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Look wonderful. Really nice build.
Project: Whoops did i just spend that.....
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A small update.
I've not forgot about this thread.. Just ran into a supply issue.
To complete all the pipe work, i require 6 of these fittings:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £13.38
(includes shipping: £7.39)
OCuk has none, EKwb has none. ETA's come and go and stock dosnt appear..
As soon as i get these parts, there will be another update
It's gutting just looking at it in the corner feeling sorry for itself.. Its screaming use me..
I've not forgot about this thread.. Just ran into a supply issue.
To complete all the pipe work, i require 6 of these fittings:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £13.38
(includes shipping: £7.39)
OCuk has none, EKwb has none. ETA's come and go and stock dosnt appear..
As soon as i get these parts, there will be another update
It's gutting just looking at it in the corner feeling sorry for itself.. Its screaming use me..
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cracking job so far. & as above I hope you had a few packets of haribos for all that hardware.
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Apart from having my last run cancelled on me this week, making it a nice 4 day weekend
I also come home to find these beauties sat here waiting for my arrival....
So guess what im off to do for the next 2-3ish days..
If time permits, i'll update prior to going back out to work, if not will be a weeks time.
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A small update, bits and bobs done last week, been working on it today... swearing at the pipe bending.. ordered more pipe... these bends take practice.. and lots of extra pipe..
Started off last week doing the flexi pipe work for the fill port, so i could get the front re-assembled, and if i had to cut anything else i didnt have to re-move as much..
Out came the drill, pilot hole then stepped drill bit, then first problem..
The hole came out lovely, right size with a little extra space for a bit of movement to help line parts up..
Only issue was that i couldnt fit the retaining ring on the back side of it, due to the initial case being in the way of the threads.. so out came the dremel to win the battle..
battle won, and through port fitted..
90 degree fitting fitted to the back, as there is no room for pipe otherwise, i checked that the back of the case still fitted, and it does... just.
another 90 degree on the fill port, and 2x ekwb compression fittings with the PrimoChill piping.
I'm not a lazy person, but i've done builds that have used bay res's and to put it simply, i think there a pain in the arse... The theory here fill up through the fill port and drain out of the drain port.. simple, no taking the front off, sliding the res out and all that hassle.. unless you want to get in there and give it a good clean..
Two more pass through's in the mid plate, to allow the coolant from the res down to the pump and rad, and one to allow the cooled coolant up to the GPU's
Test fitting the dual pump, prior to drilling the base of the case to allow me to screw it down securely to stop any noise whille in use..
I did end up moving the pump and re-drilling the holes, as when i came to connect the fittings and pipe work up, the sharpness of the angle caused the pipe to compress..
Drainage port and one of the two temp sensors in place..
Now it started to get interesting again, i went back to the PETG pipe work, i managed to get all but 2 of the pipe's done, as both these pipes are over 300mm i only got 1 per length and i messed them both up and its multipul bends.. If you have any pointers i'd love to hear them..
Last one, need to decide where to fit the lcd read outs for the two water temp sensors that are in the loop. I dont want them in the front, as the case is going to be in an angle they wont be in sight of where i will be sat..
More to come shortly, aswell as some extra pictures from a little side project..
Started off last week doing the flexi pipe work for the fill port, so i could get the front re-assembled, and if i had to cut anything else i didnt have to re-move as much..
Out came the drill, pilot hole then stepped drill bit, then first problem..
The hole came out lovely, right size with a little extra space for a bit of movement to help line parts up..
Only issue was that i couldnt fit the retaining ring on the back side of it, due to the initial case being in the way of the threads.. so out came the dremel to win the battle..
battle won, and through port fitted..
90 degree fitting fitted to the back, as there is no room for pipe otherwise, i checked that the back of the case still fitted, and it does... just.
another 90 degree on the fill port, and 2x ekwb compression fittings with the PrimoChill piping.
I'm not a lazy person, but i've done builds that have used bay res's and to put it simply, i think there a pain in the arse... The theory here fill up through the fill port and drain out of the drain port.. simple, no taking the front off, sliding the res out and all that hassle.. unless you want to get in there and give it a good clean..
Two more pass through's in the mid plate, to allow the coolant from the res down to the pump and rad, and one to allow the cooled coolant up to the GPU's
Test fitting the dual pump, prior to drilling the base of the case to allow me to screw it down securely to stop any noise whille in use..
I did end up moving the pump and re-drilling the holes, as when i came to connect the fittings and pipe work up, the sharpness of the angle caused the pipe to compress..
Drainage port and one of the two temp sensors in place..
Now it started to get interesting again, i went back to the PETG pipe work, i managed to get all but 2 of the pipe's done, as both these pipes are over 300mm i only got 1 per length and i messed them both up and its multipul bends.. If you have any pointers i'd love to hear them..
Last one, need to decide where to fit the lcd read outs for the two water temp sensors that are in the loop. I dont want them in the front, as the case is going to be in an angle they wont be in sight of where i will be sat..
More to come shortly, aswell as some extra pictures from a little side project..
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Looking good but I'm trying to work out why you didn't move the pump further back. You'd lose the 90 degree bend, the curved pipe and you'd come through the mid plate in the right place to go straight up to the graphics card. Is something going to occupy that space? Pipe looks good though - especially like the route from top graphics to rad.
