The Water Cooling Gallery

[NoxiousOdor]

39 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

@WhisperingKnickers, see the rig the guy above me quoted. 

Oh my goodness it is beautiful

[Zando_]

52 minutes ago, WhisperingKnickers said:

Oh my goodness it is beautiful

Yup yup yup. Once the current X99 platform gets really old like LGA1366, mebbe you can upgrade...

[Dingleberrez]

On 9/5/2017 at 5:45 PM, PanteaDropper said:

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.

I'm looking to do that soon.  I work at a University so my pay is on and off as the year goes on, haha.

[Graham D]

over the last week i have managed to water cool my hackintosh using 16mm stainless tubing

with EV2 Monsoon fitting. please comment

[Zando_]

35 minutes ago, Graham D said:

over the last week i have managed to water cool my hackintosh using 16mm stainless tubing

with EV2 Monsoon fitting. please comment

Oooooo... I have the same case. Specs? And noice that it's an unofficial Mac. My rig can boot either, I use macOS for any video editing or web browsing stuff, windows is really for games. 

[Guest]

Nice Builds in this topic.

 

 

[Raxxath]

Still have some fixes and changes to make, but here's mine.

 

Fractal Define C TG

HWLabs Nemesis GTS 360

HWLabs Nemesis GTS 240

EK-XTOP Revo D5

EK Supremacy EVO on a 4770k

MSI GTX 1080 Sea Hawk EK X

A whole lot of Barrow fittings and reservoir

 

A few notes:

-I had to cut out a small part of the PSU shroud do allow the D5 to fit there

-The D5 is decoupled on a Shoggy Sandwich and run at low speed along with the fans for near silence

-I bought a Cablemod cable replacement kit for my Corsair RM550x, but the 550x only has enough ports for the ugly stock double PCI-E power connector you see there. So I have to buy a RM650x if I want to be able to use the pretty individual sleeved PCI-E connectors

-I need to get another Cablemod hybrid light strip to go with the one in there now, so I can place them better

-I need better radiator fans. Gentle Typhoons are too noisy at ultra low speeds. They're better suited for the 800-1000 RPM range of performance/noise

-The 90 degree fitting on the top radiator would have been better as a 45, but I ran out of them

-I ordered a clear reservoir and got a tinted one instead, so it doesn't show the UV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS: Taking pictures of tempered glass without reflections is damn near impossible.

[Cgomolak]

Intel i7-7700k

Asus Strix Z270E

Nvidia GTX 1080 FE

Corsair RM850i

Intel 730 Series SSD 240 GB

WD Black 1 TB

WD Blue 1 TB

 

Watercooling:

EK Supremacy Evo - Nickel

EK-FC GeForce GTX FE - Nickel

2x EK-RES X3 250

EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM - Plexi

EK-HDC Fitting 16mm G1/4 - Black

2x EK-CoolStream SE 360

PrimoChill True - Opaque UV Green SX

Bitspower PETG Tube OD 16mm - Length 1000MM

 

https://imgur.com/gallery/NuUtV

[Mac-Joe]

On 25/05/2017 at 9:36 AM, Mac-Joe said:

SOMEHOW ITS NEVER FINISHED !!! the wife said... well is it my fault, creativity takes time.

 

Project NAUTILUS...

 

phase 1 hardware installation and testing: DONE

phase 2 power control and cable management for all devices under the desk: DONE

phase 3 OS installation (Win10, macOS, Linux): IN PROGRESS

phase 4 Visual improvements: PLANED

 

what do you get when watching LTT late at night with to much wine and a loose credit card...

1x awesome computer setup

and 1x pissed off to the max wife for using her dilnner table !!!

 

... but at least its working... and boy does it work... :-)

 

thanks people.

 

mac-joe

 

 

[Mac-Joe]

Why is it never finished ???

