The Water Cooling Gallery

[Malak]

Soooo... My first ever attempt at a water cooling loop...

 

I'm dubbing it 'The Communist'... Its a lot of red. 

 

Utterly pointless as my cpu isn't unlocked, but a great learning experience!

 

i54570

gtx Titan

Generic Asus mobo 

Generic RAM

Cheap pump/block/ reservoir/radiator/fans I got from Chinese EBay (taobao)

 

Built in my Core V21

 

[jgperson]

Both of my current water cooled rigs.

 

1. 

Processor: Intel 4790K OC to 4.8 GHz

RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance 2400 MHz DDR3

MOBO: Asus Z97-A USB 3.1

Graphics Cards: 2x EVGA GTX 980 SC in SLI

PSU: Corsair AX1200i

Case: Corsair Air 540

 

 

2. 

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X OC to 4.275 GHz

RAM: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 3000MHz DDR4

MOBO: Asus Crosshair VI Hero

Graphics Cards: Zotac GTX 1080 TI

PSU: Corsair RM850x

Case: NZXT H440 White

 

[Mick Naughty]

10 minutes ago, jgperson said:

 

 

Inb4 loop routing get questioned.

 

Love me a 540 build though. Few of the same parts myself. 

[Mac-Joe]

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

 

[KWelz]

2 hours ago, Mac-Joe said:

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

 

That is......   I just have no words.  This is literally the first Desk Computer that I actually like.   Most have too much of an industrial design.  More suited for a Bachelor pad or Dorm room than a house.   

 

But this one is perfect for any setting.   

 

 

[jgperson]

Had a pump fail in the Ryzen build I posted earlier. Here is the new loop design with the new pump. Currently dealing with graphics card issues though and I cant figure out why...

[documnt]

Hi all, here are pics of my old system... Which I just finally finished.  Now on to my Ryzen, hopefully it doesn't take 3 years to finish.

 

Asus P6X58D Premium

Xeon X5675 running at 3289mhz

24 Gig of DDR3 Corsair 1600mhz memory running at 1430mhz

2 Radeon R9 295x2's in Crossfire

EVGA 1600 T2 Power Supply

Samsung 840 Evo 500 Gig

2 Tb WD Black 

Ek Blocks Throughout

Monsoon Fittings and Reservoir.

360 XE EK Radiator

240  GT Stealth

Coolerguys/Gentle Typhoon Fans

Arduino Mega 2560 Fan Controller (Home made)

Cooler Master CM690 ii Case.

 

[0ld_Chicken]

A build must be looming!  This time i set up a little temp pc from spare parts while i work on my main system so I'm not rushed to get a working pc again.  I think that will help my patience a lot!  My first loop without a case and i like it!  I will be starting a build log for the main system soon.

 

The temp loop:

Z97 classified w/4790k

Gtx 980 w/kryographics block

Xspx ex280 rad

EK dual loop d5 top/res with only 1 side installed

1/2" x 3/4" soft tubing and barb fittings.

 

Quite surprised the lone 280mm rad is keeping the loop right around 10°c Delta while gaming. 

[keyoke]

just completed my build today!

 

first try on custom WC

[paprikman]

4 hours ago, keyoke said:

just completed my build today!

 

first try on custom WC

Damn that looks vicious 

Like some new ninja tutrles experiment gone wrong

[keyoke]

17 minutes ago, paprikman said:

Damn that looks vicious 

Like some new ninja tutrles experiment gone wrong

It was a tough case for custom loop.. did quite a bit of modding on the case. Lucky it turned out quite well. Alot better then what i expected

[0ld_Chicken]

2 minutes ago, keyoke said:

It was a tough case for custom loop.. did quite a bit of modding on the case. Lucky it turned out quite well. Alot better then what i expected

Looks great though!  Lian li PC-Q37?

[keyoke]

27 minutes ago, 0ld_Chicken said:

Looks great though!  Lian li PC-Q37?

Yup, this is the case. Thanks for the encouraging words!

[Piet]

Hardware:

 

CPU - i7 4770K @4.5Ghz

GPU - GTX 1070 Inno3D @2Ghz

RAM - 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws 1600Mhz

SSD - Sandisk SSD Plus 120GB

HDD - 1TB Seagate DesktopHDD

PSU - 630W Thermaltake Berlin

 

Cooling:

 

Case - Thermaltake Core P5

Fans - 4x Corsair SP120 Red

CPU - Phobya UC-2

GPU - Heatkiller IV GTX 1070/1080

Tubing - Masterkleer Tubing PVC 16/10mm 

Reservoir - Alphacool Eisbecher D5 250mm Acetal

Pump - Alphacool VPP655

Fittings - G1/4 16/10mm

Coolant - 1L Nanoxia Coolforce Blood Red

 

Peripherals: 

 

Keyboard - Cougar Deathfire 

Mouse - Cougar Deathfire 

Headset - Logitech G930

Mic. - Thomann T.Bone SC450

Monitor 1 - Acer GD245HQ 120Hz

Monitor 2 - AOC G2460V 75Hz

[PlatinumQ_XPC]

Obsidian

i7700k 4.2GHz base OC 4.85GHz

4x 8GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 3200

MSI GTX1080 SeaHawk EK X

3x Samsung 960 EVO  250GB Raid0

MSI Z270 Gaming M7

1x Seagate 2TB FireCuda

EVGA G3 1000w

1x EX XTOP D5 Pump

1x Singularity Protium Res

2x XSPC 240 RADs

6x Thermaltake Riing 120mm fans

PrimoChill RSX Purple fittings

PrimoChill Black hardline tubing

 

[Mick Naughty]

Nicely done.

