The Water Cooling Gallery

[Rck010]

Components:

CPU: Intel i5 6600k @ 4700Mhz, 1.425v
Memory: 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum (2666) @ 3000Mhz, 1.30v.
Mainboard: Asus Maximus Hero VIII.
GPU: EVGA GTX 980Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ @ 1575/8400, 1.27v (custom bios).
Soundcard: Asus Xonar Essence STX.
PSU: Super Flower Leadex 850W.
Case: Corsair Carbide 540 Air.

Water-cooling parts: 

 

CPU block: EKWB Supremacy MX incl. white LED.
GPU block: EK-FC Titan X - Acetal+Nickel.

GPU backplate: EKWB Titan-X Black.
Radiator: EKWB Coolstream PE240.
Radiator: EKWB Coolstream PE360.
Radiator fans: EKWB-Vardar F3-120's
Reservoir/pump: EKWB XRES 100 DDC MX 3.1 PWM combo.
Tubing: EKWB ZMT matte black.
Fittings: EKWB 10/16mm ACF compression, Bitspower 10/16mm 90degree rotary compression.
Coolant: EK-Ekoolant Clear.

 

[ericsyl]

On 3/23/2016 at 7:01 PM, Rck010 said:

Components:

CPU: Intel i5 6600k @ 4700Mhz, 1.425v
Memory: 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum (2666) @ 3000Mhz, 1.30v.
Mainboard: Asus Maximus Hero VIII.
GPU: EVGA GTX 980Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ @ 1575/8400, 1.27v (custom bios).
Soundcard: Asus Xonar Essence STX.
PSU: Super Flower Leadex 850W.
Case: Corsair Carbide 540 Air.

Water-cooling parts: 

 

CPU block: EKWB Supremacy MX incl. white LED.
GPU block: EK-FC Titan X - Acetal+Nickel.

GPU backplate: EKWB Titan-X Black.
Radiator: EKWB Coolstream PE240.
Radiator: EKWB Coolstream PE360.
Radiator fans: EKWB-Vardar F3-120's
Reservoir/pump: EKWB XRES 100 DDC MX 3.1 PWM combo.
Tubing: EKWB ZMT matte black.
Fittings: EKWB 10/16mm ACF compression, Bitspower 10/16mm 90degree rotary compression.
Coolant: EK-Ekoolant Clear.

I created an account on here just to reply to this build and say how much I love it. I despise red and black builds but you pulled this color combo off so well. JOB WELL DONE

[xtnt5x]

Colors scheme: Red/White/Black

 

Material: (all white fittings)

• EKWB X3 250 Reservoir 
• PrimoChill PETG Hardline Tubings
• PrimoChill Ridgit Revolver SX Fittings
• Monsoon 90 Degree Fittings
• Bitspower G1/4" Mini Valves (for drainage, one at pump level and one lowest point radiator connection)
• Bitspower Stop Fittings
• Bitspower D-Plugs (for connecting Mini Valves)
• EKWB EK-Supremacy EVO CPU Water Block (Nickel)
• EKWB Dual D5 PWM (with 2x Swiftech MCP655 vario pumps)
• 2x EKWB EK-Coolstream 480mm Radiators
• 2x EKWB EK-Coolstream 240mm Radiators
• EKWB EKoolant Premixed Blood Red Coolant

Loop Layout

• Pump (running at 4/5 speed setting, 5 was too high causing too much bubbles)
  • 1 inlet pulling water from the reservoir
  • 2 outlets
    • 1st outlet push coolant to the CPU -> Gigabyte Z170 Gaming G1 Board -> 480mm radiator -> reservoir
    • 2nd outlet push coolant to 1st EVGA 980 ti hydro copper -> 2nd EVGA 980 ti hydro copper -> 480mm radiator -> 1st 240mm radiator -> 2nd 240mm radiator -> reservoir
• Reservoir accept 2 inlets from the top with dual EKWB foam thing to reduce and eliminate bubble within the loop
  • 1st foam place at the top near the inlets to reduce splash
  • 2nd foam at the bottom near the outlet to stabilize water going out
  • After the system run for a few minutes, all the bubbles will be eliminated within the loop, this leave an air pocket at the top within the reservoir
  • The reason why I set inlets on the top is because I want the liquid to flow in a single direction instead of having dead zones within the reservoir where liquid will never cycle through because the newly incoming liquid might push straight to the outlet due to the shortest flow distance when having inlet(s) and outlet(s) nearby each other

