My new Watercooling Setup WORKLOG (56k Warning^^)

[Paxi]

First of all i have to say, that the Lian Li PC-A71B is the best case i´ve got so far. Maybe because it´s my first Lian Li Case, but it´s just so flexible and ther is so much space in it. And of course it looks very beautiful
Today i started modding the case.
I made everthing with the Dremel and it took ma about 2 Hours to cut everything out und drill the holes, and aftherwards it took ma again 1 Hour + to clean up the mess i´ve made :>
Here are some first pictures, i still need to make some Precisiongrinding and i need to redrill the holes for the Aquatube because they are a bit too small, but that´s what i´ve done so far. (This weird looking white thingies on the top and the tube are just some residues of the sticky tabes, no scratches^^, also need to clean this up)







Unfortunately I´ve to work very long tomorrow and Friday and i´m still waiting at my GPU Block so i´ll post some new pics primaly on Sutterday. This are just some Impressions and like i said i still need so clean some things and make some Precisionwork.

regards Blasna

Updates on Last Page

[Jedda]

That residue will come off easy.
Looks like an interesting build but please reduce the pics size.
Side scrolling is a major pain and many will give your thread a miss because of it. Which would be a pity.

[IanY]

Which reservoir is that?

[Jedda]

Which reservoir is that?

Alphacool Cape Bullseye with mounting plate.

[disruptfam]

nice work.... just need to clean off that masking tape residue

[YugenM]

Alphacool Cape Bullseye with mounting plate.

AquaTube uses 5 screw holes to mount to the plate, and the Bullseye uses 4 to mount to the plate IIRC

Res looks pretty shallow though, doesn't look like any AquaTube I've seen before.

[BNDMOD]

Suscribed.. waiting more photos..

[Paxi]

Sry for the big image size, i´ll make them smaller now. I use my dad´s cam and his resolution is like 3500x2530 or something :/.

Today i finished my case and installed the Rad and Res. Still have to clean some things up again, but like i said i had to work very long yersterday and today. Tommorow i hope i have enough time to start installing the Watercooling Setup (my last 2 parts finally arrived today )
Here are the pic, hope you like it
Case:


Components:





Stay tuned^^

regards Blasna

[disruptfam]

awesome!!!

Are you doing 1 loop??? that d-tek gfx block is very restrictive will hurt your flow...

looking 4ward to updates

[awhir]

can you show me a pic of the rad please and how far does it go down.

[Jedda]

That alphacool pump res is a major pain to bleed properly. There's a technique involving freezing the coolant its users sometimes employ.
Don't have a link but a search on hard forums might find it.

A flat half bastard file, about 6", would trim your case cut edges back out of sight. Might look a bit better hidden behind the grill.

YugunM
Yes, you're right. Guess we wait for the OP to tell us?

[Paxi]

After filling up the system to flush the rad and coolers i noticed that i´ve got a pinhole leak in the Rad :/ Took my some time to solder it but now it´s ok again.
Currently I´m doing leaktest and bleeding out the system.
Solder:

Random Pics:






I think i´ll let the system run over the night, should take his time to bleed everthing out.

Regards

PS: Yes i´m using one loop, i think thats enough for now CPU,GPU,NB. If i would cool the Mosfets und SB too with a new mobo sometimes i think about adding a second.

[YugenM]

What reservoir is that?

[IanY]

Don't really get why you are using a Cape Bullseye and a DDC reservoir together.

[septim]

somebody should mod a fuzion gfx...

more updates pls.

[disruptfam]

looks good mate... try not to use those coolsleeve will look so much better without them!!!

also i got the same ram as you!!!

[lazy]

looking nice so far.. dont work so much and work on the case! =p

[Paxi]

Here is the Res http://www.aquatuning.de/product_inf...-Rechteck.html
it´s like in my sig.

I use 2 Res because i need the Alphacool top to fill up my system.
I still got some bubbles in my system before the Rad, hope they will soon bleed out :/

[yonton228]

Nice loop so far mate I cannot wait to see the finished product.



-yonton228/timmy

[Sparky]

The bubbles will bleed eventually, give 'em time.

[Jedda]

Looking good.
Hope you're enjoying getting it together!
In your fifth pic, post #12, the vid card and motherboard are on a bedspread or carpet. Be wary of static charge building up with that material. It can be quite easy to zap a component. You probably know about that already but worth mentioning in case.

[FallenCow]

Looking good. Just need to fill that loop up!
Nice to see some builds w/ the Dtek graphics block as well.

[Paxi]

So update. I haven´t postet a few days now because i decided to rebuild my system a bit and that took some time. I also had to order some Arctic Glue because the Ramsinks were to heave to mount them on the Mosfets from the Graphic Card with the Arctic Silver 5.
Systems looks like this now. I diceded to change the Tubing and i didnt add the Alutube to my Loop now because it´s just for modding and cost my some performance.
System is already filled up and bleeding out right now.
The Tube from the Rad -> CPU still gets a bubble by the Connector from the Rad like before, maybe you got some suggestion to get this one away without bleeding out the system for 24h (if this even helps^^).
2 new pics:
GF8800GTS Extreme Ramsink Edition

System:


Regards

[disruptfam]

awesome!

[Jedda]

Try tipping the puter on to its back and run it for a few minutes. Back end, not side.
After that all the air should be in the rad at the far end from the tubes, the highest point in the system.
You can then turn it off and unscrew the small bleed screw in the PA rad's bottom end, currently the highest point. Top up the fluid through the screw hole with a syringe or very thin tube until all air is removed.
Its just about impossible to collect the air and bleed through that type of pump res. But you're OK because of the PA bleed screw.

Its hard to see in your pics which tube is the pump outlet. Does it pump to the rad or to the gpu?