Watercooled Prodigy Build (First Log)

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?
 
I plan on keeping the lower HD rack when I water cool as I still use good old mechanical drives as well as SSD's.

A 60mm 240 rad should be enough to cool both the GPU and CPU - thats my plan anyway.
 
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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very nice.. i am still in two minds over custom loop, or premade :/

Buzz isnt having much luck with the pre-made ones tho.
 
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Relativley new to water cooling myself - obvious from the above picture how you plan on filling/topping the res, but how would you go about draining it from looking at that picture?

cheers
 
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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