Gettin started on Wc build ( 56k beware )

Hey,

After looking through the Wc case gallery awhile back,i got the inspiration to do my 1st watercooling rig.I'm very new to all this and all your messages and reading through all your posts have been invaluable.cheers :up:

Ok....

I'm just starting to get all my components together now and this is what i have,Not as extreme as most people on here but it's a start.

System components:

Lian li v2000b + ( due to arrive 27th august )
Q6600 b3 (have)
Evga 680i A1 (have)
2gb ocz 1066 sli ready ram w/ocz ram cooler (have)
xfx 8800 gtx stock (have)
150gb raptor and 400gb wd hd's w/zalman heatpipe coolers(have)
samsung 18x dvd burner (have)
thermaltake 850w psu (have)
Zalman fan controller(have)
(supplied by www.itsdirect.com.au)


Watercooling gear:
D-tek fuzion cpu block (have)
Radiical 3x rad (have)may get a 2nd depending if it will fit internally in case.
Radiical 2x rad (have)to be replaced by 3xrad if fits.
mcw60 gpu block (have)
Swiftech ramsinks (have)
Radiical chipset block (have)May get 2nd for sb
2x acrylic resevoirs (have)
laiing d5 (have)
swiftech mcp350 w/ radiical turbo head(have)
10 metres excellon tubing (have)
6x antec tri-cool fans 3x blue 3x green (have)
d-tek blue dye and d-tek green dye (have)
8 litres on dimeneralized water (have)
Anti corrosion and anti algae mix(have) supplied by radiical
(supplied by www.radiical.com.au)

1st loop layout:

3xrad >fuzion>nb>res>d5

2nd loop layout:

2xrad >mcw60>res>mcp350w/radiical top



Ok that's all my gear atm.I'm just missing the my case,so i can't really start until received.During this process if you see me doing anything incorrectly please let me know :)

Will post pics of my gear soon......

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Looks good cant wait to see it begin!!

Just random pics of my gear...... :up: :up: :up:

My radiators with antec tri-cool fans attached:
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/6813/nupc001cs3.jpg

My pumps:
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1237/nupc002ok0.jpg

My 8800 gtx with mcw60 and ramsinks
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1580/nupc006io2.jpg

One of my resevoirs
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6141/nupc008lx0.jpg

Pic of my mobo w/fuzion and chipset block on
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4015/nupc009rh7.jpg

More pics of mobo
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2030/nupc010zi8.jpg

Another one
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1789/nupc012kn7.jpg

Hr-05 sli on sb
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2047/nupc013cx4.jpg

My water w/d-tek dyes mixed in I'm going for a blue and green the green is good but as you can see my blue is a off greeny colour not what i wanted.Should i put more blue dye in??
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7462/nupc014jc2.jpg


ok thats all for now cheers fellaz

P.s sorry for the bad quality pics my camera isn't very good as you can see

Pics aren't too bad in terms of IQ, but better lighting would help immensely. Perhaps take your photos outside with natural light? In any case, from what I can make out, that looks like a decent setup.

Just one point, though - how is your loop going to be laid out? You haven't told us that, and it's a fairly important point lol.

oh sorry yeah i would of took the picture's outside but it's raining in brisbane.So its too dark outside anyways.

As for loop order this is how i have it planned for now.

1st loop:
3x rad >cpu>nb>res>pump

2nd loop:
2x rad>gpu>res>pump

I may purchase a 3x rad to replace my 2xrad if my case allows it.
If so

3x rad>gpu>sb>res>pump

Cheers

i have that same case... currently waiting for all my parts to come in but you can fit two 3x rads in there.

Your going to have to rather put one in the bottom and one on the top... or put two in the bottom but it will be a tight fit

cheers,

thanks for that i want to put both down the bottom.....

post some pics of your rig when finished can't wait to check it out.I love all the v2000 builds

looks good so far disruptfam. Looking forward to a update :)

full build will be underway when i receive my case in a week.I'll post other stuff i'm doing in the mean time.When I receive i wanna send my side panels to chilled pc in the uk and get em laser cut.

