The Water Cooling Gallery

[KWelz]

1 hour ago, OnyxArmos said:

Hey what's this part?

 

Reservoir. 

[Limecat86]

On 9/30/2018 at 5:41 AM, KWelz said:

I was getting near 90c on my CPU while doing gaming lately so decided it was time for a system cleaning.  CPU block top was cracked so I ended up replacing it.  New tubing all around and decided to go with a no bend setup.  I think I am going to do a vinegar and high pressure flush before I add coolant.  What do you all think would look good in this system?   I am thinking white, green or blue pastel.  

--SNIP--

 

Do you have anything nickel plated in your loop? If so then don't use vinegar, it'll cause oxidation to occur on the nickel. Use a vinegar/water mixture around 10/90 only for your rads. If you really want to thoroughly clean your nickel plated blocks, taking them apart and give them a gentle rubbing would be your best option.

 

Another option you could try is running Mayhems Blitz Part 2 through your loop. Note that Part 1 is for radiators only!

[H3LLSMAN]

 

[MaratM]

Finished the build

Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic

P6T with X5680 OC'd to 4,2 gHz (watercooled NB+SB+VRM)

GTX 980ti

 

[Braveshock]

Hi,

 

I finally finished my first custom loop. Basically it wasn't easy but enjoyed that work

 

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

CPU - i7 8600K

GPU - EVGA SC2 GTX 1080Ti

RAM - 32GB Corsair Vengeance

WaterCoolig heart - EK equipment + bitspower fittings + 360 slim radiator + 3x Noctua NF-S12A

 

btw - workin on airbubbles and temperatures

 

[kontradictions]

Hi All,

 

Here's my latest build

Core i7-6700k

Asus Maximus VIII Hero

RTX 2080

Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic

Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB

 

EK Blocks and Radiators

Corsair LL120 Fans

Bitspower Fittings and Glass tubing

Barrowch Flow Meter

Radikult Custom Res and Pump Mount

 

IMG_4583 by Bruce Han, on Flickr

 

IMG_4609 by Bruce Han, on Flickr

 

IMG_4613 by Bruce Han, on Flickr

 

IMG_4622 by Bruce Han, on Flickr

[Mic Vox]

Extremely new here. Figured I'd show my last water cooled build...

MOBO: ASUS CROSSHAIR V-FORMULA Z

CPU: AMD FX-8350 BLACK

RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengence series

GPU: (2)NVIDIA GTX 650TI (SLI)

HDD: (2) CORSAIR SSD 250GB

(3) WD 1T BLACK

PSU: CORSAIR AX1200i 

 

It looks really trashy compared to most of y'all's builds!!! My next build will definitely feature hardlines!! Love em!!! And you guys have some amazingly beautiful setups!!! 

 

[Jumper118]

35 minutes ago, Mic Vox said:

Extremely new here. Figured I'd show my last water cooled build...

MOBO: ASUS CROSSHAIR V-FORMULA Z

CPU: AMD FX-8350 BLACK

RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengence series

GPU: (2)NVIDIA GTX 650TI (SLI)

HDD: (2) CORSAIR SSD 250GB

(3) WD 1T BLACK

PSU: CORSAIR AX1200i 

 

It looks really trashy compared to most of y'all's builds!!! My next build will definitely feature hardlines!! Love em!!! And you guys have some amazingly beautiful setups!!! 

 

 

32gb of memeory on am3+. That is brave. 

[H3LLSMAN]

3 hours ago, Mic Vox said:

Extremely new here. Figured I'd show my last water cooled build...

MOBO: ASUS CROSSHAIR V-FORMULA Z

CPU: AMD FX-8350 BLACK

RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengence series

GPU: (2)NVIDIA GTX 650TI (SLI)

HDD: (2) CORSAIR SSD 250GB

(3) WD 1T BLACK

PSU: CORSAIR AX1200i 

 

It looks really trashy compared to most of y'all's builds!!! My next build will definitely feature hardlines!! Love em!!! And you guys have some amazingly beautiful setups!!! 

