paulstung

I've been lurking around for a while, and thought it was about time I shared my first full loop. It is almost finished I've got a few more tweaks to sort out with the cables, and the tube runs are just a temp solution as I'm going onto acrylic tube soon.
 
MSI Z87 MPower
i5 4670k @ 4.2 on 1.015v
2 x HIS HD7950's in crossfire
16gb 2400 Avexir core yellow
2 x Kingston Hyper x 120gb SSD's / 180gb intel 530 SSD / 256 gb Samsung 840 pro SSD / 60gb OCZ Vertex SSD
Corsair RM850w, with custom cables from Pexon
 
2 x Alphacool Monsta rads, 1 x 480mm, 1 x 420mm
XSPC raystorm
2 x Alphacool NexXxos blocks, and back plates
XSPC Photon 270
koolance PMP 500
Akasa Viper 120mm and 140mm all round in push pull @7v
Fesser 1/2 barbs, and TFC1 rotaries
Masterclear 7/16 hose
1ltr Mahems pastel yellow, 250ml Mayhems pastel yellow concentrate, 1ltr Mahems X1 UV yellow green
This all wrapped up in a Phanteks Enthoo Primo case.
 
 

 

 

 

 
I'll add some better pics without the kitchen roll, I'm in the middle of leek testing.
 

I'd say the Luxe, I own the primo, and I'm in the process of a Luxe build, yes the Luxe is a full tower, but it isn't that big really. As far as full towers go, it is on the smaller size, and as far as reatures go, in this price point, it won't be beat.

Late to the party again. To be honest, I might be one of two people world wide who actually likes W8.1, it took some getting used too, but once it is tweaked a little it is much smoother than 7, and it works great over triple monitors. 

Late to the party again. To be honest, I might be one of two people world wide who actually likes W8.1, it took some getting used too, but once it is tweaked a little it is much smoother than 7, and it works great over triple monitors. 

Over the last couple of weeks I've been gathering all the parts needed for a smaller for factor build, mainly for my daily driver, for browsing, streaming, and some game play sat on the couch on the 50" plasma. 
 
      Well that was the plan, until I took my 4670k out of my main rig, in order to flash the bios of a Z87 motherboard for it to take the Pentium G3258, at that point all was good, so I took the 4670k out and put it back in my main rig. That's where the OOPS comes in, I have no clue how I managed to do this but, it wouldn't boot so I stripped it down again, only to notice that on the cpu's contacts there was 2  pins stuck to it, and upon closer inspection it was bent, so it is buggered. I tried to re flatten but, it still wouldn't boot, so for the sake of a 50 quid chip, I have killed a £130 motherboard, and a 180 quid chip. Hence the name of my new main rig build, Black " OOPS ".
 
 
 
    For the build, cash was tight-ish, so I could of re used 1 or both of my 7950's but they are blocked up, and don't want to fully water cool both he cpu, and gpu, plus the reference blocks are butt ugly, so I went for the Sapphire R9 270X Toxic edition OC, with plans to add a second when either the Corsair air 240,  the Enthoo Primo Mini Xl, or  the Enthoo Evolve, I'm leaning towards the Evolve it looks sweet. The only thing I'm re using is the Koolance PMP 500 pump everything else is brand spanking. Right onto the build.
 
Temp case, Aerocool DS in orange
                Pentium G3258
                Asus Gryphon Armor Edition
                8gb 2 x 4gb, 2400Mhz Teamgroup Vulcan orange
                Sapphire R9 270X Toxic OC
                Bitfenix Fury 550w
                Various SSD's ranging from 256gb to 60gb 
                 
Cooling,
  
          XSPC Raystrom
          240mm Black Ice Stealth Cross flow
          Monsonn 16mm Hardline compression's in orange
          Monsoon 16mm black hardline
          Koolance PMP 500
          Alphacool Light Tower mini res and top combo
          mayhems Gigabyte orange pastel 1ltr
          120, 140mm Alpenfohn wing boost 2 in orange
          Stock 200m Aerocool up front
 
I've got a few mods planed, like boxing in the bottom section below the motherboard tray, to hide the cables and pump, I'm toying with the idea of incorporating a light box, as my original  plan was to light the under side of the motherboard with a 5mm acrylic panel with orange LED's drilled in from bellow, but the motherboards back plate, won't allow for that. I'm also playing around with an acrylic panel on the front of the case, to break up the orange and allowing me to remove a section to allow for better air flow coming in from the front.
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 
    That's it for now, I'm aiming to get everything installed all but the cooling side of things, today, with M- ATX being a new challenge I'm being super anal about cables and there placement tying them down as I go, also I'm stitching them with orange waxed cotton just for a bit more contrast to almost ann all black build. Also this is my first build away from black and yellow, which I've done 6 of... I like going away from the norm...lol        
 
 
  Things are coming along great, all is in bar, the plumbing, which I may or not start today, I can then make a start on the acrylic work, to hide the nasties.
 