[Lunatics]

I see a lot of you guys using colored liquid in your loops, sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but I was under the impression that this is not a good idea and can clog up your loop and cause issues, is this true or have improvements been made to the liquids and they do not have these issues anymore in the same way? I am looking to build my own first custom loop and plan to use hard tubing for it and still trying to figure out all the little things I need and to go with clear tubing vs colored tubing or if colored liquid is an option etc. I feel pretty overwhelmed but think I am starting to get a fairly decent understanding of what I need to do and all of the parts I need to do it, but I was curious about the colored coolant most of you seem to be using in here. I am building into a corsair 570x case like the top post on page 43 and cannot wait to get to work and have it finished.

[JDMFTW]

3 minutes ago, Lunatics said:

I see a lot of you guys using colored liquid in your loops, sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but I was under the impression that this is not a good idea and can clog up your loop and cause issues, is this true or have improvements been made to the liquids and they do not have these issues anymore in the same way? I am looking to build my own first custom loop and plan to use hard tubing for it and still trying to figure out all the little things I need and to go with clear tubing vs colored tubing or if colored liquid is an option etc. I feel pretty overwhelmed but think I am starting to get a fairly decent understanding of what I need to do and all of the parts I need to do it, but I was curious about the colored coolant most of you seem to be using in here. I am building into a corsair 570x case like the top post on page 43 and cannot wait to get to work and have it finished.

99% of dyes don't clog a system so long as they are not Opaque. 

Some opaque dyes have been known to clog over time.

[KWelz]

5 minutes ago, Lunatics said:

I see a lot of you guys using colored liquid in your loops, sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but I was under the impression that this is not a good idea and can clog up your loop and cause issues, is this true or have improvements been made to the liquids and they do not have these issues anymore in the same way? I am looking to build my own first custom loop and plan to use hard tubing for it and still trying to figure out all the little things I need and to go with clear tubing vs colored tubing or if colored liquid is an option etc. I feel pretty overwhelmed but think I am starting to get a fairly decent understanding of what I need to do and all of the parts I need to do it, but I was curious about the colored coolant most of you seem to be using in here. I am building into a corsair 570x case like the top post on page 43 and cannot wait to get to work and have it finished.

Just use quality dyes made for Watercooling.  Mayhems, EK, Primochill, etc.   Do not try to use food coloring, Ritt, or other similar consumer dyes.  

[Mac-Joe]

7 minutes ago, Lunatics said:

I see a lot of you guys using colored liquid in your loops, sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but I was under the impression that this is not a good idea and can clog up your loop and cause issues, is this true or have improvements been made to the liquids and they do not have these issues anymore in the same way? I am looking to build my own first custom loop and plan to use hard tubing for it and still trying to figure out all the little things I need and to go with clear tubing vs colored tubing or if colored liquid is an option etc. I feel pretty overwhelmed but think I am starting to get a fairly decent understanding of what I need to do and all of the parts I need to do it, but I was curious about the colored coolant most of you seem to be using in here. I am building into a corsair 570x case like the top post on page 43 and cannot wait to get to work and have it finished.

Most Pastel/Opaque colors leave residue behind wich narrows the flow path over time, most translucent coolants come clean on a thorough flush with distilled water because they do not have the pigment density as the Pastel/Opaque coolants do.  

[unknownmiscreant]

Ryzen 1700x 4Ghz.

EVGA GTX1070 FTW OC 2076MHz

16GB G.Skill Flare X 3466MHz CL14.

Asus Crosshair VI Hero.

Intel 540s boot drive

EVGA 850 G2 with custom made paracord sleeved cables. (god that was a boring weekend.)

Water cooled with EK Supremacy Evo, EK D5 pump and EK P360 rad.

Its all in a (rather small) corsair 460x case.

 

Does anyone have any ideas for what to call it?

 

Fun fact, the stock EVGA backplate on my 1070 was fully compatible with the EK FTW2 edition water block I have installed on the card. Despite the fact I was told the exact opposite by EKWB support.

 

Heres a picture with white lighting so everything can be seen, but it really needs a video to do my custom RGB controller that runs the aura synced chaser effects on the individually addressable LED strip all round the case and SP120 RGB front fans justice. Mods, am I allowed to post a video of it here??