I got a picture of my old build and I spent all my money on the components lol the case was my motherboard box and stayed like that for an year. I just could not figure out a case that I liked and willing to drop the cash on that deep cool case was on the list, but the Thermaltake Core P7 is something I am thinking of moving to in the future allows for installation of the rads I got and moving back to an open air type build would be nice. But anyways this was my first build had a cooking thermometer in the res for water temps lol and was on an 8ft folding white table with a mod mat super glued to the thing with the pump screwed right into the table.

 

 

 

 

 

[TahoeDust]

This is my work in progress and my first try at custom water.  Waiting on 9900k and 2080ti FTW3/waterblock....

 

 

 

[Mic Vox]

6 hours ago, Jumper118 said:

32gb of memeory on am3+. That is brave. 

No issues at all with it. Well... The MOBO was a DOA... It's been a while since I built this and the only issues so far have been failed PSU and a dead 1T drive. I'm starting to have issues with the cooling system... Sensors aren't reporting right.

 

Correction... These are NVIDIA GTX 560TI s.

 

Just did cinebench... CPU scored 868 will GPU was only at 87%

 

SLI is doing nothing for me

[Mic Vox]

4 hours ago, H3LLSMAN said:

I got a picture of my old build and I spent all my money on the components lol the case was my motherboard box and stayed like that for an year. I just could not figure out a case that I liked and willing to drop the cash on that deep cool case was on the list, but the Thermaltake Core P7 is something I am thinking of moving to in the future allows for installation of the rads I got and moving back to an open air type build would be nice. But anyways this was my first build had a cooking thermometer in the res for water temps lol and was on an 8ft folding white table with a mod mat super glued to the thing with the pump screwed right into the table.

 

 

 

 

 

Love this!!! Open air rocks!!! Unless you've got pets... I am soooo wanting to do a hard line build!!!

[WHWidjaja]

On 10/15/2018 at 7:01 PM, Braveshock said:

Hi,

 

I finally finished my first custom loop. Basically it wasn't easy but enjoyed that work

 

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

CPU - i7 8600K

GPU - EVGA SC2 GTX 1080Ti

RAM - 32GB Corsair Vengeance

WaterCoolig heart - EK equipment + bitspower fittings + 360 slim radiator + 3x Noctua NF-S12A

 

btw - workin on airbubbles and temperatures

excellent work. your custom loop setup is exactly what I have in my mind of my upcoming custom loop upgrade. Noctua NF-S12A slim fan to accommodate the very tight space in Fractal Define C case cramped with EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 and also reservoir mounted on the back case fan. Thanks for sharing.

[Braveshock]

Added 240mm radiator on top with 2x120mm slim fans

 

 

[Neo-revo]

On 1/4/2013 at 3:55 AM, virusal19 said:

Show off all your Custom Water Cooling Rigs!

(please specify specs and show pictures.)

 

 

AMD-9590@ 5.1

32gb gskill tridentz2400mhz 10-12-12-31 @1.65

Dual 290X- (base stock PCB)

Asus Crosshair Formula-Z ROG EATX

1600W EVGA Platnium supernova ATX PSU

Thermaltake  Commander Fan controller.

9x140mm 5x40mm 7x120mm fans.

3 X UV LED.

2 X D5

480/420mm mounted in Coolermaster Haf 915F

Main Case Enthoo Primo Ultimate

2 x XSPC Razor GPU block

Cuplex Kryos NEXT w/Vision .925/Acetal

Hardline Acrlyc

XT-1 NUKE  at about 14% conc  with UV Dye

[Buddster3]

On 1/6/2013 at 12:53 AM, TallZXDriver said:

Here is mine...

Theres a couple of things I might have done differently had I known then what I know now. I think I could fit a thin radiator with two fans on the back side of the HDD cage if I had gone with a bay reservoir and I would have gotten better airflow through the case. I also wish I had gone with a different pump or put a non stock pump top on so I could have used 90* fittings to the res. Oh well it was my first build ever and I bit off alot so I am pretty proud of how it came out. Those other things might come in the form of an upgrade later.

The apple logo ruins it. LOL JK. Its nice but i wouldn't have put a apple logo on it.