Cheers

Notice you've put sinks on your R50s. That should all work out well. You'll have the rear exhaust 120mm giving good airflow over them and the black heat sinks.
Have you lifted the black sinks? Found mine, like most, weren't giving good contact on the middle chips. Had to give a slight bend down in the middle. You can easily see if they're indenting the TIM or not. Same goop as on the chipset.

No actually i haven't,should i take them and put some artic ceramique on them? Or replace the thermal tape?from what i can see the contact looks farewell good

cheers

It wont hurt anything to pop the pins and see if there's dents in the TIM for each chip.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...blegumcopy.jpg

As you can see, some of mine weren't even making contact.
I lapped my blocks and redid them with ceramique. This is before I put in the slight bend.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...silvercopy.jpg

If your's are OK, you can just pop them back in or replace the TIM putty. It's up to you whether they're fitting good enough. I figure the stock TIM is for mass production but hand fitting allows good enough contact the thinner TIM is useable. Thinner is better for heat transfer.

oh ok thanks for that i'll check em now

The contact is ok on the outside but in middle not so great.
what board do you have, i got the evga 680i a1 my mofset's looks different to yours

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5931/nupc031iu1.jpg

vrm's

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/733/nupc033lg2.jpg

The top one's contact are ok.

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4995/nupc032jp7.jpg

Do you have thread on what you did there with the vrm heatsink?? and mobo??

cheers

Putting heat sinks on top of those R50's isn't going to do anything good. They're coil housings to reduce noise and don't conduct heat that much at all.

How come you have missing mosfet chips?

exactly i'm missing mofset chip's why??? Are evga 680i A1 revision board's sposed to be missing them?

Should i put ramsink's on the actual mofset's instead of the r50's??


cheers

Those MC14s look like the perfect size to put one to every set of 4 mosfet chips :)

ok thanks i will put them on there now.Does anyone know why i'm missing mofset chip's?? who has the evga 680i A1 revision can someone take a pic and post please

cheers

Mine is the AR. The first.
The coils get so hot I've seen boards where that R50 lettering is cooked away in a fortnight.
Getting that heat out of the cpu area can't be a bad thing.
Yeah, I dimly remember guys reporting the second boards were different there on the evga board forum. A couple less.

so i should leave the heatsink's on the r50's?
And i'll get more for the actual mofset's

cheers fellaz

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so i should leave the heatsink's on the r50's?
And i'll get more for the actual mofset's

cheers fellaz

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That's what I'd do, if you want to replace the black sinks.
I played around with making my own WC blocks for them but settled for air cooling in the end.
If eddie ever comes out with them I'd give it a go though. This board runs so hot I'll WC every thing I can on it.


Edit - Sorry, Yeah I did have a thread on the board TIM but it vanished when evga rearranged their motherboard forum, when the 650 Lite came out. So many useful threads got dumped then. They're still rediscovering stuff over there we'd sorted out months before. Stickys, pics etc.

maybe i should ask eddy @ ek if he has a mofset block in the works for the evga 680i

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while i'm waiting for my case i thought i would just leak test my waterblocks...


Excuse the extremely messy room lol
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6679/nupc043dh1.jpg

Res.....
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5917/nupc045po8.jpg

All done on a old michael jackson t-shirt who i do not know who owns lol
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/3614/nupc044zc5.jpg

cheers

Why the miles and miles of tubing? That's got to be far in excess of what you'll need when it's installed in your case...

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Why the miles and miles of tubing? That's got to be far in excess of what you'll need when it's installed in your case...

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Yeah i purposely did them extra long because i don't have my case yet and it's easier to cut the tubing down when i get the case and measure properly.

cheers

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maybe i should ask eddy @ ek if he has a mofset block in the works for the evga 680i

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No luck with the mofset block on the evga 680i asked eddy said none in the works.

