Big, big Liquid Cooling project upcoming... will need lots of help

[aamirilliyas123]

Ok guys. He has a Caselabs STH10.

 

He requested the following:

A tube reservoir, Dual pumps, swiftech CPU and GPU blocks, Mobo VRM liquid cooling (just needs fittings,he said his mobo has the G1/4" threaded holes; but Im unsure he knows for sure as he has X99, more on that later), 4 480mm radiators (yes he actually requested this omg), requested swiftech pumps (which I know doesnt matter cause they are all Liang D5's but I got him MCP655-PWM's). The customer is always right!

 

Luckily for me, He is fine with clear, flexible tubing. Doesnt have to be rigid. This is more for cooling rather than looks( i think it will still look really cool), but he said to not cross tubing too much if possible, just clean as u can get it using normal compression fittings.

 

His theme is black and red, so red liquid. havent seen that before :rolleyes:

 

Here is my parts list I put together. Im still in awwe in how ridiculous this is going to be (nearly 2000mm of radiator space!!!!) lol but luckily it wasn't terribly hard to plan out thanks to the roomy case.

 

Parts bin:Reservoir:

XSPC Photon 270 w/red LED and 2 comp fittings: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/20924/ex-res-636/XSPC_Photon_270_Tube_Glass_Cylinder_Reservoir.html

Pump(s):

Bitspower Dual D5 Pump Top, w/2x swiftech MCP655-PWM pumps, 2 comp fittings: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11252/ex-pmp-100/Bitspower_G_14_Thread_Dual_D5_Mod_Top_-_POM_Version_BP-2D5TOPP-BK.html

Radiators:

4x Aplhacool Nexxos XT45 quad 120mm (480mm) Radiators, w/ 2 comp fittings each: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14988/ex-rad-342/Alphacool_NexXxoS_XT45_Full_Copper_Quad_120mm_Radiator.html

Tubing:

20 feet of PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT tubing 3/8 ID x 1/2" OD: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17581/ex-tub-1570/PrimoChill_PrimoFlex_Advanced_LRT_Tubing_38ID_x_12_OD_-_Clear_PFLEXA-12.html

GPU Blocks:

4x Swiftech Komodo GTX980 blocks: http://www.swiftech.com/komodo-nv-gtx9.aspx

CPU block:

Swiftech Apogee XL: http://www.swiftech.com/apogeexl.aspx?variation=517

SLI GPU connector fittings:

3X Swiftech G1/4 SLI & CrossfireX adjustable connector fititngs 20-33mm in black: http://www.swiftech.com/g1-4-mm-medium-connector.aspx?variation=339

Fans:

16x Noctua NF-F12 iPPC-2000 PWM fans (black Noctua's): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KFCR5BA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Misc Comp fittings for CPU, mobo, GPU:

x6 (2 cpu, 2 VRM, 2 GPU[top and bottom since they are connected with SLI connectors])Bitspower G1/4 3/8 ID and 1/2 OD .999 silver plated comp fittings: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/21716/ex-tub-2154/Bitspower_G_14_Thread_38_ID_x_12_OD_Compression_Fitting_-_999_True_Silver_Plated_BP-SLCPF-CC2.html

Coolant:

EK EKoolant Premium Liquid cooling premix coolant 1L-- Blood red: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14161/ex-liq-191/EK_EKoolant_Premium_Liquid_Cooling_Premix_Coolant_-_1L_-_Blood_Red.html

 

quick disconnect fittings (for draining):

Female-> http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17964/ex-tub-1633/Bitspower_Black_Sparkle_Quick-Disconnected_Female_w_G14_Thread_BP-BSQDFG14.html

Male-> http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17963/ex-tub-1634/Bitspower_Black_Sparkle_Quick-Disconnected_Male_w_Inner_G14_BP-BSQDMIG14.html

 

what you guys think. Im not the best at making diagrams, I drew one up that I can understand. If you desperately want to see it then I guess I can snap a pic if you want. But basically it will be;

res->pumps->2 rads at bottom-> GPU's->VRM->CPU->Top Rads->res OR I might change up GPU/VRM/CPU order. Maybe GPU->CPU->VRM-> top rads would be cleaner.

 

For draining, im going to have a tube going from the pump(s) to one of the lower rads, where it connects to the rads there will be some quick disconnect fittings as well as the normal compression fitting for the tubing. I will leave a bit of slack so he can open the case, pull the quick disconnect and drain into a bucket or something if he ever needs to.

 

About the VRM, this guy said he has a X99 Maximus board with a "top of the line 8 core processor". Afaik there is no maximus board for X99, and there is no asus boards supporting VRM liquid cooling on the X99 platform. Now he could have the Z97 maximus VII formula, with a 4790K 4c/8t but that wouldnt make sense because he has 4 GPU's. So im a bit confused on what he actually has and Im currently just going to believe he has VRM G1/4" threads for me to put fittings on haha. his theme is black and red, so i know it has to be a ROG board...

