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I used electrical tape for my cable braiding at first, thinking it was the same thing as heat shrink! (didn't know what heat shrink was at the time :D)
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LOL, when i saw the photos i thought you were just being cheap and dirty using that instead. doesn't really figure though considering the cost of the other components xD n1
 
Divx said:
LOL, when i saw the photos i thought you were just being cheap and dirty using that instead. doesn't really figure though considering the cost of the other components xD n1
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yeah I wasn't sure if it was what I was supposed to do, but I decided to get the wire tools and heat shrink because I had never done (or heard of) it before, glad I did, but if I was to recommend people heat shrink, I would say get the boxes of mixed sizes because 1 size won't be a perfect fit for all, I've got 2 sizes and ideally would have liked a third but what I've got works well, but won't have a chance to show anything until friday/saturday though sadly.

Just got my acryllic tube delivered today though :) really wish I hadn't bought those crystal links, really over priced for what they are.

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half the price, treble the length and I can cut to a size that suits me :p this weekend I'll cut this to the size I need (for the RAM to South Bridge and for connecting the lower pump to the top pump)
 
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Greybeard said:
I'm really digging the white fittings.. looks amazing :)

Great job putting those two 360 rad up front, well placed.
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Thanks I'm quite happy with that, the thing gets turned on this weekend (although it will be missing the 3 graphics cards and only run 32gbs of ram instead of 64) it will at least be powered up :) and I can do leak testing without the graphics cards getting in the way.

Couple of things I need to do:
apply thermal paste to the ram (forgot to do this)
buy 2 replacement fans (as I accidentally cut the wires)
braid and tidy the cables
cut hose to lengths (pump #1 -> qdc -> quad rad -> pump #2)
cut hose to lengths (RAM -> treble rad -> gpu)

watercooling to buy
90 degree fitting: pump #1 -> quad rad, quad rad -> pump #2 and ram -> treble rad
60 degree fitting: pump #2 -> ram
liquid

Hardware to buy
CPU
SSD

will put up videos for the leak tests
 
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psu, final fittings, the 2 replacement fans (that I accidentally cut)
and pastel white from mayhems.... is 1L enough? I think you guys will say get another litre or 2?

edit - I bought another litre to be sure.

edit 2 - I just bought some koolance quick disconnects from america, sadly OCUK don't stock these QDCs or I would have got them from here:
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will go nice with the pastel white coolant I think :) but will take 10 days to get here (note there is no import duty on these :) )
I'll use these to drain the pc at the back of the case so they will be out of sight for the most part, but still :)

edit 3 - forgot to buy a SSD too lol, so I got that also :p went for Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO
 
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so looks like my computer won't be up today, I am short on 3 fittings, so they will come on Monday, the psu, fans, fittings and ssd did come today though so I have plenty to play with and plenty more to braid :p :/ infact I'm going to need to buy more cable braid also :/
 
so I got my delivery yesterday and spent most of the afternoon / evening installing, braiding and tidying cables (still not happy with it though)

below are some photos, I'll braid the power cables when I get the chance, but for the mean time, I am pretty tired of cable braiding (even though I've not done much compared to most)

I'm quite happy with the current setup, from the back of the case, you can see my (pitiful) attempt at cable tidying and the PVC tube leading to the main rad. When my QDCs arrive, this is where I will cut the tube for easy drainage, no valves required, just disconnect and drain.

I'm glad it's gone around the back, I am going for minimalism so I want as little tube and cables on display as possible. I think once I've got it all working I'm going to take the stickers off the corsair PSU as it is hindering the colour scheme (I don't want red in my case but mobo makers think it's fancy to add colour!?)

once my 3 fittings arrive (2 compression, 1 extender) I can close the loop and start filling... although I may just wait until my quick disconnects arrive as trying to drain this could turn into a nasty piece of work...

anyway - here are some pics :p

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Next up is to buy the graphics cards and water blocks (eek) any suggestions on if I should wait it out until next year? I could buy 1 780 now and then sell it when the new set come out next year?
 
