Completely custom water cooling loop for SMa8

[Hydromancer]

I am building my first water cooling system. I probably should have started with something easier but I figured i might as well go all out if I'm going to do it.

 

The water cooling parts and case are being shipped as I type this up, hopefully.

 

I have all the Computer hardware picked out, just waiting on the 980ti to come out in Dec. figured i could spend the time i have building the rest.  I know its going to take me awhile to build this. I'll just use 1 of my gpu's out of my current system to check if parts are running well from factory before water cooling them.

 

Here is a drawing i made on Cad in the attached files below, to help me visualize how i was going to run my loop, and to help me from buying to few or too less of fittings (Which is probably going to be short since i revised my build after i orderd...). The yellow lines are acrylic tubing that are running behind mother board tray.  And the red lines are the mini drain ports. The lines going from the top of the rez up to the right of the case are going to be fill ports. I'll get some pics of the items of everything when they start coming in.  Will definitely be keeping a fairly detailed build log.  I probably am going over my head here with this but what the hell, why not? If you can't make out the color differences on the thumbnail just open it up in a separate tab.

 

This is going to be a completely over kill build!!

 

-Case

 

Caselabs SMa8 two-tone Gunmetal and black

 

-Water cooling parts

 

- EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel (EK-SUPREMACY-EVO-NP) -CPU block

-Monsoon 1/2 ID x 5/8 OD acrylic tubing

Part # Product Description Qty     ex-rad-341 Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper Quad 120mm Radiator 1     ex-tub-2233 Bitspower G1/4 Thread Female / Female Connector Fitting - Carbon Black (BP-CBWP-C03) 10     ex-tub-2742 Monsoon Hardline UV Cure Adhesive - 8mL (HUVCA-8ML) 3     ex-tub-3403 Bitspower Premium G1/4 Thread Stop Fitting - Carbon Black (BP-CBPRE-06) 6     ex-rad-631 XSPC 4 x 140mm Radiator Gasket - 3mm 2     ex-tub-508 Bitspower Matte Black G1/4" Barb Fitting - 1/2" ID (BP-MBWP-C01) 2     lit-297 Logisys 24" Corner LED Light Bar - 12V - UV (LCX24UV) 

   Selected Options

• Select Type of Connector: Molex 4-Pin

2     lit-393 Logisys 12" 12V Super Bright LED Expandable Light Strip w/ Molex - UV (SDM12UV) 2     ex-liq-265 Mayhems Dye - 15mL - UV Green 2     ex-liq-378 Mayhems Pastel Coolant Premix - 1L - Green 2     ex-tub-2681 Monsoon Chain Gun Hardline Fitting - 1/2"ID x 5/8"OD - Modders 4 Pack Green (CGH-1258-4-GR) 13     ex-rad-467 XSPC 4 x 120mm Radiator Gasket - 3mm 2     ele-1301 4-Pin PWM Power Distribution PCB 8x Way Block (MMT-PCB-8P-44P) 2     ex-tub-3196 Bitspower Multi Link Black O-Ring - (10 Pack) (BP-ML-O10-BK) 2     ex-tub-619 Bitspower Mini Dual G1/4" Male / Male Low Profile Fitting - Matte Black (BP-MBWP-C42 2     ele-1299 4-Pin PWM Power Distribution PCB 4x Way Block (MMT-PCB-4P-44P) 1     cab-245 ModRight CableRight Single Braid 4-Pin PWM Fan Extension - Black 3     scr-221 M3 x 30mm Pan Head Screws - Stainless Steel - 4 Pack 16     ex-tub-1035 Bitspower G1/4" Mini Valve - Matte Black (BP-MVV-MBKBK) 2     ex-tub-2258 Bitspower G1/4 Thread 90-Degree Dual Rotary Adapter - Carbon Black (BP-CB90R2) 4     ex-tub-608 Bitspower G1/4 Thread Female / Female Pass-Through Fitting / Fillport - Matte Black (BP-MBWP-C04) 14     ex-blc-1789 EK Monarch Series X4 Ram Liquid Cooling Block - Nickel Clean CSQ (EK-RAM Monarch X4 Clean CSQ - Nickel) 