Over the last couple of weeks I've been gathering all the parts needed for a smaller for factor build, mainly for my daily driver, for browsing, streaming, and some game play sat on the couch on the 50" plasma. 
 
      Well that was the plan, until I took my 4670k out of my main rig, in order to flash the bios of a Z87 motherboard for it to take the Pentium G3258, at that point all was good, so I took the 4670k out and put it back in my main rig. That's where the OOPS comes in, I have no clue how I managed to do this but, it wouldn't boot so I stripped it down again, only to notice that on the cpu's contacts there was 2  pins stuck to it, and upon closer inspection it was bent, so it is buggered. I tried to re flatten but, it still wouldn't boot, so for the sake of a 50 quid chip, I have killed a £130 motherboard, and a 180 quid chip. Hence the name of my new main rig build, Black " OOPS ".
 
 
 
    For the build, cash was tight-ish, so I could of re used 1 or both of my 7950's but they are blocked up, and don't want to fully water cool both he cpu, and gpu, plus the reference blocks are butt ugly, so I went for the Sapphire R9 270X Toxic edition OC, with plans to add a second when either the Corsair air 240,  the Enthoo Primo Mini Xl, or  the Enthoo Evolve, I'm leaning towards the Evolve it looks sweet. The only thing I'm re using is the Koolance PMP 500 pump everything else is brand spanking. Right onto the build.
 
Temp case, Aerocool DS in orange
                Pentium G3258
                Asus Gryphon Armor Edition
                8gb 2 x 4gb, 2400Mhz Teamgroup Vulcan orange
                Sapphire R9 270X Toxic OC
                Bitfenix Fury 550w
                Various SSD's ranging from 256gb to 60gb 
                 
Cooling,
  
          XSPC Raystrom
          240mm Black Ice Stealth Cross flow
          Monsonn 16mm Hardline compression's in orange
          Monsoon 16mm black hardline
          Koolance PMP 500
          Alphacool Light Tower mini res and top combo
          mayhems Gigabyte orange pastel 1ltr
          120, 140mm Alpenfohn wing boost 2 in orange
          Stock 200m Aerocool up front
 
I've got a few mods planed, like boxing in the bottom section below the motherboard tray, to hide the cables and pump, I'm toying with the idea of incorporating a light box, as my original  plan was to light the under side of the motherboard with a 5mm acrylic panel with orange LED's drilled in from bellow, but the motherboards back plate, won't allow for that. I'm also playing around with an acrylic panel on the front of the case, to break up the orange and allowing me to remove a section to allow for better air flow coming in from the front.
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 
    That's it for now, I'm aiming to get everything installed all but the cooling side of things, today, with M- ATX being a new challenge I'm being super anal about cables and there placement tying them down as I go, also I'm stitching them with orange waxed cotton just for a bit more contrast to almost ann all black build. Also this is my first build away from black and yellow, which I've done 6 of... I like going away from the norm...lol        
 
 
  Things are coming along great, all is in bar, the plumbing, which I may or not start today, I can then make a start on the acrylic work, to hide the nasties.
 

Over the last couple of weeks I've been gathering all the parts needed for a smaller for factor build, mainly for my daily driver, for browsing, streaming, and some game play sat on the couch on the 50" plasma. 
 
      Well that was the plan, until I took my 4670k out of my main rig, in order to flash the bios of a Z87 motherboard for it to take the Pentium G3258, at that point all was good, so I took the 4670k out and put it back in my main rig. That's where the OOPS comes in, I have no clue how I managed to do this but, it wouldn't boot so I stripped it down again, only to notice that on the cpu's contacts there was 2  pins stuck to it, and upon closer inspection it was bent, so it is buggered. I tried to re flatten but, it still wouldn't boot, so for the sake of a 50 quid chip, I have killed a £130 motherboard, and a 180 quid chip. Hence the name of my new main rig build, Black " OOPS ".
 
