Watercooled Prodigy Build (First Log)

Do you think I have any flow issues in here? lol.

Right now I need an angled fitting, just 1 extra fitting, I would take any angle at all. Overclockers is a two and a half hour round trip away, almost worth it at the moment. 1 piece from being finished.

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And just like that things grind to a halt. My bloody pump wont work. I think there is a lesson here, always test parts before installing everything. :mad:
 
To be honest there is some sacrafices, i am not sure the front usb 3.0 will be working, the front audio won't reach. Though it really is amazingly easy to work in that case and although i have to sort out a new pump and don't have the "polish" of some more experienced builders i really am quite happy with how it is going. Really do wish i had remembered to put the backplate on the gpu though.
 
Dont worry the kink is gone. It was just to illustrate my problem really.

As it looks like it is going to be Tuesday/Wednesday before I can get the pump issue sorted it gives me a few days to get together some bits that I could use. I have ordered a few more angled fittings, so that will help on that front. I have also ordered some white acrylic and white carbon fiber wrap. Hopefully I can find a way to blank off the two sides of the psu, and perhaps even make a small extension to cover the mobo power cables. Not so sure about that last bit mind.

Anything else anyone can think of? I have a few quid in my paypal i can use on the bay if needed. So open to suggestions.
 
white 140mm fan for the back! :p
maybe couple fan filters for front? or not worth it?

140 fan for the back you say?

Small update on a couple of bits done tonight. Not got the new pump yet so not able to get it finished.

Tidied up the cables a bit better. Cable ties TFW.

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Put the back plate on the 580, nice new white fan on the back, black fittings in the front and making the change to white tubing all around the case.

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Now I look at it I am convinced I could take the psu 24 pin all the way around inside the psu cage and have an all white 24 pin extension in there. I think that would look 100x better. But then I am not even bothering with a window :cool:

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Nunzio, do you mean the optical drive bay or the bottom hdd drive bays? I dont think you can do much to keep the optical bay. (BITFENIX, please do a front panel without a drive bay slot at all, thanks)

As for keeping the internal hdd bays, I think that could be done, maybe but I can't see it being very easy myself.
 
Yeah, thinking about it for a few mins I am sure you could do it that way. Might have to mount the 120 on its side but it should all fit.

But where would the pump go?
 
Right, replacement pump is due for delivery today. Should get a good couple of hours on this tonight so would expect the build near enough finished and leak testing overnight tonight. But as they say its the best laid plans....
 
FINISHED. :D

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Looking just like normal.

Here is the traditional left side view,

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Had a bit of a nightmare when i realised how hard it would be to fill/drain the loop so a bit of modding mesh later and
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This is the inside 100% cabled up. I need to get a bit of work done in here as at full tilt these fans are a bit annoying.

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But I just wanted to get it finished now.,

I have 1 cpu core that is 5-10 deg higher than the rest which is a worry as it is always the same core.

Full specs of the rig are as follows now.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM **90 Day Warranty** £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe (Socket 1155/Intel Z77.DDR3/S-ATA 600/Mini ITX) £159.98
1 x OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) £139.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 650W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020030-UK) £99.98
1 x EK-FC680 GTX - CSQ Full Cover Waterblock - Copper Plexi £79.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £67.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £59.99
1 x EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Copper Plexi £51.98
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 16/10mm (3/8ID) UV-Reactive White 3,3m £10.88
1 x EK-EKoolants UV Blue £5.99
Total : £1,120.87 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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Simply put, turn the case upside down. Everything is tied down, so when i need to that cap can take a fitting on both ends so just need to add a small length of tubing and turn it over, will all drain right out.a
 
I haven't been on here much last few days, but I have an update coming for this build. Wasn't very happy with air flow through the case, noise was a little OOT and temps were not amazing. I wont go too much into it but early next week this will be getting fixed.

As you can see I have replaced the white front with the black one, also push/pull on both radiators. Have got a lot of cables tidied up and just generally made it a nicer build. Will fully update when finished tuesday/wednesday but here is a little pic of where I am just now.

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is that a fan controller in the PSU bay!! :eek:

if it is amazing!!!! can you please email in trust where you got is from, it would clear up on of my drive bays as i has a 3.5" fan controller in there :D

what is your board like to OC, ram and cpu?

Yes mate it is an internal fan controller, all my own idea have never seen it anywhere else before ;) - credit where it is due, I stole it from your build and think it is genius.

I am using http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-021-AK&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=189 just cut down the ends with a hacksaw and double sided taped it up there.

No idea about the board really, I have spent FAR longer building this thing than I ever did using it.
 
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