Jiggy's work log

[jiggyghallam]

well i have been looking on this forum for quite a while just looking and i have been doing alot of research and i finally ordered my parts they will all arrive in 1-2 weeks



well my current rig has the terrible cooling of the Zalman resorator 1 V2 (http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=183) cooling so i have decided to do the water cooling job properly

my plans are

Pump

Laing DDC-1Plus MCP355 with XSPC Acrylic Top and L stand should look pretty nice and has more power than with these extras the MCP655. I am also going to get 2 Purple LED's that are compatible with the XSPC top to light it up


http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll221/jiggyghallam/pump.jpg



Radiator

Swiftech MCR220-QP 240 with two Xthermal fans and shrouds which i have to say are some of the nicest fans i have seen in a long while. I am mounting the rad in a home made enclosure made from sheet metal and metal modding mesh (will look good) on the wall as i don't want it in my case because of the heat it will dissipate.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll221/jiggyghallam/fan.jpg

*nb* that is not the radiator i am getting



Reservoir

I already have this 25cm x 5cm i went with an internal tube reservoir because mounted correctly inside your case looks very nice


http://www.alphacool.com/shop/images/product_images/popup_images/4252_0__15134_1.jpg




Blocks

Now seems as i spent alot of money on my Zalman i didnt want it to lay to waste so i decided to run two loops on one loop i will have my Zalman with a single 780i NB chipset cooler (as thats all i think the zalman is worthy of cooling)

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll221/jiggyghallam/780inb.jpg




Now on my main second loop i will have cool my GTX 280 and my Q9450 for my GPU i chose the EK-FC280 GTX SLI Plexi version instead of the solid black top because i want to see my coolant running through, for my CPU i choose the EK-Supreme Plexi version again this block is meant to be one of the best on the market and will easily out perform my zalman low flow block


http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll221/jiggyghallam/GTX280.jpg



http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll221/jiggyghallam/CPUblock.jpg




Coolant

with the coolent i have gone with 4 bottles of Feser Aqua Ultra Pure Water and then some Feser blue UV die and purple die, blue for my Zalman loop and purple for my main loop. My rest of my PC is Blue and some purple so should look good.




Tubing and other small things

The tubing for the main loop with be 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD (nice and thick) and my zalman already has small 8mm ID, 12mm OD so i will have to live with that for my NB cooling loop.

I am also getting some more of the black 3/4" OD smart coil to surround the whole loop to so the color doesn't look to solid


http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll221/jiggyghallam/coil.jpg




Other things coming on the order


Seems as shipping is cheap for large limits i am putting a few other extra odds and sods

CPU lapping kit - i have already lapped my old E6400 but it was not done very effectively due to the lack of choice of sandpaper i had so with my Q9450 i will do a proper job

MOBO cooling - Because of the EVGA 780i cooling i have to take off the whole off the cooling matrix to put on the ek NB waterblock, ek mofset waterblock and a thermochill SB heatsink

http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_images/chipset_cooler/hr05_ifx_sli/b/3.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll221/jiggyghallam/imagephp.jpg

Temp monitoring - i am going to order a small LCD screen to show the temps and mount it inside my case to show the system or liquid temps

[MomijiTMO]

Hahaha @ the Zalman hate. Anyhoo that lured you in so welcome to the fun stuff. Everything looks good but just be careful when screwing the barbs in the acrylic parts as over tightening means cracks in the future. Oh and please use UV tubing instead of Feser coolant or even worse, dye.

[jiggyghallam]

use UV tubing instead of Feser coolant or even worse, dye.

to late ^^ already orderd

i will be ordering another 240 rad in the next few months so might get some UV blue tubing the only reason i went with the dye is that it was the only way to get purple tubing and blue and purple should look awesome (crosses fingers :p:)

[.Logic]

Looks to be an interesting build :up:

Will you be using your current case?

@ Momiji: Nothing like a bit of late night browsing eh? :p:

[jiggyghallam]

Yep i will be but its been heavly modded i have pics i will post them now

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll221/jiggyghallam/SDC10368.png

*note* that pics was when i had my 8800gtx my cable management is a mess at the moment with my GTX 280 waiting to put in my 1000w so no point in doing that now might as well wait for my WC stuff :rolleyes:

and

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll221/jiggyghallam/SDC10349.jpg

replaced with these

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll221/jiggyghallam/SDC10348.jpg

[MomijiTMO]

@ Momiji: Nothing like a bit of late night browsing eh? :p:
Yeah about that . . .. XD