The Water Cooling Gallery

[LLCooLM495]

CPU: Intel Core i7 6800k @4.2Ghz (1.230 V)
CPU Custom Loop: EKWB Supremacy EVO MX (Nickel/ Plexi), XSPC 360EX Rad, Laing D5 Vario Pump, Primochill Advanced LRT Crystal Clear (7/16" x 5/8"), XSPC Compression Fittings, Distilled Water and Primochill Utopia Mix
GPU: MSI Gaming X GTX GeForce GTX 1080
Motherboard: MSI X99S Gaming 7
Thermal Compound: IC Diamond 7 Carat
RAM: 16 GB (8x2) GSkill Ripjaws V 2400 (OCd to 3200)
Storage: Samsung 960 EVO M.2 (256GB), Toshiba P300 1TB@ 7200 RPM, WD Blue 1TB 5600 RPM
GPU: MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1080
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid-Tower
PSU: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold (Fully Modular)

[daimonie]

On 6/13/2018 at 10:09 PM, HOOTSMON said:

do you class this as finished? whats with your camera?

No, not yet. But I was so happy I got a working PC again (leak-free on first attempt!) with water cooling that I wanted to share. Regarding my camera, I only have a (rather disappointing) phone camera. When I finish the desk, if I share pictures again, I'll ask if I can borrow a better camera. 

 

There's still quite a bit of cable clutter. I want to get cable combs and make work of that. Depending on the results, I might add a bit more wood. I have some leftover cuts. If I'm not satisfied with just combing, I'm likely to essentially add a 'shelf' in the space near the front panel and PSU to hide the worst of the clutter. The front panel backside (first picture, bottom left) isn't pleasing to look at anyway. I also have an old ssd and hdd in there. These will be replaced by a M.2 SSD. They're from our old shared computer and we were still offloading data (and a Doctor Who archive). So that's the likely first upgrade I will perform, if I can find some time.

 

And I'm planning to get a new videocard, likely from the new nvidia lineup, and put that on watercooling as well.  (The reason I'm waiting is because I'm saving up) .When I do so, I will also add an extra 90 degree fitting to the pump. I didn't think I use one on the T-split for the drain, but I did. As a result, the soft tube coming up from the pump outlet towards the CPU is slightly bending due to the glass and would be better with an angled fitting. 

 

[HOOTSMON]

On 6/28/2018 at 12:32 PM, daimonie said:

No, not yet. But I was so happy I got a working PC again (leak-free on first attempt!) with water cooling that I wanted to share. Regarding my camera, I only have a (rather disappointing) phone camera. When I finish the desk, if I share pictures again, I'll ask if I can borrow a better camera. 

 

There's still quite a bit of cable clutter. I want to get cable combs and make work of that. Depending on the results, I might add a bit more wood. I have some leftover cuts. If I'm not satisfied with just combing, I'm likely to essentially add a 'shelf' in the space near the front panel and PSU to hide the worst of the clutter. The front panel backside (first picture, bottom left) isn't pleasing to look at anyway. I also have an old ssd and hdd in there. These will be replaced by a M.2 SSD. They're from our old shared computer and we were still offloading data (and a Doctor Who archive). So that's the likely first upgrade I will perform, if I can find some time.

 

And I'm planning to get a new videocard, likely from the new nvidia lineup, and put that on watercooling as well.  (The reason I'm waiting is because I'm saving up) .When I do so, I will also add an extra 90 degree fitting to the pump. I didn't think I use one on the T-split for the drain, but I did. As a result, the soft tube coming up from the pump outlet towards the CPU is slightly bending due to the glass and would be better with an angled fitting. 

 

well keep us posted brother! 

[flibberdipper]

On 6/17/2018 at 5:59 AM, bling said:

I forgot to post the pics of my build so here there are

 

I still have some work to do like the psu shroud but I'm pretty satisfied so far.

 

More detail on the build log

The only time RGB barf and UV should ever go together. Ever. ^{(Unless it's just your camera making the fluid look like it's UV reactive, but it still looks dank as hell so who cares.)}

[bling]

7 hours ago, tmcclelland455 said:

The only time RGB barf and UV should ever go together. Ever. ^{(Unless it's just your camera making the fluid look like it's UV reactive, but it still looks dank as hell so who cares.)}

Yes it is UV reactive but I don't have any UV lights, the effect is only due to the blue light of the rgb. I like it better this way

[RTS2468]

I would like to show everyone my setup, and get feedback on what everyone thinks of it. I have had this system for over 8 years(proof of futureproofing) and haven't really upgraded except the gpu.

