[LL-A05NB]there's vacum cleaner in my case

[hillywav]

hi guys , just finally get of all my courage to build LC setup for my i7 920, been in this section for a while for research(1 year) to get all of basic understanding of water cooling.
The goal of these setup would be good humble water cooling performance with acceptable noises. Actually, i dont mint about the noises but my flatmates does (megahalems ultra kaze 3000 rpm push and pull configuration for cpu and 2x 2000rpm fans for intake and out take ).

that setup actually gives me good reasonable temp @ 4ghz, but i'am trying to tone the noise down but it's give me a crap temp

this is the current air setup: (crap phone quality)


the heatware:

gigabyte X58A-UD3R
corsair dominator GT 3x2 cl8
gigabyte nvidia gtx460 1gb (planning to sli it later)
intel core i7 920 2.6 c0 stepping
corsair ax750
and some WD black and blues (OS and games already installed)
Crucial RealSSD c300 64gb

the coldware : (gonna order it in next two days, so feel free to suggest something)
Mayhems Dye Deep Blue
Sunbeam Multi-Fan Power Port
Bitspower G 1/4" Black Shiny Rotary 45 Degree
EK-Supreme HF High Flow - #1 CPU Water Block "FULL GOLD" (not really sure about this one, but ppc have this one discount, so why not )
EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Water Pump)
Koolance Nozzle Coupling Adapter, G 1/4 Male-Male
EK-Multioption RES X2 - 100 Basic
Koolance QDC (High Flow) No-Spill Shutoff, Male [For ID: 1/2"]
Koolance QDC (High Flow) No-Spill Shutoff, Female [For ID: 1/2"]
Mayhems Dye UV Clear Blue 5ml
Bitspower G1/4" Stop Fitting with O-ring - Black Matte Finish
Koolance Radiator, 3x120mm, Copper Hort. (any performance difference with the vertical version? )
GT 1850 rpm x3
bitspower compression fitting
Regal Castings silver stripes
Distilled water
masterkleer/ tygon tubings


criticism or recommendations or suggestion would be nice
ps: i know about the whole evilness of dyed coolants but mayhems dye is so unresistable :p (worth try haha)

[MagisD]

Sunbeam Multi-Fan Power Port

Are you talking the Fan controller Reobus Or the large 4pin molex to 6 x 3 pin fan ?

The fan controller would make more sense for what your trying to do ?

[hillywav]

the "4pin molex to 6 x 3 pin fan" ones. dont really need the fan controllers, because GT already quite enough for me

i plan to mount the radiator outside the case

[MagisD]

I believe those sunbeam ones limit voltage to the fans and if your running 1850's (there actually power hogs .84amps but under volt well) not really enough so it under-volting them ?? watch out it doesn't burn out the splitter I'm in the middle of toasting a scythe drive bay controller only rated for 2 amps I was running 3x on each channel 2 of the 4 have died.

[aerial]

If you need an inspiration how to install water cooling in this case, here is my thread and set of examples that I managed to find (pics, thered is not in english).

http://forum.purepc.pl/Chlodzenie-Wo...5-t327103.html

there is also sketchup project of this case, can be handy for planning how to fit radiators.

[hillywav]

thx for the input, i think i will stick on the "radiator on the outside top" or outside case

for the fans,
cant find GT anywhere, gonna drop it for now

[hillywav]

just wondering, do GPU-210 or GPU-220 from koolance are compatible with GTX460 ?

[hillywav]

parts ordered : (to be arrived next week )

COLD ware

1 x TFS X-changer 480 (got this only NZ$ 100 -w00t- )
1 x Mayhems Dye UV Clear Blue 5ml (MH-DYE-5G-UVCB)
1 x Mayhems Dye Deep Blue 5ml (MH-DYE-5G-DB)
1 x Danger Den DD-CPX-Pro 12V Pump (DD-CPX-PRO)
1 x EK-Reservoir Combo DCP 4.0 (EK-RES-COMBO-DCP40)
1 x Nickle Plated Small Case Handle (CASEHD-SM-NP)
1 x PCI Power Bracket- (2) 4-Pin & (2) 3-Pin - Sleeved (OK302)
1 x Deluxe Wire Sleeving Kit - Black
4 x Koolance QDC (High Flow) No-Spill Shutoff, Female [For ID: 10mm (3/8"); OD: 16mm (5/8")] (VL3N-F10-16S)
4 x Koolance QDC (High Flow) No-Spill Shutoff, Male [For ID: 10mm (3/8"); OD: 16mm (5/8")] (VL3N-M10-16S)
1 x EK-Supreme HF High Flow - #1 CPU Water Block - FULL COPPER - "FULL GOLD" (EK-Supreme-HF-CU-GD)
12x Bitspower 3/8" ID 5/8" OD Compression Fittings

Heat Ware :
Corsair AX850 850w

next week is gonna be fun, hey is that assignment and work deadline? shiii.......

stay tunes

[hillywav]

BP compression fitting 3/8ID 5/8 OD + "aqua computer" 240 rads (going to check it to local radiator shop, to see it's alu or copper)

[hillywav]

