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custom loop s340 "gaming" machine

matthew.hawkinson14
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Figured i would actually make a build log since i will building this over the period of the next few weeks.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jxmkmG

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker....mG/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($234.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g Thermal Paste  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (32/64-bit)  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Monitor: Dell P2214H 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case Fan: Cougar Vortex 70.5 CFM 140mm  Fan  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case Fan: Cougar Vortex 70.5 CFM 140mm  Fan  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Mouse: SteelSeries Call of Duty Black Ops II Wired Laser Mouse  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Other: Asus P8P67 Pro (Purchased)
 
My setup will consist of a dual 140 radiator in the front and single 120 in the rear, i already have a phobia 150 balancer, so i will be using that until i can come up with something nicer.... my fitting are starting to come in and my paracord came in today as well, i will be making a trip to hobby lobby tonight to pick up some nylon thread and needles to sleeve and sew my psu and fan cables... i will update this more as parts come in

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You're gonna need to put some 90 degree fittings on that GPU or the tubing wont fit with the side panel closed.

NEW PC build: Blank Heaven   minimalist white and black PC     Old S340 build log "White Heaven"        The "LIGHTCANON" flashlight build log        Project AntiRoll (prototype)        Custom speaker project

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I have this case and love it. I've thought about how a watercooled rig would look in it, or even throwing a R9 295x2 in my rig, but the rad for it would have to be in the front intake.

 

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Enderman, thats why i ordered the 90 degree fittings for, everything else should be straight fittings

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Enderman, thats why i ordered the 90 degree fittings for, everything else should be straight fittings

Remember to quote @Enderman so he will get a notification and see you replied to him. :) And read the CoC here if you have not already.

Also, I'm excited to see this finished. :D

 

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Secondary (Plex): CPU Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @1.099v | RAM Samsun Wonder 16GB CL9 1600 (sadly no oc) | GPU Asus GTX 680 4GB DCII | Motherboard ASRock H97M-Pro4 | HDDs Seagate 1TB, WD Blue 1TB, WD Blue 3TB | Case Corsair Air 240 (Black) | PSU EVGA 600B | Cooling GeminII S524

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DangerousNotDell New Parts For Main Rig Build Log, Señor Shiny  I am a beautiful person. The comments for your help. I have to be a good book. I have to be a good book. I have to be a good book.

 

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Remember to quote @Enderman so he will get a notification and see you replied to him. :) And read the CoC here if you have not already.

Also, I'm excited to see this finished. :D

Thanks :)  still new to these forum things......i thought they died when Facebook came along lol /sarcasm

 

also, I'm very excited to see this finished lol, I found a new cylinder res and pump setup a few days ago but i didn't bookmark it so i can find it now :(  i think it was a swifttech pump mounted to a block w/ rad on top, thats what i want to order if i can find it again

 

EDIT:  i lied, i found it :) http://www.frozencpu.com/products/21480/ex-pmp-263/XSPC_Photon_170_Tube_Glass_Cylinder_Reservoir_Pump_Combo_D5_Vario.html

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I'm not dead lol...been working on it slowly....here's my attempt at sleeping and sewing cables

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well here she is in all her glory, its not done by any means, will be ordering a new dual rad, tons of new fittings and acrylic tubing.  i already have some of the acrylic tubes, just need fittings and different coolant.  temps never go above 40c and it runs BF4 on ultra @ 70fps, cs go on ultra @ 100+ fps, if your interested in specs just ask.

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well here she is in all her glory, its not done by any means, will be ordering a new dual rad, tons of new fittings and acrylic tubing.  i already have some of the acrylic tubes, just need fittings and different coolant.  temps never go above 40c and it runs BF4 on ultra @ 70fps, cs go on ultra @ 100+ fps, if your interested in specs just ask.

 

Nice work , but why no coloured liquid :( It doesnt make the system as "cool" looking

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I think he has color coolant, look carefully at the reservoir 

Well it looks barely blue.Unless its UV reactive.

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i was suppose to get blue coolant, but they sent me UV reactive blue coolant on accident, but before i noticed i already had it in my system lol.  

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I'm getting ready to order new fittings and acrylic tubing, my question is, I've heard that acrylic tubing has "sizes" but they all have variants.....as long as i order 3/8 ID tubing, 3/8ID fittings should work right?

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I'm getting ready to order new fittings and acrylic tubing, my question is, I've heard that acrylic tubing has "sizes" but they all have variants.....as long as i order 3/8 ID tubing, 3/8ID fittings should work right?

 

I think you should look into PETG tubing, as that is what I am about to use for my custom loop. 

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I think you should look into PETG tubing, as that is what I am about to use for my custom loop. 

do you have a link so i can look in to it? thanks in advance!

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so changed up the whole setup in my pc, and will be changing up from soft tubing to hard tubing, i will be changing from a all in one cpu block to a standard cpu block w/ either a d5 pump res combo or ddc pump res combo, i will be changing to a dual 140 res and finish up changing all the fans to cougar fans.  Im gonna be using bits power crystal link tubes and bits power fittings, still looking for a pump res combo and 1150 water block, ill snap some updated pics tonight.  ill leave you with a pic of my first hard tube bend, I'm pretty happy with it!  post-188905-0-36136100-1442407893_thumb.

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Well I broke down and redid the whole setup in my pc, purchased the ek-kit l240 r2.0 all I can say is I love it! Still need a few more accs to be done but I'm happy with it. No hard tubing for now, wanna practice a little bit first.

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