Here are the specs:

 

HARDWARE:

CPU: AMD FX-6300 (4.6GHz-5.1GHz)

MB: Asus Crosshair V Formula

RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 16GB (4x4GB)

GPU: eVGA GTX 980ti HydroCopper
Case: Ancient Cooler Master HAF 932

PSU: Seasonic 80 Plus Gold 750w Modular

Boot Drive: Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD

Storage Drives: 3TB Seagate Barracuda, 2TB WD Black, 1TB WD Green, 120GB Lite-ON SSD

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster x-Fi w/ Simplifi Digital 7075 7.1 Amp

Optical Drive(lol): LG Blu-Ray Re-writer

Monitor: Mitsubishi 73" DLP 3D Ready

 

WATER-COOLING

Block(s): CPU: XSPC Raystorm AMD|RAM: XSPC Universal 4 Slot Full Copper| MB: EK-FB Asus C5F-Z - Acetal+Nickel| GPU: EK-980ti HydroCopper

Radiator(s): XSPC EX-120| XSPC EX-360

Reservoir: Koolance 452X2

Pump(s): 2 x XSPC Vario D5

Fitting(s): Bitspower Deluxe White Multi-Link

Tube: Bitspower Crystal Link

 

 

I would love to have some feedback on my system, to know any suggestions and recommendations. 

 

 

 

Edited July 6, 2018 by RTS2468
adding picture

[andrewmp6]

On 6/2/2018 at 6:00 AM, Generation said:

My firs watercooling and also first hardline loop, actually finished it 3 weeks ago after ordering several times (Little things you forget / want to add)

i7 8700K @ 5.2 Ghz
GTX 1080 Ti @ 2Ghz most of the time.

32GB DDR4 @ 3300Mhz
1TB 960 EVO

Asus Strix 370 E 

In: 

What top rad do you have and how much ram clearance do you have between it and the fans ?

[daimonie]

On 7/5/2018 at 9:49 PM, RTS2468 said:

I would like to show everyone my setup, and get feedback on what everyone thinks of it. I have had this system for over 8 years(proof of futureproofing) and haven't really upgraded except the gpu.

Here are the specs:

 

HARDWARE:

CPU: AMD FX-6300 (4.6GHz-5.1GHz)

MB: Asus Crosshair V Formula

RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 16GB (4x4GB)

GPU: eVGA GTX 980ti HydroCopper
Case: Ancient Cooler Master HAF 932

PSU: Seasonic 80 Plus Gold 750w Modular

Boot Drive: Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD

Storage Drives: 3TB Seagate Barracuda, 2TB WD Black, 1TB WD Green, 120GB Lite-ON SSD

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster x-Fi w/ Simplifi Digital 7075 7.1 Amp

Optical Drive(lol): LG Blu-Ray Re-writer

Monitor: Mitsubishi 73" DLP 3D Ready

 

WATER-COOLING

Block(s): CPU: XSPC Raystorm AMD|RAM: XSPC Universal 4 Slot Full Copper| MB: EK-FB Asus C5F-Z - Acetal+Nickel| GPU: EK-980ti HydroCopper

Radiator(s): XSPC EX-120| XSPC EX-360

Reservoir: Koolance 452X2

Pump(s): 2 x XSPC Vario D5

Fitting(s): Bitspower Deluxe White Multi-Link

Tube: Bitspower Crystal Link

 

I would love to have some feedback on my system, to know any suggestions and recommendations. 

 

 

 

That's an interesting question - feedback for an 8 year old system. I didn't even plan for that (I'm hoping to get 5).  I'm just going to look at the pictures and fire off some suggestions.  

 

I find the old-school fan grills on the XSPC (assume radiator?) actually quite interesting. But it is white, a paint job might be an amusing idea. Next to it, the bay-cage thing looks quite horrid as does the unfilled rack of drives. But that's just the old case showing.

 

In the second image, one of the fittings looks quite dirty. Clean it Beyond that, more evidence of the time/effort/planning you put in hardline tubing. Is that a RAM cooler? One thing that bothers me here is again the drive bay. What I'm thinking off as a solution, if you just want to change this slightly, is the plexiglas stuff JPModified uses. It is apparently quite cheap and you could use it to cover the backside of things and the screw-holes on the bay. Just give it a shroud, basically. 

 

Next image: The grey cable stands out, as does the non-sleeved cable on the right. Might be worth it to sleeve them, although I'm starting to wonder at this point whether or not you have a window In this image, there msotly seems to be some chaos in the top right, which might just be because of the cable-management options of the case. 