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just a small update today

I got my fittings a lill while ago, but I realized that the fitting was 16/10mm but the tube was 16/11mm... this wasn't good as a 1mm gap meant I could pull the tube out with a little force, not good enough! so I made a thread on the forums and someone suggested I use neoprene :) this stuff is pretty good for this usage and quite cheap too, I fitted the tube on the hose and fixed the neoprene over it followed by the compression screw and voilà! it now fits tight, I don't think liquid will get through but only one way to find out :)

I also got the extender to my north bridge block so now the fittings align and I can close that part of the loop. I noticed that the crystaline tubes were too big for it - to the point where it was bending the ram! So I shaved off 5mm and it looks much more snug now.

I also noticed that there is now a kink in my tube on the top pump, so I will need to look at adding a 30/60 degree fitting or just going with more acrylic tube... I do like acrylic...

Here are some more pics, note I fully intend to braid the power cables, but I have no time or money to do that just yet and want to get this running first to test the loop

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That's it for now until end of the month
 
Ok so my windows 8 and final 2 connectors came yesterday, meaning the loop is now closed, but had to wait until today to borrow a cheap graphics card from work until end of the month when I will be buying my 780 + block, I'll do leak tests and install windows 8, but I won't bother doing performance tests until end of the month when I get my graphics card and final 32gb of ram.

These lasts steps have really been slow for me sorry, it's been a long road but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel :) so (hopefully for the last time), still to buy:

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780 + block
32GB RAM

Non essential:
X3 Monitors

Hopefully more to come tomorrow :D
 
So nice update today,
I managed to borrow a graphics card from my office to get the PC up and running, in that time I tested the loop, connected the components and installed windows 8.


Here is a video of my loop test, it was very clumsy what with it being my first test, what's not in there is that for 1 evening, the mobo was connected to the psu during testing and it wasn't bridged, not only this, but my 2 pump molex connections were reconnected (after braiding) upside down..... So yeah, always test with a bridge (because the pumps won't start with a mobo connection) and if you remove any cables, treble check they are rewired correctly. I even found out I had rewired 2 of my fans incorrectly!

All sorted now though, I used asus's fan xpert for fan control and now the computer is completely silent when idle, initial temps for the cpu was 23 degrees with mobo sitting at 28 degrees Celsius. I clocked the cpu to 4.2 and it raised to 30 degrees max with the mobo sitting at 39 degrees Celsius, fans are still barely audible. I'll do proper overclocking when I get my own graphics card, doing a proper overclock now is pointless with a temporary graphics card and 1 monitor.
 
only got time for one photo today, off to a stag weekend so will get more on monday:

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The bottom res seems to have taken most of the bubbles, so I need to fill it a little.

I'll be getting the 780 at the end of the month, think I'll buy some PCI-E covers too as there is way too much red on this motherboard than I want.
 
I have to say this is looking fantastic mate, I bet you can't wait until you get your 780 installed in there :D You'll be grinning from ear to ear. Some PCI-E covers would get rid of the red and clean up your black and white colour scheme nicely :)
 
so after a host of delays (brother got married, I moved home, settled with GF) I am finally able to look back and finish the last parts of this, and although I have now finally bought a gpu, as the prices are so crazy, I have opted for a single card until the price drops.

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I have decided to remove the 600t case :( it provided me with some great fun hacking up a box and filling it. but a computer case has no place in a living room so I want something more discrete.........

as I said I have just moved in with my GF (yey) and this weekend we will finally finish putting draws / cupboards etc together, wall mounted TV, wall mounted the table, here is the remnants of that effort:

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And this is the living room...

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(yes the curtains are being changed)

where you can see the computer (part opened) there is a large white box that matches the rest of the drawers, this is where the computer will go:

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from what we can see, the PC BARELY fits.... this isn't good enough... so I am going to remove everything from the case and use the box itself for the PC case.

The current idea is to have 2 levels, the first for the PC hardware, and then a 2nd level for the radiators, currently, the width of the case can take 2 x6 radiators, so I may replace the treble rad I have for a bigger one. These will face the wall (out of sight) with some room for cabling.

I'll make a graphical representation tonight with some more pictures of inside the box to box to give an idea.
 
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