[Lunatics]

On 10/11/2017 at 1:57 PM, Mac-Joe said:

Most Pastel/Opaque colors leave residue behind wich narrows the flow path over time, most translucent coolants come clean on a thorough flush with distilled water because they do not have the pigment density as the Pastel/Opaque coolants do.  

I was thinking about using Mayhems coolants, is there one that is not "pastel/opaque" and is more of a translucent green color? Would love to go with a colored coolant but am afraid to use one of those thick colored coolants or one with the silvery flakes in it, if that makes any sense.

[unknownmiscreant]

8 hours ago, Lunatics said:

I was thinking about using Mayhems coolants, is there one that is not "pastel/opaque" and is more of a translucent green color? Would love to go with a colored coolant but am afraid to use one of those thick colored coolants or one with the silvery flakes in it, if that makes any sense.

I would recommend EK cryofuel.

 

Be careful of mayhems, whilst they may be good coolants, the SDS (safety datasheet) is very vague about the active ingredients of the coolant. When questioned, dubious answers were provided. 

EK on the other hand were very straight forward. Take a look at the thread below.

 

 

[Mac-Joe]

23 hours ago, Lunatics said:

I was thinking about using Mayhems coolants, is there one that is not "pastel/opaque" and is more of a translucent green color? Would love to go with a colored coolant but am afraid to use one of those thick colored coolants or one with the silvery flakes in it, if that makes any sense.

I am currently using the Mayhems X1 Series (UV Green) in my system...  after ever drain and a series of flushes I check for staining  or other type of left-behinds (clear water blocks) but it comes clean every time. I have tried Mayhems Aurora Coolants (Silver, Blue, Red), the effect settles down after a while and can only be seen adequately in larger reservoirs. It took me almost 7 gallons of stilled water to flush my system complete clean of the stuff. It is better to stick with simple fluids and dyes. Primochill Vue is supposed to be an awesome effect coolant which will not clog they say, but it is still being testet and we are all waiting for it PRIMOCHILL!.

[jgperson]

On 10/12/2017 at 11:26 AM, Lunatics said:

I was thinking about using Mayhems coolants, is there one that is not "pastel/opaque" and is more of a translucent green color? Would love to go with a colored coolant but am afraid to use one of those thick colored coolants or one with the silvery flakes in it, if that makes any sense.

Go with XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate UV green. Looks great.

[Lunatics]

Thanks for the replys guys. As I am still buying parts as time goes and waiting for my 8700k and finalizing all of the pieces I will need to build a custom loop, I am planning on trying to wait for the Primochill Vue coolants. I know it's too early to tell for sure but things sound promising from what people have been saying about it and it looks cool. I do plan on getting a decent sized radiator for my build to see everything inside. Hoping this will be as good as it is being made out to be right now, otherwise I will go with a standard UV green coolant.

[spikehob]

 Here is my latest build , but this is being transplanted to a new case and mobo soon . 

[Limecat86]

On 22-10-2017 at 6:27 PM, spikehob said:

 Here is my latest build , but this is being transplanted to a new case and mobo soon . 

--SNIP--

Better invest in a bigger desk too.

[Steemax]

I just have a basic CPU loop using EK parts. Really want to do my GPU's but i'm battling with the "worth it" factor. Only reason I would do it at this point is for noise and aesthetics. Temps are fine. 

 

Coolant is Cryofuel Lime Yellow in case anyone was wondering

[CoalitionGaming]

Full custom solution on my friend's Threadripper 1920x and GTX 1080 build, using the MSI Seahawk EK variant of the card. 

 

 

 

 

 

[damstr]

7700k - 1080 Ti - 1TB 960 Evo - Asus Z270F

 

I have since swapped out the bottom XE 360 for a single PE 120 and configured it in push/pull and my system actually runs cooler. 1080 Ti rarely breaks 40C and the the 7700k (delidded) is @ 4.9 1.264v hovers around high 50's for gaming and 62-64C while running handbrake.