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I have recently changed cases from my tj08.
My specs:
2600k @4.8
Windforce 780 OC rev2
8gb xms3
GENE V
H80
AX 850 psu
TJ08
Custom braided mdpc cables red, black and shade 19
give me a shout if I need to resize- I am using my phone to upload :/
My new spec has most of the above. The wf780 has changed for a 780 lightning in addition to the
the watercooling gear. The case is a corsair air 540.
EkPE 360
EK XT 240
6 x QE SP120s
ek compressions
2x xspc compressions
a few g1/4 extenders
ek 3.2pwm ddc pump/ tube res combo
Mayhems blood red pastel
black shoggy sandwich
I began by stripping the case and removing the H80 backplate from the motherboard. Once this was completed I installed the CPU block and the motherboard into the case.
I then began installing the top rad. I knew the ports would need to be on the left side in order to access the pump which is resting on the SSD cage in the rear of the case.
*I realised very early that I did not have appropriate screws in my tool box to fix 2 fans the to 240 rad. I needed M3 x30mm and I had M3 x 25mm :/
So you'll notice no fans on the top rad for the first few pics.
By this point Ian the DPD man arrived and left me with my PE360, tubing, 2 bottles of Mayhems and 2x Haribo...nom nom.
I then began to add the fittings, 360, pump/ res and fans. The rear fan is intake and the rads are exhausts I will see how they are for now I may swap it about in the future.
I had bought some bitspower fittings to use in the build, however I couldn't find them so had to settle for some ek. I had to use 2 xspc fittings as I didn't have enough ek fittings so I put the 2 xspc fittings on the pump in the rear of the case.
The next part of the build involved adding tubing to all fittings which was easy enough- my hands still hurt- but it is done.
I then began to leak test... this was where the problem began.
in the rear of the case my res began to leak from the input fitting. I tightened it, changed it and then added a second o ring and extender before adding the 90 degree fitting.
once this was fitted correctly I then refilled and leak tested for about 6 hours prior to letting the pump run. I then began to bleed and all of the bubbles seem more or less out already. The shoggy sandwich seems to be doing a grand job, despite just using the harder foam double layered and then the soft foam to stop the case hitting the pump. The vibrations are well and truly dampened. I cannot feel the case moving.
So now I am just finishing off the rig with a fan controller which will be kept internal along with another pcie cable from davido
my small order tomorrow contains a fan controller, pwm fan extender cable, i.o. panel cables in red x3 and a demicflex 120 filter for the rear intake and a silverstone filter for the underside to try to keep dust down and out.
I have found the corsair air 540 a great air cooling case with lots of room to sort things out. I found my wc gear to be pushing the case to its limits. I was lucky that the GPU just managed to fit with the fans in push on the 360 rad. I could fit another 780 in but again it would be tight to work.
see how close...
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