 
 
    For the build, cash was tight-ish, so I could of re used 1 or both of my 7950's but they are blocked up, and don't want to fully water cool both he cpu, and gpu, plus the reference blocks are butt ugly, so I went for the Sapphire R9 270X Toxic edition OC, with plans to add a second when either the Corsair air 240,  the Enthoo Primo Mini Xl, or  the Enthoo Evolve, I'm leaning towards the Evolve it looks sweet. The only thing I'm re using is the Koolance PMP 500 pump everything else is brand spanking. Right onto the build.
 
Temp case, Aerocool DS in orange
                Pentium G3258
                Asus Gryphon Armor Edition
                8gb 2 x 4gb, 2400Mhz Teamgroup Vulcan orange
                Sapphire R9 270X Toxic OC
                Bitfenix Fury 550w
                Various SSD's ranging from 256gb to 60gb 
                 
Cooling,
  
          XSPC Raystrom
          240mm Black Ice Stealth Cross flow
          Monsonn 16mm Hardline compression's in orange
          Monsoon 16mm black hardline
          Koolance PMP 500
          Alphacool Light Tower mini res and top combo
          mayhems Gigabyte orange pastel 1ltr
          120, 140mm Alpenfohn wing boost 2 in orange
          Stock 200m Aerocool up front
 
I've got a few mods planed, like boxing in the bottom section below the motherboard tray, to hide the cables and pump, I'm toying with the idea of incorporating a light box, as my original  plan was to light the under side of the motherboard with a 5mm acrylic panel with orange LED's drilled in from bellow, but the motherboards back plate, won't allow for that. I'm also playing around with an acrylic panel on the front of the case, to break up the orange and allowing me to remove a section to allow for better air flow coming in from the front.
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 
    That's it for now, I'm aiming to get everything installed all but the cooling side of things, today, with M- ATX being a new challenge I'm being super anal about cables and there placement tying them down as I go, also I'm stitching them with orange waxed cotton just for a bit more contrast to almost ann all black build. Also this is my first build away from black and yellow, which I've done 6 of... I like going away from the norm...lol        
 
 
  Things are coming along great, all is in bar, the plumbing, which I may or not start today, I can then make a start on the acrylic work, to hide the nasties.
 

Over the last couple of weeks I've been gathering all the parts needed for a smaller for factor build, mainly for my daily driver, for browsing, streaming, and some game play sat on the couch on the 50" plasma. 
 
      Well that was the plan, until I took my 4670k out of my main rig, in order to flash the bios of a Z87 motherboard for it to take the Pentium G3258, at that point all was good, so I took the 4670k out and put it back in my main rig. That's where the OOPS comes in, I have no clue how I managed to do this but, it wouldn't boot so I stripped it down again, only to notice that on the cpu's contacts there was 2  pins stuck to it, and upon closer inspection it was bent, so it is buggered. I tried to re flatten but, it still wouldn't boot, so for the sake of a 50 quid chip, I have killed a £130 motherboard, and a 180 quid chip. Hence the name of my new main rig build, Black " OOPS ".
 
 
 
    For the build, cash was tight-ish, so I could of re used 1 or both of my 7950's but they are blocked up, and don't want to fully water cool both he cpu, and gpu, plus the reference blocks are butt ugly, so I went for the Sapphire R9 270X Toxic edition OC, with plans to add a second when either the Corsair air 240,  the Enthoo Primo Mini Xl, or  the Enthoo Evolve, I'm leaning towards the Evolve it looks sweet. The only thing I'm re using is the Koolance PMP 500 pump everything else is brand spanking. Right onto the build.
 
Temp case, Aerocool DS in orange
                Pentium G3258
                Asus Gryphon Armor Edition
                8gb 2 x 4gb, 2400Mhz Teamgroup Vulcan orange
                Sapphire R9 270X Toxic OC
                Bitfenix Fury 550w
                Various SSD's ranging from 256gb to 60gb 
                 
Cooling,
  
          XSPC Raystrom
          240mm Black Ice Stealth Cross flow
          Monsonn 16mm Hardline compression's in orange
          Monsoon 16mm black hardline
          Koolance PMP 500
          Alphacool Light Tower mini res and top combo
          mayhems Gigabyte orange pastel 1ltr
          120, 140mm Alpenfohn wing boost 2 in orange
          Stock 200m Aerocool up front
 