Sorry fellaz havent posted any updates in like a month.I had to swap out my dual and triple rad for two slimline triple rads due to lack of space and i only got my case last wk finally!

Atm its not looking to bad.Still a fair bit of work to do.I'm very happy with it though not bad for my 1st watercooling try i rekon

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/791/pcpics043bc6.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/7739/pcpics038kt4.jpg


Not finished yet...........

More updates soon

Looking great! Do you have any more pics of the 8800 and the hr-05 ? Is there alot of clearance? Would a second 8800 fit?

UMM not at the moment but i will take one 2morow for you.As for fitting another 8800 there.I doubt it

I have a evga 680i mobbo and u cant have the hr-05 horizontal due to the mounting holes.If you could get it straight then maybe.Im not sure on other motherboards.I'm talking about the hr-05 not the hr-05 sli

cheers

very nice!! Good choice in colors! :D

Ya sorry I was talking about the hr-05 sli too. I have a abit 680i board and have been hoping I could get a hr-05 sli in there with 2 8800's but I've been doubtful with the no space and the monster heatsink! :shakes:

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very nice!! Good choice in colors!

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Thank you.

another pic minus cable management and hd cage waiting on a lian li ex33b one and door's have'nt cut them yet either.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1...pics003zi9.jpg

What do you guys rekon ??? for my 1st go at watercooling?

Things to do#

Cut and paint mesh (black) to cover drives bays
Cut v2000 panels add moders mesh (to be painted black)
cable management
Laser ecthing on side window( not done by me ) gotta find someone to do it for me lol

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another pic minus cable management and hd cage waiting on a lian li ex33b one and door's have'nt cut them yet either.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1...pics003zi9.jpg

What do you guys rekon ??? for my 1st go at watercooling?

Things to do#

Cut and paint mesh (black) to cover drives bays
Cut v2000 panels add moders mesh (to be painted black)
cable management
Laser ecthing on side window( not done by me ) gotta find someone to do it for me lol

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Looks awesome for 1st try. How do you like those reservoirs? Are they noisy? How did your bleeds go?

Looks very nice disruptfam:up:,what sort of temps are you getting with that setup?

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Looks awesome for 1st try. How do you like those reservoirs? Are they noisy? How did your bleeds go?

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There actually dead silent when full to the top.And are very very easy to bleed.alot easier than i anticipated.

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Looks very nice disruptfam,what sort of temps are you getting with that setup?

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Idle:
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7197/idleij3.jpg

Load:

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8...adtempsrg7.jpg

Temps seem preety good its very warm in my room in Aus

ambient 26c

very nice looking build you have there disruptfam. ;)

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very nice looking build you have there disruptfam.

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cheers. This forum inspired me in particular the watercooling gallery i looked through everypage....

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/6773/sik001vu9.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4581/stuff003ie5.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8130/stuff004ng1.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5498/stuff005cc5.jpg

And no it's not kinking it's the angle of the photo lol

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I like the way you did the green on the bottom and the blue on top ... very nice. Do you have any photos taken a bit further back from the PC? Would love to see how it looks in the room.

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I like the way you did the green on the bottom and the blue on top ... very nice. Do you have any photos taken a bit further back from the PC? Would love to see how it looks in the room.

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thanks,yeah i'll take one for ya and post it

Hey fellaz

Is a single 120 rad enough to cool 4gb ram and sb?

I was thinking of adding a 3rd loop to my pc and what colour do you thing my third loop should be.I was thinking purple what do u guys think? anything but red though

cheers

Here's that pic you requested sorry about the bad quality i'll take another one tomorrow with some natural light.It's 1 am in the morning lol

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2...away002hd7.jpg

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Hey fellaz

Is a single 120 rad enough to cool 4gb ram and sb?

I was thinking of adding a 3rd loop to my pc and what colour do you thing my third loop should be.I was thinking purple what do u guys think? anything but red though

cheers

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A single 120 should handle that with ease.

