The Water Cooling Gallery

[Zando_]

6 minutes ago, Zhanming12 said:

My recently completed workstation project  This is a dual Xeon, 44-core rig with GTX 1080's in SLI and 256 G's of RAM. All EK loop.

And again, I wonder why there isn't a *wow* or *jawdropped* reaction for posts. Amazing build, totally awesome loop! I've got an Evolv for my future, slow accumulation of parts PC, so this help give me inspiration for my build!

[Zhanming12]

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

And again, I wonder why there isn't a *wow* or *jawdropped* reaction for posts. Amazing build, totally awesome loop! I've got an Evolv for my future, slow accumulation of parts PC, so this help give me inspiration for my build!

 

Thanks! The Evolv TG is really nice to build in. My only complaint is the weight of the glass panels and the lack of a built-in filter option for the top fans. 

[Tim85404]

[Tim85404]

Oops

[KWelz]

4 hours ago, Tim85404 said:

Smexy Comp

 

How did you mount that top Radiator.  I have been working on trying to water cool in my 570X and keep running into major clearance issues with the RAM and top Rad.  

[Majormech46940]

This is the first time I have tried to build a watercooled pc. I did have a little leak from the top cap on the res. It was my fault, I tightened down the fitting to hard and cracked it. I am very happy with all of the parts i have used. 
Motherboard-Gigabyte z270 gaming 7 
GPU-gigabyte gtx 1080 ti extreme oc to 2075 mhz and 6000 mhz on the memory
CPU-i7 7700k oc to 5.1 at 1.325v 
Case-thermaltake view 31 
Memory-32gb of Patriot viper elite 2133 mhz oc to 3000mhz 
Harddrives-1tb hdd, Samsung evo 500gb   
Primochill - d5 pwm pump, 2 360mm radiator, 1/2 inch rigid PETG tubing, ice intensified - Low-Conductive Coolant, and Rigid RevolverSX Series Fitting  
Ekwb- gigabyte 1080 ti water block Supremacy EVO CPU Water Block  
The reservoir is a monsoon reservoir 
Cpu max temp was around 70c and the gpu never went over 45c.

[Tim85404]

5 hours ago, KWelz said:

How did you mount that top Radiator.  I have been working on trying to water cool in my 570X and keep running into major clearance issues with the RAM and top Rad.  

[Echo259]

On 7/19/2017 at 2:12 AM, tom_w141 said:

Mixing Fahrenheit and Celsius in the same post you madman. I was wondering where on Earth you lived  But you are using Fahrenheit so that immediately narrowed it down to 1 place on the planet  

Haha it's funny because I'm raised on Fahrenheit but for PC's I got used to using Celsius. The struggle is real =(.

[Echo259]

On 8/5/2017 at 9:51 PM, Majormech46940 said:

This is the first time I have tried to build a watercooled pc. I did have a little leak from the top cap on the res. It was my fault, I tightened down the fitting to hard and cracked it. I am very happy with all of the parts i have used. 
Motherboard-Gigabyte z270 gaming 7 
GPU-gigabyte gtx 1080 ti extreme oc to 2075 mhz and 6000 mhz on the memory
CPU-i7 7700k oc to 5.1 at 1.325v 
Case-thermaltake view 31 
Memory-32gb of Patriot viper elite 2133 mhz oc to 3000mhz 
Harddrives-1tb hdd, Samsung evo 500gb   
Primochill - d5 pwm pump, 2 360mm radiator, 1/2 inch rigid PETG tubing, ice intensified - Low-Conductive Coolant, and Rigid RevolverSX Series Fitting  
Ekwb- gigabyte 1080 ti water block Supremacy EVO CPU Water Block  
The reservoir is a monsoon reservoir 
Cpu max temp was around 70c and the gpu never went over 45c.

Define S? Great job modding it. I chickened out on mine and just ended up buying a new case. I miss it. Such a great case.

 

Edit: oops just saw what case you used. Still a great mod job.

[splodeybaloney]

Just thought to throw mine in here. Most of the PC was built last summer but got a GPU + watercooling upgrade a month or two ago.

 

PC specs:

NZXT Phantom 820 case

i7 6700k @ 4.5 GHz

2x 1080ti in SLI

MSI Xpower Gaming Titanium Z170 motherboard

16 GB Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM

500 GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD

4 TB Western Digital Black storage drive

NZXT Hue+ lighting

 

Loop specs, all EKWB:

Monoblock for the motherboard/CPU

FC 1080Ti nickel blocks for the GPUs, with black nickel backplates

Plexi parallel triple FC terminal, with parallel blank in the middle

PE 360 radiator on top, PE 240 radiator on the bottom

5 EK Vardar fans

Drive bay reservoir with flow indicator

White Primochill PrimoFlex™ tubing

Filled with clear EK Cryofuel

 

Few build process pictures here: https://imgur.com/gallery/Z5RUn 

PC Part Picker list for entire setup here: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/splodeybaloney/saved/wTsqsY

 

[waffleman198]

• AMD Ryzen 1800X
• EK Supremacy EVO Full Nickel AM4
• AsRock X370 Taichi
• Corsair Dominator 8GB x 4
• Nvidia GTX 1080 Founders SLI
• EK 1080 Founders Full Cover WB with Nickel backplate
• Samsung 960 512GB
• EK NVMe Heatsink Nickel
• Samsung 850 Evo 1TB x2 (RAID 0)
• Samsung 850 Pro 512GB x2 (RAID 0)
• Heatkiller Tube 100 Reservoir
• Heatkiller D5 Top
• Noctua NF-F12 w/ White Chromax
• EK 360MM RAD
• AlphaCool Chrome HardTube
• Monsoon and EK fittings
• InWin 909
• Corsair HX100i

[jgperson]

Check out my build log in this forum for my latest watercooled build!! Modded PowerMac G5 case dual boot hackintosh running macOS 10.12.6 and windows 10. 

