Vidars first go at Water Cooling...
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I've got the drain port on the outlet for the res, split in two. One run heading to cpu, the other into the psu shroud and out the bottom with the valve on it.
Didn't think about going in the top actually.
Leak testing now, so far so good. Will get some pictures up once I get back on the pc as I can't seem to up loads pics from my phone.
Didn't think about going in the top actually.
Leak testing now, so far so good. Will get some pictures up once I get back on the pc as I can't seem to up loads pics from my phone.
Oh dude you have no idea the stress I've had with this lol. The p600s isn't really big enough for a 60mm thick rad with fans. Having to mount the pump res on the rad and then realise your gpu doesn't fit now. Queue me scrambling to finding a bigger case before on the off chance trying my gpu vertically and thank christ just fitting. Just have to wait for the riser cable.
Next upgrades for me now include a much, much larger case!
Next upgrades for me now include a much, much larger case!
It's all a learning curve lol
Get an enthoo luxe 2~719
60mm rad in push pull goes in the front no problem or in the bottom too
Edit
And its all that @Space Monkey fault
Mate
Hahahahaha
of course it's his fault, he made me do it lolYeah the 719 was exactly what I was thinking today when I panicked as I love the quality of phanteks.
Beautiful big cases!
I've definitely got the upgrade bug at the minute and can definitely see me expanding this further down the line
I'm assuming it's down to trapped air but with the res I can't seem to fill it past where the metal tube goes in. It just spews coolant out the top. Have tried rocking the case etc but doesn't seem to help.
My big ass hands also can't get in now to unscrew the cap without twisting the entire res which feels like it could be a disaster if I pull it too hard.
I've definitely got the upgrade bug at the minute and can definitely see me expanding this further down the line
I'm assuming it's down to trapped air but with the res I can't seem to fill it past where the metal tube goes in. It just spews coolant out the top. Have tried rocking the case etc but doesn't seem to help.
My big ass hands also can't get in now to unscrew the cap without twisting the entire res which feels like it could be a disaster if I pull it too hard.
So the moment you've all been waiting for... the Pictures!
Okay so if it's not be been obvious enough, this hasn't been smooth sailing for me.
Rig was in dire need of some general maintenance, I'd bought a load of fittings off of @Space Monkey with the plan to do something within the next few months.... He the coerced me in to starting now and spending an obscene amount of money. It's all his fault and I'm sticking to it.
Tear down started, hadn't realised just how much dust had built up. The fans are in a bit of state and took a lot of cleaning as I was reusing them.
God damn!!!!! Think I discovered part of my thermal issues...
I got a bit carried away cleaning etc so forgot to get more pics of the cleaning etc.
(More to follow)
Okay so if it's not be been obvious enough, this hasn't been smooth sailing for me.
Rig was in dire need of some general maintenance, I'd bought a load of fittings off of @Space Monkey with the plan to do something within the next few months.... He the coerced me in to starting now and spending an obscene amount of money. It's all his fault and I'm sticking to it
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Tear down started, hadn't realised just how much dust had built up. The fans are in a bit of state and took a lot of cleaning as I was reusing them.
God damn!!!!! Think I discovered part of my thermal issues...
I got a bit carried away cleaning etc so forgot to get more pics of the cleaning etc.
(More to follow)
So the first issue I found I had was space, just because your case says it supports rads up to 60mm in the front doesn't mean it's going to be easy getting that bad boy in. Thank god Space Money advised my to get the fan mount bracket as there would have been no other way to mount the Reservoir.
Again got a bit carried away and forgot to get more pictures but I managed to get both rads in and started doing my runs.
Tried to keep them as short as possible being low on space.
Very glad the rad up top could be lifted out as old shovel hands here wouldn't have been able to put it all together.
It's around now I tried to fit my GPU in. DISASTER!!!! Blasted thing wouldn't fit no matter what I tried. It just kept butting against either pump/res.
Queue Vidar scrambling for ideas, Dremel to the bottom of the bracket? Nope Still wouldn't work as I'd have to lift the front rad higher too and was running out of clearance.
Started looking for a new case and feeling sick at having to spend another £150 to £200, Would the 719 do me? Should I go for the 011 Dynamic????
Then I remembered the vertical mounts.... HURRAHHHAAAAH!!!!! It fits! Just about but my god was it close...
Also had to switched inlets to the side as the fittings made contact with the rear of PCB and that wouldn't have been fun!
(More to follow)
Again got a bit carried away and forgot to get more pictures but I managed to get both rads in and started doing my runs.
Tried to keep them as short as possible being low on space.
Very glad the rad up top could be lifted out as old shovel hands here wouldn't have been able to put it all together.
It's around now I tried to fit my GPU in. DISASTER!!!! Blasted thing wouldn't fit no matter what I tried. It just kept butting against either pump/res.
Queue Vidar scrambling for ideas, Dremel to the bottom of the bracket? Nope Still wouldn't work as I'd have to lift the front rad higher too and was running out of clearance.
Started looking for a new case and feeling sick at having to spend another £150 to £200, Would the 719 do me? Should I go for the 011 Dynamic????
Then I remembered the vertical mounts.... HURRAHHHAAAAH!!!!! It fits! Just about but my god was it close...
Also had to switched inlets to the side as the fittings made contact with the rear of PCB and that wouldn't have been fun!
(More to follow)
Tried to get some better shots of my runs for you guys.
Getting ready for the leak testing while I waited for the Riser cable to arrive.
Ran the leak test over night for a good 15+ hours and all completely bone dry!
