The white build WC Core P5

[tomnewdelhi]

Hey folks,

Started a new build about 3 weeks ago, been slow going and taking my time with it.

Changed over from a Mountain mods UFO case, massive case and took up a lot of room.

Hardware:
Case: TT Core P5
Mobo: MSI Z170A Titanium
CPU: I7 Skylake 6700k
RAM: Corsair Vengence DDR4 16gb
GPU: (for now) GTX 780Ti
HDD: Samsung Evo 500gb SSD - Seagate 2.0Tb HDD
PSU: EVGA 850 G2 Gold

Watercooling Gear
CPU: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO - Acetal+Nickel
Rad: Alphacool 480 Monsta
Pump/res: DDC Liang with EK X3 pump 100 res (replaced 100 res with X3 250) EK heatsink for DDC.
Fittings:Alphacool HT 13mm Compression Fitting G1/4 For Plexi/Brass
Tubing:Alphacool HardTube 13/10mm Plexi Clear.
Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice white.




As it comes.

Heres a few pics of progress so far:

 

[tomnewdelhi]

Today parts came in the post.

I made a start on the tubing:

I noticed that theres a little white scuffing from the fitting as i tightened it up, not much of a problem as the white coolant will hide that!


Res went in ok, i think 250 is a sufficient size.


CPU going back to the Rad


top of the loop, fill port area:




The res/pump:


I found like many others that Thermaltake only had their own brand in mind when they designed the pad for the pump as the EK i have didnt have the holes anywhere near where they shoulda been,

Out in the shed i took my old decrepit old drill to the plate and did 3 holes myself (reall CBA to to the 4th and i didnt think the drill could take it)



So this is where i am now.


Since i took this picture i have trimmed the tube going from the top of the res to the top so its straight and the right length.

Ive noticed that since the pump has been screwed down to the plate, the plate sags slightly forward taking the res with it, im gunna try turning the plate the other way to see if that stops it or i guess ill have to create a bracket to hold the res to the case.

 

[tomnewdelhi]

Thanks for the advice, ive found the bending of the tubes more than just a simple right angle quite difficult. (i wanted rigid tubes as they look the daddy and i wanted to challenge myself) with your advice ive gone back to the tube planning phase. i will be adding some right angle fittings to some parts.

raising the res is out, i cant get it any higher without drilling holes in the case, (not an issue however id prefer not to make more holes in it) and secondly the cables above get in the way of the res so it wouldnt fit in right. so im gunna have to keep it where it is.

Ive taken the rest of your advice regarding right angle fittings and turning the pump round (it never crossed my mind! )

Ive taken down what ive done so far at the moment as the plate the pump sits on really sags forward. ill have to wait for the res clips and have another go.

Id like to keep a fill port above the res, just to make filling and draining the loop easier (the drain is on the bottom of the rad)

ive come up with 3 and ive uploaded a blank if any of you wanna critique my design, (this is only my 3rd WC setup)

Ive dropped the radiator down as low as it goes so the cpu and rad ports are almost in line.

This is the one i started on here. res>pump>CPU>Rad



A second design:

This one, id turn the pump to face forwards, have a 90 degree fitting and then up to the rad, id need to spin the cpu block around so the inlet is at the top, The dotted line is where the fillport would be. I kinda like the look of this one...

Pump>Rad>Cpu



Third Design:
A slight spin on the first, this one however i dont know where id be able to fill the loop as the top tube going from CPU to Rad would be directly over the Rad to CPU tube.



Im gunna be waiting for some more parts to arrive so nothing really set in stone right now, any advice would be appreciated

P.s heres a blank if you wanted to draw...

 

[tomnewdelhi]

Fittings came and i had some spare time to play, As i said before with this being my first rigid tube experience i found bending the tubes a bit of a pain in the ass so went for the easiest route.

Pump-rad-cpu-res





fill port:










so far im happy with that, bleeding the loop is a bit of a pain, I cant seem to shift some bubbles even with the fill port open and the top of the rad open too :\

 

[tomnewdelhi]

Thanks, I brought a bending tool when i got the tubing, anything more than a 90 degree and it goes wrong!


heres what it looks like lit up..





Im happy with the look so far, just need to sort out cable braiding and some better wire management.

I managed to get the bit bubbles out of it and it seems that theres no air in the loop anymore. two things ive noticed is, 1, foam in the tubes and res, not sure on how this happened or what causes this, ive read that pump speed being too high does this?

2, ive noticed that theres a tiny leak on the fitting on the top of the res, i leak tested this for 9 hours with no leaks or drips anywhere, bled the system and had the computer in every angle getting the bubbles out. only when the computer is now off do i get this tiny amount of coolant from this fitting. if its on theres nothing.

 

[tomnewdelhi]

Looks awesome man. Really tempted for an open chassis next time, how is the noise?

Thanks pal, I dont really notice the sound, the fans are pretty quiet. GPU goes a bit louder when gaming but that'll go water when i upgrade the card later this year.

Cenedd, what you didnt see was the first box of tubing...

I flushed everything before putting in, i thought it might have been the amount of 90 degree bends in the loop, when i first started i was told to avoid them but doing research on this case in particular i noticed that lots of builds had them,

Im going to redo the tubing when i watercool the GPU, but in the meantime im tempted to flush it out and try again,

The leak... since i let some air out (and some fluid) the leak has stopped.
When i filled this and leak tested it there was about 2 inches of air at the top of the res, ive no idea where its gone!

heres the foaming i was talking about...