I've got a few mods planed, like boxing in the bottom section below the motherboard tray, to hide the cables and pump, I'm toying with the idea of incorporating a light box, as my original  plan was to light the under side of the motherboard with a 5mm acrylic panel with orange LED's drilled in from bellow, but the motherboards back plate, won't allow for that. I'm also playing around with an acrylic panel on the front of the case, to break up the orange and allowing me to remove a section to allow for better air flow coming in from the front.
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 
    That's it for now, I'm aiming to get everything installed all but the cooling side of things, today, with M- ATX being a new challenge I'm being super anal about cables and there placement tying them down as I go, also I'm stitching them with orange waxed cotton just for a bit more contrast to almost ann all black build. Also this is my first build away from black and yellow, which I've done 6 of... I like going away from the norm...lol        
 
 
  Things are coming along great, all is in bar, the plumbing, which I may or not start today, I can then make a start on the acrylic work, to hide the nasties.
 

Stick with the Gentle Typhoons mate, they're some of the best rad fans out there.

Try a 30 degree fitting on the res and just a regular fitting on the rad, or the other way around.

I recently went through Shakmods who send them out to pexon, I got a full set for my RM750 consisting  of a 24, an 8, and 4 6 pins for a £100, he uses all MDPC-X sleave and does them in about 4 days. He does some good work. He does extensions too, but the price wasn't much cheaper than a full custom PSU specific, you don't send your cables off, which makes it a whole lot easier if you ever need to RMA your unit for any reason. http://www.shakmods.com/    
 
These are mine mate. 
 
http://i.imgur.com/49FwFvK.jpg
 
http://i.imgur.com/ypB8cTp.jpg

Stick with the Gentle Typhoons mate, they're some of the best rad fans out there.

Have a look at the Linmon range in Ikea, they do desk tops in various sizes, starting at £15, and desk legs from £7. They also do all kinds of little drawer units, designed to be used as 1 side of the legs, the options are almost unlimited. I done this myself with a Micke 120mm desk, with 2 Micke 4 drawer mini filing cabinets, with the 120mm Linmon desk top, and Linmon corner section. It set me back abouy £160 all in but it is huge. 240mm wide by 60 mm deep, plus the corner section. I would highly recommend this as an option. 
 
 
              One more thing with certain ranges they are designed to be mix and match regarding the heights, and they do adjustable legs.s

I had the same problem a while ago, my solution was to get a regular vesa wall bracket I found a few that are like picture frame style where you have the screws on the wall and then slide the mount onto them, they have what looks like key holes on them.
, a square piece of 3mm aluminium, and some heavy duty double sided mounting tape. 
 
 First I mounted the 3mm ally to the vesa mount with some small nuts and bolts, then mounted the ally and bracket to the rear of the monitor with the tape.All that was left to do was leave it for a while to make sure, it was stuck solid then slide it onto the screws on the wall.
 
              It was / is that strong that a year later the 3mm ally is still stuck to the rear of the monitor , I've git it back on it's stand now, but their is no chance of removing it, last time I tried the plastic was coming away from the front bezel, so I gave up and just left it. 

Mate i'm sorry to say, that if you are asking that question I think you should go off and do some serious research before yo start building your own pc. I now this might be a bit harsh, but it will save you a whole lot of headaches mate. Research, research and some more research.

If you mean the front door, there are 3 hinges on the left hand side with 2 screws on each, just undo the screws and the hole door comes off. If it's just the front panel, open the door and you will see 6 ( I think ) rubber door stops, pop them out and underneath there will be a screw undo those, and the front panel pops off. 

Thanks mate.
 
Hello matey. I hope you were stroking a cat when you said that.  lol

Hi there guys, I'm new to the forum,l so a little hello from me to start. My name is Paul and come from South Wales in the UK,  I'm 39  but a big kid, but aren't we all really ? I have only been into build your own for just over a year but have got the bug, and can't stop. This build is my 6th but only my 2nd with water cooling. My first was just a simple cpu loop on an i5 3570k.
 
 
Onto the build it started with a win on another forum of the Fractal Design R4 XL, and the plan was just to add my Z77 kit, but another lucky win from a local prize draw landed me a £1000 Amazon voucher, so I decided to treat myself to the 4670k and in my opinion the best looking motherboard on the Z87 platform, the beast that is the MSI XPower.
 
