THE GREEN MACHINE

[Woodypc]

Hello Everyone, I have finally finished by build to upgrade my Rig.

If you have eagle eyes you may have noticed little clues on posts I have made, so lets begin.

 

Last Year I updated my PC with a lot of new components and Water cooled the CPU, and upgraded to 2 HD6850 in crossfire.

I still has some more water cooling gear left over that I got in a bundle I scored, so when I saw a HD7950 on special I garbed it and then the madness happened. However as I like in New Zealand and had to order thing in from overseas the build ended up costing me an arm 'n' a leg lol. :(

 

Specs for the PC are in my Signature.

 

He is a picture of the PC before I upgraded it. (Sorry about the quality on this one camera be crazy)

 

 

New GPU and Controller

 

GPU back, love it in black.

 

Set up for fan sleeving.

 

Sleeving turned out good for my first try.

 

Well they all work so that is a positive lol as I took the connectors off to sleeve them.

 

Here is the Pump all nicely sleeved.

 

 

Theses taps are great, one turn and it is all empty. 7950 is in there for a test before being WC.( Note you should always test the Hardware be fore water cooling it)

 

Everything striped out.

 

This is what happens to rads in hell lol.

 

Hare drive bays out.

 

Test fitting front 360mm rad and res.

 

GPU getting ready for Water Block.

 

The good old MX-2 and Arcticlean.

 

All screwed down nice and tight.

 

Front Rad in place, but still working things out.

 

Res mounted.

 

 

Tubing done.

 

Filled loop and testing for leak, luckily there was none :).

 

Cold cathodes all sleeved up.

 

I cut out the top of the grill bracing to allow room for the fans on top.

 

Everything almost finished, just have to fix up one of the fans up top the t cable seams to be broken..

 

Everything is all nicely sleeved.

 

In the light.

 

Now in the dark. No cold cathodes yet.

 

Fans on the top.

 

With cold cathodes installed and case all closed up.

 

And lastly what it look like from my seat.

 

Thank for looking, hope you enjoyed it. :)

[Royal_Rasta]

nice build, and the led's are sooo bright, you can light a room with that xD

 

the pump is in a weird position though but still doesn't matter :D

 

nicely done :)

[Woodypc]

nice build, and the led's are sooo bright, you can light a room with that xD

 

the pump is in a weird position though but still doesn't matter :D

 

nicely done :)

Thanks. Yeh the lights a made a lot worse by the camera, I am no camera expert so the pics are not the best.

The pump is there because it seamed the best place to put it and I had to move things around a lot to make the build work.

[911^NEmeSis]

Very very nice build there mate!

Good work on the cable sleeving, and from that picture, looked like a lot of fun... :D

One thing is that I thought the 990fx Sabertooth came with the thermal armour but I guess I'm wrong.

[Woodypc]

Very very nice build there mate!

Good work on the cable sleeving, and from that picture, looked like a lot of fun... :D

One thing is that I thought the 990fx Sabertooth came with the thermal armour but I guess I'm wrong.

Only the Intel Sabertooth has the armor. Want fun what about this, clean it up please?

[iSuzak]

Looks really cool :)

by the way how can you sleep with this mess ? :P

[Woodypc]

Looks really cool :)

by the way how can you sleep with this mess ? :P

Luckily It is the spare room/ my PC room, my desk is HUGE.

[Royal_Rasta]

Thanks. Yeh the lights a made a lot worse by the camera, I am no camera expert so the pics are not the best.

The pump is there because it seamed the best place to put it and I had to move things around a lot to make the build work.

i think it's because the light are so bright the camera screwed it up, i have the same problem with my led strips.

but now you lost like 2 expansion slots on your mobo because of the pumps location.

on the other hand the tubing runs are nice and short.

[Woodypc]

i think it's because the light are so bright the camera screwed it up, i have the same problem with my led strips.

but now you lost like 2 expansion slots on your mobo because of the pumps location.

on the other hand the tubing runs are nice and short.

I don't need them and if I xfire ill move the pump down and have worked out the measurement so it will fix. Also BTW the led strip is now in the front and supposed to look cool but they don't look right yet so not pugged in yet.

[JupiteL]

Nice build! Love to see black and green case. And man, you're gonna have a hell time cleaning up that room xD

[kierden]

Wow, love the build! Got a bit of a thing for green and black (As you'll all see in a couple of months :P). Were you not tempted to paint the colour rings on those Corsair SP fans?

[That Norwegian Guy]

BitFenix FTW! Your lighting is really even, good job!

[nicholaswillems]

I expected GPU's from the green team in a green build ;D

 

Anyways, nice and sleek build :D

[Theo]

Lol@irony, calling it a green machine with an AMD card!

Just joking, looks goooood! I want a custom loop now!

[JordanMac]

Very good! you've cleaned it right up :)

[Woodypc]

Yeh I know was originally going to use a green c70 was a military style build with the Sabertooth  but then I got the 2*360 rads and needed a cheapish case that would fit them. It is a bit ironic dut the are so many red and blue builds and the green just look cool my old build using the Antec 902 was blue so needed a change. But everything is green even the PSU striker is green and the copper on the RAM heat sinks looks cool to.

[Marco Martinho]

Very cool color scheme! 

[Woodypc]

Very cool color scheme! 

Thanks :)

[Nicktrance]

Awesome build, very clean and nice colour scheme. Only things I would change are the bright LEDs and I'd use green coolant

[Denned]

Looks great with the green. Not the most common color scheme, yet one of the coolest imo. :)

[Woodypc]

Awesome build, very clean and nice colour scheme. Only things I would change are the bright LEDs and I'd use green coolant

The leds in the first build before they were removed were a bit bright with the panel off but they have been moved now. I did not use green coloured coolant and just went with green tubing as from doing research I decided no matter which way you colour the coolant it always breaks down and starts to clog the water blocks so I just opted to use distiled waster and a kill coil. The only way you can tell is the ress but when lit with the fan leds and the C Cathodes it looks good anyway.

[Woodypc]

Looks great with the green. Not the most common color scheme, yet one of the coolest imo. :)

Thanks. Yeh I am getting a bot sick of the blue and red builds, every one likes those colours and I wanted something different.