-Post pics of your computer-

[Greasy]

That is sweet mangler!

[Dungeoncrawler]

Excellent Mangler!

[CurrentlyPissed]

NZXT has come a long way on thier cases.

[demo]

Very nice and clean looking build Mangler

[BababooeyHTJ]

NZXT has come a long way on thier cases.

They really have. That switch is a really nice case.

[Dungeoncrawler]

I really want to waterblock my gpu's. If for nothing else, just to have access to all my other pci slots. Realistically, how difficult of mission is it?

[kingofslackerz]

New Build up and running tonight. Still on the to-do list: CPU Cooling(H100 most likely); sleeved cable extensions(gold or black, haven't decided), 2nd GPU(with diff p/s)

[KAC]

Hey gay, you might be missing some cooling on the CPU and ram in the motherboard before you turn on that PC...

[kingofslackerz]

Hey gay, you might be missing some cooling on the CPU and ram in the motherboard before you turn on that PC...

Yah it won't post, WTF am i doing wrong!!!

I didn't get done til night time, and w/o some real lighting cell shots are garbage.

[shadow001]

I really want to waterblock my gpu's. If for nothing else, just to have access to all my other pci slots. Realistically, how difficult of mission is it?

Not that difficult, but does require using a methodical aproach and having decent manual dexterity....Having a seperate power supply(a cheap one will do fine), to power up the water pump alone, without the rest of the system being powered up at all, will help with bleeding the system and if there is a leak, there's no damage to the system since it isn't powered up.


To help with bleeding, the reservoir should be at the highest point in the loop and keep in mind that the pump is lubricated with the cooling fluid itself, so no running it dry and as for radiators themselves, it depends how much room you have in your case and how silent you want it to be.


Generally speaking, the bigger the radiator the more cooling fans you can install on it and the slower the fans need to spin to acheive a specific temperature that is generally much lower than the stock coolers, making the system quieter overall.

[TRD Supra]

[Nunz]

Did it change colors or something?
I'm so lost.

[Greasy]

New Build up and running tonight. Still on the to-do list: CPU Cooling(H100 most likely); sleeved cable extensions(gold or black, haven't decided), 2nd GPU(with diff p/s)

These photos are great. Did you enhance them, or just use the camera? I suck ass at taking pics or my rig.

[demo]

I'm so lost.

Thats 2 threads now, are you stoned?

[BababooeyHTJ]

Well, I cut out the fan grills on my HAF932. You wouldn't believe how restrictive they are and how much noise that they actually make. Excuse the picture quality and the wiring.

[demo]

Ha yeh I cut the rear exhaust grills out on my case, makes a pretty big difference to air flow coming out the back.

and lool 4 x 120mm on the side was that for the 480 SLI set up?

[BababooeyHTJ]

Ha yeh I cut the rear exhaust grills out on my case, makes a pretty big difference to air flow coming out the back.

and lool 4 x 120mm on the side was that for the 480 SLI set up?

Yeah, and because its there.The stock 200 fan doesn't really move much air. For a while there I wasn't sure which way it was installed since I couldn't really feel which way the air was moving. I also threw an AP-181 into the front. The case is pretty quiet too and moves a ton of air.

[kingofslackerz]

These photos are great. Did you enhance them, or just use the camera? I suck ass at taking pics or my rig.

Pics taken with iphone 4s. Top one is, bottom one is not. For the top one just used "awesome camera" app(iOS) and a little contrast/saturation changes that is all.

This thread has good tips on taking pics of your pc, http://www.overclock.net/t/912437/ho...graph-your-rig

[Greasy]

Pics taken with iphone 4s. Top one is, bottom one is not. For the top one just used "awesome camera" app(iOS) and a little contrast/saturation changes that is all.

This thread has good tips on taking pics of your pc, http://www.overclock.net/t/912437/ho...graph-your-rig

Thanks! Will hopefully put some of those tips to use this weekend after my rebuild.

[Dungeoncrawler]

Finished water cooling my pc. Ran the leak-test for about 24 hours and now need to start putting everything back together. Didn't bother with the backplates for my gpus (in hindsight I should have). Just a simple loop, nothing special. Anyhoo, here's a pic with it still hooked-up to a jump-started psu.

[Zero]

Your coolant looks murky, is it the tubing or...?

[nycdarkness]

Do you have more then 1 rad?

[Roadhog]

Finished water cooling my pc. Ran the leak-test for about 24 hours and now need to start putting everything back together. Didn't bother with the backplates for my gpus (in hindsight I should have). Just a simple loop, nothing special. Anyhoo, here's a pic with it still hooked-up to a jump-started psu.

Looks good. But curious why you didn't opt for the cleaner looking loop layout?

Could have gone, pump/res > radiator > cpu > gpu.

[caveman-jim]

Yeah, and because its there.The stock 200 fan doesn't really move much air. For a while there I wasn't sure which way it was installed since I couldn't really feel which way the air was moving. I also threw an AP-181 into the front. The case is pretty quiet too and moves a ton of air.

I've found the stock 200/230's in CM cases to be quite powerful, if they're clean. Get a coating of dust on them and they're a lot less effective.

[Greasy]

Finally replaced my old lian li G75B with an 800D. Love this case so far! I'll be replacing the stock case fans soon as well.

[Greasy]

Looks good. But curious why you didn't opt for the cleaner looking loop layout?

Could have gone, pump/res > radiator > cpu > gpu.

Yep, I would have probably ran the same loop you described as well. Something to consider next time you drain your loop Dungeoncrawler.

[Dungeoncrawler]

Do you have more then 1 rad?

Only one - Its the rx360 triple 120mm.

Your coolant looks murky, is it the tubing or...?

