The Water Cooling Gallery

[MaratM]

1 hour ago, RollinLower said:

hell yes for small formfactor watercooling! looks absolutely beautifull. what are te temps like with all glass panels installed? i would imagine having the second rad relying on case pressure would need for all glass to be installed?

Have not booted it yet, spilled some water while filling it up, waiting to let it dry. Better be safe than sorry. Got 2 fans on each side as an intake.

Can not tell anything about temps, the top glas is actually lifted by 10mm to have natural path for heat to escape. Will post more pictures and results then finished and oc’d

[Stevoswifty]

This is my toy,

Specs are 

Gigabyte b700 psu

Gigabyte z170 gaming 3 mobo

6600k oc to 4.6 GHz

16gb vengeance lpx ram @3000mhz

1070 hybrid

2x 1tb Western digital blues 

1 850 Evo 256gb SSD

Water-cooling is a full kit from thermaltake with the d5 pump and I added 3x deepcool rgb fans, they stay a static colour but I do change it sometimes.

I also have the nzxt on the back of the chassis to light up the corner, chassis is the thermaltake p3 and a 7 inch raspberry pi screen for temp stats running cam 

 

 

 

[Tilaron]

My new Fractal Design Celsius S36 with some tidy cable .. tidying. I'm dumb and forgot to take a picture of my computer once I finished fitting it, but I just had to share how pleased I am with this. It's cooling a 2700X stock, with the cooler set to auto it's idling around 24c, stress test it barely crept past 50c. Having it run off one header makes it very neat, but the best thing of all is I can't hear my computer anymore, yayyyy!!!! Highly recommended if you have a 2700X and want a bit less noise with stock clocks.

 

 

[Ninjoma]

My first hardline build.

 

Ryzen 7 2700 @ 4Ghz

16GB Trident Z RGB @ 3333Mhz

EVGA 2080ti XC

Crosshair VII Hero

[Zando_]

Just now, Ninjoma said:

My first hardline build.

 

Ryzen 7 2700 @ 4Ghz

16GB Trident Z RGB @ 3333Mhz

EVGA 2080ti XC

Crosshair VII Hero

 

 

oooooooooo I have that same mobo/block combo with a 2700X, it's awesome. Will be selling it soon though since I need mons for my project PC. 

[Mick Naughty]

Had an idea for awhile about covering the tubing, wanted something a bit different. 

 

Didnt turn out well as I rushed it like normal. 

 

[TahoeDust]

 

[Speakerator]

On 1/22/2019 at 5:19 PM, Mick Naughty said:

Had an idea for awhile about covering the tubing, wanted something a bit different. 

 

Didnt turn out well as I rushed it like normal. 

Spoiler

IMO that looks pretty solid. Nice idea with the mesh as well as the heatshrink to cover up the mess. If  I ever get around doing a custom loop I'd definitly go for (matte) black tubing and a parallel run like yours - but with the reservoir horizontally on the PSU shroud. Nonetheless, don't be that hard on yourself, its an original idea and pretty well executed.

[MindArlekin]

After almost an year of careful searching of Aliexpress and my local craigslist analog I built it.
And made a lot of mistakes in a process. They were made in choosing parts and in assembly.
So i present you  version 1.1 of "Ziptie abomination", that soon (I hope) will be rebuild with some changes.

Specs:

Ryzen 5 1600 4.1Ghz@2.825V LLC2

MSI B350 PC-Mate

GTX 1060, +230core, +200mem

Samsung OEM E-die(?) Ram 16gb 3200Ghz, 16-17-17-36-74 1T

ADATA SX8000NP 128gb NVMe(perfomance like sata) ssd

Hitachi 1Tb generic 2.5 inch hard drive

 

Moar photos:

Pump rocking 2 of 3 of my EKWB fittings, all others is brass fittings for pneumatic tools. Also i found a use for SLI bridge, that was laying around.

 

My second actual branded watercooling part is XSPC radiator. 3 NF-P12 redux-1700 on it.

IMHO PS4 controller - the best controller.

Tubes are shitty and do kink if not do excessively long runs between components. Reservoir is also not very good. Mounting it is a challenge, volume is too small (tube on top is because of that, in case of overflow), and only one fill port don't make life easier. Inlet and outlet ports from res needs to be switched, because at high RPM pump taking air from top of an res.