 

It is extremely impressive. Basically, most of my comments are about the old case  

 

[Shaqo_Wyn]

On 1/5/2013 at 5:44 PM, GrandmasBoy said:

Hey guys just wanted to share my PC. I put a lot of time and work and planning into this. It's almost done just awaiting a PSU cover and a custom GPU backplate. Also have a few more cables to sleeve.

 

here is the backplate I am awaiting.

 

Specs? What rads are in the top and front? push / push/pull? what case? 

[TekRed]

Have this posted in my build log but wanted to share it here too

Specs:

AMD threadripper 1950x

Asus zenith extreme x399

G.Skill Tridentz 64gb 3200mhz CL16 

Asus Strix gtx 1080

Samsung 970 evo 250gb x3 in raid 0

EVGA SuperNova 850 G1+

CableMod ModMesh custom cables

InWin 303c

InWin polaris 120 rgb fans

Watercooling by Bitspower 

Coolant extreme white pastel with custom mix dye by mayhem 

 

[jRE07]

My PC-011 that I build recently. My very first hardline project, so nothing crazy really, just tried to do clean runs and have a nice overall build.

 

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-8600K @ 5.0Ghz 
MB: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-F Gaming 
RAM: 16GB G.SKILL TridentZ 3866 MHz 
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X 
SSD: Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 250 GB 
SSD2: Sandisk 500GB Ultra 3D SSD 
PSU: Seasonic 650W FOCUS+ Platinum 
CASE: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic 

Custom Loop 

TOP RAD: EK-CoolStream PE 360 (45mm) 
SIDE RAD: EK-CoolStream XE 360 (60mm) 
CPU BLOCK: EK-Supremacy EVO 
GPU BLOCK: Raijintek SAMOS Full Cover 
PUMP: EK-DDC 3.2 PWM Elite Edition 
RES: EK-RES X3 250 
TUBING: 16/12mm PETG w/ EK-HDC Black Nickel Fittings 

[Australian-n00b]

8 hours ago, jRE07 said:

 

 

 

Love the Tube going from the GPU to the CPU and CPU to the top Rad looks like soft Tubing but is not

[Zammin]

I just recently finished my first hardline build in the PC-011 Dynamic case as well haha. Must be popular.

 

Specs:

- 8700k @ 5Ghz

- Strix GTX1080Ti OC

- Maximus X Code

- Trident Z RGB 3200Mhz 16Gb

- RM1000i PSU

- Intel 600P 256Gb OS Drive

- Samsung 850 Evo 1TB Games drive

- 3TB Hard Drive Storage

 

Watercooling components:

- EK Supremacy RGB CPU Block

- Phanteks Glacier RGB GPU Block

- EK Xres 140 Revo RGB D5 Pump/Res Combo (with extended reservoir tube)

- EK XE360 Top Radiator

- XSPC EX360 Side Radiator

- Bitspower DRGB Flow Indicator

- EK 16mm OD PETG Tubing

- Corsair ML120 Radiator Fans

 

Took a lot of time to squeeze everything in there. Hope you guys like it. 

 

 

[Zammin]

Sorry for the poor image quality, I don't have a great camera, just the one on my phone

[CaptainSav916]

waiting on my shroud. the one in the photo is a mock so I could get the loop going. it is RGB by the way! *wink wink*

 

 

[Bww794]

Case: EVGA DG-87

Mobo: ASUS Zenith Extreme

CPU: TR 1950X

GPU: EVGA 1080ti FTW3

RAM: 32gb Ballistix Sport 2666 (biggest downfall of my build)

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 80+ Platinum

Storage: 250gb 970evo m.2, 80gb intel 320 series 2.5" ssd, 1tb Seagate barracuda 7200rpm 3.5" HDD

EK sTR4 Supremacy RGB cpu block

EK-FC 1080 GTX TI FTW3 RGB gpu block

EK D5 pump/res combo with res upgrade

EK Coolstream SE 360

EK Coolstream PE 360

EK Furious Vardar 120mm fans x6

Corsair LL120 fans x6

EK Hardline PTEG w/ all Bitspower compression fittings

EK CryoFuel Lime Yellow

[andrewmp6]

On 8/2/2018 at 10:09 PM, Zammin said:

I just recently finished my first hardline build in the PC-011 Dynamic case as well haha. Must be popular.

