SilentCure - Custom Watercooled 650D (New camera pix)

[Jimstah87]

Hi LTT Forum, here I have finished the first PC I have ever built. It ended up coming a lot further than I had first set out plans for. The purpose for this build was to upgrade my now six year old core2duo laptop. I wanted a rig to be great for gaming and for general use. 

 

I never had planned to do a complete custom water loop in the case, though the money situation started to look up beginning of this year and so I decided to go for it. 

 

Hope you enjoying viewing the progress of this build as much as I had fun in making it. Thanks for viewing!

 

Specs:

Case - Corsair Obsidian 650D

PSU - Corsair AX 750watt with replacement white individually sleeved cable kit

Motherboard - ASUS Sabertooth Z77

CPU - Intel core i5 3570K @ 4.6GHz 1.288v

RAM - 16GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 4x4GB CL8 8-8-8-24 @ 1600MHz 1.5v

GFX - ASUS GeForce GTX 670 Direct CUII 2GB @ 1241/6500MHz core/memory

SSD - Boot Samsung 128GB 830 Series

          Games Samsung 250GB 840 Series

HDD - 3x WD 3TB Red drives in RAID 0. Backed up to server.

Sound - ASUS Xonar Essence STX

Headset - Sennheiser PC 350's

FanControl - Lamptron FC5

 

Peripherals:

Monitor - Samsung S27B970 2560x1440 PLS Display

Keyboard - Corsair K90

Mouse - Corsair M60

MousePad - Razer Goliathus 40x30cm approx.

 

Cooling - System Loop:

CPU Block - Koolance CPU-380i

GPU Block - EK-FC670 GTX DCII Nickel Plexi

GPU Backplate - EK-FC670 GTX DCII Backplate Black

Pump - Koolance MCP655 with Bitspower MOD Kit and Top

Res - FrozenQ Dual Bay with fluorescent blue helix

Coolant - Koolance Clear

Tubing - PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT UV Blue 1/2" ID 3/4" OD

Fittings - Bitspower Compressions 1/2" ID 3/4" OD

Rads - 1x120mm XSPC EX120

            1x240mm XSPC EX240

Rad Fans - Silverstone 120mm Air Penetrator AP121 x3

Case Fan - Bitfenix 200mm Spectre Pro blue LED

 

Mods & Lighting:

Underglow - RGB LED fitted to underside of case

Fans - Dremeled to add extra 140mm fan as an intake where the bottom of the HDD cages would normally reside

False floor & panels - Cut acrylic panel and wrapped in carbon fiber vinyl as a false bottom in case. Also made panels to fit on the side of the radiators and fans for a cleaner look, as well the side of the optical bays

Case - Wrapped case in carbon fiber vinyl

[ToroddWold]

Why the (Aesthetics Loop)? would have been soooo much cleaner if you had only used one loop and used as short runs as possible.

not trying to be negative but I kind of feel like you are missing out on having a truly nice build :unsure:

One a more positive note you have done a good job an the carbon ;)  

[Jimstah87]

Why the (Aesthetics Loop)? would have been soooo much cleaner if you had only used one loop and used as short runs as possible.

not trying to be negative but I kind of feel like you are missing out on having a truly nice build :unsure:

One a more positive note you have done a good job an the carbon ;)

Because I tried to do something different. I think I have achieved the shortest possible route with my system loop, apart from where it bends under the RAM. I did that deliberately so that the tube didn't cut in front of the LED effect these DIMS give off.

[Royal_Rasta]

beautiful build!!! i think the case is about as full as it can get. excellent  use of space :p nice job

[crazytrain46]

Really nice build well done :)

[MPX309]

build looks great, but a little too complicated for my taste . . . . u do win the award for the most amount of pictures I have seen posted though.

[Nicktrance]

I usually prefer more elegant and clean builds but this is really nice as flashy builds go, also that's a LOT of chrome fittings :lol: I like the dual loop with different colours. I think I've seen a very similar build earlier on these forums, is this a repost by any chance?

[Farncir]

With the money spent on all the extra fittings and resevoir and pump, you could probably have gotten another if not better graphics card on top of the 670

would've made the whole build a lot cleaner and a lot less complicated then it need be.

