Twin Turbo "Black Edition"

Camera shots completed of the card :)









placed at the top to get a feel for the connection to the rad
Might swap the 45 of the Rad for twin 45- have it bend out towards the side then down to the card and insert the spacer for the 90 bend. 45 just slightly blocks the Vortex's view



PSU- SuperFlower 650W Platinum. Tempting to swap out the fan for a Blue one

 
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Looking good. By the time you've got the PSU's fan grill, the PSU shroud and then the side window in the way, would you be able to see the difference between a white and blue fan? The connectors are going to be glowing white too.
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I was thinking of installing top side up, since Superflower prints everything for this orientation like the Pressed Branding on the side, never seen unless the rear panel is off but meh. Also the Shroud cover has a mesh pattern so in theory, the fan could be seen. dont think I will but might have a wee look
 
surprisingly its quite visible :)
Curiosity might get the better of me, will have a quick look on google to see if it uses a 2 pin solution.
Would be tempting to put a Thermaltake Ring fan in their or just stick with WingBoost

Bit gutted today, was hoping to receive the SLi bridge from Alphacool but by the time they got back to me, it had been sold. No idea when the 2 slot version will be back in =( Will be using a Plexi adjustable bridge between the cards, just means the flow goes from the bottom outlet to the top cards outlet. And with the previous build, flow and temps does take a hit this way, such a restrictive block
 
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More DSLR snaps and edits to replace the above phone snap and of a few parts :)

Some of the plumbing



Drain port is at the back, if I was to attach it to the pump outlet, wouldn't of been at the lowest point and I think would have made a clean curve from the pump to the GPU untidy and bulky, and not wishing to attach to GPU ports as to weigh the card down.
Case should be able to lay on its spine and be the lowest point and drain out- whilst hopefully looking clean and flowing lines.

As with all the builds i've done, Hue+ & Grid as standard. Torn as to how to do the lighting for final pics =/ I do have LEDS on order for the Res and Vortex being White, might do the CPU in blue.



Will be routing some of the Tubing, the Rad to Res will be changed with the twin 45 on the inlet port going to the right then up, aligns it up much better and should sit flush with Rad. Hoping even though this isnt Hard Line, it can just look as good.
Also thinking Twin 45 at the inlet of the RAD- might allow a smoother run from the CPU outlet to it- unsure though
Hue strips installed, one for each edge and not viable so should tone the brightness a bit until NZXT adds DIM ability to the CAM software (is planned).
I have a clear hard Sli connection for the cards (2 slot), which may fit from outlet on the bottom to inlet of the top- would match the colour flow of the blue on the cards and help with flow- or holding my breath for the GPX 2 slot SLi plexi to come back in stock from alphacool... wishing i got it when i had the chance really
Pump also turned down from highest setting (5) to 4.



Just had a thought about attaching a Hue strip to the back edge of the GPUs, you wouldnt see the strips but would add a glow behind the cards against the mobo- what do you think? As im not doing the LED in the fan housing like the ASUS cards, didnt really come out as well and dont think the blue would shine as good inside the all black casing

I wanted to have the Grid+ just above the Res so its visible, only problem is the power connectors and USB stick out quiet a bit and clash with the res holder, which is bolted to the case so cant really move it. Tried placement at the bottom but looks untidy so will have to go at the back =/
 
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Have you seen the acrylic tubes by Barrow? They're 1mm OD (roughly the same as the fittings) and 10mm ID. Female G1/4 threaded at each end and available in a variety of sizes. Might fit nicely between your two graphics cards. Can't post you a link but I'm sure you can find them on the bay. I'm using sone on my project to go through the side panel from the rad into the case if bad pictures are of help :D
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I see what you mean, very nice but by the time I add to rotary male to male at the end of both 90s it cuts the length by over a half. Thats it goes directly vertically. Maybe if i go from Outlet to Inlet I could give it a go.

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Im still waiting for someone to bring Acrylic fittings to the table or Injection moulded clear plastic, ive seen a few but how nice would it be to see a double or triple 45 in acrylic with coloured O-rings.
I smell a croud fund... OCUK, ever thought about our own watercooling products ? haha
 
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Managed to get some time to redo the tubing . top left pic is before hand.
Can see that the compression fitting doesn't go all the way down, using tygon tubing and the Alphacool just can't cut into it as much as Bitspower ones I've uses in the past- even they didn't screw all the way but did do more then alpha's. Fingers crossed when I leak test

 
managed to grab some quick snaps on my phone of the second Heatsink sitting within the Shroud to show it being cut down to fit as well as lining bolting mounts to get the shroud to be mated to the sink

 

woopa, got the video up. shot of the 2nd card which I messed up the port holes slightly yet got the mounting done better then the first.
come the GTX 1070 I should be getting it 100% haha
 
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Looks nice and neat. The ports as you say are a little off but they'd look a bit better if you sanded them smooth - the edges have chipped slightly when drilled. This is, of course, overly picky....but hopefully constructive :D
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first one was much better :( will stick this on the bottom haha
going to find the half size bore hole drill bit for the next one i swear !!! haha
 
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It looks good. I doubt you'd notice it if you weren't looking for it....it's just that, well, I'm looking for it because of the context. I give you advance permission to be critical of me when I get round to trying a delid of my SkyLake and to laugh when I break it :D
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its all good, when i did the first hole I straight away knew I forgot to compensate for the larger bore hole size and the port holes being close together. was in a rush which is a massive NO NO

on a side note, hoping to be able to have a loan of one of these board from Gigabyte so I can take some snap shots with a fully Gigabyte system. Currently theres an MSI board as it was the only board to be Black with Steel PCIe slots (needed for shipment) and LED happen to be a bonus

 
Had a few issues with that board, always turning off then on again when first powering up from a cold start- didnt even think it would be double Bios as I noticed sometimes it defaulted back.

Few high res snap shots of both the cards :D
Looking forward to seeing Galax/MSI blower ref cards taken apart for future planning :D









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seems I can pick up All FE 1080's for £604.. having to wait a while though official vendor prices. really interesting to see the nvidia, vendor and retailer mark ups
then when a Yankie friend tells you they had a batch of 100 @ $650....
If the Brexit makes pc parts cheaper they have my vote hahaha
 
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More fittings arrived... Seems I'll have to rethink rad connection , bridge will fit from the bottom outlet to the top inlet (alpha blocks work more like CPU blocks) and I had thought it wouldn't so will be a tight fit to the rad

 
Parts came in today to allow me to connect the rad to the top cards outlet port and a few LEDs to connect to the Res, Vortex (white) and CPU (blue)

One annoying thing is the male to male rotary is a different grip texture to the rest, even though its Alphacool and part of the same series !!!! Grrrrr



Hoping with tightening of the Rad/fan mount screws will make the connection more inline with a right angle
 
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Poor pics are the meat and veg of my build so I can hardly criticise! :D
It's looking good to me. If you can't move the rad back to get a right angle, you could always go the other way (extender if necessary) and make it parallel with the card to card link. Or leave it, it doesn't notice.
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Taken just before bed , then my sun work up, 4 hours later at 3am ihe crashes . haven't got the engery to fill the PC today :(

I did try putting the last screw in the bottom corner of the rad an pulls it in a bit so angle closer to 90 so shouldn't be a problem. Will look at the routing of the pcie cables a bit, might have the top cable tuck under the bottom card
 
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