That is all of problems and mistakes of mine, that i'm aware of now. If someone see more - it will be for me good to know.

 

P.S.

Version 1.1 because in version 1.0 there where server Delta 3800 rpm fans instead of Noctuas. Even I could not stand a noise equivalent to an airplane.

 

[Mehmy]

1 hour ago, MindArlekin said:

Snip

 

That is an abomination unto the lord and I love it. 

What's the CPU block? 

[MindArlekin]

 

36 minutes ago, Mehmy said:

That is an abomination unto the lord and I love it. 

What's the CPU block?  

This one:https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/S-skyee-Intel-LGA-1155-2011-AMD-AM4/32918709647.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.7b0933edmpCgSM

But it's just ryzen compatible version of this:https://www.amazon.com/BXQINLENX-Professional-Universal-Cooling-Computer/dp/B01EL9QR8E/ref=sr_1_11_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1548537623&sr=8-11-spons&keywords=waterblock&psc=1

or this:https://www.amazon.com/Waterblock-Water-Cooling-Copper-Channel/dp/B01F15T16W/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1548537623&sr=8-15&keywords=waterblock

 

[EKJake]

On 1/9/2019 at 2:41 AM, MaratM said:

Almost done, have to change the fluid (it is filled up with distilled water) about to fire it up

Lian Li PC Q37

Asus z370i

i7 8700k

gtx 1080ti

EK waterblocks, res and d5 pump

2 hardware labs 240 gts

barrow fittings

More pictures in the build log

Looks great!  

 

On 1/21/2019 at 4:16 PM, Ninjoma said:

My first hardline build.

 

Ryzen 7 2700 @ 4Ghz

16GB Trident Z RGB @ 3333Mhz

EVGA 2080ti XC

Crosshair VII Hero

 

On 1/22/2019 at 10:19 AM, Mick Naughty said:

Had an idea for awhile about covering the tubing, wanted something a bit different. 

 

Didnt turn out well as I rushed it like normal. 

 

 

On 1/22/2019 at 4:14 PM, TahoeDust said:

 

Now this is a great way to start my day. There are some stunning builds here

Also, don't forget to remove the badge foils, everyone  

[MaratM]

2 hours ago, EKJake said:

Also, don't forget to remove the badge foils, everyone  

This is probably that caused a sudden death of my motherboard . Had to take off the blue film.

[Mick Naughty]

Prolly have 20 things with thmy badge, think most still have the foil as I tend to forget and never notice. 

[EKJake]

6 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

Prolly have 20 things with thmy badge, think most still have the foil as I tend to forget and never notice. 

This was prior to me joining the EK team, but I literally have finished entire photoshoots of builds and then realized I had to redo all of the pictures because of the foil...

[Zambox]

My first loop on Mastercase Maker 5 is almost over ....
What do you think of the work done so far?

[EKJake]

22 hours ago, Zambox said:

My first loop on Mastercase Maker 5 is almost over ....
What do you think of the work done so far?

I think it's looking good!  

[GMart84]

Honestly, this was not my first attempt at this loop but I am happy it with it at this point!

 

Asus Maximus X Hero WiFi ac

i9 9900K

32 GB Corsair Vengeance Pro

2x EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black

Samsung 970 Pro and 970 Evo

2x EK Xres 140

28x EK Nickle fittings

2x P.LOTOR 12v Pumps

EK Sumpremacy Evo RGB

2x EK GeForce GTX Waterblocks and Backplates

EK Coolstream PE 480 for CPU

EK Coolstream XE 480 for GPUs

Too much RGB for my wife.

[EKJake]

15 hours ago, GMart84 said:

Honestly, this was not my first attempt at this loop but I am happy it with it at this point!

 

Asus Maximus X Hero WiFi ac

i9 9900K

32 GB Corsair Vengeance Pro

2x EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black

Samsung 970 Pro and 970 Evo

2x EK Xres 140

28x EK Nickle fittings

2x P.LOTOR 12v Pumps

EK Sumpremacy Evo RGB

2x EK GeForce GTX Waterblocks and Backplates

EK Coolstream PE 480 for CPU

EK Coolstream XE 480 for GPUs

Too much RGB for my wife.

