Dry Ice [Watercooled Define R4/White Merlin SM8/H440 (Never Ending)]

[Latislapaloie]

Update:

 

I took the GPU out to paint the PCI bracket and replace the block tomorrow or Thursay. I just got done with the first side of the bracket.

 

Pictures:

 

Before:

 

 

 

After:

 

Everything else is coming as planned

looking awesome

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Nice, u painting all the other PCI brackets as well?

I don't know, but probably not. I'm going to see if I can paint the PCI E lanes

 

If they are easy to remove I will. I haven't decided if I'll do the heatsinks on the motherboard or not.

[AMD Lover]

I don't know, but probably not. I'm going to see if I can paint the PCI E lanes

 

If they are easy to remove I will. I haven't decided if I'll do the heatsinks on the motherboard or not.

Their soldered on the board arent they. I would maybe try getting a plastic dust cover off eBay for the PCI-E lanes then use painters tape and paper on the motherboard and just spray paint them on the board.

[d33g33]

Update:

I took the GPU out to paint the PCI bracket and replace the block tomorrow or Thursay. I just got done with the first side of the bracket.

Everything else is coming as planned

Cool idea man, whoever thought of that is a legend!

Haha not hard is it bud, just makes it blend it that little but more I think. No one would probably notice but I think it definitely cleans things up a bit.

[d33g33]

Nice, u painting all the other PCI brackets as well?

All the other brackets are already white so this was painted to match is the idea...

[Epitome]

@TheNinjaNextDor What type of paint did you use to paint the pci barcket

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Cool idea man, whoever thought of that is a legend!

Haha not hard is it bud, just makes it blend it that little but more I think. No one would probably notice but I think it definitely cleans things up a bit.

lololol

It looks really great, though the white is a tiny tiny bit different. At first glance you don't notice, then you're like, "ooh, that's different," lol.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

@TheNinjaNextDor What type of paint did you use to paint the pci barcket

[Epitome]

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Thanks, I was thinking about painting the pci brackets in my upcoming build.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Thanks, I was thinking about painting the pci brackets in my upcoming build.

It looks really good, just make sure it matches really well. Do some test sprays on wood or something.

[Epitome]

It looks really good, just make sure it matches really well. Do some test sprays on wood or something.

Thanks for the advice

[Epitome]

@TheNinjaNextDor Is the Define r4,a good case to watercool in, or would you recommend a different case.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

@TheNinjaNextDor Is the Define r4,a good case to watercool in, or would you recommend a different case.

Hmmm.

If you like a small case that is very clean, get the R4. If you do, I would recommend removing the 5.25' bays.

If you don't want to deal with stuff like that, the H440 is your best bet.

[Epitome]

Hmmm.

If you like a small case that is very clean, get the R4. If you do, I would recommend removing the 5.25' bays.

If you don't want to deal with stuff like that, the H440 is your best bet.

Thanks for the advice. I'll probably get the R4 and remove the 5.25' bays

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Thanks for the advice. I'll probably get the R4 and remove the 5.25' bays

That sounds awesome

[Epitome]

@TheNinjaNextDor How did you go about learning to watercool as i would like to attempt a custom loop but i lack the knowledge

[TheNinjaNextDor]

@TheNinjaNextDor How did you go about learning to watercool as i would like to attempt a custom loop but i lack the knowledge

It's pretty easy. I asked here and watched some videos. NCIX has some good ones.

I'll find them for you

[Epitome]

It's pretty easy. I asked here and watched some videos. NCIX has some good ones.

I'll find them for you

Thanks

[d33g33]

@TheNinjaNextDor Is the Define r4,a good case to watercool in, or would you recommend a different case.

Have a look at the Midi R2. Excelled fractal design water cooling case.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Have a look at the Midi R2. Excelled fractal design water cooling case.

I forgot about that one! It was my second choice for the 360 rad support in the top.

[Epitome]

@TheNinjaNextDor Where's the hard drive, i can't see it

[TheNinjaNextDor]

@TheNinjaNextDor Where's the hard drive, i can't see it

It's on the back of the motherboard tray lol

[allendreyes]

This is really nice. I love the simplicity! (And thats not a shot to the extreme modders who do amazing work). Its just refreshing to see a build like this.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

This is really nice. I love the simplicity! (And thats not a shot to the extreme modders who do amazing work). Its just refreshing to see a build like this.

Thanks! That's really what I'm going for. I'm flushing the loop and installing that nice and clean GPU block tomorrow

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Update:

 

The GPU block is on I love the simple look of it, I'm going to go get a bunch of DI water and flush everything+do the tubing runs later tonight and maybe into tomorrow.

 

See you then!

 

GPU Block installation:

 

The beautiful boxes:

 

 

Old block off!

 

 

 

New block:

 

 

Sooo purrty:

 

 

 

 

I'll have some more pictures of the backplate etc in the next update. If you haven't noticed i'm purposely not showing the full PC since the cables haven't been replaced with the black and white ones. I want to show it all at once  I just realized all the noise in the last photo I'll turn down my ISO next time lol

 

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