As for the colour, how about yellow?

hmmm i've seen yellow before and it looks like pee lol

what colour would suit blue and green?

Oh yeah does anyone know were i can purchase some blue and green uv zipties.Long one's to wrap around my barbs

cheers

PC Casegear has blue uv ties, but not green.
Best bet is GAM as he has a few colours. Lime green UV etc. Good guy too.

good ol gam

cheers jedda

nice but.....where do you put your legs!

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I'm very new to all this and all your messages and reading through all your posts have been invaluable.cheers :up:

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glad to see we help lol

on a serious note. i love that rig, dual loop is awesome as is the lian li

n1 dude

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nice but.....where do you put your legs!

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Lol the pc is actually further under the desk.Just rolled it out for that pic.I have plenty of room to put my legs.

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glad to see we help lol

on a serious note. i love that rig, dual loop is awesome as is the lian li

n1 dude

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thanks for the nice comments I'm still contemplating adding a 3rd loop.Chucking a rad on the back 120mm fan and cooling 4gb's of flex ocz ram and the sb.

I think i might go purple for the colour.What's the best uv purple die out there? Can't find any....

Also i ordered some uv green and blue cable ties to put on my barbs,the black one's look abit plain.

Should put the blue ties on the green loop and put the green ties on the blue loop? To change it up anit or just stick same colours same loop...

cheers fellaz

Thanks for the pic, disruptfam. I think I'd stick with blue on blue, and green on green, since you've got the cool looking gradation of colors going on - but I imagine either will look good.

Just random pics........


:party: :party: :YIPPIE: :lsfight: :explode: :rocker: lol

:up: :up: :up: :up: :up:

Put my hard drive's in my case via zalman heatpipe cooler's Still waiting on a scythe kama bay i'm going to put it in front of the hd's Zalman fan controller aswell.......

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5...pics001vl1.jpg

My really bad wiring mess at the back...Won't see it with back on so algud

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/458/nupics004gg1.jpg


My two triple slimline rads.They perform well....I sacraficed performance to fit them in there.I originally had thicker one's that didn't fit but would of performed better.It's so hot in my room over 30c ambients summer is definetly
coming in Aus!!

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2...pics005ho5.jpg

My two acrylic res's look very nice with some leds behind them.Very bright.

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5...pics007sn7.jpg

I added a ocz ram cooler(very noisy turned it down in the bios) and did abit of cable managment.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5...pics008ap4.jpg

close up

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3...pics009of4.jpg

Mate's gts ( waiting to be installed)

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2...pics016zk6.jpg

Into his old soprano case

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/7...pics017ar1.jpg

Brother's antec 900

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8...pics018dn2.jpg

my old stacker case (for sale)

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5...pics019at9.jpg

My dremel and jigsaw i purchased yesterday = empty wallet

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4...pics020ni5.jpg

my games(well some of mate's have my other's one's) Bioshock rock's by the way :up:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/417/nupics022ok8.jpg

my desk (ooohhh blurry)

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/7...pics023km7.jpg

My v2000 panel that i need to cut......

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8...pics024nc8.jpg

Custom pc ftw!!!

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/623/nupics025lc8.jpg

My guitar that i never play....

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/6...pics027du2.jpg

And last one... taadaaaaahhhh

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7...shot001nz5.jpg

Well there you have it..... my pc and my other random stuff

Enjoy!!!!!

:wierd: :eleph: :fight: :lsfight: :frag: :shoot: :CTF: :explode: :worship: :party: :party: :party: :bananal: :bananal: :rehab: :rehab: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :YIPPIE: :YIPPIE: :party2: :party2: :banana: :pimp: :bounces: :bday2:

bravo

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ohhhh and if you know how to solder, may I suggest a light killswitch? i dont know about you but personally, I would benefit from it.

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bravo




ohhhh and if you know how to solder, may I suggest a light killswitch? i dont know about you but personally, I would benefit from it.

