My Antec 900 Finally Complete!!!

[Defratos]

Well after leak testing for 24 hrs outside the computer and then another 24hrs inside the computer, I'm happy to say I've finished my WC'd setup, hope you guys like it, any comments or criticisms are welcome.

Also Temp wise it's actually dropped my temps more than I had expected, especially on my GPU, as for my CPU it's slightly lower and doesn't seem to heat up as much as before but I'll post results later on today hopefully, for now enjoy the pics :















I'm going to change the UV lights to some 12" ones, as these aren't long enough.

[Mpetrosino]

Very nice setup you have. I couldnt handle putting a wc'ing setup in a 900 so i bought a TJ07 . You should put one of the CCFL's inside the hdd cage when you get them.

Just curious what are you ambient temps and cpu temps. Im setting up my first wc'ing setup and my ambient temps are gonna be around 95F and rising (Its hot in So Cal).

[HuffPCair]

Very nice and congrats getting it done. I have always wanted to WC in my 900 but it just looks more like a pain then anything so I will probably wait for WCing till my next build.

But yours looks good nice work

[Defratos]

Thanks for the comments, my ambient temps is hard to measure as I have the AC on most of the time, but I'd say something around 73-77F this is in my room with the AC on and windows shut (they're hardly open), outside ambient is around 89-96F before WC'ing my best idle temps were 35-33-36-32c after WC'ing I got 33-32-34-30c. But my GPU used to idle at around 42-45c, and currently with wc'ing it's sitting at 35c which is amazing for me as I didn't expect that much of a drop.

[drnip]

Man than looks nice.

[LOUISSSSS]

how did you plan to drain the loop with your drain line high like that above your reservoir?

[faster3200]

how did you plan to drain the loop with your drain line high like that above your reservoir?

It looks like it is on a rotary, although I don't think it will help much.

You don't really NEED a drain line, it just makes things easier. My last 3 loops didn't have one.

[Defratos]

^ lol, I knew it'll come back to bite me one day....well I used to have the loop as you see below:



Now a few members advised me to change the loop around to have least restrictions going from the Res outflow to the rest of the system, so I changed it to this:



Which means that the Drain is pretty much useless, but I wanted to keep it anyway (cause I like how it looks), I think I might go back to how I originally had it next time I clean out the loop because I don't believe it'll be THAT restrictive. Got any opinions on which loop seems more convenient?

[dafeeessh]

I always enjoy watercooled antec 900's takes a lot of time and planing to get it just right. I have tons of papers with drawings of different plans to get mine just right. Nice build very clean keep up the good work.

[faster3200]

Which means that the Drain is pretty much useless, but I wanted to keep it anyway (cause I like how it looks), I think I might go back to how I originally had it next time I clean out the loop because I don't believe it'll be THAT restrictive. Got any opinions on which loop seems more convenient?

Well, a 45 is less restrictive than a 90 and that setup also seems more convenient so I would just go back to how you had it before. Do you really need an angle there though?

[jws2346]

Woah, nice clean lookin' job Defratos

IMO the Antec 900 case is a great performer in the AC"ing department, but IMHO, you proved the outstanding creativity of some WC]ing peeps (like yourself) by sucessfully WC'ing the outstanding AC'ing Antec 900 case

Thanks for sharing

DCing for the CURE

[Defratos]

Well, a 45 is less restrictive than a 90 and that setup also seems more convenient so I would just go back to how you had it before. Do you really need an angle there though?

Yeah I get what you mean, what angle are you referring to exactly? the res outlet?

Woah, nice clean lookin' job Defratos

IMO the Antec 900 case is a great performer in the AC"ing department, but IMHO, you proved the outstanding creativity of some WC]ing peeps (like yourself) by sucessfully WC'ing the outstanding AC'ing Antec 900 case

Thanks for sharing

DCing for the CURE

Thanks Buddy

[faster3200]

Yeah I get what you mean, what angle are you referring to exactly? the res outlet?

Yes.
Very nice looking btw, I forgot to mention that . WCing an Antec always impresses me.

What tubing is that btw? It glows really nicely.

[Waterlogged]

WCing an Antec always impresses me.

You obviously haven't seen an Aria WC'd. *shudders*

[Defratos]

Yes.
Very nice looking btw, I forgot to mention that . WCing an Antec always impresses me.

What tubing is that btw? It glows really nicely.

I need a bit of a angle to clear the PSU (or so I thought as I was ordering), the tubing is XSPC 7/16" Clear/UV Blue tubing, but I added 2 drops of PT Nuke and a few drops of G11 (the G11 gave it a better glow)

You obviously haven't seen an Aria WC'd. *shudders*

Whatcha tryin say

[Waterlogged]

Whatcha tryin say

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[Defratos]

Humm, I like mine better , but that's pretty impressive fitting it into a small case