The Water Cooling Gallery

[thingi]

Retro Build (my first custom loop, practice for an upcoming build in a Corsair x280)  

 

The case is not friendly at all, poor support for loops, cable management a nightmare but... I like it's ascetics!

 

Hardware:-

3570k @ 4.8Ghz all-core
KFA2 GTX 1070 @ 2100Mhz
Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M
Corsair 16Gb 2400
Samsung 960 Pro 512Gb SSD
Seagate Firecude 2Tb HDD
Corsair SF600 PSU

BitFenix Micro ATX Prodigy M Case

 

Watercooling:-

x2 Alphacool GPX Solo's,  one on GPU, 2nd in series (single loop).
Liquidcool CPU Block
XSPC white Slim 240mm radiator
Black Ice white 140mm radiator
Bykski 150mm white reservoir
x2 Noctua slim 120mm fans (450 rpm)
x1 Noctua 140mm fan (300 rpm)
x1 Noctua 200mm fan (350 rpm)
All fittings white Barrow
XSPC ec6 green UV coolant

[Whiro]

My first watercooled pc

 

CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.7GHz - 1.37v 

GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 970 OC

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4gb)

PSU; EVGA W1 500W

Case: Phanteks P400S - Mesh Front Panel

 

EK Supremacy EVO + Naked Ivy Mounting kit

EK Thermosphere

EK DDC 3.2 Pump/ees combo + 250 X Res Tube

EK Classic 16/10 x10 Fittings 

EK Duraclear 16/10

EK CryoFuel Acid Green

EK CoolStream SE Classic 120mm Rad

Magicool G2 Slim 240mm Rad

 

Cpu is delidded and mounted naked without ihs straight to the socket using EK mounting kit. 

 

[Whiro]

I’ve done few changes in my setup already, swapped ddc pump for d5 pump, front radiator is now 360 instead of 240 and all fans are Vardar fans. 

 

 

[Vsin_]

On 3/15/2020 at 8:10 PM, thingi said:

Retro Build (my first custom loop, practice for an upcoming build in a Corsair x280)  

 

The case is not friendly at all, poor support for loops, cable management a nightmare but... I like it's ascetics!

 

Hardware:-

3570k @ 4.8Ghz all-core
KFA2 GTX 1070 @ 2100Mhz
Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M
Corsair 16Gb 2400
Samsung 960 Pro 512Gb SSD
Seagate Firecude 2Tb HDD
Corsair SF600 PSU

BitFenix Micro ATX Prodigy M Case

 

Watercooling:-

x2 Alphacool GPX Solo's,  one on GPU, 2nd in series (single loop).
Liquidcool CPU Block
XSPC white Slim 240mm radiator
Black Ice white 140mm radiator
Bykski 150mm white reservoir
x2 Noctua slim 120mm fans (450 rpm)
x1 Noctua 140mm fan (300 rpm)
x1 Noctua 200mm fan (350 rpm)
All fittings white Barrow
XSPC ec6 green UV coolant

 

 

 

Well, I can't agree with you on that one. Actually, for a Mini-ITX case, it's got quite alot of options: 140/180/240 rad or on the front, 240 rad on top and 120 rad on the back. There's still room left for a D5/tube res combo. I used this exact case in my previous 2013 build as well, I'll see if I have some picture of it. I'll edit this post and upload my current build as well.

[LaPlume]

Monolith, da stealth box.

 

Compute part:
CPU: Ryzen 3900X
MB: Asus X570 ACE pro

RAM: 4x 16GB 3600mhz CAS 16 GSKILL neo
GPU: XFX 5700XT THICC III

 

PSU: Seasonic FOCUS PX-750  80PLUS
Cablemod set for GPU, ATX and CPU power, with a 24-pin right angle connector and 2x U-turns 8-pins.

Storage:
     - 1TB Corsair MP600 NVME m.2 PCIe gen 4*
     - 2TB Seagate Compute Sata 2.5" SSD*
   *(internal SSDs are only used for softwares and renders)
     - 10gbps SFP+ link to my unraid array (with SSD cache) through a SolarFlare SFN5122f cards

 

Cooling:

3x NF-R8 redux
2x NF-A12x25
1x canibalized Eisbaer 120mm AIO
1x Alphacool NexXxoS UT60

A bunch of 45° and 90° alphacool fittings

Flow pattern: CPU to back exhaust rad, then front intake rad, as to spit the very hot air directly at the back and have fresh or (worse case scenario) tepid air in.

 

Project: I do plan on printing a nylon or PETG casing as to separate the GPU side and the CPU side, as the GPU spits warmth from its side, I would prefer the intake fan to push all that to the back grill instead of having it go over to the CPU side, as it tend to somehow stagnate a bit in it (these R8 redux fans are not great at sucking air through that thick rad. I might also print a TPU gasket as to make a seal between the fans and the rad.

 

Front IO, drive mounting and additional intake:

1x Evercool HD-AR-ARMOR (replaced fan)

1x Icy Dock MB082SP (in the HD AR ARMOR, to mount the 2TB SSD)
1x SilverStone SST-FP510 for front USB3.1 + hotswap 2.5bay + hotswap 3.5bay

 

Case: 4U 4088-S

Side note: notice on this link how the support plate is supposed to bend inward for PCI support, and where the 3.5drive cages are. No, it wouldn't have worked with my GPU or cooling solution.

 

 

Yes, a dremel was involved. Some gentle hammering of the dual 80mm rad too.

 

No I have no shame.

 

Don't ever tell me it won't fit.

 

[JordanLindsay]

Fist ever loop, lots of RGB in there too.

[Perfectguns]

On 3/8/2020 at 9:50 PM, Knuxz said:

Copied and pasted the specs from Instagram so I didn't have to type it again. Wiring isn't completed at this time. Hooked it up quick to run some benchmarks and ensure everything was working properly. Thanks all! 

