Project: Aquasidian (Corsair 800D)

[Nem]

Six months on small update: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...8&postcount=80

Finally managed to get started on my new build...





Run down of parts:

Asus Rampage II Extreme
Intel i7 920 D0
Asus Ati 5870
Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8
Corsair Obsidian 800D
Crucial 64Gb SSD + Westen Digital 1Tb

Watercooling:

Swiftech GTZ SE
EK 5870 full cover
XSPC RX360
Swiftech MCP655
EK 250 R2 Reservoir
Tygon 1/2" with Fesser Compresion fittings
Thermochill EC6 Blue Coolant

Then to finish it all there are some white cathodes, Scythe Kaze controler, Scythe Jyuni 1900 fans, Corsair Ram cooler. All cables will be sleeved with MDPC-X sleeve and heatshrink.

Mounting the 5870 block:



Pump, Res and Rad mounting:







Motherboard and graphics fitted, all pipework in place:





Two days work so far, and it's gone rather well so far. I have managed to snap on of the res mounting brackets so need to replace that.

I've sleeved a few of the cables for the fans already, also turned the rear case fan around to draw air into the case. Just witing for a delivery from Germany for the rest of the sleeving to finish off the psu cables.

Next stage it to recheck all the pipe fittings and then fill and leak test the system before going any further. These compression fittings certainly look nice, but it's a bit of a task to get them 100% secure, so need to be careful of them I think.

I have also got the waterblocks for the mosfets on this board, but didn't realise you need to also replace the north / south bridge cooling as well. I've not got enough cooling to have all of it in the system so for now I've decided to keep the stock cooling on the mother board and add at a later date.

Will update later in the week with progress

[br4d]

amazing, i luv it! <3

[shazza]

Very nice!

You're not the only one who has snapped the res holders - it's a fairly common problem.

[eponymous]

Good stuff!

Yeah, those brackets are fairly brittle .

[WinstonSthlm]

Looking great, good choice of case!
I also broke the res holder for the EK Multioption.

[Nem]

Are there any better options for the rad mounting brackets?

I've seen some generic black ones which will do the job:

http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/shop/prod...oducts_id=1510

They will obviously do the job and look like they are more hard wearing that the standard clear ones.

I've also seen the Murder Mod ones which say they will be available soon, but they are very pricey.

[WinstonSthlm]

Are there any better options for the rad mounting brackets?

I've seen some generic black ones which will do the job:

http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/shop/prod...oducts_id=1510

They will obviously do the job and look like they are more hard wearing that the standard clear ones.

I've also seen the Murder Mod ones which say they will be available soon, but they are very pricey.

Those from Chilled will most likely not break. When I wrote EK Waterblocks they said that they are working on a better version of the res holder.

If you slide the res into the plexi holder they should probably not break, not as easy anyway.

The Murdermod holder is really nice. A bit more expensive tho

[dingdong555]

Nice start!

Sorry, but where is the pump pumping too?

[millertime359]

looks nice.

[Nem]

Nice start!

Sorry, but where is the pump pumping too?

Couple more pics to show how the pump is mounted and the pipe routed behind the motherboard wall. There is a good inch of space back there, so with that smll piece of the case bent it allows the pipe to not be squashed at all.

[dingdong555]

WOW, thanks for that, you just gave me some awesome ideas for my case!

[Nem]

Not a problem. I had to get my thinking hat on to figure it out, there isn't as much space in the lower part of the case as I was thinking there was from the pics on the net. Wanted to use both of the holes in the case floor partition and have the pipe going in and out of there but there isn't room to mount the pump to allow it.

Also this way I think the pipeing looks cleaner, and gets people thinking how it's done

[Liderc]

Very clean.

[Mr_Armageddon]

I love me a liquid cooled 800D. Looking forward to seeing the finished product. Keep up the good work.

[Nem]

First fill an leak test didn't go well Fluid coming out of both the cpu block inlet and outlet! Not the pipe connection but the compression fitting to the block. But it was as tight as possible to screw it in.

Had to part drain the system and remove both fittings to have a look. Seems that the O ring on the compression fittings are not large enough to seal them to this cpu block. Had a brainwave and looked at the fittings supplied with the block (which I've not used at all) and they had O rings which were twice the size on them. Changed them over to the compression fittings and put it all back together, refilled and for the last 30 minutes they seem ok. I've currently got a towel and kitchen roll laid out to look for any leaks with a micro torch aimed at the cpu block to make it easier to see.

The colour of this Thermochill Blue liquid is perfect for the Aqua theme

[dingdong555]

Great job there.

Because Swiftech recess the hole for the fitting, you must replace the o-ring with the stock swiftech o-ring and you'll be fine, you just found out the hard way!

Nice Coolant too!!

[Nem]

The hard way indeed, lol!

Well it's been running for about 4 hours now with no other issues. Have turned it off now for the night, and will continue with the leak test tomorrow when I can sit and keep an eye on it, just in case.

[Nem]

Last update for today...

[millertime359]

That blue coolant looks really nice. Good job there.

[1nvisible]

Never seen those barbs before, looks weird.

[anubis_is_evil]

looking really great Nem

especially that blue coolant from TC, daym its beautiful, never see any coolant look like it before ? where do you get that TC coolant

[Khoral]

Case is great, coolant is really good looking (back to the origins, aquarium style ? )

Really good job o/

[woffen]

Never seen those barbs before, looks weird.

They are Fesers version of 45° compressions.

Very nice build! And that coolant really looks sick in this build!!

[Anemic]

I really like this case, but seeing this build makes me like ever more! Awsome job Nem, keep us updated.

[eponymous]

Very nice stuff, keep up the good work!