Its distilled water, I'm not sure. Think its just the pic.

But curious why you didn't opt for the cleaner looking loop layout?

It was my first ever attempt at watercooling. I started a thread and one of the ragers suggested the loop I used.

As for the path chosen, i'd go from the reservoir to the video cards, then to the radiator to cool the heat generated by the 2 cards(they're still going to release a lot more heat than the CPU ever will), and from the radiator to the CPU socket and from the CPU socket back to the reservoir...

[shadow001]

Only one - Its the rx360 triple 120mm.



Its distilled water, I'm not sure. Think its just the pic.



It was my first ever attempt at watercooling. I started a thread and one of the ragers suggested the loop I used.

Actually i'd use the bottom card as the intake from the reservoir using an extra 90* fitting, both cards connected in parallel, and the upper card exiting right up to the radiator, then to the CPU then back to the reservoir....Would make it cleaner that way without the large turns in the tubes.

[Dungeoncrawler]

Actually i'd use the bottom card as the intake from the reservoir using an extra 90* fitting, both cards connected in parallel, and the upper card exiting right up to the radiator, then to the CPU then back to the reservoir....Would make it cleaner that way without the large turns in the tubes.

Does appear to be a cleaner loop ^^ that way. I got so caught-up in doing it that I didn't really think about how it would look afterwards. Might change it later. Tbh, it was a rather frustrating venture overall.

[Roadhog]

It was my first ever attempt at watercooling. I started a thread and one of the ragers suggested the loop I used.

Sounds like they didn't know what they were talking about. Temperatures through the loop vary >1c with proper flow so order does not matter. Only thing that really matters is that the res is before the pump so it's easy to prime.

[nycdarkness]

Does appear to be a cleaner loop ^^ that way. I got so caught-up in doing it that I didn't really think about how it would look afterwards. Might change it later. Tbh, it was a rather frustrating venture overall.

It can be very frustrating. I always draw my loop out in advance and think it over. For my setup I have it going from res->cpu->rad1->gpu->rad2->pump

[shadow001]

Does appear to be a cleaner loop ^^ that way. I got so caught-up in doing it that I didn't really think about how it would look afterwards. Might change it later. Tbh, it was a rather frustrating venture overall.

Don'tt get me wrong, cooling wise it wouldn't make a difference and the way it is right now works fine....I'm just a fan of the shortest possible tubing, using 45* and 90* fittings if needed, and going directly where it needs to go and if you think that was a pain in the ass, try this:






That is a lot of mesuring, driling, cutting, making my own custom brackets and about a month of work total from start to finish...I'm nuts.

[Dungeoncrawler]

Sounds like they didn't know what they were talking about. Temperatures through the loop vary >1c with proper flow so order does not matter. Only thing that really matters is that the res is before the pump so it's easy to prime.

In his defense, he gave the layout but I interpreted it probably wrong. It was a learning experience for sure. Being my first time, my first mistake I think was the case selection. I have a 800d that is specifically for water-cooling. Instead of being lazy I should have just switched them out. Unfortunately the 800d mobo will not support the i7 procs. It would have involved a complete cross-over.

I always draw my loop out in advance and think it over.

I actually did the drawing part, just not the thinking part

I'm just a fan of the shortest possible tubing

Elegant tube-management! If I've learned one lesson from this whole thing is that you cannot get into a rush. Give it some time, do some research, ask some experienced people and then proceed. I skipped the foreplay and went straight for the climax . Btw Shadow, you were the one that suggested the loop. However, I missed this part in your reply:

and the tubing lenghts as short and neat as possible

So I did interpret it wrong

[Roadhog]

Fairly clean for two radiators, CPU and 3x GPUs.

[Greasy]

Rebuilding that has to be fun!

[shadow001]

In his defense, he gave the layout but I interpreted it probably wrong. It was a learning experience for sure. Being my first time, my first mistake I think was the case selection. I have a 800d that is specifically for water-cooling. Instead of being lazy I should have just switched them out. Unfortunately the 800d mobo will not support the i7 procs. It would have involved a complete cross-over.
I actually did the drawing part, just not the thinking part

Elegant tube-management! If I've learned one lesson from this whole thing is that you cannot get into a rush. Give it some time, do some research, ask some experienced people and then proceed. I skipped the foreplay and went straight for the climax . Btw Shadow, you were the one that suggested the loop. However, I missed this part in your reply:

So I did interpret it wrong

I was using a regular laptop for the entire duration just to get the basic stuff done while taking my time to put this all togther, and more than half the time is mainly planning on making it look clean.....You don't notice it in the picture, but i actually used a fair amount of black automotive touch up paint and black masking tape to make the wiring less noticable, as well as passing as much of it between the motherboard and it's tray, then there's drilling this thing to make it easier to fill the CPU loop and bleed it too by lining it with the fill port on the top radiator..





It's all the little things that take time and add up to a nice finish overall..

[shadow001]

Rebuilding that has to be fun!

It'll eventually will be when i move it to a new case with more cooling given the extra CPU power it'll have in less than a year.... Dual socket with 20 cores in total.

[Dungeoncrawler]

It's all the little things that take time and add up to a nice finish overall..

Speaking of details, I'm really not happy with my fan-controller wire management. I was forced to use extensions and have allot of excess stuffed inside a bay. Can't really see it, but I know its there. The temps on the gpu's are great. I ran the Stalker: cop benchmark (max) and they never went over 45c. However, not that thrilled about results from the proc. Idling around 40-42c with load temps at 60c. Ambient temp in my room is rather hot however.

[CurrentlyPissed]

[Nunz]

How loud is the RAM cooler?
You probably don't even need it.