SSD and new power supply arrived:



still waiting for:
1 x XSPC RX 360 RADIATOR (the dudes that sell me 480 suddenlyu change his mind )
3 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon Fan 1850 rpm
1 x Mayhems Dye UV Clear Blue 5ml (MH-DYE-5G-UVCB)
1 x Mayhems Dye Deep Blue 5ml (MH-DYE-5G-DB)
1 x Danger Den DD-CPX-Pro 12V Pump (DD-CPX-PRO)
1 x EK-Reservoir Combo DCP 4.0 (EK-RES-COMBO-DCP40)
1 x PCI Power Bracket- (2) 4-Pin & (2) 3-Pin - Sleeved (OK302)
1 x Deluxe Wire Sleeving Kit - Black
4 x Koolance QDC (High Flow) No-Spill Shutoff, Female [For ID: 10mm (3/8"); OD: 16mm (5/8")] (VL3N-F10-16S)
4 x Koolance QDC (High Flow) No-Spill Shutoff, Male [For ID: 10mm (3/8"); OD: 16mm (5/8")] (VL3N-M10-16S)
1 x EK-Supreme HF High Flow - #1 CPU Water Block - FULL COPPER - "FULL GOLD" (EK-Supreme-HF-CU-GD)
12x Bitspower 3/8" ID 5/8" OD Compression Fittings

[hillywav]

finally, every pieces of puzzle are available. i need to start planning my layout into more details

thanks, for performance-pcs, and thekoolroom for their watercooling gear. also Computer Lounge, and playtech for the hardware.

[hillywav]

performance-pcs side :

look at that QDC , block, and stuffs

By warwic at 2010-09-24

thekoolroom side
yeah, Gentle typhoon

By warwic at 2010-09-24

family shot


By warwic at 2010-09-24

the white cheetoz



and eva-02 beast mode always related due to awesomeness in second movie

By warwic at 2010-09-24

stays tune

[Huww]

Great choice of hardware for your loop. Love the family shot

[hillywav]

pic snipped because its space wasting

[hillywav]

so... the plan is

mounting 2 360 radiator internally, watercooling SLi gtx460,NB,mofset, ram, and CPU in single loop with QDC .. considering to add another 120 rad into the loop if its well fit (wait... i think it will fit)

havent found the built that done this before, so i hope it turn out well

everything that needed is almost complete (dominator block is still on the way but that not too urgent)


still in cutting process, i hope i can finish all of it by tomorrow

anyway here's the stuff

and comments and suggestions are welcome

[hillywav]

checking up clearence between botom rads motherboard and fans (ignore that ty fans, not gonna use it anyway)

and nice updates from lian li for this chase.. i dont neet to cut up extra hole for cable management.. except for mounting psu




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[Johnny87au]

Subb'd, wanna see 2x 360s internally.. should be a mission with good cable management

[hillywav]

Subb'd, wanna see 2x 360s internally.. should be a mission with good cable management

i think its not going that bad....

i already found some good reference for the cable management

just finished bottom rad blow hole, no need to be clean because i 'm not going to use screw to secure the bottom rads

[hillywav]

dear EK, can you revise your shrond to be more assamble friendly , otherwise your block is awesome

GTX 460

By warwic at 2011-01-23

EK VGA supreme HF

By warwic at 2011-01-23

unison


By warwic at 2011-01-23
(tooks me more than 4 hours to replace the EK vga supreme HF into gtx460 mounting plate )

the mounting system for bottom rads.. :3
easy peasy

By warwic at 2011-01-23

keep fits each others

By warwic at 2011-01-23

and the upper rads now inside the case

By warwic at 2011-01-23

components placement ver 1

By warwic at 2011-01-23

some of placement will change into more tubing friendly
more closer (sorry for blurry pic)


By warwic at 2011-01-23

special fitting.
two customs F type fitting was planned for making the GTX 460 runs in parallel not serial
idea scrapped due to unavoidable back of vga card with compression fitting and i wasted 30cm tygons in the process (that things was hella expensive in nz)



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the main theme on this build and previous version of this was modularity. this theme is fitting to my some kind lazy and undecisive :banana::banana::banana: like me, with this i can change the parts if i feel like to do, so thus the problem began
tubing enroutement and qdc placing is kinda tricky problem, due to small size of the case and XBAWKS huge QDC. its really hard to measure lenght between fittings, and QDC takse to much space... but for the sake oftheme i cant let it go
so heres the jobs
and i going to sleeve up it later... i guess :p

1 A05NB, 2 360 size radiator, 3 days work time,5 waterblocks from EK and koolance,6 fans, full QDC
and its worth it


By warwic at 2011-01-23


By warwic at 2011-01-23

whoever saying that this cases have to little space to tuck in rads can see this as references

closer look
(already bought plexi replacement top for this porject to much up the color, turns out its use different size of screw so i cant install it)

By warwic at 2011-01-23

the EK SB5 with QDC


By warwic at 2011-01-23

GTX 460 1gb SLI + EK HF waterblock in action


By warwic at 2011-01-23

humble res


By warwic at 2011-01-23

current room condition after configuring this babe :o

By warwic at 2011-01-23



comments and critics welcomed (but dont too harsh)

[Johnny87au]

more pics, more pics!!

[hillywav]

thanks...

my pocket camera wont do justice about it... gotta borrow DSLR somewhere...

some extra pic
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[Johnny87au]

wow cant wait for more pics, that green looks fkn awesome mate.. mayhem green dye yeah??

[hillywav]

wow cant wait for more pics, that green looks fkn awesome mate.. mayhem green dye yeah??

its actually blue, my light bulb messing with my camera and your eyes

and yes its mayhem deepblue dye....

i guess putting some drop of green dye/yellow/orange will get me kinda blue lil' bit greeny tone over it

[arkadur]

very nice build!
but, if its the DS3R MB, how did you cool the vol-reg? far as i know, there is no compilable block?

[Johnny87au]

its actually blue, my light bulb messing with my camera and your eyes

and yes its mayhem deepblue dye....

i guess putting some drop of green dye/yellow/orange will get me kinda blue lil' bit greeny tone over it

rofl dam.. that so called green looks better, keep your camera broken