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Umm no i don't. do u mean a switch to turn all the lighting off right?It's very bright but it's under the desk so it's not to bad

Any guide on how to?

cheers

err... I have a really really silly question :)

When using a waterblock and the CPU Fan plug (4 pin PWM) on the motherboard is not used..... Does the Thermal Management in BIOS need to be turned off?
Would I need some kind of Thermal Management?

Would using a threepin fan in this plug and mounted on the rad work ok?
Would using an AF PWM (12025) fan connected to this socket and mounted on the rad... work betterer?

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err... I have a really really silly question :)

When using a waterblock and the CPU Fan plug (4 pin PWM) on the motherboard is not used..... Does the Thermal Management in BIOS need to be turned off?
Would I need some kind of Thermal Management?

Would using a threepin fan in this plug and mounted on the rad work ok?
Would using an AF PWM (12025) fan connected to this socket and mounted on the rad... work betterer?

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Look at the pix on page #2. You'll be able to see what Disrupwire did. ;)
Basically any fan etc can be used to run on the cpu fan header and keep the bios happy. Dis' used the pump rpm wire and plug, as most do.


Sorry, Dis'. It's not too bad a wiring layout for the first go. It normally takes a couple of layouts and a bit of thought before I get a neat job. Once it's all in there the ideas for a better layout come to you. I'm sure you'll sort yours'.
Everything else looks so good.

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Sorry, Dis'. It's not too bad a wiring layout for the first go. It normally takes a couple of layouts and a bit of thought before I get a neat job. Once it's all in there the ideas for a better layout come to you. I'm sure you'll sort yours'.
Everything else looks so good.

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Who's that directed at?

Thanks for pointing out the image Jedda.

This was the only loose end I had and clear information was scant, plus all the pumps I looked (obviously not enough) at didn't seem to have one... the D5 I've gone with doesn't seem to have an RPM wire on her

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Who's that directed at?

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You. I made a bad joke with your username about the wiring behind the mobo.
Disruptwire instead of family. Then made it worse by using Dis' for short.

Well, the least we can say is that you did your homework before doing this project. For a first time watercooling set-up, it's pretty damn good m8!

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You. I made a bad joke with your username about the wiring behind the mobo.
Disruptwire instead of family. Then made it worse by using Dis' for short.

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Lol yeah the wires ain't done yet and it's not like you can see them with door on.

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Well, the least we can say is that you did your homework before doing this project. For a first time watercooling set-up, it's pretty damn good m8!

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cHEERS patiote i rekon i did pretty well for my 1st go.My next rig will be twice as good......

Next time i might do a triple or quad loop rig.I think i'm going to stick to one colour....I like the look of 2 or 3 diff colour in my rig but i don't if you know what i mean.

I wanna sand and polish the middle section to a mirror finish do all the tubing black and so on and so forth (already getting ahead of myself)I got 2 triple rads in there atm.I could fit another dual at the top and another single or dual on the back 120mm fan............

K ima giv myself and my wallet a break for awhile Phew

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disruptfam great job for first time, not worry about the wire management cos it always the last thought when building. next empty wallet will be soldering iron, wire strippers, side cutters,heat shrink tubes, and heat gun to clean up the spaghetti.
I noticed in the pic's you have the cpu block upside down, how are the temps?

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Idle: 40c @ 3.2ghz load prime 56c

Do you think having the block the other way would help temps?Core 1 is always 10c higher than the other cores (i thought due to uneven mounting could it the block being upside down?) i put the block on the mobo be4 installing in the case. Explain why block is in the direction of the topside of the mobo

cheers

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Lol yeah the wires ain't done yet and it's not like you can see them with door on.




cHEERS patiote i rekon i did pretty well for my 1st go.My next rig will be twice as good......

Next time i might do a triple or quad loop rig.I think i'm going to stick to one colour....I like the look of 2 or 3 diff colour in my rig but i don't if you know what i mean.

