Black Ice--Completed

[TheNinjaNextDor]

GO TO LAST PAGE FOR THE ACTUAL BUILD AND UPDATE!

Hi! I have been wanting to post this for a while and my camera came today so yay!

 

The reason I am doing this is because my loop leaked and I had to replace some tubing along with the reservoir. I got some new fans (Scythe GT) too. The good thing is that I got a camera and will be posting very nice pictures and show it to it's fullest extent. The only problem being that I just got it and am not that good

 

What I will be doing:

 

Replacing fans (done)

Replacing the reservoir

Redoing tubing runs

Making a PSU plate that the reservoir will sit on

Dusting

 

Specs:

 

GPU: Refernce GTX 780 from EVGA

CPU: i7 3770K at 4.6GHz

Motherboard: GA-Z77-UD4H

PSU: AX850

Fans: Scythe Gentle Typhoon

Storage: Samsung 840 250GB and 120GB+Seagate Barracuda 2TB

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaw X 16GB

 

Watercooling:

 

Radiators: XT45 360 and XTX 240

Reservoir: XSPC Photon 270

Pump: EK D5 Vario

CPU Block: EK Supremacy Acetal+Nickel

GPU Block: Swiftech Komodo

Tubing: Black Primochill Rigid acrylic

Fittings: Primochill Rigid acrylic fittings in black

 

Specialty Stuffs:

 

IceModz sleeved cables

PSU Plate

 

Pictures!

 

 

The wood for my PSU plate, I need to go get it cut down a little bit more:

 

 

The entire PC so far:

 

[SAV1OUR]

coolieos

[SAV1OUR]

also @TheNinjaNextDor your list says reference evga 780 and thats a hydro copper 780 mmmm

[TheNinjaNextDor]

also @theninjanextdoor your list says reference evga 780 and thats a hydro copper 780 mmmm

Its reference with a Komodo waterblock which is basically the same thing as the Hydro Copper blocks.

[torogitar]

there is no images...

[TheNinjaNextDor]

there is no images...

Yeah something happened.

Ill reupload later with more up to date stuff.

[Latislapaloie]

oo pretty

[TheNinjaNextDor]

oo pretty

I'm getting the wood cut down now

Ill have it installed later with pics.

[Latislapaloie]

I'm getting the wood cut down now

Ill have it installed later with pics.

I really like those cables 

[TheNinjaNextDor]

I really like those cables

They're really nice. I got them at IceModz.com, though I was originally going for more blue in the build. They still look great.

[bob345]

Nice work! Those hard lines look great

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Update:

My camera is freezing and not writing to any of my SD cards. I'm going to have to call Canon, but for now I can try it or use my phone.

I did get the PSU plate down though

Here it is:

I'll be cleaning it up and securing it down later.

[Almercenary]

Very nice, black and blue is certainly a sweet mix 

[Ivyk]

I wish I had the time/money/knowledge to do a full custom loops

Maybe that's something I'll do in the future

[d33g33]

Are you able to put those hinges internally and slide the plate in or is that not an option? Might help it look a bit sleeker if you can.

 

Well done otherwise!

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Are you able to put those hinges internally and slide the plate in or is that not an option? Might help it look a bit sleeker if you can.

Well done otherwise!

Thanks.

I think I might spray them black, I'm not sure though.

[Lays]

Gentle typhoon master race

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Gentle typhoon master race

YES! <3

[TheNinjaNextDor]

I wish I had the time/money/knowledge to do a full custom loops

Maybe that's something I'll do in the future

Knowledge isn't too much of an issue, it's the money and time

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Update:

I bought a D3200 on eBay and returned the broken 550D, I'll have it next week to post some nice pictures and maybe even submit it to the WAN show thingy.

Now computer stuff, I got the loop done! I also checked under the GPU backplate and it looks dry

Leak testing tomorrow since it's late.

I'm going to do a little more cleaning up, but it looks pretty nice. I don't love that slant in the tube, but I only had four acrylic rods and I used all of it. Like I said, leak testing tomorrow and better pictures early next week.

[Ivyk]

Knowledge isn't too much of an issue, it's the money and time

I'll have to do a lot of research on forums/ google before I could do my own custom loop. How much would you say the average price is for a custom loop?

[TheNinjaNextDor]

I'll have to do a lot of research on forums/ google before I could do my own custom loop. How much would you say the average price is for a custom loop?

lol that's the easy part

I would say for a very high end CPU+GPU loop is $650 to $700 and of course it can get to be way more or less than that. I spent $700 plus the case so $850 total. That also includes things like thermal paste etc. CPU only can be done for $200, but $300-400 I would think is the average, that would leave room to add a GPU in the future. Once you get the foundation it's pretty easy to add things. GPU only could be done for about the same as the CPU only loop, with room to add one in.

For time, my first time doing a loop it took five hours to get everything including the PC into the case and working. This repair has taken 10 days lol (4 of which I wasn't working so more like 6).

[Ivyk]

lol that's the easy part I would say for a very high end CPU+GPU loop is $650 to $700 and of course it can get to be way more or less than that. I spent $700 plus the case so $850 total. That also includes things like thermal paste etc. CPU only can be done for $200, but $300-400 I would think is the average, that would leave room to add a GPU in the future. Once you get the foundation it's pretty easy to add things. For time, my first time doing a loop it took five hours to get everything including the PC into the case and working. This repair has taken 10 days lol (4 of which I wasn't working so more like 6).

 

That is pretty expansive, might do that in the future when my budget is much higher. 5 hours is not a lot, I expected it to be much more. Damn, 10 days is a lot to spend on a repair.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

That is pretty expansive, might do that in the future when my budget is much higher. 5 hours is not a lot, I expected it to be much more. Damn, 10 days is a lot to spend on a repair.

Yeah, though acrylic takes much longer than regular stuff, I've also been going really slow. I could have comfortably done it in two days.

[Ivyk]

Yeah, though acrylic takes much longer than regular stuff, I've also been going really slow. I could have comfortably done it in two days.

Too bad it started leaking, would have been nice if it just worked. Although you get a lot of experience with custom loops which you can see as a good thing.