 

Specs:

- 8700k @ 5Ghz

- Strix GTX1080Ti OC

- Maximus X Code

- Trident Z RGB 3200Mhz 16Gb

- RM1000i PSU

- Intel 600P 256Gb OS Drive

- Samsung 850 Evo 1TB Games drive

- 3TB Hard Drive Storage

 

Watercooling components:

- EK Supremacy RGB CPU Block

- Phanteks Glacier RGB GPU Block

- EK Xres 140 Revo RGB D5 Pump/Res Combo (with extended reservoir tube)

- EK XE360 Top Radiator

- XSPC EX360 Side Radiator

- Bitspower DRGB Flow Indicator

- EK 16mm OD PETG Tubing

- Corsair ML120 Radiator Fans

 

Took a lot of time to squeeze everything in there. Hope you guys like it. 

 

 

What desk is that ?

[Zammin]

49 minutes ago, andrewmp6 said:

What desk is that ?

It's just an IKEA electric sit/stand desk. Can't remember the brand name specifically.

[Zammin]

Got some more ram in there and no longer barfing rainbows. It also looked good with white edge lighting but the red turned out better on my crappy iphone camera. I need to get a decent camera one of these days..

 

 

[Jokrik]

 

 

More photos here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmm4sY4W

 

7900x @4.7ghz Delidded with Der8auer direct die frame

Asus Rampage VI Extreme

4x8gb Corsair Dominator Platinum

Vega64

1TB Samsung 960 Pro

2x 512GB Samsung 960 Pro

Cooler Master C700p custom painted

Seasonic Prime Ultra 850w Titanium

Cablesmods RGB-UV LED Strip

MDPC-X cable sleeve

 

Watercooling:
Aquacomputer Nickel VISION CPU Block

Aquacomputer Vega64 Nickel GPU Block

Heatkiller Black Nickel Asus Rampage VI Extreme VRM Block

Aquaero 6 XT

Heatkiller Tube  150

2x EK PE 360 Radiator

Aquacomputer Kyro M.2 passive heat sink

Bitspower Fittings

Bitspower PETG tubes

Noctua NF-A12x25 on radiators

 

 

[Yin2theYang]

7820X @ 4.79GHz (1 core)

3x GTX 1080 Ti (2x Hybrid, 1x Hard Line)

 

Second desktop I ever built.  

 

Yeah...I'm weird, REALLY intelligent, but so F-ing stupid.

 

Also drunk.

 

LG C7

Denon AVR-X5200

Emotiva + Klipsch

 

(Also usually Asus PB328 on subwoofer, for FAQs yo)

Edited August 25, 2018 by Yin2theYang

[bling]

On 8/10/2018 at 3:17 PM, Bww794 said:

Case: EVGA DG-87

Mobo: ASUS Zenith Extreme

CPU: TR 1950X

GPU: EVGA 1080ti FTW3

RAM: 32gb Ballistix Sport 2666 (biggest downfall of my build)

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 80+ Platinum

Storage: 250gb 970evo m.2, 80gb intel 320 series 2.5" ssd, 1tb Seagate barracuda 7200rpm 3.5" HDD

EK sTR4 Supremacy RGB cpu block

EK-FC 1080 GTX TI FTW3 RGB gpu block

EK D5 pump/res combo with res upgrade

EK Coolstream SE 360

EK Coolstream PE 360

EK Furious Vardar 120mm fans x6

Corsair LL120 fans x6

EK Hardline PTEG w/ all Bitspower compression fittings

EK CryoFuel Lime Yellow

Could you post a picture with the uv effect in the dark? Have you ever had the chance to compare the lime fluid with the green one? I  was indecided between the two  but then i went for the green because there're lot of picture on the web and i was pretty sure what i was getting

[HKG]

On 1/31/2018 at 4:09 PM, Australian-n00b said:

I am Looking at redoing my Rig to Hard Line and moving to the Thermaltake Core P5 

Your build makes me want to do mine even more

But Very Nice Looking Build

Thanks. I am currently doing maintenance on my rig and I just added in some white sleeved cables to the GPU. I will post pictures after I finish maintenance.

[Limecat86]

On 25-8-2018 at 9:35 AM, Yin2theYang said:

7820X @ 4.79GHz (1 core)

3x GTX 1080 Ti (2x Hybrid, 1x Hard Line)

 

Second desktop I ever built.  

 

Yeah...I'm weird, REALLY intelligent, but so F-ing stupid.

 

Also drunk.

--SNIP--

 

LG C7

Denon AVR-X5200

Emotiva + Klipsch

--SNIP--

 

(Also usually Asus PB328 on subwoofer, for FAQs yo)

Well, at least you have a good taste for whisky. Cheers!

[1stian]

First attempt at soft tubing watercooling. Using an H700i.

I7-6700k

980ti strix

4x8Gb ram sticks

 

CFX coolant cherry red.

240rad. Only pull for now. Adding push very soon.

 

 

Will be upgrading GPU soon. And add that inn to my loop.