 

He said he has 2 Lampotron FC5 fan controllers so he said 16 fans should work fine. the only thing im confused about is how to wire them all up to the fan controllers haha.... Any ideas??

 

Anyways, let me know what you guys think. Im a lot more confident now that I have it all mostly planned out

  

not generally. Might make a bit more than usual off of this customer though. I really just do this on the side because I love doing this and have time for it while im still young. But im able to free up time easily for this for big projects (like this one)

I would reccomend ek waterblocks and primochill tubing as they are the best but if the customer wants it then:(

[aamirilliyas123]

Silverstone TJ11B-W is just under $600 ($586.80)

LIAN LI PC-D666WRX is a bit more, at $670

 

And I'm sure that there are more options out there for around $600.

told you it would be a sth10 or sma8

[Muatez]

If he have maximus vii formula, that mobo doesnt support 4way sli, and also watch to dont mix coper and aluminum. And if he have extreme cpu you need to buy another mobo.

Or if he have sth10 if you put 4x480 you dont have where to put psu. Mybe it would be smarter to use two 560 in bottom for gpu even if it is overkill and at top one 560 for cpu which is also total overkill and also mount psu at top. With this setup you will use full potential of this case. If you go with 560 change fans to 140mm, which noctua have.

 

 

I think this video will help you, just ignore 2 psu, buy one strong enough and ignore rigid tubing, watch video maybe it will give you some ideas to work with.

[Chiobe]

Or if he have sth10 if you put 4x480 you dont have where to put psu.

Then you just have to make a place to put it.

[Muatez]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1505481/summer-water-block-round-up-2014 If you didnt buy any of block try to get ekwb cpu block and gpu block. If i remember anything else helpful i will post.

[Atomika]

No, no. It's not that I don't trust you. I'm just saying that for me personally I wouldn't trust anyone but Bruce Willis and Linus with my PC if I had $2600 in video cards alone in that bitch.

 

Toss water into that mix, and I'd be weak at the knees.

 

To be fair, I'd feel exactly the same as @Statik here, I'd actually cry if I lost it or you broke it

 

I'd be the one that did all this to my PC then if something goes wrong, I'm the one to fix it.

 

 

Oh and, Make sure to plan the whole thing out.

 

Notes:

- Cut extra - Not too little - You can always take tubing off rather than adding tube.

- Don't let your pump run dry on test runs of the loop - You'll burn it out

 

Well, I'm new to water / liquid cooling myself but watching linus' videos I can say I feel confident to build my own loop.

 

I'm going to be building one in the future - Maybe this year when I move to my new house.

[Chiobe]

Okay, just did the math for the PSU:

 

46mm rad + 46mm rad + 25mm fan + 25mm fan = 142mm

The case is 246mm wide, meaning that you can fit upto 104mm wide/tall PSU in there, if you just make just cut some room for it in the back plate.

 

660mm case - 522mm rad = 138mm space.

If you push the rads all the way forward, so can you put a powersupply in the back, side mounted so cabels comes out on the side instead of the back.

Or maybe coming out of the top, if you can make use of the holes in the right way.

 

Its ether that, or mount it in the front, but cables comming out of the front might not be so practical.

[bcredeur97]

Customer wanted Swiftech Blocks because he wanted to see his red fluid through them (i disagree but whatever he wants lol, I love the EK blocks)

 

I addressed the 4 radiator support, turns out he modded his case to be sure he could support that! Hes done quite a lot of reasearch himself, so today me and him were talking back and forth finishing the planning. We even calculated the space between the radiators so we knew if we had enough workspace there to put the pump and a little excess tubing for the drain.

 

He said he would order the parts himself because He wanted to sleeve cables for the fan extensions and wanted to see exactly how long they needed to be to reach his fan controller. (he sleeves cables but doesnt do his own watercooling setup? beats me..)

 

He said once he has everything ready, he will bring the PC to me to do the loop.

 

So all is looking well! I cant wait to put this thing together!

[Nikolithebear]

Customer wanted Swiftech Blocks because he wanted to see his red fluid through them (i disagree but whatever he wants lol, I love the EK blocks)

 

I addressed the 4 radiator support, turns out he modded his case to be sure he could support that! Hes done quite a lot of reasearch himself, so today me and him were talking back and forth finishing the planning. We even calculated the space between the radiators so we knew if we had enough workspace there to put the pump and a little excess tubing for the drain.

 

He said he would order the parts himself because He wanted to sleeve cables for the fan extensions and wanted to see exactly how long they needed to be to reach his fan controller. (he sleeves cables but doesnt do his own watercooling setup? beats me..)

 

He said once he has everything ready, he will bring the PC to me to do the loop.

 

So all is looking well! I cant wait to put this thing together!

Weird that he dosent do his own loops.   Odd..Oh well, I know you can do it!!!!

[revl8er]

Are you sure this guy isn't messing with you?  The way you make him sound it seems like he knows his way around a computer.  He even sleeves his cables himself.  A water loop wouldn't be much of a challenge for him.  I'm guessing he's never done one before and is just afraid to.