BUT

it is kinda cool, wouldn't have thought of adding an aesthetic loop myself, but, you know you felt like it and that's fair enough

Good work

[Jimstah87]

beautiful build!!! i think the case is about as full as it can get. excellent  use of space :P nice job

ThankYou mate! Yes that is kinda how it ended up going. I just ended up having so many ideas of what I could do. After initially building it I enjoyed the process so much that it inspired me to take it further and see what I could create, wanted something special and unique and I'm happy with what it ended up as. Thanks for taking the time to have a look!

[Jimstah87]

Really nice build well done :)

ThankYou, appreciate you taking the time to have a look see!

[brat137]

"Hi guys this the the first PC I have ever built"................................*Scrolling down* DUAL LOOPS............. Well that escalated quickly...... :P

 

nice build, I'm not sure about the UV and then the separate non UV green. But looked really awesome before the addition of the second loop, Just my opinion on it though :)

[Jimstah87]

build looks great, but a little too complicated for my taste . . . . u do win the award for the most amount of pictures I have seen posted though.

Thanks mate, yeah I really had too much fun building the PC. I just got too inspired by watching reviews on what others had done that I couldn't resist in trying to make something different as well. This is how it came together in my head, kinda crazy and further than first anticipated but I enjoyed the whole process which I believe is what we do this for. Thanks for viewing!

[Jimstah87]

I usually prefer more elegant and clean builds but this is really nice as flashy builds go, also that's a LOT of chrome fittings :lol: I like the dual loop with different colours. I think I've seen a very similar build earlier on these forums, is this a repost by any chance?

Thanks Nicktrance, no this isn't a repost, my first build and post of it. Yes I really do enjoy the aesthetics of the fittings. Since I am using Intel and Nvidia in my build I decided to incorporate those colours into the build, am happy with how it looks. Thanks for viewing mate!

[Jimstah87]

With the money spent on all the extra fittings and resevoir and pump, you could probably have gotten another if not better graphics card on top of the 670

would've made the whole build a lot cleaner and a lot less complicated then it need be.

BUT

it is kinda cool, wouldn't have thought of adding an aesthetic loop myself, but, you know you felt like it and that's fair enough

Good work

Thanks Farncir I'm happy with how it ended up turning out, tis' pretty cool. Haha yeah I was waiting to see that idea mentioned by somebody, so yes, I have thought about the fact I could have had an SLI setup with the money spent on all the water cooling parts. However when I upgrade my gfx card I'll be only having to invest money in that area, not needing any more water cooling parts. So could see it as a one of thing as doing, which is cool. Thanks for viewing mate!

[Jimstah87]

"Hi guys this the the first PC I have ever built"................................*Scrolling down* DUAL LOOPS............. Well that escalated quickly...... :P

 

nice build, I'm not sure about the UV and then the separate non UV green. But looked really awesome before the addition of the second loop, Just my opinion on it though :)

Haha yeah I know, I just had to much fun with the process that kinda just drove me to keep adding to it, I stopped at this! :P Thanks for the post mate!

[ExDreamer]

So many pictures,kinda make my finger hurt from scrolling the mouse wheel.In a good way though. At 1st i was like 'wtf stock cooler' but it keep getting better and better as i scroll down. Nice build,love that u showing off the ssd.

[hamsor]

nice build but i can't see the use of the second loop (with the green coolant)

[origx36]

looks amazing but,the green is just not a good color skim

[TicTac]

i don't like how there is 3 res's but yolo i gess...

[Night]

So cool. ^___^

[GuppyTech]

Very cool my friend...

 

thanks for sharing.

[crocski]

Very nice first build.

[the bad saint]

SABERTOOTH  "MEOWW"

 love it bro nice job

[Jimstah87]

So many pictures,kinda make my finger hurt from scrolling the mouse wheel.In a good way though. At 1st i was like 'wtf stock cooler' but it keep getting better and better as i scroll down. Nice build,love that u showing off the ssd.

Thanks mate, yeah when I first started building it money was tight though then I got a new job and things started improving so I managed to add as much as I could to try and make something different. Thanks for the view!

[Jimstah87]

Very cool my friend...

 

thanks for sharing.

Thanks mate, preciate you taking the time to have a look!