I wanna sand and polish the middle section to a mirror finish do all the tubing black and so on and so forth (already getting ahead of myself)I got 2 triple rads in there atm.I could fit another dual at the top and another single or dual on the back 120mm fan............

K ima giv myself and my wallet a break for awhile Phew

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Yeah, I figured you'll get around to it in time.
After you've had some fun using it most probably.:up:

The D-tek writing should be the right way up to allow the outlet to bleed.
There's a possability of a bubble inside otherwise.

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Yeah, I figured you'll get around to it in time.
After you've had some fun using it most probably.

The D-tek writing should be the right way up to allow the outlet to bleed.
There's a possability of a bubble inside otherwise.

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oh ok. i don't think there's a bubble in there but i could be wrong.Hmmm i can't think of anyway of changing the right way round without draining the loop..... idea's? if i have to drain the loop what's the easiest method?

cheers

how do my temps look though? they seem about the same as most people on the forum's

40c idle @ 3.2ghz load 56c prime

kk How long is regular time to do maintenance every 6 months? When i do maintanence do you think i should take the nb out of the loop?I'm going to use one of those d-tek nozzles i read about aswell..... and might lap my q6600

cheers fellaz

wow nice build you have there disruptfam!

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wow nice build you have there disruptfam!

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cheers lazy

Fantastic job for a first time build. Mine looked nothing like that when I first started!

Awesome work there.

Is that psu standard size?

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Fantastic job for a first time build. Mine looked nothing like that when I first started!

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Thanks ranker alot of homework and reading through a million threads helped me alot.

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Awesome work there.

Is that psu standard size?

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Close enough i guess it's the smallest 850w i know of that's why i got it.It's not like those huge enermax galaxy psu's

Any bigger and i couldn't 2 x triple rads down there

cheers

hey fellaz....

I'm going to chuck a single rad on the back..120mm fan take out the nb out my cpu and do a 3rd loop with nb sb and maybe hd's if it can handle it .I'm thinking of purple for the colour or maybe another blue loop.What do you guys think don't bother? overkill?

cheers

p.s i'll fix my cpu block while i'm at it and sell my b3 cpu for a q6600 g0

LOL Calm down m8! You'll be totally fine with your current set-up for a while. Maybe say a months lol but you just finished. Look around, make sure not to do things wrong and take your time. I remember i was exactly like you. I had just finished my first build with the Swiftech Ultra Apex kit and already, i wanted a PA120.3...

PS: Don't watercool your HDDs. It's useless. There is overkill and there is useless.

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LOL Calm down m8! You'll be totally fine with your current set-up for a while. Maybe say a months lol but you just finished. Look around, make sure not to do things wrong and take your time. I remember i was exactly like you. I had just finished my first build with the Swiftech Ultra Apex kit and already, i wanted a PA120.3...

PS: Don't watercool your HDDs. It's useless. There is overkill and there is useless.

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Lol okaaaaay i'll stick with my current setup for the time being.... i just thought when i drained my cpu loop and fixed my cpu block.I would change it then i have spare 120rad laying around and i wanted to change it now rather than later.But i guess it's ok for now

cheers patriote

to give me something to do this w/e.I'm going to do my the middle section of my case to mirror finish,cut my panels and cut and paint my mesh.

that will keep be busy for awhile :)

LOL Dude, you are exactly like me, it's funny as hell. Every time i have a project that i am working on, it takes a week or so and when it's finished, i feel like bored... Like i gotta do something so most of the time, i Overclock and fine tune my stuff. :)

well i overclocked my q6600 (b3) to a casual 3.2ghz i can go higher but the ambient's are over 30c atm so my temps are getting too hot.What's the highest temp that's safe with my quad.Atm i'm 55c-56c under load prime and i'm trying to overclock my g80 but rivertuner is not working,i'm using vista 64bit by the way any idea's?

cheers

Bah, i think you can go higher in temps for your Quad. As for Rivatuner, i think it's a wonderful program but i used XP when i used it.. SO can't help you with Vista. Hell, i have never tried Vista...

okay what load temps should i stay under you think? 70c?

cheers

Maximum I'd say definitely stay under 65°C I keep my G0 under 64°C while folding, but it does sometimes peak when my ambients get a little hot.

