*Build Log**Complete* "Project Venom" First attempt at a hard line custom loop!!

[OdinSword]

Hello everyone,

 

This is the start of my build log for my new custom water loop. I would like to think I am fairly knowledgeable at PC building. I have done 5 custom builds and truly love doing it. I have wanted to do a custom loop since day one and knew it just wasn't in the cards in my previous builds. Full time worker with a wife and a daughter, sometimes the PC building has to take a back seat!

 

My latest build I knew was eventually going to get a custom loop so I built it about a year ago with the intention of adding it later. Well I am at that time now and have been lurking around these forums for a long time and decided it was time to make an account and show my work for whoever wants to look! ill update the build as I progress, any suggestions are welcomed!!!

 

Current Build as of now:

 

AMD Ryzen 1600 @3.9ghz

EVGA GTX 1080 SC

16GB GSkill Trident Z

MSI B350 Gaming Pro Carbon

EVGA BQ850

NZXT Kraken X62

NZXT H700i

 

 

Custom loop parts:

 

All my parts have arrived and i am going to tear everything down in a few days and start planning it out. I have never bent tubes before so it will be completely new for me but i am excited to take on the challenge. i am starting with a simple CPU only loop and have parts from Primo Chill and EKWB.

 

EK 140 Pump/res combo

EK Supremacy EVO RGB block

EK SE360 Slim Rad

EK Furious Vardar fans x3

EK cryofuel acid green

PrimoChill fittings/drain in UV green

PrimoChill tubing

 

[Cereal5]

You must have gotten one of the last Acird Green premixes, because it's been out of stock on the website for quite a while, and I was just notified that it was discontinued.

[OdinSword]

33 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

You must have gotten one of the last Acird Green premixes, because it's been out of stock on the website for quite a while, and I was just notified that it was discontinued.

wow, i didn't realize that...i ordered it about a week ago from newegg

[Cereal5]

8 minutes ago, OdinSword said:

wow, i didn't realize that...i ordered it about a week ago from newegg

*facepalm* I didn't even think of that. I just bought the concentrate. I'm so stupid sometimes... Excited to see how it turns out though lol.

[OdinSword]

Just now, Cereal5 said:

*facepalm* I didn't even think of that. I just bought the concentrate. I'm so stupid sometimes... Excited to see how it turns out though lol.

we have all been there! thanks!

[OdinSword]

Started the tear down last night!

 

My FAVORITE part of working on PC's! 

 

 

 

Please feel free to tell me that I didn't use enough or that I used too much...thermal paste is a very triggering subject

 

 

My drain set up...not the prettiest but it will function.

 

 

I have named my build as "Project Venom"....yeah black and green have no correlation with Venom but hes a badass so...

 

 

This is where I had to stop last night, hopefully tonight I can flush the radiator and get it all installed with all my fans. Then to plan out the bends on Friday.

[OdinSword]

[Faith7]

Bro I think you need to overclock your table 

[OdinSword]

7 hours ago, Faith7 said:

Bro I think you need to overclock your table 

its funny that you mention it... I have a new table being made that will turn it into a corner table so I can breath a bit.

[OdinSword]

Well I managed to bend the tubes in a way that i found to be acceptable. Its no show piece by any means but as this is my first time Ill take it!

 

I also still have a clean unused tube and didn't need to buy more! A win in my book. It was definitely a challenge but I have enjoyed this build so far. Now I will run my system prep through and look out for leaks and if its all good then the coolant will go in.

 

[Toasted Waffles]

That is very clean bends for the first time. Great job man!!!  Some of those bends are better than the ones I did my first time with my water cooled build.

[OdinSword]

53 minutes ago, Agent Maine said:

That is very clean bends for the first time. Great job man!!!  Some of those bends are better than the ones I did my first time with my water cooled build.

Thank you! I butchered my first two tubes but the rest went ok. They certainly are not the straightest but I can live with that.

[OdinSword]

 

surprisingly the 180 bend was one of the easier bends in the entire process, may have just been beginners luck.

 

 

I also found that wrapping two pipe cleaners up and mocking them up as a template helped immensely. They were far from exact but they gave me a decent base to start from.

 

[OdinSword]

Venom is alive!!

 

Running distilled water through tonight and monitoring for leaks, if all goes well the coolant will go in tomorrow.

 

[OdinSword]

Well the coolant is in and it's running leak free!! 

 

its not quite finished just yet, I think I may have missed some connections, fans and rgb strips are not powered. It's been a long day lol. I'll fix it all up tomorrow and will get some truly completed shots.

 

[OdinSword]

The build is complete and I couldn't be happier!

 

[GrogStache]

Dude, nicely done! That is one killer color scheme. It definitely feels like something a Spider-Man "villain" like Venom would be proud to own. 

[OdinSword]

3 minutes ago, GrogStache said:

Dude, nicely done! That is one killer color scheme. It definitely feels like something a Spider-Man "villain" like Venom would be proud to own. 

Thank you! Im a big spiderman fan so that was sort of the plan, appreciate the compliment!

[OdinSword]

On 12/7/2018 at 1:52 AM, Faith7 said:

Bro I think you need to overclock your table 

Consider the table over clocked. lol.

 

[Faith7]

2 hours ago, OdinSword said:

Consider the table over clocked. lol.

 

Looks awesome , nice work 

[Psmall5]

4 hours ago, OdinSword said:

Consider the table over clocked. lol.

 

Looks great! Congrats on your first custom Loop!
Any plans to water-block the GPU?

[OdinSword]

5 hours ago, Psmall5 said:

Looks great! Congrats on your first custom Loop!
Any plans to water-block the GPU?

Thank you. yeah id like to at some point, i may wait a bit until the RTX cards come down in price and pull the trigger then. My current set up has the card idling around 25c and around 55-65 under full load so im not in a hurry.

[Zando_]

5 minutes ago, OdinSword said:

Thank you. yeah id like to at some point, i may wait a bit until the RTX cards come down in price and pull the trigger then. My current set up has the card idling around 25c and around 55-65 under full load so im not in a hurry.

The EVGA SC cards are awesome. I had two in SLI (they're pulled from my rig and ready to be sold to a buddy once he gets the monies, now I have a Gaming X 1080 Ti), bottom card never broke 66C under full load, and the top card was exactly 10C hotter (only a single slot between them for air to get to the second card) at 76C max. In single card setups I never had them break 65-66C though. That's running at 2100MHz on the core and I forget what on the RAM too. 

[OdinSword]

3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

The EVGA SC cards are awesome. I had two in SLI (they're pulled from my rig and ready to be sold to a buddy once he gets the monies, now I have a Gaming X 1080 Ti), bottom card never broke 66C under full load, and the top card was exactly 10C hotter (only a single slot between them for air to get to the second card) at 76C max. In single card setups I never had them break 65-66C though. That's running at 2100MHz on the core and I forget what on the RAM too. 

yeah that's what I have noticed. those are really good numbers you had. This card has been a workhorse for me and I dont see a need to water cool it other than the aesthetic. Ill just wait until im ready to upgrade and do it then!

[Zando_]

18 minutes ago, OdinSword said:

yeah that's what I have noticed. those are really good numbers you had. This card has been a workhorse for me and I dont see a need to water cool it other than the aesthetic. Ill just wait until im ready to upgrade and do it then!

Noice. I am also doing my first hardline loop (first and only other loop I've done is soft tubing) with an R7 2700X and Vega FE. Considering at stock the Vega FE hits it's 85C temp target pretty quickly it actually needs the waterblock.