 
There wasn't much to really mod with the case except for a roof mod to hold a 360 rad, and I had to remove the drive bays to mount the Monsta 420 up front, along with the roof mod, I had to add a 3 x 120mm rad shroud to be able to go push pull. The only other mod I have planed is the door, it needs a nice big window, but the acrylic is on it's way as wee speak. enough of me some pics, they aren't the best my oh killed my dslr ( silly cow ) so I'm relying on my S4.
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 

 
 
 

 
 

 

 
 

The psu shroud is just a temp solution , I have something special being fabricated for that
 
 
 
SPECS
          
               Fractal R4 Xl                                                                                     
               MSI XPower Z87
               Intel i5 4670k 4.2 @ 1.050v
               16gb 4 x 4gb Avexir 2400mxz
               MSI 7950 / HIS 7950
               Intel 335 180gb ssd boot
               Samsung 840 pro 250gb ssd main drive
               OCZ agility 60gb music
               XFX 750w 80% silver
 
COOLING
 
                Alphacool ST30 360mm up top
                Alphacool nexXxos monsta 420 up front
                Akasa 140mm / 120mm all round in push pull
                XSPC raystorm cpu block
                Alphacool NexXxos 7950 blocks / back plates
                D5, koolance top
                Bitspower Z multi 250mm
                Fesser TFC 1 rotary fittings, fesser 1/2 barbs, fesser XFire bridge
                Primochill advanced LRT 7/16 hose
                2l de-ironised water, 500ml Mayems sunset yellow pastel concentrate
     
                 Bitfenix Alchemy extensions
                 Koolance 3 x 120mm rad shroud
                 Bitspower 140mm fan filters x4
                 23" asus LEd monitor
                 32" Lg cinema 3d tv 1080p
                 Microlab solo 7c' / beringher MS20's 
                 Steelseries Merc Stealth
                 Cyborg R.A.T 7
 
 
           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         

Hi there guys, I'm new to the forum,l so a little hello from me to start. My name is Paul and come from South Wales in the UK,  I'm 39  but a big kid, but aren't we all really ? I have only been into build your own for just over a year but have got the bug, and can't stop. This build is my 6th but only my 2nd with water cooling. My first was just a simple cpu loop on an i5 3570k.
 
 
Onto the build it started with a win on another forum of the Fractal Design R4 XL, and the plan was just to add my Z77 kit, but another lucky win from a local prize draw landed me a £1000 Amazon voucher, so I decided to treat myself to the 4670k and in my opinion the best looking motherboard on the Z87 platform, the beast that is the MSI XPower.
 
 
There wasn't much to really mod with the case except for a roof mod to hold a 360 rad, and I had to remove the drive bays to mount the Monsta 420 up front, along with the roof mod, I had to add a 3 x 120mm rad shroud to be able to go push pull. The only other mod I have planed is the door, it needs a nice big window, but the acrylic is on it's way as wee speak. enough of me some pics, they aren't the best my oh killed my dslr ( silly cow ) so I'm relying on my S4.
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 

 
 
 

 
 

 

 
 

The psu shroud is just a temp solution , I have something special being fabricated for that
 
 
 
SPECS
          
               Fractal R4 Xl                                                                                     
               MSI XPower Z87
               Intel i5 4670k 4.2 @ 1.050v
               16gb 4 x 4gb Avexir 2400mxz
               MSI 7950 / HIS 7950
               Intel 335 180gb ssd boot
               Samsung 840 pro 250gb ssd main drive
               OCZ agility 60gb music
               XFX 750w 80% silver
 
COOLING
 
                Alphacool ST30 360mm up top
                Alphacool nexXxos monsta 420 up front
                Akasa 140mm / 120mm all round in push pull
                XSPC raystorm cpu block
                Alphacool NexXxos 7950 blocks / back plates
                D5, koolance top
                Bitspower Z multi 250mm
                Fesser TFC 1 rotary fittings, fesser 1/2 barbs, fesser XFire bridge
                Primochill advanced LRT 7/16 hose
                2l de-ironised water, 500ml Mayems sunset yellow pastel concentrate
     
                 Bitfenix Alchemy extensions
                 Koolance 3 x 120mm rad shroud
                 Bitspower 140mm fan filters x4
                 23" asus LEd monitor
                 32" Lg cinema 3d tv 1080p
                 Microlab solo 7c' / beringher MS20's 
                 Steelseries Merc Stealth
                 Cyborg R.A.T 7