glmurphy Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 This was my first attempt at water-cooling a PC. Equipment Specs: CPU: Intel i7 930 Motherboard: EVGA X58 SLI Classified (E760) RAM: 24GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz DDR3 (6x4GB) RAID0: 240GB (2x120GB) ******** 2 SATA II SSD RAID1: 1TB (2x1TB) Seagate Barracuda HDD GPU: (2) EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Superclocked in SLI PSU: Corsair AX1200 Modular Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D Optical Drive: LG Black 22x DVD/RW Internal w/ Lightscribe Multimedia Controller: ######## Veris Multimedia Station Elite Network Card: Bigfoot Network Killer 2100 Audio Controller: Sound Blaster X-Fi HD USB Cooling Equipment: Fan Controller: Scythe KM03-BK Master Pro 6-channel Fans: (5) Cooler Master R4 120mm Super Silent Blue LED, (1) ******** T.B. Vegas Duo 140mm Dual LED CPU Block: EK Supreme - HF (Acetal) Motherboard Block: EK EVGA X58 Classified Full Board GPU Block: (2) EK-FC560 GTX (Acetal + Nickel) Reservoir: XSPC Dual 5.25" Bay w/ Blue LED Pumps: (2) Swiftech MCP355 Hose: PrimoFlex Pro LRT UV Blue (3/8" ID x 5/8" OD) Radiator 1: Black Ice Xtreme 3 X-Flow 3x120mm Radiator 2: XSPC RX240 2x120mm Fittings: Bitspower G1/4 Silver Shiny Compression, 3/8" ID x 5/8" OD Radiator Grill: A.C. Ryan RadGrillz Stripes 2x120mm After reading numerous threads, I decided to go with a dual-loop setup so that heat transference would not be an issue. I started off modding the 800D case so that I could install a second radiator where the lower HDD assembly is. This mod is fairly easy and requires minimal tools (dremel, drill with 1/8" bit, rivet gun). Here is a photo of the case before any modifications. http://i.imgur.com/Yev4w.jpg I decided to remove all the HDD bays from the case to easily drill out the lower HDD bay rivets that are hard to reach and trim the upper HDD rails where the reservoir will be placed. 800D case with all the bays removed. http://i.imgur.com/ZwCqk.jpg Close-up of lower area with HDD bays removed. http://i.imgur.com/Jnu2W.jpg Once the lower HDD bay was removed, it was time to break out the Dremel for some cutting. Bottom of case marked for Dremel. http://i.imgur.com/6I4MX.jpg Cuts complete. http://i.imgur.com/7nN9t.jpg I used the A.C. Ryan RadGrillz Stripes 2x120 radiator grill to protect the bottom of the lower radiator. Case bottom with radiator grill installed. http://i.imgur.com/HiRdB.jpg Once all the cuts were complete, it was time to reassemble the case. I used black rivets so that the case would keep the original all-black appearance. The case is ready, now for the motherboard. Here is a photo of the motherboard before any mods. http://i.imgur.com/oKC8Y.jpg EK EVGA X58 Classified Full Board water block http://i.imgur.com/aTinb.jpg I installed the EK X58 full board water block next. http://i.imgur.com/mxFBY.jpg Here is a shot of all six memory modules (24GB) before being installed on the motherboard. http://i.imgur.com/rumHZ.jpg Memory modules installed and ready http://i.imgur.com/7tgEc.jpg Black Ice Xtreme 3 X-Flow 3x120mm radiator http://i.imgur.com/zk4FL.jpg I used Cooler Master R4 120mm Blue LED fans for the radiators. XSPC RX240 and Black Ice Xtreme 3 radiators ready for installation. http://i.imgur.com/EFbpx.jpg XSPC RX240 2x120mm lower radiator installed. http://i.imgur.com/Ug6em.jpg I wanted a clean appearance, so I went with the XSPC Dual 5.25" bay reservoir since the pumps are mounted under the reservoir to minimize tubing. XSPC Dual 5.25" bay reservoir. http://i.imgur.com/eL2Mm.jpg 2 Swiftech MCP355 pumps. http://i.imgur.com/4pp87.jpg Pumps mounted in reservoir. http://i.imgur.com/1GzgQ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/4Jwjr.jpg Now to mount the water blocks onto the 2 GTX 560 Ti video cards http://i.imgur.com/3V6LE.jpg Shot of card before mods http://i.imgur.com/0OUU9.jpg Card stripped of air fan http://i.imgur.com/o9x3K.jpg Water blocks mounted and ready http://i.imgur.com/bXtvO.jpg Here is a shot of the video cards mounted in SLI with water loop connected. http://i.imgur.com/Z6soW.jpg Here is the system ready for action. Both the CPU/motherboard and GPU loops are completed. http://i.imgur.com/8SQz1.jpg System powered on and all lights looking good. http://i.imgur.com/GAEij.jpg Close-up of loops http://i.imgur.com/ySrI8.jpg Front panel of 800D http://i.imgur.com/nj341.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODedAssault Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Nice build for sure. Saw a review recently using an h80 I believe showing that r4 is probably one of the worst fans for a radiator. Even the much lower cfm quieter bitfenix 120mm get better temps. I've owned many blue r4's to. They die or rattle really quick. Gorgeous build tho. Lets see some oc results on those 560ti's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STT71 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 very beautiful installation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoe69 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I likee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgettaCZ Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Well, not to bad at all...though its too much fans for me. I'd only prefer the ones on the radiators. That's it. And too much of disruptive and annoying lights as well. Not good when watching a movie. I've built up my own Watercooler only with 3 Noise Blocker and 2 Scythe Slip Stream vents...and more than 3 liters of total circulating water! That is so much liquid that the system is not even able to heat it up enough to wake up the fans ;o) (controlled by Heatmaster II). Yes, I have a custom expansion "tank" (180x150x140 mm/9mm plexi) with looaaadsss of water;o)))) I believe they will only wake up during hot summer days. With only SSD it makes a black powerful machine, a piece of furniture, lying silently and obediently by its masters feet down below the table, waiting to be unleashed and eat up very bench its faced... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 sweet now you got me wanting to hydro my card.:D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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