   Selected Options

• Select Optional RAM Modules: EK RAM DIMM Module - 2x 2 Pack ($53.98)

1     ex-rad-432 Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper Quad 140mm Radiator 1     ex-tub-1573 PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT Tubing 1/2"ID x 3/4" OD - Clear (PFLEXA-34) 2     too-51 ESD Safe Anti-Static Gloves w/ PU Coated Tips 1     ex-tub-175 Bitspower Crystal Quad Block - 360 Degree 2     ex-tub-2781 Bitspower G 1/4 Thread Male to Male Rotary Extender - Carbon Black (BP-CBRG) 2     ex-tub-716 Bitspower G 1/4 Matte Black Aqua-Pipe II (BP-MBWP-C18) 2     ex-res-679 Bitspower G1/4 Z-CAP II Water Tank Z Cap x 3 Ports - Acrylic (BP-WTZACC2-CL) 2     fan-995 Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition High Static Pressure 120mm Fan - 2 Pack (CO-9050008-WW) 4     fan-991 Corsair Air Series AF120 Performance Edition High Airflow 120mm Fan - 2 Pack (CO-9050004-WW) 2     fan-1369 Noctua Industrial NF-A14 140 x 25mm PWM Fan - 3000 RPM (NFA12IPPC30P) 8     ex-res-367 Bitspower Dual / Single D5 Top Upgrade Kit 150- Clear (BP-D5TOPUK150AC-CLCL) 

   Selected Options

• Select Optional Pump Top: Bitspower Pump Mod Top V2 - Acrylic ($50.99)
• Select Optional Pump: 1 x Swiftech MCP655 Variable Speed ($104.95)
• Select Optional Pump Mod Kit: 1 x Bitspower Pump Mod Kit - Matte Black($49.95)

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Let me know what you what you think or if you have any suggestions, they are all more than welcome.

 

I also have not came up with a name for this build yet.  Figured i would stew on that for a bit.

 

New to the site and just realized there is a thread for New builds, not sure since this is going to be a water cooling monster if it should be here or there.  When I start building and posting pictures ill post there i suppose.

[gozzygozborn]

Are you bending or just using fittings?

 

[Hydromancer]

I'll be bending mostly, very few 90 degree fittings will be used.

[Peopie]

It looks like you have everything planned out pretty well, I'm not sure what else I can comment on.

 

I hope everything goes smoothly for you!

[acidprototype]

Welcome to the forum.

AmMassive build with hardline tubes and a dual loop system to boot. Hope it goes well.

[runit3]

 

Let me know what you what you think or if you have any suggestions, they are all more than welcome.

 

I also have not came up with a name for this build yet.  Figured i would stew on that for a bit.

 

New to the site and just realized there is a thread for New builds, not sure since this is going to be a water cooling monster if it should be here or there.  When I start building and posting pictures ill post there i suppose.

 

Few things, I think you'll be very disappointed with the Logysis UV LED's (I was, got a pair and scrapped them, went with different brand -details+pics in sig's build log). Also, the loop looks kind of funky to me, those top in/out flow lines look like they're at the top of your res, unless I am just really misinterpreting your picture.

 

It should look something like;

The inlet and outlet should be on the pump block holes, fill port at the top is only used to fill the res.

https://www.frozencpu.com/images/products/pdf/ex-res-365.pdf

[Hydromancer]

Thanks for the heads up on the LEDs, have 4 total for each of the corners, if they end up being crap ill scrap.  Also a little misinterpretation the tubes coming up to the top right will be the fill ports, that plan may change though.  The fill is at the top of the rezs though. And the loop finishes at the top of rezs as well.  The arrows that you have pointed straight up are plugged.