UPDATE!! 16JAN2010
Almost done:
Post #30
Introduction:
I've been lurking here for a while. I guess my first post will be also be my first worklog.
I've been building computers for myself for about 10 years or so, but made my first venture into water cooling early this year. In January 2008 I built myself a pretty high end machine (XFX 780i with a Q6600, 4GB GSkill, and three 8800GTX all housed in a Silverstone TJ10.
In March of this year, I upgraded my video cards and decided I'd try and wet my feet with liquid cooling (pardon the probably over-used pun). I didn't know too much, but I did a little research and ended up with this:
It's all Swiftech: a 655, a single 120 rad and another 2x120 rad with an Apogee GTZ, and MCRES Rev2. I was never really happy with it visually, but it got the job done, and quite well too.
When I moved to i7/X58 in August, I picked up a 355 and XSPC bay mount dual pump / dual res because (a) I wanted to clean up the case and (b) planned on adding another loop for the video cards.
So, a couple months later I bought myself two EK blocks for the 285's and started thinking about that second loop. Originally, my plan was to place the CPU on the single 120 rad and the two vid cards on the 240 rad. After thinking about it a while I said to myself,Self thought it was a good idea."Self, if you want to overclock that 920, it would just be silly to try and keep it on that single 120. If you are going to do it, do it right."
I knew I would need a larger radiator and I was having problems figuring out how I was going to fit it all in the TJ10. I didn't really want to go external either, so I decided it was time to buy a bigger case. And you all know how it goes: once you buy one thing, you keep buying and buying....
Purpose:
This worklog will document my Corsair 800D dual loop build. It will incorporate what I feel are my own good ideas, as well as a few of the ideas I liked from some of the other 800D builds I've seen here. I will try to make it as detailed as possible and provide quality photographs. I have a quality DSLR camera, but I'm lacking a quality photographer. I will also be making my first attempt at sleeving a PSU, with sleeving and shrink from some German guy named Nils. You guys may not know who he is...
Parts List:
Main Components
Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D
PSU: Corsair 1000HX
CPU: i7 920 (currently at 3.8, unless I decide to go higher)
Mobo: EVGA E760 X58 Classified
Mem: Corsair Dominator GT 6GB DDR3 2000
GPU: 2x XFX Nvidia GTX285
PhysX: EVGA 9800GT
OS Disk: 2x OCZ Summit SSD Raid 0
Storage: Seagate 500GB.
Optical: LG Blu-Ray DVD-RW
Loop 1 (CPU/Chipset)
Pump: Swiftech 355
Rad: Black Ice GTX 360
CPU: Apogee GTZ
Chipset: EK X58 Classified Block
Res: 1/2 of the XSPC dual bay
Fittings: Various BitsPower Compression
Tubing: PrimoChill 1/2" ID 3/4" OD Red Tubing
Coolant: PC Ice - Blood Red
Fans: Enermex Apollish UCAP12-R - Red (I'm a sucker for bling - if they don't work, I still have my trusty Scythe S-Flex)
Loop 2 (Two nVidia GTX285)
Pump: Swiftech 355
Rad: Black Ice GTX 240
GPUs: EK FC-285
Res: other half of XSPC res
Fittings: various BitsPower Compression
Tubing: PrimoChill 1/2" ID 3/4" OD Red Tubing
Coolant: PC Ice - Blood Red
Fans: Enermex Apollish UCAP12-R - Red
Various Extras:
Scythe Kaze Server Fan Controller
All-in-one Card reader
Red LEDs here and there, UV cold cathodes
Some G1/4 Temp Sensor stop fitting
BitsPower Rad Guards.
MDPC-X Sleeving and Shrink
Almost all my parts have been delivered and I should be able to get started with some pictures tonight. Tomorrow is my last day of work for the year, so I hope to have this build complete over the holiday break.
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