 

[cynexit]

16 hours ago, jgperson said:

Check out my build log in this forum for my latest watercooled build!! Modded PowerMac G5 case dual boot hackintosh running macOS 10.12.6 and windows 10. 

You're a braver man than me. The PSU mounted with that many fittings just above it's intake just screams "very expensive and damaging leak" to me, I would probably freeze in fear every time I'd look at it.

Besides that the setup as a whole looks really nice, huge fan of that violet lighting.

[jgperson]

7 hours ago, cynexit said:

You're a braver man than me. The PSU mounted with that many fittings just above it's intake just screams "very expensive and damaging leak" to me, I would probably freeze in fear every time I'd look at it.

Besides that the setup as a whole looks really nice, huge fan of that violet lighting.

Thanks! Yeah it is a little worry some at first but nothing a good day of leak testing doesn't help you get over. Lol. Thanks for the comment! 

 

[Datrat]

On 8/5/2017 at 0:14 PM, Tim85404 said:

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!

[HWChopper]

I made a video of my first watercooling build. hope you all enjoy.

[ChrisConfal]

My first crack at a watercooling build, went soft tube but i will be going hardline in the near future, as the ek duraclear im using looks to be leaching plasticizers as its building up with a white powdery look after just a month of use. 

 

Specs:

7700k

16Gb Corsair 3000mhz vengeance led

Gigabyte 270x gaming 5 motherboard

aorus 1080ti extreme WB

 

 

[Limecat86]

On 27-8-2017 at 10:05 AM, HWChopper said:

I made a video of my first watercooling build. hope you all enjoy.

Those plasti dipped parts look nice.

Although, in the last video of Operation Get WET, you are assembling and filling your loop but your coolant flows in the wrong direction through your CPU block.

[Limecat86]

22 hours ago, ChrisConfal said:

My first crack at a watercooling build, went soft tube but i will be going hardline in the near future, as the ek duraclear im using looks to be leaching plasticizers as its building up with a white powdery look after just a month of use. 

 

Specs:

7700k

16Gb Corsair 3000mhz vengeance led

Gigabyte 270x gaming 5 motherboard

aorus 1080ti extreme WB

 

 

White powdery look? Do you mean that the tubes are getting foggy? It's quite common for clear soft tubing to get foggy within a month or 2. 

Plasticizer most likely will build up in your CPU block and eventually clogging it.

[ChrisConfal]

Yeah foggy sort of look, ill be getting the order of hardline soon so that should solve that problem

[HWChopper]

6 hours ago, Limecat86 said:

Those plasti dipped parts look nice.

Although, in the last video of Operation Get WET, you are assembling and filling your loop but your coolant flows in the wrong direction through your CPU block.

thanks mate ill check it out as Im going to redo it over christmas break anyway

[Dingleberrez]

Hey guys! I've been getting help from the forums with a few heat issues and such, but I finally finished rebuilding my PC.

Specs:

 

i7 6700k

Asus AR-z170 MoBo

64 GB DDR4 Ballistix RAM (changed heat spreaders to match color)

EK 240mm Rad with starter kit

Mayhems Pastel White Coolant

Asus 1070 turbo

NZXT G12 and Kraken x62

CableMod's UV+RGB LED kit+add-on

Thermaltake 750w PSU

In Win 303 case

270 GB SSD

1 TB Barracuda HDD x 2

 

It might not be as clean or beautiful as some of the computers on here, but I gave it my best shot!  I promised to share a few of the pictures, and here they are:

[PanteaDropper]

On 9/3/2017 at 4:24 PM, Dingleberrez said:

Hey guys! I've been getting help from the forums with a few heat issues and such, but I finally finished rebuilding my PC.

Specs:

 

i7 6700k

Asus AR-z170 MoBo

64 GB DDR4 Ballistix RAM (changed heat spreaders to match color)

EK 240mm Rad with starter kit

Mayhems Pastel White Coolant

Asus 1070 turbo

NZXT G12 and Kraken x62

CableMod's UV+RGB LED kit+add-on

Thermaltake 750w PSU

In Win 303 case

270 GB SSD

1 TB Barracuda HDD x 2

 

It might not be as clean or beautiful as some of the computers on here, but I gave it my best shot!  I promised to share a few of the pictures, and here they are:

im sure you can clean up the build with a minimal $$ investment.... u have tempered glass and u already have a bunch of matching parts..... might as well get the proper color coordinated cords to finish the look.

[THFourteen]

Don't even need to spend money on it, just use some zip ties to manage some of the cables and it'll look a whole lot cleaner!

[LTFoReal]

On 8/4/2017 at 1:44 PM, Zhanming12 said:

My recently completed workstation project  This is a dual Xeon, 44-core rig with GTX 1080's in SLI and 256 G's of RAM. All EK loop.

 

 

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Top fan cavity mod for the Evolv ATX with Furious Vardar's. I added a 360*180mm magnetic filter to cover the intakes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here it is on my desk 

 

 

Dude that is insane and extra clean. Didn't even know you could dual cpu a system lol. Guessing you do a lot of processor heavy stuff.