Watercooled ITX - Lian Li PCO5-SX

[Daniel Cook]

This build wasn't straight forward, there were a lot of question marks about what would fit..

 

Fortunately it was site's like this with project logs which helped me figure it out, so thanks! In turn I would like to contribute to this site as a resource which might help others.

 

The specification

• Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT Socket 1151
• Intel Core I7-6700K Processor (4 GHz, 8 M Cache, LGA1151)
• G.SKILL TridentZ Series F4-2800C14D-32GTZ 32GB DDR4 2800 MHz C 14 1.35 V Memory Kit
• Nvidia Titan X Pascal
• Corsair SF Series 600 Watt 80 PLUS Gold
• SanDisk Ultra II SSD 480 GB Sata III 2.5-inch Internal SSD up to 550 MB/s
• Crucial SSD ~500 GB

The case is a Lian Li PCO5-SX, here is an early photo before I got the Titan X and watercooled it. There is only room for a 2x120 radiator, and I wanted to cool and overclocked I7 6700k and overclocked Titan X.

In this image you will see the AIO cooler master pump is on upside down, the only way I could fit it with the RAM.

 

Also trying to overclocked the 980ti with the side case on was not great, no real movement of air - I had the glass panel off most of the time.

 

New PC Build by dancook1982, on Flickr

 

I added some RGB led strips with remote control for colour management..

 

RGB Led Lighting by dancook1982, on Flickr

I do have some build photos up to this point but thought I'd start from watercooling it...

 

The watercooling

 

L1050622 by dancook1982, on Flickr

• EK-FC Titan X Pascal - Nickel
• EK Water Blocks EK-XRES 100 DDC 3.2 PWM Elite (incl. pump)
• EK-Cable Pump testing adapter
• Koolance Radiator, 2x120mm 30-FPI Copper
• 2 x Noctua NF-F12 IndustrialPPC 3000RPM PWM 120mm High Performance Fan
• EK Water Blocks EK-FB ASUS M8I Monoblock - Nickel
• Mayhems Ultra Pure H2O 5Ltr
• Mayhems Fine Silver Kill Coil
• 8 x EK Water Blocks EK-ACF Fitting 10/16mm - Nickel
• 3m Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 16/10 - Clear
• Rockit 88 - Black Body - Black
• Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Thermal Paste

I imported the Rockit 88 delid tool, since I'm trying to make the most out of using one 2x120 radiator! I also imported the Koolance radiator for the 30 FPI, which there seem to be none of in the UK or possibly Europe..

 

It's going to go fast now....... images...

 

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fire_ex_temps by dancook1982, on Flickr

 

[Daniel Cook]

A few too many photos from tonight

 

DSC_1085 by dancook1982, on Flickr

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[SonoDanshi]

Very nicely done and welcome to the ITX Watcercooling club! (You know there really should be a club like this for people to share knowledge). Do you have any plans for going with PETG (or similar) hard tubing? I think if you rotated the pump 180^o you could get some really clean hard tubing runs.

[Daniel Cook]

12 hours ago, SonoDanshi said:

Very nicely done and welcome to the ITX Watcercooling club! (You know there really should be a club like this for people to share knowledge). Do you have any plans for going with PETG (or similar) hard tubing? I think if you rotated the pump 180^o you could get some really clean hard tubing runs.

A few people have mentioned hard tubing, as it was my first loop - I wanted to keep it simple... but I'm coming round to the idea of hard tubing and turning the pump around might be a good idea thanks!