Performance:

• CPU
  • Idle: ~22-25 'C
  • Max: 60 'C
• GPU
  • Idle: ~24-26 'C
  • Max: ~33-35 'C

 

Pictures:

[brazilianloser]

Man typing all my specs, parts and what not is just too much... I am a very lazy guy with way too much to do :D, so here is a link to the list I made on PCpartpicker if you are interested about the build... the overall finished product has changed just slightly but the pc itself still the same.

 

 

[Kevo05s]

On 3/19/2016 at 6:02 AM, Freowin said:

 

EK Acrylic + Nickel for my GPU Block.

 

So I guess that's it?  

 

Oh yeah, if you guys are wondering, I had the RGB LED strips on cycle mode, thus different ambient colors are seen.

 

(Purple and Green look sooo nice.)

 

that dropping down tube, is it your drain?

[Freowin]

11 hours ago, Kevo05s said:

that dropping down tube, is it your drain?

Yeah, also works as a makeshift GPU support to lessen sagging. 

[Purplehazeffc]

CPU: Intel i5 4690k currently running at 4.8Ghz
Motherboard: ASUS Z97 Sabertooth Mark S

Memory: Geil Potenza 2x8gb modules 1866mhz    16gb in total
Boot Drive: Intel 730 series 256gb Main Drive
Storage: Seagate 3tb Hard Drive
Storage: Seagate 2tb Hard Drive
Video Card: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970.  1604mhz Core - 2000mhz Memory

Case: Fractal Design Define S Black Windowed Edition 
Power Supply: Seasonic G Series 650w semi modular

Cables: PCCG Sleeved Cable Extension Kit White - CableMod Cable Comb Kit Clear
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10
Monitor: LG 24MP55 IPS LED
Monitor: Thorn 42' Full HD LED TV
Keyboard: Tesoro Durandal Ultimate Cherry MX Red & Black
Mouse: Steel Series Rival Optical

Filter Top: DEMCIflex 3 vent top dust filter. Standard filters front & bottom  

Headphones: Sennheiser Momentum Over Ear

Sound:  Yamaha 5.1ch surround 100w per/ch

 

WATER COOLING

 

CPU Block: EK-Supremacy EVO

VGA Block: EK-FC970 GTX WF3 - Nickel

Thermal Paste: Gelid GC Extreme

VGA Back: EK-FC970 GTX WF3 Black Backplate

Pump:  EK-DCP 4.0 PWM

Reservoir: EK-RES X3 150

Coolant: EK-Ekooant Pastel White concentrate 

Radiator: EK Coolstream PE-360mm

Radiator: Alphacool NexXxoS XT-45 Full Copper 240mm

Tubing: Mayhems Ultra Clear 10mm (3/8) ID x 16mm (5/8) OD 

Fittings: Alphacool 10mm (3/8) Compression G1/4 Deep Black. 

Fans Rad: Noctua NF-F12 120mm 2000rpm PWM IndustrialPPC. 6 in total

 

Next will be to go full Hardline tubing. Not sure if going to use PTEG or go Mayhems Glass

 

[RollinLower]

On 22-3-2016 at 1:01 AM, Rck010 said:

Components:
-snipperinho- 

whoa, thats a lot of thick rad surface for only a CPU and a single GPU. you must be getting insane temps!

[Rck010]

54 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

whoa, thats a lot of thick rad surface for only a CPU and a single GPU. you must be getting insane temps!

Mwa, i agree it's quite a bit of radiator space but both the CPU and the GPU are heavily overclocked, don't underestimate the heat they can dump. Usually rule-of-thumb is 120mm radiator space + 120mm overhead for each component. In my case that means 480mm, with 600mm i have 120mm extra  

 

Here's some numbers:

 

CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.7Ghz,

Cooling: EK Supremacy MX copper.

Voltage: 1.425v. 

Fan speed: Low / ~ 900 RPM.

Temp. room: 23 degrees Celsius.

Temp. idle: 25 - 21 - 18 - 20 Celsius.

