Watercooling the 1200

The rest of the kit:

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The res with one tube and antikink coil.
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I worked the antikinks over the tubing and barbs for an extra bit of security :)
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The hungry dogs waiting to kill me if I make a mistake and ruin their computer....
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A nice blurry shot of the L brackets used to hold the rad in place :)
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Migrated to the kitchen to have a little more space to work and removed some of the components.
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A sticky cpu!
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Nice and clean :)
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CPU blocked up, no TIM on, just to measure the tubing :) a nice shot to make a signature from.... ;)
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Back in the case just to help measure things out more accurately
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A less blurry shot of the L brackets :)
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A front shot of the rad in place, it just peeks over 2 fan spaces.
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Tubing getting measured out :)
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Loop complete, components out, time for some leak testing :)
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Jump started the PSU in order to test it.
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Kitchen roll in place.
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Fill the res, run the pump, repeat :)
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The shiny.
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Everything back in.
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Another round of leak testing in position :)
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No leaks so it's all good to go, time for some overclocking :)
 
Pics stil to come but the next stop is colour coordination...

Too many random colours about!

I'll probably hold off until the next gen CPUs are out, my OS is OEM so I can't switch out the mobo for something sexier :(

GFX is the next big purchase on the list, most likely.
I'll see how the new cards do and likely put one of them under water.

Cheap as chips upgrades to come:
PSU sticker! - Though I might upgrade it, depends on the power draw of these newer cards.
Find a new home for the legoman :( he's homeless atm.
Paint fans - done one so far and it adds an ever so slight touch to it which I like :)
 
TheCenturion said:
So is it finished leak testing? It's looking really good by the way
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Oh yea, sorry.

It's up and running and is awesome :D

It's got my cpu at 3.8Ghz maxing out @ 45 in a very toasty room, I'll try get a thermometer to get a temp difference.

Fans all on lowest as well so it's cooler, quieter and sexier!
 
Still no thermometer... heh.
System is great though, so quiet! Don't know how I did it before XD
I'll definately look to watercool my GPU and I'm hoping that the new AMD cards/580 release should see the 480 drop in price or an influx to the second hand market as I'd like to put one of them under water.

And in my new search for silence I might switch out for an 800D, time will tell. Depends what price it's going to be.
 
It's not often that I've liked the 1200 but this is one of them, and nice quality of finish by the looks of it.

On a side note, your house looks rather big and you seem to have a rather nice work bench there in your kitchen, eat and build, perfect!
 
Well the 480 is on it's way as a Christmas present from the parents ^^

I'll be using it on air untill I get the block for Christmas :)
 
I do love this build, i like the 1200 as a case and hadnt seen it watercooled, all these logs just make me want to watercool alas i am to poor :(
 
DiCe! said:
I do love this build, i like the 1200 as a case and hadnt seen it watercooled, all these logs just make me want to watercool alas i am to poor :(
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Thanks :)

Yea, I had been wanting to watercool for some time before this project. It's awesome to have finally done it and to be expanding it :)
 
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