ramthor's monster build

Shame you've bought all that hardware....what with not planning to actually build a PC and all that! ;)

Are you planning a mix of soft and hard tubing? I can see a mix of ACF (soft tubing) and HD (hard tubing but push-in rather than compression fitting - don't hang any weight off them). I can only see hard tubing in the pile though. Sorry if this has been covered before....I'll be honest, I didn't make it through much of the cat-fight :D
 
Extra pictures for clarification. You only need to read the OP. Ignore the rest.

The HD adapters I will use to build the SLI bridge.
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These are the EK-HDC fittings
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The flexi tube:
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The splitters and valves for the drains:
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I probably need a better camera :)


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Nice job, I recognise a lot of that gear! Good luck!

How are you planning on mounting the pumps? Have you given any thought to the actual loop design yet? I would be interested in comparing notes! Also, don't forget to build in a drain point for each loop!

Cheers
Ras
 
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Rasphelt said:
Nice job, I recognise a lot of that gear! Good luck!

How are you planning on mounting the pumps? Have you given any thought to the actual loop design yet? I would be interested in comparing notes! Also, don't forget to build in a drain point for each loop!

Cheers
Ras
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Pumps go in the lower chamber as in the drawing below:
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The dotted line for CPU loop goes behind the case.
It's still in the early stages of development so I might change it as I go.
Initially it will probably be only flexi tube to get a feel of what water cooling is all about.
 
You've no idea how good it is to see a man with the same artistic talent as myself. There's all these artistic types on here with their fancy plans and drawings ;) and its nice to see I'm not the only non-conformer! :D

Go with what you're happy with. The bonus of soft tube is that you can just chop it and chuck it in. If you then want to replace sections with hard tube, you can when you're ready. Mine's a mix. The hard tube looks good on the showy side but the flexibility of the soft gets me across a moving gap so I can open the door of my case without having to drain the loop - it's an externally-mounted rad.
 
Lol. My artistic talent is next to zero but if I knew I would share with the world my talents in drawing I would've tried a bit more. This is what I drew on a piece of scrap paper once.
Or it may be just a whale.... :))
 
... and two baby seals



Have you considered a layout like this one?

ramthor by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

I think it'll give you cleaner lines... plus you won't have the soft tubing behind the motherboard interfering with cable management.

The orange line would give you more visible tubing too.

The reason not out of the top of the top GPU is... while it might look ok... it will interfere with the RAM as the tubing will be going over the top of the RAM and if you bring it out the bottom of the bottom GPU... it'll line up really well with the bottom of the reservoir.
 
crinkleshoes said:
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Have you considered a layout like this one?

ramthor by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

I think it'll give you cleaner lines... plus you won't have the soft tubing behind the motherboard interfering with cable management.

The orange line would give you more visible tubing too.

The reason not out of the top of the top GPU is... while it might look ok... it will interfere with the RAM as the tubing will be going over the top of the RAM and if you bring it out the bottom of the bottom GPU... it'll line up really well with the bottom of the reservoir.
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Looking good. Thanks!

It's just that I read the optimal output from the GPU block should be on the opposite side as the input so you get equal flow in a parallel configuration.

I have seen this layout on JayzTwoCents but I'm not sure it is scientifically sound.
 
He's had it working well for his last 3x revisions of Skunworks and you know he pushes his systems quite far... so i'm sure it's fine to do it this way + I think it'll look better :)

His previous 2 builds even had 3x GPUs in parallel like this.

You could always try both... the extra tubing you'd need to cut/bend to try both configurations on the GPU loop wouldn't add much more than an hour to your build process.

Testing would take up a bit more time though... go with the one you like the look of first and see what performance you get, then if you're not happy you can always change it around.
 
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Yep. Plenty of ways to experiment.
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Our ideas are very similar; I will be keeping an eye on this to see how it goes!

You have made some good choices!

Cheers
Ras

P.s. I went full hardline and am pretty sure it was easier to go soft tubing first as Cenedd mentions, I would have saved myself a whole lot of trouble!
 
Another tip... be sure to test the basic hardware functions before putting everything together otherwise it could be a pain in the backside.

If you have a basic air cooler for the CPU, use that... if not... build a basic soft tubing loop for the CPU and leave the air-coolers on the GPUs... just test as an open motherboard/etc on your desk and make sure you plug in all ram sticks and m.2/pci-e ssds just to make sure all ram sticks and slots function etc.

Hopefully everything will be fine and that'll be a waste of 30 minutes... but better to use that 30 minutes like that - than to get everything together and find out something is up... fault-finding in a build, especially with hard tubing can eat up a lot of time.
 
Rasphelt said:
Our ideas are very similar; I will be keeping an eye on this to see how it goes!

You have made some good choices!

Cheers
Ras

P.s. I went full hardline and am pretty sure it was easier to go soft tubing first as Cenedd mentions, I would have saved myself a whole lot of trouble!
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I learned a lot by seeing other builds and hopefully I will avoid the pitfalls I've seen. I've done my homework. Now I am prepared to expect the unexpected. I am sure there will be lot of swearing at some point(s). :)

crinkleshoes said:
Another tip... be sure to test the basic hardware functions before putting everything together otherwise it could be a pain in the backside.

If you have a basic air cooler for the CPU, use that... if not... build a basic soft tubing loop for the CPU and leave the air-coolers on the GPUs... just test as an open motherboard/etc on your desk and make sure you plug in all ram sticks and m.2/pci-e ssds just to make sure all ram sticks and slots function etc.

Hopefully everything will be fine and that'll be a waste of 30 minutes... but better to use that 30 minutes like that - than to get everything together and find out something is up... fault-finding in a build, especially with hard tubing can eat up a lot of time.
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Yep. That is exactly my plan. I considered buying a cheap CPU cooler but then I thought why not start with a basic loop and take it from there. Less complications means less things to go wrong. KISS rule (keep it simple stupid) shall be obeyed. :)
 
Also bear in mind that when people say it's much worse that way or really bad for your flow/temps/street-cred, the real world differences are often 1 degree Centigrade or less - so often it's perfectly reasonable to say screw that, it looks better this way. Test it both ways, measure for yourself the difference and go with which makes you happiest - ultimately that what it's about, no?
 
Are these any good?

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I've put my name down just in case trolls feel like trolling...

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