Temp. (max) load: 59 - 58 - 56 - 57

Stress-test: 20min - Small FFT's, Prime95 v26.6.

 

GPU: EVGA GTX980Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 @ 1585 / 8550.

Cooling: EK Titan-X nickel, EK Titan-X backplate.

Voltage: 1.274v (custom BIOS)

Fan speed: Low / ~ 900 RPM.

Temp. room: 23 degrees Celsius.

Temp. idle: 26 degrees Celsius.

Temp. (max) load: 48 degrees Celsius. 

Stress-test: 20min - Extreme HD, Unigine Valley.

[Zandvliet]

Hi,

 

So I decided to put my build here as well. Been completed for a while now, but always looking for things to upgrade. 

Hardware

Case: Cooler Master Cosmos II

MoBo: Maxiumus VII Formula

RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro Series 16Gb 2400MHz

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4 GHZ

GPU: 2 x Gigabyte GTX 970 GAMING-4GD

PSU: Corsair HXi Series HX1000i

SSD: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB

HDD: several, total 5TB (got most of them for free from university)

 

Water cooling (some parts)

2 x EK-FC970

EK-Supremacy EVO RED Edition

EK-RES X3 250 Reservoir

EK D5 Vario

EK 240 and 360 Radiator

 

I am considering placing another 240 radiator, but this is just to keep busy.. really want to do something on my pc, so far I can still hold myself back  

 

Just an overview

 

Here is my full setup, monitors are Asus VG278HE on the EZM Deluxe Triple Monitor Mount Stand.

 

Hope you guys enjoyed it, sorry for the back quality (taken from my phone), any feedback, comments are welcome

 

Cheers!

[Cossack-HD]

Witness the ultra ghetto DIY radiator mounting with questionable cable management!

 

S411 4U server rack case

Fractal Design Kelvin T12 Water Cooling 120mm

Non-modular PSU (explains the "neat" cable management), also, no place to hide the unused cables.

 

FX-8350 4.85GHz (210MHz x 23 @ 1.4735V)

R9 280 @ 1080MHz

16GB DDRIII

Crosshair V Formula Z

 

Reveal the ghetto!

Spoiler

Zero cable management (almost)

 

Collected some cables (20+4 PIN and SATA) using a zip tie, moved PCI-E power cables so they don't stay in the way of airflow.

This needs some explaination... I could move the hard drives closer to SATA ports (botton right in the last pic) and place the radiator at front of the case (top right). Truth is, the graphics card exhausts quite hot air and it's directed towards front side of the case (right side on the picture). Warm air makes the drives significantly warmer, I monitored a rise of 15 degrees C.

So I had to cut a "window" for the radiator, side by side with the PSU (top middle) and deal with all of the friggin cables. It was tight but I made it

If I just had a "turbine" type cooler on the GPU (100% rear exhaust) I would've kept the HDDs near the SATA ports and placed the radiator at the top right.

 

The steel dust, which was a product of steel cutting, was something I had to deal with. 4U server rack cases aren't good with most GPU coolers, neither are those easy to cut through. 1.2mm heavy duty steel is a bitch, get proper tools and ear protection!

[evel79nj]

On 3/29/2016 at 0:41 PM, Slickwicked said:

Lol, you should not show that to anyone.......ever

oh shit sorry for being honest but when i started watercooling an allinone cooler was all i could handle and custom and vga water cooling was just plain scary....also i didn't even know there was an option to cool the vrm with liquid...i wrote my first program in ms-basic back in 1992...but i am relatively new to the custom water cooling community

 

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, evel79nj said:

oh shit sorry for being honest but when i started watercooling an allinone cooler was all i could handle and custom and vga water cooling was just plain scary....also i didn't even know there was an option to cool the vrm with liquid...i wrote my first program in ms-basic back in 1992...but i am relatively new to the custom water cooling community

 

Oh no, u misunderstood, I was kidding around with the guy that had all the wires in his server build, your is beautiful 

 

Edit for some reason it quoted u, I think I was gonna comment on your post but I didn't then it saved it automatically, ...sorry 

[evel79nj]

28 minutes ago, Slickwicked said:

Oh no, u misunderstood, I was kidding around with the guy that had all the wires in his server build, your is beautiful 

 

Edit for some reason it quoted u, I think I was gonna comment on your post but I didn't then it saved it automatically, ...sorry 

i got some cable combs and some mayhems aurora coming, i will post when done...the basement is a mess i will take a picture of that.....