45 degree fittings are my best friend, I'd have been stuffed without them.
Not the best pictures but pretty much finished now, yeah the GPU needs a good clean. Though I plan on stripping it down and repasting it to get at it properly.
I don't think I'd get a water block to fit in this case as gpu is right up against the glass.
Cable management has never been my strong suite.
More pics to follow later on...
Getting ready for the leak testing while I waited for the Riser cable to arrive.
Ran the leak test over night for a good 15+ hours and all completely bone dry!
45 degree fittings are my best friend, I'd have been stuffed without them.
Not the best pictures but pretty much finished now, yeah the GPU needs a good clean. Though I plan on stripping it down and repasting it to get at it properly.
I don't think I'd get a water block to fit in this case as gpu is right up against the glass.
Cable management has never been my strong suite.
More pics to follow later on...
Going to be a delay in final pictures until it goes dark and I get the Fiancee's proper camera out as my potato phone camera just can't seem to catch it in a good light.
So I've emptied about 2 inches out of the res, I'm understanding now why I was struggling to fill it past the metal tube. As that's about 2 inches long, I had to open another port to fill higher. Doesn't state that in the manual though so without you guys I could have come unstuck I think.
So I've changed back to rainbow puke, soft ollies here realised he'd left out his RGB kit after I was finshed and no way am I starting again to fit that in somewhere lol. My red colour scheme is just two dark now and the EK res RGB doesn't quite match the Gigabyte colours so it was looking off.
I'm definitely thinking RGB fans in the future though or at least installing the Phanteks Halo Lux around my current fans as there's just areas inside the case that look to dark now.
Noise wise I'm seriously impressed PC is damn near silent now!
Stability and temps is where it's at though!
!!!
Okay so idle temps are roughly the same, maybe a couple of degrees lower but fluctuating. You may recall though that with the Silent loop 360 I was running I couldn't run P95 Small FFT's I'd start the test and instantly hard lock and bsod maybe catching core temp instantly hitting 100c if I was quick enough.
Well being the complete and utter sadist I am I ran it... There was a sudden spike to 98c on 1 core with the rest getting no higher than 93c but the moment the fans ramped up temps dropped suddenly back down high 70's low 80's and ran it for a good hour before getting bored. Repeated the test with the loop running full pelt and I didn't get higher than 79c after an hour. It's amazing watching the fluid move so fast though when it's really getting hammered. I'm going to monitor while gaming etc but so far I'm incredibly impressed.
Only issue I'm having at the moment is I'm now paranoid and constantly checking for leaks lol
So is old Vidar done? No not even close!
I love the P600's but trying to squeeze all this gear in has really highlighted it's shortcomings so when I come to my next load of upgrades a new, much larger case is definitely being included.
So I've emptied about 2 inches out of the res, I'm understanding now why I was struggling to fill it past the metal tube. As that's about 2 inches long, I had to open another port to fill higher. Doesn't state that in the manual though so without you guys I could have come unstuck I think.
So I've changed back to rainbow puke, soft ollies here realised he'd left out his RGB kit after I was finshed and no way am I starting again to fit that in somewhere lol. My red colour scheme is just two dark now and the EK res RGB doesn't quite match the Gigabyte colours so it was looking off.
I'm definitely thinking RGB fans in the future though or at least installing the Phanteks Halo Lux around my current fans as there's just areas inside the case that look to dark now.
Noise wise I'm seriously impressed PC is damn near silent now!
Stability and temps is where it's at though!
!!!Okay so idle temps are roughly the same, maybe a couple of degrees lower but fluctuating. You may recall though that with the Silent loop 360 I was running I couldn't run P95 Small FFT's I'd start the test and instantly hard lock and bsod maybe catching core temp instantly hitting 100c if I was quick enough.
Well being the complete and utter sadist I am I ran it... There was a sudden spike to 98c on 1 core with the rest getting no higher than 93c but the moment the fans ramped up temps dropped suddenly back down high 70's low 80's and ran it for a good hour before getting bored. Repeated the test with the loop running full pelt and I didn't get higher than 79c after an hour. It's amazing watching the fluid move so fast though when it's really getting hammered. I'm going to monitor while gaming etc but so far I'm incredibly impressed.
Only issue I'm having at the moment is I'm now paranoid and constantly checking for leaks lol
So is old Vidar done? No not even close!
I love the P600's but trying to squeeze all this gear in has really highlighted it's shortcomings so when I come to my next load of upgrades a new, much larger case is definitely being included.
So best I can do for you guys with the phone, I'm no photographer by any stretch!
@Mcnumpty2323, @Space Monkey, @Awahwah Thank you for all the help and advice I really appreciate it and wouldn't have gotten through it without you guys!
@Mcnumpty2323, @Space Monkey, @Awahwah Thank you for all the help and advice I really appreciate it and wouldn't have gotten through it without you guys!
Yeah it's a really bright res, I honestly never thought I'd say I need more RGB but definitely want more now lol
I want the RGB water block and some decent rgb fans when I next upgrade...Just don't know which ones.
Yeah I think I got that paper off of the Gigabyte site, though I tend to just search 4k wall papers on Google and go from there.
I just can't wait to do more now... yeah I know I'm nuts! lol
Is that like being infected with the Corona Virus? God damn it @Space Monkey
So my gpu doesn't like being choked off temps hitting 80c easily when gaming, still thinks it's weird my fps is so much more stable though not that I'm complaining.
So my gpu doesn't like being choked off temps hitting 80c easily when gaming, still thinks it's weird my fps is so much more stable though not that I'm complaining.