Watercooled Case Gallery

Carl_Bennetts · 23 Oct 2020 at 10:09

Jay85 said:
It's a Bykski one, i have both versions installed. One which is flow only and the other is flow and temp.

Thank you

NoNameNoNumber · 26 Oct 2020 at 16:31

Hi guys

Been a long time since I've been in the loop (srsly?

) and I've noticed it's moved on a fair amount!

My x79 build has largely remained unchanged for several years.

Seen SLI 780 lightnings, SLI 970, then 1 970, all under water then when I spilled a mug of tea and killed the last WC card I just put in an aircooled vega 56 due to lack of interest tbh.

Now with Big Navi and the new Ryzen chips I've regained my mojo. Playing a lot more nowadays too.

I've never really been in love with my Phanteks case, but I bought two 480mm rads which I am reluctant to downsize so I either need to find some inspiring pics using the Enthoo Primo or scratch the wall-build itch.

Things I've decided from flicking through this gallery.

Will be using 14/10 PETG hardline (first timer)
Don't like the look of the distro plates, much prefer some interest created by the hardline runs
CPU and GPU to be cooled
I think bends look far better than fittings, appreciate it's not always that simple though.
Both 480mm x 60mm rads are staying
D5 with a 250mm tube res.

Think that's all

PS I'll upload a current pic when Imgur is back online

Jay85 said:
It's a Bykski one, i have both versions installed. One which is flow only and the other is flow and temp.

I really like the look of that, serious question.
How relevant is flow rate in your experience?
I can see no tangible difference in temps between speed 1 or 5 on my D5. All I am interested in is that there is some flow.
That said, I am keen to hear if you've experimented.

Chaos666 · 31 Oct 2020 at 00:09

Defy Belief said:
Latest project.. Will be wall mounted, just need to leak test and wait for my proper coolant to arrive going to get a small lcd screen to display temps etc in the gap to the right of the board.might dremel off the end of the gpu mount so it goes flush

that parallel flow ... at first i was like .. :O
then I noticed the tubbing coming out behind the gpu

Defy Belief · 31 Oct 2020 at 07:13

Chaos666 said:
that parallel flow ... at first i was like .. :O
then I noticed the tubbing coming out behind the gpu

Ha yeah, I slightly changed it, I really need to clean the gpu block, I have a spare d5 pump too so might change it to my d5 pump/res.

Need my cable extentions and still going to mount a screen next to the board, just haven't had the time!

Hate the colour of the fluid through the gpu block too

it's should look like irn bru like it does in the tubing and cpu block! Looks so murky where it needs a good clean inside.

FORCE-NO1 · 31 Oct 2020 at 09:36

The_One · 31 Oct 2020 at 12:37

^Wow thats a monster whats the specs

FORCE-NO1 · 31 Oct 2020 at 12:43

yea its a big unit

CPU: i9 10940x
cpu water block : EK-Quantum Magnitude D-RGB
Motherboard : asus rog rampage vi extreme omega
ram : 64gb gskill trident z 36000mhz ( xmp) enabled
nvme : corsair mp510 2tb x2
ssd : samsung 860 evo 4tb x2
gpu : MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB GAMING X TRIO X2 in sli
Gpu water block : EK-Vector Trio RTX 2080 Ti D-RGB
Radiators : Corsair Hydro X XR7 480mm X2 (gpu loop) Corsair Hydro X XR5 420mm (cpu loop)
Reservoirs / Pump's : Ek quantum Kinetic x2
Fans : corsair icue 140 x6 (cpu rad) corsair icue 120 x18 gpu rads & exhaust all rads are in push/pull config
Psu : Asus rog Thor 1200w platinum
chassis : CORSAIR Obsidian 1000D
16mm acrylic tubing

the wopster · 7 Nov 2020 at 08:59

Just got my 3080 so thought I would put some pics of my system up

Jay85 · 8 Nov 2020 at 00:30

O11D with a thick 55m bottom rad and a vertical gpu mount.

LuckyBenski · 8 Nov 2020 at 00:31

Jay85 said:
O11D with a thick 55m bottom rad and a vertical gpu mount.

Fantastic colour setup. How did you get it so separated? Looks like each individual tube has a colour!

Edit: ahhhhh I see two loops. It looks fantastic.

Jay85 · 8 Nov 2020 at 00:35

LuckyBenski said:
Fantastic colour setup. How did you get it so separated? Looks like each individual tube has a colour!

Edit: ahhhhh I see two loops. It looks fantastic.

It's a dual loop system. The cpu and gpu bother have their own setups for easy interchangeability when i swap components out.

Cpu loop is running EK Laguna yellow
Gpu loop is running a mix of EK Azure blue and Neon green to make turquoise. The combination makes a really good contrast between all the colours without being overwhelming and confusing.

1CE · 9 Nov 2020 at 08:55

That looks awesome, great use of rgb right there

Shilz · 10 Nov 2020 at 20:08

Jay85 said:
O11D with a thick 55m bottom rad and a vertical gpu mount.

@Jay85 Its so beautiful its a work of art mate.

Heres mine in the garage having a quick clean. Upgraded all fans to "Be Quite" Silent Wings 2 140mm on the front rad and the rest are all Shadow Wings 2 140mm. Fantastic low noise fans. They all run whisper quite and cool really well.

All fans connected directly to the Lamptron FC2.

Big upgrade incoming - Ryzen 9 5900x - Asus Strix X570-E with Monoblock - Heat Killer Chipset water block - AMD 6800/6900XT with waterblock

the wopster · 12 Nov 2020 at 15:00

Managed to get a distro type plate for my build, little bit tight next to my graphics card as well

mattyg · 12 Nov 2020 at 15:05

teejay73 said:
Had a little update on my Lian Li xl - ditched the Bykski distro plate in favour of the EK D5 front distro plate for the Lian li XL and got a EK velocity cpu waterblock. I also ditched the vertical gpu in favour of clean runs (btw @Jay85 thanks for the tip regarding the gpu mount).

Jay85 said:
Thanks

Updated again tonight with some new fans, 2 colour loop and a flow meter

I need both of these.

Stunning. Only been throught he last few man sized pages but these are stunning.

Never really considered a full system. I have a AIO. But these may (probably will) sway me..

1CE · 13 Nov 2020 at 10:27

I've updated mine once again..

I need to actually include the GPU into the loop. Watch this space

.

*Update*

teejay73 · 13 Nov 2020 at 19:17

mattyg said:
I need both of these.

Stunning. Only been throught he last few man sized pages but these are stunning.

Never really considered a full system. I have a AIO. But these may (probably will) sway me..

Thanks mate - it's a labour of love building my rig. I've since changed a few things on it - gone for chrome copper tubing and sold my x570 taichi and bought the x570 asus hero. I also bought 32gb silver royal Z. Just need to get rid of the gtx 1080 and buy a 6800xt, though will wait until waterblocks are ready

.

Robzere31 · 17 Nov 2020 at 23:43

Latest build

Jay85 · 17 Nov 2020 at 23:46

mattyg said:
I need both of these.

Stunning. Only been throught he last few man sized pages but these are stunning.

Never really considered a full system. I have a AIO. But these may (probably will) sway me..

Thanks mate, honestly watercooled loops are so satisfying to do. It's very therapeutic for me, keeps me calm and keeps me busy at the same time.

Andy pearson · 19 Nov 2020 at 00:37