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Stunning log so far! I'm so jealous of the GPU's :'(
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That pipe work to the graphics and to top rad is a carbon copy of mine like and the pump lol .
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This build is looking good
I was just wondering though, how hard is it to drill through the acrylic and fit the pass through ports to make sure they fit in with your tube runs as it looks much better and I plan on doing a similar style with my new build.
Keep up the great work and I look forward to more updates
I was just wondering though, how hard is it to drill through the acrylic and fit the pass through ports to make sure they fit in with your tube runs as it looks much better and I plan on doing a similar style with my new build.
Keep up the great work and I look forward to more updates
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Unfortunately so, i looked at doing it in the reverse order, running a flexi line up the back into a 90 degree and through port, then realised it would affect the cables, causing them to overlap.. meaning i couldnt get the case panel back on..
I got the twin pump, as i have had a pump fail on me in the past, which nearly did take the system out with it..(which is why when i did a i5, it ran on air) but that it also why i bought a visual means of watching if the coolant is flowing as a 3rd back up. (pic to follow)
Credit where credit is due, that route of piping is the most efficient and less invasive way.
This build is looking good
I was just wondering though, how hard is it to drill through the acrylic and fit the pass through ports to make sure they fit in with your tube runs as it looks much better and I plan on doing a similar style with my new build.
Keep up the great work and I look forward to more updates
An absolute doddle mate, a small pilot hole so you have your centre, then using a stepped drill bit, gradually work the hole bigger until the port fitted nicely.
I'll have to pass on that one, what you see there apart from the psu cables, is what is going there. I think i did it, based on what looked right, kink free piping and room to work on it if required..
Update:
More piping have been aquired, and got a nice 3 day bank holiday, hopefully will get all the piping in place ready for leak testing.
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nearly a month between posts... ouch!
Long story short, worked away for two weeks, had a day and two nights at home, then ended up in A&E with pains, landed myself on the emergency surgery table... epic!
My father in-law was nice enough to nip by yesterday and lift the tower back onto the table so i can crack on with it whille im layed up recovering..
anyway the build! it goes one...
First of all the last few bits have arrived, i now have everything! The only thing i forgot to photo was the 3 packs of extra pipe, which i think im definetly going to need..
Finally found a new fan controller i liked. Went with the NZXT Sentry.
A Barrow flow meter for a visual fail safe.
2x XSPC led displays for the water temp..
Ended up kitting myself out with a lot of electrical gear, i went looking for some braided fan cable extensions to connect 2x fans per channel and came up empty handed due to the length i require, so i'll be making my own.
Right then, you know where im upto, PETG piping.
This has to be the hardest thing i've done in along time, it makes getting my class 1 licence look easy XD
First thing i did, was re-fit my RAM and swap the 90 degree pipe and fittings around, as it just would not go with the RAM in place.
As you can see by this picture its tight even swapped around.
Found my mock up pipe from my last failed attempt at the next pipe, coming down the from rad into the monoblock..
a bit of faffing around and toasty fingers, i got it to go nicely..
Now things get interesting, and i would like people opinion on this, as im not convinced at all..
Looking at the next 3 photos, the pipe that comes out of the monoblock and goes into the res..
Surely there has to be an easier way than that...
I thought about coming up, 90 bend on the top going straight across then bending it back on itself straight into the res.. but i thought would that last bend cause the pump to work harder with it being a tighter bend..
If you have a suggestion, it is very welcome.
It isnt much but its progress, will be all done very soon
Will run it initially on de-ironised water before draining and filling with a more premium coolant.
Long story short, worked away for two weeks, had a day and two nights at home, then ended up in A&E with pains, landed myself on the emergency surgery table... epic!
My father in-law was nice enough to nip by yesterday and lift the tower back onto the table so i can crack on with it whille im layed up recovering..
anyway the build! it goes one...
First of all the last few bits have arrived, i now have everything! The only thing i forgot to photo was the 3 packs of extra pipe, which i think im definetly going to need..
Finally found a new fan controller i liked. Went with the NZXT Sentry.
A Barrow flow meter for a visual fail safe.
2x XSPC led displays for the water temp..
Ended up kitting myself out with a lot of electrical gear, i went looking for some braided fan cable extensions to connect 2x fans per channel and came up empty handed due to the length i require, so i'll be making my own.
Right then, you know where im upto, PETG piping.
This has to be the hardest thing i've done in along time, it makes getting my class 1 licence look easy XD
First thing i did, was re-fit my RAM and swap the 90 degree pipe and fittings around, as it just would not go with the RAM in place.
As you can see by this picture its tight even swapped around.
Found my mock up pipe from my last failed attempt at the next pipe, coming down the from rad into the monoblock..
a bit of faffing around and toasty fingers, i got it to go nicely..
Now things get interesting, and i would like people opinion on this, as im not convinced at all..
Looking at the next 3 photos, the pipe that comes out of the monoblock and goes into the res..
Surely there has to be an easier way than that...
I thought about coming up, 90 bend on the top going straight across then bending it back on itself straight into the res.. but i thought would that last bend cause the pump to work harder with it being a tighter bend..
If you have a suggestion, it is very welcome.
It isnt much but its progress, will be all done very soon
Will run it initially on de-ironised water before draining and filling with a more premium coolant.