You should be happy! That thing is awesome!  

[GMart84]

Thanks @EKJake I appreciate that.  There are only a few things left that I would like to do but have not had time yet to do.  I am hoping to get some better pumps in place as they should cool the system better, and then some longer RES tubes so that I can fill up more of this giant case.

 

I have even toyed with the thought of making a custom motherboard tray that would allow me to mount an additional 360mm radiator to it for more cooling.  My goal is at some point to be able to run all the fans at around 50% and still be able to benchmark and everything at the maximum of 5.37 GHz and still stay at about 80C.

[EKJake]

2 hours ago, GMart84 said:

Thanks @EKJake I appreciate that.  There are only a few things left that I would like to do but have not had time yet to do.  I am hoping to get some better pumps in place as they should cool the system better, and then some longer RES tubes so that I can fill up more of this giant case.

 

I have even toyed with the thought of making a custom motherboard tray that would allow me to mount an additional 360mm radiator to it for more cooling.  My goal is at some point to be able to run all the fans at around 50% and still be able to benchmark and everything at the maximum of 5.37 GHz and still stay at about 80C.

Geez. That's going to be one crazy build by the time you're done.

I see a couple of oddly positioned fans that appear to be for cooling specific areas? Have you seen the InWin MARS fans and would those be helpful for your purpose at all?

[GMart84]

@EKJake The oddly positioned fans are place on 3D printed mounts that position them over the RAM, M.2 SSDs, and VRMs for actively cooling those.

 

The In-Win Mars fans are awesome!

[Stevoswifty]

On 1/16/2019 at 8:01 AM, Stevoswifty said:

This is my toy,

Specs are 

Gigabyte b700 psu

Gigabyte z170 gaming 3 mobo

6600k oc to 4.6 GHz

16gb vengeance lpx ram @3000mhz

1070 hybrid

2x 1tb Western digital blues 

1 850 Evo 256gb SSD

Water-cooling is a full kit from thermaltake with the d5 pump and I added 3x deepcool rgb fans, they stay a static colour but I do change it sometimes.

I also have the nzxt on the back of the chassis to light up the corner, chassis is the thermaltake p3 and a 7 inch raspberry pi screen for temp stats running cam 

 

 

 

Changed it again added a 1080 ti

[Enochian]

On 2/1/2019 at 3:42 AM, GMart84 said:

Honestly, this was not my first attempt at this loop but I am happy it with it at this point!

 

Asus Maximus X Hero WiFi ac

i9 9900K

32 GB Corsair Vengeance Pro

2x EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black

Samsung 970 Pro and 970 Evo

2x EK Xres 140

28x EK Nickle fittings

2x P.LOTOR 12v Pumps

EK Sumpremacy Evo RGB

2x EK GeForce GTX Waterblocks and Backplates

EK Coolstream PE 480 for CPU

EK Coolstream XE 480 for GPUs

Too much RGB for my wife.

How is the dust working out for you on that case? I'm always curious about that semi-open cases. Is the glass completely spaced away from the case? Do you have any kind of mesh or other dust filter under it? 

[GMart84]

@Enochian If I left this case the stick way where the glass was flush with the front I think the dust would be minimal inside the case.  The 140mm fan on the center console would likely pull in some dust from the bottom but minimal.

 

I modified the case with 3D printed brackets and mounting points to actually hinge the glass allowing easier access inside the case.  My original goal was a conpletely flush look but quickly realized I wasn’t going to get that with the glass the way I wanted.  I wanted to do this for two reasons.  I am constantly coming up with things to change or try with my PC and I was very afraid everytime I completely removed the tempered glass that I was going to drop it or scratch it.  So I did this.  On top of that I added extra fans near the side glass to get airflow over the RAM, VRM, and M.2 slots.  All of this has led to an increase in dust in the PC, how much more, I probably went from blowing it out every couple of months in my Corsair Air 540 to every month in this one.

 

As for a dust filter, that thought has me thinking it is mod time again and I should print some brackets to hold filters over the gaps.

 

I also have a Core P5 chassis and it gets way dustier due to having really nothing in the way.