Watercooling by Malik

There was one 420 in this city ;)

Ok, one package arrived today... with very funny shipping info :D

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and inside was:

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under Haribo ... a lot of cables and leds

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After few moments, some cables was ready

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Bitfenix make really nice cable extension. I think that if you don't want to spend time sleeving your cables they're the best option.

Where are you going to put the lights?

MalikI guess there is Carbon Fiber vinil on the PSU.

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Originally Posted by guilleguillaume

Bitfenix make really nice cable extension. I think that if you don't want to spend time sleeving your cables they're the best option.

Where are you going to put the lights?

MalikI guess there is Carbon Fiber vinil on the PSU.

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I dont know yet. Give me few days :)

Yes i put some CF vinil on psu. But in final version, there will be custom cover. That is only temporary.

Anyway ... pics are the work of art.
I have the impression that this photo is your vocation and not dentistry ;)

I knew I should have gone into dentistry rather than medicine!

Anyway, what music is that playing in the background of your wix website?

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I knew I should have gone into dentistry rather than medicine!

Anyway, what music is that playing in the background of your wix website?

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Its called The XX "The XX" album intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhnZkNj7kAo

what radiator are you using? most i find are too thick to be mounted internally like that

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what radiator are you using? most i find are too thick to be mounted internally like that

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First i wanted to mount ekwb 420 radiator. But after few days about how i can mount this rad - i give up :( It's to big for this case. So i try with other rads and and only these mc rads fit perfectly. The thickness of the radiator allows you to mount the normal fan (25mm), but there is nothing on the motherboard - and this is the most important advantage of this design radiator. In addition, the radiator body as the only fit perfectly to the anchorages in this case. Radiator is mounted on the front without any drilling or cutting holes. Hence the decision to choose these radiators. Temperatures are satisfactory. The LC system copes perfectly with waste heat.

Aquaero 5 info pages:

http://www.abload.de/thumb/ae5ns2y.jpg

CPU and GPU temps:

http://www.abload.de/thumb/deskmspn.jpg

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Originally Posted by Malik

First i wanted to mount ekwb 420 radiator. But after few days about how i can mount this rad - i give up :( It's to big for this case. So i try with other rads and and only these mc rads fit perfectly. The thickness of the radiator allows you to mount the normal fan (25mm), but there is nothing on the motherboard - and this is the most important advantage of this design radiator. In addition, the radiator body as the only fit perfectly to the anchorages in this case. Radiator is mounted on the front without any drilling or cutting holes. Hence the decision to choose these radiators. Temperatures are satisfactory. The LC system copes perfectly with waste heat.

Aquaero 5 info pages:

http://www.abload.de/thumb/ae5ns2y.jpg

CPU and GPU temps:

http://www.abload.de/thumb/deskmspn.jpg

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wow thanks for that reply, just the advice i needed. Doing a build in this case, i think i'll have to order a magicool rad. That's what you mean by MC right?

Yes, here you have link: Magicool radiators 140mm

I used 420 and 280.

What camera do you use? I'm starting my first ever big build this summer. I was originally going to ask a friend who's into photography to help me get some pictures but I wouldn't mind doing them myself.

I use a Nikon d90 with multiple lenses. Starting from the standard 18-105 lens, i use a macro 90/f2.8 and 35/f1.8, 50/1.4

Of course, obligatory tripod and Nikon Speedlight SB-900 ;)

your cable management and your everything management is pretty badass

Correct me if im wrong, But did you remove the drive bays hard drive cages and midsection from the fractal Design xl case? Not using a optical drive?

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Correct me if im wrong, But did you remove the drive bays hard drive cages and midsection from the fractal Design xl case? Not using a optical drive?

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Yup, he's using an external optical drive.

Malik, did you end up using the Aquaero 5 waterblock? If so can we get some pics of how you set it up?

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Malik, did you end up using the Aquaero 5 waterblock? If so can we get some pics of how you set it up?

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At the moment there is no connected aquaero water block, because it will be in another place. Only then did it inclusion in the circuit. But I do not see any problem with that to connect it.

For now - water block mounted on the motherboard, ekwb easy mount for cpu plus ekwb backplate. In the end I can say that all liquid cooling parts are mounted.

Now the system looks like this ...

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Really beautiful work... :clap:

damn I can only dream that my build will look just as a good as yours malik, you are a great inspiration! That is certainly a beauty!

btw do you video cards sag a little? Mine with the block + backplate sags a lil, I can't tell in your pictures. If it does sag how did you get it to straighten out?

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damn I can only dream that my build will look just as a good as yours malik, you are a great inspiration! That is certainly a beauty!

btw do you video cards sag a little? Mine with the block + backplate sags a lil, I can't tell in your pictures. If it does sag how did you get it to straighten out?

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Solution - EKWB SLI connector :)

Yeah, the EKWB SLI connector helps to create a single solid structure out of two cards, instead of two seperate cards, so they sag less ;).

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Solution - EKWB SLI connector :)

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+ 600 dollars haha I have to order another GTX 580 then haha

with the added mobo block, how are your temps now?

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with the added mobo block, how are your temps now?

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Almost the same. They differ only 1-2 degrees. Flow fell by 10l / h
You could say that is a very good result :)

Have you got a picture including the pump placement? I'm considering the case and doing it in a similar way to the TJ07. Not sure where I'd put the pump though as I'm planning on putting a quad + dual rad in the bottom with the PSU side mounted.