[Guest]

1 hour ago, evel79nj said:

i got some cable combs and some mayhems aurora coming, i will post when done...the basement is a mess i will take a picture of that.....

Well, my comment really had nothing to do with your builds at all, simple mistake, your builds are fantastic!

[4ndromeda]

On 3/23/2016 at 4:58 AM, brazilianloser said:

Man typing all my specs, parts and what not is just too much... I am a very lazy guy with way too much to do :D, so here is a link to the list I made on PCpartpicker if you are interested about the build... the overall finished product has changed just slightly but the pc itself still the same.

Love the look of the raystorm pro & wanted to see one in a decent build. Also want to know how it performs & if you've had any issues with it because I'm considering getting it for my current build.

[P4LL3R]

Update, now with a watercooled Fury

[Snef]

my latest build: Mjolnir

 

I really love all mat black with gold

 

Parvum Ssytem M1.0 whit triple layer option

Intel i7-5820k  @ 4.2

Asus Sabertooth X99

16gb (4x4) Gskill DDR4 2400

2 x GTX980 reference

SSD Kingston Hyper X 120gb

3 x Seagate 500gb 7200rpm 2.5" HDD

EVGA 1050g PSU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[0ld_Chicken]

On 4/3/2016 at 10:14 PM, Snef said:

my latest build: Mjolnir

 

I really love all mat black with gold

 

Parvum Ssytem M1.0 whit triple layer option

Intel i7-5820k  @ 4.2

Asus Sabertooth X99

16gb (4x4) Gskill DDR4 2400

2 x GTX980 reference

SSD Kingston Hyper X 120gb

3 x Seagate 500gb 7200rpm 2.5" HDD

EVGA 1050g PSU

Very nice!  ridiculously clean!  Is that black aurora I spy in that res?

[Snef]

Thanks,  no, its Mayhems X1 oil black with aurora Gold Booster

 

[Vudian]

My 2nd liquid pc  still a work I  progress,  waiting for my correct color ridged fittings and glass tubes.  Not sure if I'm going to put a 2nd 980ti or wait for the next generation gpu and just put my 2nd loop on the one card for now. Just wanted to share what I have done now! 

[frogonastring]

On 4/3/2016 at 10:14 PM, Snef said:

my latest build: Mjolnir

 

I really love all mat black with gold

 

Parvum Ssytem M1.0 whit triple layer option

Intel i7-5820k  @ 4.2

Asus Sabertooth X99

16gb (4x4) Gskill DDR4 2400

2 x GTX980 reference

SSD Kingston Hyper X 120gb

3 x Seagate 500gb 7200rpm 2.5" HDD

EVGA 1050g PSU

That is ridiculously good looking. But you already knew that, didn't you.

[Kamikazi Max]

Super budget gaming pc. 

 

Mobo: Asus p5q Pro Turbo LGA775

   Modded microcode for Xeon E5450

   Modded to accept LGA771 chipset
CPU: Intel Xeon E5450

   Overclocked to 3.6Ghz from 3Ghz
GPU: EVGA GTX 680 FTW 4GB
RAM: 8GB OCZ Reaper 800 mhz RAM
PSU: 500Watt OCZ Modxstream pro 
HD: 500 GB WD
Cooler: Koolance CPU block with pump/res combo
Case: Antec Sonata Proto

OS: Dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu

[The_Exiled]

On 12/04/2016 at 11:32 AM, frogonastring said:

That is ridiculously good looking. But you already knew that, didn't you.

Jesus that is a thing of beauty. The inspiration this thing is giving off is crazy, my mind is running wild with ideas for my own build

[Trav_X]

On 4/2/2016 at 7:09 AM, P4LL3R said:

Update, now with a watercooled Fury

That's really nice, I'm planning on doing a Define S water cooled build with the same color scheme basically but with a different CPU. How was motherboard clearance on the top with the Rad? How is the pump doing? I'm thinking of putting In a similar res + pump combo and I'm wondering whether it's enough to power the whole loop