[Kevo05s]

On 5/28/2017 at 6:50 AM, keyoke said:

just completed my build today!

 

first try on custom WC

 

Where did you get that terminal on your GPU? it looks fantastic!

[keyoke]

On 5/31/2017 at 10:42 PM, Kevo05s said:

Where did you get that terminal on your GPU? it looks fantastic!

yup it does looks fantastic. thanks to it, i manage to close my side panel. the original terminal is too wide, i cant close my side panel

 

 

This is how it looks after unboxing:

 

Here is the link where you can get it:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/bitspower-vga-multi-direction-link-acrylic.html

[Kevo05s]

I believe I forgot to put pictures of my build here, so here we go:
i7 6700K

Asrock Z270 Extreme4

16Gb HyperX Fury 

GTX 1080 G1 Gaming

HTOmega Fenix Sound card

Raid0 Samsung 750 Evo (250Gb each)

500GB Samsung 850 Evo

2TB WD Black

BeQuiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Silver edition, inverted layout, custom plexi shroud

 

[Lurick]

Still have two things left to do but the build itself is complete

(Need a new desk and need to get tempered glass made up)

 

 

[documnt]

So finally finished the RGB wiring etc and added the water blocks to the Ryzen system... Next its time to hook up the hard lines.  Quite the chore wiring up RGB led's to the reservoir they do seem to work ok.  

[Zando_]

On 11/06/2017 at 8:18 AM, Lurick said:

Still have two things left to do but the build itself is complete

(Need a new desk and need to get tempered glass made up)

 

 

Oi! Nicest watercooled build I've ever seen, no joke. The dual loops work perfectly together!

[Echo259]

First time with a Custom Loop and I decided to go straight for hardline tubing.

 

Water Cooling:

1 x EK-AF Extender Rotary M-M G1/4 - Black

1 x EK-AF Ball Valve (10mm) G1/4 - Black

1 x EK-CoolStream PE 360 (Triple)

4 x EK-HD Tube 10/12mm 500mm 

8 x EK-HDC Fitting 12mm G1/4

1 x EK-AF Angled 90° G1/4 Black

1 x EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM (incl.pump) - Glass

2 x EK-AF Angled 90° 2F G1/4 - Black

1 x EK-CryoFuel Blood Red Concentrate 100 mL

1 x EK-Supremacy EVO

1 x EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) Vertical

1 x EK-Extender G1/4 - Nickel

 

Fans:

3 x Corsair 120mm ML Pro

1 x Corsair 140mm ML Pro

2 x Corsair 140mm ML

 

Case/Others:

Phantek Evolv Tempered Glass

Phantek Cable Extenders

Phantek RGB LED strips

[KWelz]

4 hours ago, Echo259 said:

First time with a Custom Loop and I decided to go straight for hardline tubing.

 

Water Cooling:

EK-AF Extender Rotary M-M G1/4 - Black

EK-AF Ball Valve (10mm) G1/4 - Black

EK-CoolStream PE 360 (Triple)

EK-HD Tube 10/12mm 500mm 

EK-HDC Fitting 12mm G1/4

EK-AF Angled 90° G1/4 Black

EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM (incl.pump) - Glass

EK-AF Angled 90° 2F G1/4 - Black

EK-CryoFuel Blood Red Concentrate 100 mL

EK-Supremacy EVO

EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) Vertical

EK-Extender G1/4 - Nickel

 

Fans:

Corsair 120mm ML Pro

Corsair 140mm ML Pro

Corsair 140mm ML

 

Case/Others:

Phantek Evolv Tempered Glass

Phantek Cable Extenders

Phantek RGB LED strips

 

Looks really good.  Two questions.   

1: Why no GPU loop?

2: How are temps?

 

[Echo259]

40 minutes ago, KWelz said:

Looks really good.  Two questions.   

1: Why no GPU loop?

2: How are temps?

 

Hey. Thanks man. 

 

1) When I original bought all the components I wasn't planning on a custom water cooling (November 2016). The GPU in the photo is a MSI Gaming 1070. MSI gaming series has incredible air coolers and I didn't feel it was worth spending the extra cash on water cooling it. With that said, the next time I upgrade my GPU I'll definitely water cool it. Most likely will go with a founders edition of the gtx xx80 or gtx xx80ti.  My current 360 PE radiator should be more than enough for a CPU + GPU. 

 

2) At about 70 degrees room temperature. I get about 25c idle. At 100% load for 1 hour I get a max temperature of 61c. Fans and GPU never went pass 50%.