According to the Intel Thermal Design specs I think the G0 can withstand hotter temps over the B3 but I'm really not sure what's a safe range for it.

cheers under 65c will do..

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Sorry fellaz havent posted any updates in like a month.I had to swap out my dual and triple rad for two slimline triple rads due to lack of space and i only got my case last wk finally!

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I'm thinking of going a similar route with my first water cooling setup. Please expand on radiator fit in regards to the Lian Li.

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I'm thinking of going a similar route with my first water cooling setup. Please expand on radiator fit in regards to the Lian Li.

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Well both my triple rads measure @

390mm 120mm 35mm l x h x d and that fits exactly tricia @ radiical was very helpful on getting me the right size radiators.

I originaly bought 2 rads before i purchased the case.That didn't fit

It all depends on your setup.In my particular case i have a thermaltake 850w and i had 400mm to work with in the bottom section,length wise.With the v2000 you have 240mm to work with from the bottom to the middle divider.

I suggest purchasing your preffered case 1st, then measuring where you want to put your rads.

Then check the dimension's on the radiator or radiator's you plan to put there.

hope this helps any other question's i will be happy to anwser

cheers

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have spare 120rad laying around and i wanted to change it now rather than later.

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I'd say go for it, that is if you have most of the parts already.

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Maximum I'd say definitely stay under 65°C I keep my G0 under 64°C while folding, but it does sometimes peak when my ambients get a little hot.

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I agree with this, but one thing you have to take into account is how hot this summer is going to be. Since we've already had an extreme winter by our standards, I'm expecting the summer to be insanely hot.

Looks like I'll have to try something different with my setup, I have the gigantic enermax psu :(. Might sell it now.

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I'd say go for it, that is if you have most of the parts already.

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I have a rad and a res but not pump :(

Also got spare tubing lying around and heaps of zipties for clamps....

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I agree with this, but one thing you have to take into account is how hot this summer is going to be. Since we've already had an extreme winter by our standards, I'm expecting the summer to be insanely hot.

Looks like I'll have to try something different with my setup, I have the gigantic enermax psu . Might sell it now.

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Yeah i know,its starting to get hot already i have my quad @ 3.2ghz i will keep it there for the time being.My temps are decent so when summer hits, i should be right.Do you have a v2000 aswell? You could still fit a double and triple ontop of the double in a similar fashion to mine, even with you enermax....

Depending on what rads you have or going to purchase though.

cheers

hey fellaz

i'm getting some uv blue and green cable ties to use as clamps on my barbs.Should i put the blue in the green loop and the green on the blue loop or keep them the same colour.

I was also thinking of purchasing some uv sata cables(black ones look plain) what do youse think 2 much uv in there???

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Don't ask me. I'm not into the light-show thing at all.
I would put your blue on blue and green on green, with the ties, though.

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Don't ask me. I'm not into the light-show thing at all.
I would put your blue on blue and green on green, with the ties, though.
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Yeah i didnt end up using them on my tubing looked weird imo,just sticked with black ties...

k got some modders mesh in still waiting on more stock from gam.Updates soon....

ok i'm back my ram died....so while it's in the rma process....

i decided to fix my cpu loop up..... take the nb block out and do a 3rd loop to the case...nb,sb and ram (maybe) cooled by a 120 rad...

I'm waiting on the accelerator nozzle's to come out before i put the cpu loop back 2gether....

here's my case as it is now.took all the hardware components out and drained the cpu loop

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3839/nupc052iz4.jpg

have more update's soon

cheers

Where you got the accelerator nozzles? It's for the FuZion right ?

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ok i'm back my ram died....so while it's in the rma process....

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*cough* bull:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: *cough* :D

you just needed another reason to take your system appart, right?

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have fun!