyed with the idea of an Aquaero 4 USB but to my surprise it will only take 10w per channel compared to my FC5's 40w. As I will have fan clusters linked to a single channel I didn't want to chance the Aquaero taking on too much.
Toyed with the idea of an Aquaero 4 USB but to my surprise it will only take 10w per channel compared to my FC5's 40w. As I will have fan clusters linked to a single channel I didn't want to chance the Aquaero taking on too much.