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[eternal_fantasy]

What it looks like now... but it looks different day to day when I'm testing hardware







Rad fans and pump are controlled by the MiniNG... Silence is bliss
Or when I feel like a little benching they can be turned up for performance
Controlling the 18W DDC pump and 3x1W fans makes the MiniNGs really hot... so just put some thermal tape on the back and stuck it onto the aluminum chassis.

[slim142]

I can think of two reasons:

1) People who change blocks frequently for testing or other reasons may not because the quick mount is just as it sounds....quicker.

2) People haven't realized the correlation yet. I find a tighter block is less prone to have air bubbles in the TIM and just makes better contact.

Thank you very much, I guess I will use the pro-mount now

The top and bottom of the 250 can use the compression fittings. It's the (V) section you mention you want use that the compressiong fittings (at least the O-ring bitspower 1/2" OD) doesn't seem to fit well

Nah i don't think they seal properly. I have the 250 res and BP 3/8in ID 5/8in OD and they don't quite go in. I've bought some G1/4 extenders so the barb clears the recession.

This is what I wanted to know, thanks to you two ^^
You just saved me some $

[Utnorris]

So me and my nephew put together a w/c setup for him. Took us 12 hours roughly, although having bad ram really messed things up from a trouble shooting perspective. Otherwise, we would have had it done in about half the time, . He is going to do some sleeving and wire managment when he gets home, other than that I think it came out well. Ambient temps were 26c with idle at 40c and load at 55c for the CPU and the video cards were 33c idle and 38c under load.

Here are the specs:

MM UF2O case
E8400 EO stepping at 4Ghz and 1.36v
4Gb Kingston 8500 Ram
2x 500Gb WD HD in Raid 0
2x HD3870's in CF
DVD Burner
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R
Vista Home Premium 64bit

W/C Gear
MCP350 with Petra top
Swiftech MCR320
EK HD3870 Full Cover Water blocks
D-Tek Fuzion V1
Primochill 1/2" ID, 5/8" OD Green UV Tubing
Swiftech Micro Res
Various 1/2" Barbs
3 Scyth 120mm/38mm Fans for Rad
3 Green LED Fans
2 Silenx 120mm for HD cooling

[DarthBeavis]

There's def something to be said for thicker tubing

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[slim142]

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[emuexport]

Oh please do help me out on this one as I would hate to spend $20 on 2 compression fittings to find out they wont fit in the 250 res!

Well I just hooked up some 1/2" by 3/4" BP compressions to an EK250 and it didn't leak. but I'd still do a bit of modding just to make sure the o-rings get compressed enough.

[Utnorris]

Get Koolance compression fittings, they are just as good as BP's at half the price.

Utnorris

[hawk999]

@Utnorris

do have a large vdrop on your board??
we have a same board but i have a large vdrop like .5v something

but nice LCS!

[roger_h99.nor]

So me and my nephew put together a w/c setup for him. Took us 12 hours roughly, although having bad ram really messed things up from a trouble shooting perspective. Otherwise, we would have had it done in about half the time, . He is going to do some sleeving and wire managment when he gets home, other than that I think it came out well. Ambient temps were 26c with idle at 40c and load at 55c for the CPU and the video cards were 33c idle and 38c under load.

Here are the specs:

MM UF2O case
E8400 EO stepping at 4Ghz and 1.36v
4Gb Kingston 8500 Ram
2x 500Gb WD HD in Raid 0
2x HD3870's in CF
DVD Burner
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R
Vista Home Premium 64bit

W/C Gear
MCP350 with Petra top
Swiftech MCR320
EK HD3870 Full Cover Water blocks
D-Tek Fuzion V1
Primochill 1/2" ID, 5/8" OD Green UV Tubing
Swiftech Micro Res
Various 1/2" Barbs
3 Scyth 120mm/38mm Fans for Rad
3 Green LED Fans
2 Silenx 120mm for HD cooling

Hey, any particular reason for mounting the D-tek upside down ?

[rafwlkp]

Hey, any particular reason for mounting the D-tek upside down ?

Direction of the flow ?

[slim142]

Well I just hooked up some 1/2" by 3/4" BP compressions to an EK250 and it didn't leak. but I'd still do a bit of modding just to make sure the o-rings get compressed enough.

Well I have decided to use standard fittings, dont want to spend time doing modding. Thanks for the info!

Get Koolance compression fittings, they are just as good as BP's at half the price.

Utnorris

Prefer to stay with BP, they been great so far

[inCore]

What it looks like now... but it looks different day to day when I'm testing hardware

*pics*

Rad fans and pump are controlled by the MiniNG... Silence is bliss
Or when I feel like a little benching they can be turned up for performance
Controlling the 18W DDC pump and 3x1W fans makes the MiniNGs really hot... so just put some thermal tape on the back and stuck it onto the aluminum chassis.

Good man, all talk about optimal pump placement being the bottom of the case is BS.

[eternal_fantasy]

Good man, all talk about optimal pump placement being the bottom of the case is BS.

As long as you properly bleed out your loop where you place your pump don't matter.

[Utnorris]

@Utnorris

do have a large vdrop on your board??
we have a same board but i have a large vdrop like .5v something

but nice LCS!

Thanks.

Actually no, I was surprised that the vdroop was around only .02v which is fantastic. I had the Gigabyte P35-DS3R and the vdroop was unreal, so I was hesitant about getting this one for my nephew, but I like Gigabyte from the reliability and user friendliness sides. It was super easy to OC this chip on the board. I was having trouble getting some Kingston ram to work at the rated speed, but I just didn't have the time to fool with it, so I left it at SPD. Anyway, great board for the money and th usability.

Utnorris

[Utnorris]

Hey, any particular reason for mounting the D-tek upside down ?

Yes, direction of the flow and since it is a dual core, orientation really doesn't matter unlike a quad core.

Utnorris

[inCore]

Thanks.

Actually no, I was surprised that the vdroop was around only .02v which is fantastic. I had the Gigabyte P35-DS3R and the vdroop was unreal [...]

It's horrible, it makes it impossibe to set anything properly.

[Winni]

A small update on my case, in the near future there will be another update with Primochill 3/8 Black Tube + Bitspower Black Sparkle fittings and some other stuff









Winni

[DarthBeavis]

sweet carbon fiber

[Monkeywoman]

@ Winni, is that textured or just painted sticker? wheres it from?

[cyberspyder]

I believe it's vinyl.

[WhiskeyAlpha]

Thought it was time I posted some decent pics of this bad boy













Also, credit to Matias23 and his beautiful Lian Li for giving me inspiration for my pump brackets.

[firebane]

Still a mess as I'm waiting on my mcp350 res top to come before I rip it apart again and mod the pump and clean up the case.

apogee gt bowed
swiftech mcr220
7/16" tubing
mcp350 pump
lian-li pc-a70 case
biostar tpower i45
4gb g.skill pc2-8000
e8600 @ 4.5ghz

[skinnee]

Nice build WhiskeyAqua!

[dopestuff]

wow nice WhiskeyAlpha looking good
and how do you get solley your tubing lichting up like that because whit my cathodes i also get a bit of a purple extra glow...

[bentleya]

WhiskeyAlpha nice looking mm one of the best i have seen