 

On 10/15/2018 at 6:53 AM, MaratM said:

Finished the build

Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic

P6T with X5680 OC'd to 4,2 gHz (watercooled NB+SB+VRM)

GTX 980ti

Nice rig. I love the color scheme. Keep up the good work.

[keskparane]

Was having trouble keeping GPU cool so decided to add some water.

 

CPU: i7 8700

GPU: GTX 1080ti Gigabyte Aorus

RAM: 2 x 8GB 2666MHz Kingston HyperX Savage

SSD1: 512GB Samsung 970 Pro

SSD2: 512GB Samsung 960 Pro

MB: Gigabyte Z370XP SLI

PSU: 650W Seasonic Prime Titanium

CASE: Fractal Define C

 

CPU BLOCK: Byski B-XPR-B-CU

GPU BLOCK: Byski N-GV1080TIXT-X

PUMP RES COMBO: Byski B-PMD3-COV+CT66

PUMP MOUNTS: EKWB DDC Anti-Vibration

RAD1: Barrow Dabel-A360

RAD2: Barrow Dabel-A240

FANS: Noctua NF A12x25 PWM

TUBE: EKWB ZMT 15.9/9.5

FITTINGS: Barrow TB3C-02

CLAMPS: 16mm Spring

COOLANT: Distilled water edit:(Had to add some EK CryoFuel to keep water clean)

 

Running fans & pump at 30% I can barely hear a thing and can't hit thermal limits maxing out both CPU & GPU with simultaneous stress tests. Ready for summer when ambient room temp will raise to around 40 deg Celsius.

 

[Laurence_MM]

Yeah, so my custom system is abit unusual and took inspiration from an LTT video awhile back...

A cocktail for disaster?

 

 

The specs:

 

CPU: i7 4720hq @ 2.6ghz

GPU: GTX 860m @ 950mhz approx

 

Pre-watercooling

CPU: 93c (throttle down to 1.6ghz)

GPU: 98c (throttle down to 687mhz)

 

Post-watercooling

CPU: 66c (boost up to 3.6ghz)

GPU: 56c (boost up to 1.1ghz)

[Mick Naughty]

What are the gains?

[Laurence_MM]

3 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

What are the gains?

Eh, 40 degrees C drop in temps. Nothing much.

[Mick Naughty]

Just now, Laurence_MM said:

Eh, 40 degrees C drop in temps. Nothing much.

Performance wise.

[Laurence_MM]

1 minute ago, Mick Naughty said:

Performance wise.

Considering it's a laptop, nothing unheard of.

Cpu: i7 4720hq @ 3.6ghz

Gpu: GTX860m @ 1.1ghz

 

Pre watercooling:

Cpu: 93c

Gpu: 98c

 

Post watercooling:

Cpu: 66c

Gpu: 56c

[Jumper118]

13 minutes ago, Laurence_MM said:

Considering it's a laptop, nothing unheard of.

Cpu: i7 4720hq @ 3.6ghz

Gpu: GTX860m @ 1.1ghz

 

Pre watercooling:

Cpu: 93c

Gpu: 98c

 

Post watercooling:

Cpu: 66c

Gpu: 56c

you can oc the hq cpu?

[Laurence_MM]

On 11/16/2018 at 5:56 PM, Jumper118 said:

you can oc the hq cpu?

Should of specified, that is turbo clock speed as is thr gpu clock.

As a side note, pre watercooling had the following throttling:

Cpu: down to 1.6ghz

Gpu: down to 678mhz

 

 

Installed the feet today. Project complete!

 

[elcamino85h]

On 1/4/2013 at 5:55 AM, virusal19 said:

Show off all your Custom Water Cooling Rigs!

(please specify specs and show pictures.)

Asrock 990fx extreme9, AMD FX9590, Sapphire R9 390 Nitro 8gb x 2, 16 gb Trident 2400mhz DDR3,  360 x 45mm and 120 x 45mm alphacool rads, 8 fans push/pull, plus 2 exhaust case fans, 1200 watt psu. Will start it up soon, doing the leak check now, will post clock, temps, and bench results