 

First time poster, long time LTT fan. 

 

Hardware:
- @amd Ryzen 3950x
- @asrock_official x570 Aqua
- @hyperx Predator 32 GB 3600 CL17
- @asus @rog_na Strix 2080 Ti OC Edition (x2)
- ASUS ROG 3 Slot Bridge
- @teamevga 1300 G2+ PSU
- @kingstontechnology KC2000 NVMe 1 TB (x2)
- Kingston UV500 SSD 2 TB (x3 in raid0)
- @phanteks Enthoo 719
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Watercooling:
- @ekwaterblocks FLT 360 Pump/Res
- EKWB Quantum Strix DRGB Blocks (x2)
- EKWB Nickel Backplates
- EKWB Torque Fittings, Nickel
- EKWB 360mm Radiator SE
- EKWB 360mm Radiator XE
- EKWB 480mm Radiator SE
- EKWB Electric Purple Cryofuel - 16mm OD Hard Tubing PETG
- @noctua_at Chromax NF F12 (x10)
- Noctua Chromax NF F12 IPPC 3000rpm (x3)
- Noctua Chromax NF A14

That is a very gorgeous computer, very clean and nice colour scheme. I'm kinda curious as to what you do with so much computing power?

[MadnessEgy2]

hi all would like to share my rig With You
and if have any idea or advice plz tell me
Case : NZXT
PSU : Gamma 600 80+ changed the fan with another from NZXT connected to system fan 3 on MB 
M.B : MSI X370 Gaming Plus
CPU : Ryzen 5 1500x OC to 4.0 Ghz Temps (Idle 30-35) (Load 50-60)
VGA : MSi Gaming x Rx 580 8gb
Ram : Samsung 16gb 2133 DDr4 Modules 2*8 OC 2667
SSD : Crucial M500 120gb System
HDD : WD 2tb For Data
Cooling : Based on Antic Kuhler 620 H2O but Custom Loop With Second Radiator to chill with custom Pipes
two fans on each radiator one connected to pump output reach 3200 Rpm 
the other connected to CPU fan pot on MB 
Accessories KB & Mouse from redragon
mouse bad 60*30 from razer goliath
monitor will be replaced soon with another one right now I have the LG 32" Tv I will buy MSI 27" FHD 1080 165 HZ 

[thingi]

Hardware:-
Xeon 1650v2 @ 4.4Ghz all core (six cores/twelve threads).
Jingsha X79
evga 2060 KO Ultra
32GB DDR3 1866
Samsung PM961 512GB NVMe
Samsumg 750 Evo 512GB SSD
Seagate Firecuda 2TB HDD
Corsair 750 Watt sfx psu

Hackintosh compatible 2x2 Wifi AC + Bluetooth PCIe card. 

White Corsair x280 Case

 

Watercooling/Lighting:-
x2 White BlackIce Nemesis 240mm rads (white)
White Corsair D5 Pump/Res
Water Heatkiller IV Pro CPU Block
EK Universal GPU Block (modded for 2060 mount, it's not that universal lol)

Custom 2060 VRM Heatsink (modded from a dead Maximus Gene V mobo  )

All fittings Barrow (white)
Fan Controller Corsair Commander Pro
LED Controller Corsair Lighting Node Pro
x6 Corsair QL Fans @ 450rpm
x4 Corsair LED Strips
 

Still waiting for cable comb to arrive... that GPU Power cable is freaking out my OCD! 

 

 

[aztechnik]

Intel core i9 9900K

Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE 

AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER WATERFORCE WB 8G

32GB DDR4 Corsair dominator platinum DDR4

512GB SSD M.2

WaterCooling Custom

240mm Rad

360mm Rad

Reservoir

hard and soft tube

 

 

[frankengun]

A project I call the Green Monster. Specs are as follows:

8700k

32GB 3200MHz Dominator Platinum

MSI Z370 Godlike Gaming

2x RTX 2080Ti FE

Bunch of SSDs

All shoved into a Singularity Computers Spectre gen 1 case.

 

[Ja50nK]

On 5/10/2020 at 1:48 AM, aztechnik said:

Intel core i9 9900K

Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE 

AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER WATERFORCE WB 8G

32GB DDR4 Corsair dominator platinum DDR4

512GB SSD M.2

WaterCooling Custom

240mm Rad

360mm Rad

Reservoir

hard and soft tube

 

 

Looks great. What kind of temps do you get with that setup? Do you find the rear exhaust fan scavenges air from the top rad/fans affecting performance?

[CaddDood]

My New Workstation - TR 3990x & (4) 2080 Ti FTW3 Ultra's

 

Not a gaming rig but a true Workstation. The water was a necessity.

 

Specs:

• Case - Cooler Master COSMOS 11 25th Anniversary Edition

• Motherboard - Gigabyte TRX40 Xtreme

• Processor - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X  64C/128T

• RAM - CORSAIR Vengeance RGB PRO 256GB (8x32GB) DDR4 3200

• GPUs - (4) EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti FTW3 Ultra

• NVLinks - (2) HP Nvidia Quadro RTX x16 NVLink Bridge 2-slot

• PSU - EVGA SuperNOVA 1600W T2 80+ Titanium

• M.2 - (2) Sabrent 2TB Rocket NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCle M.2

• M.2 - (2) Samsung 970 EVO 2TB NVMe M.2

• Case Fans - (3) Noctua NF-A 14 iPPC-3000 PWM 140mm 3,000 RPM

 

Custom Water Loop:

• Pump - EK-XTOP Reva Dual D5 PWM Serial

• Reservoir - EKWB EK-RES X3 150 RGB Reservoir

• Radiator - (1) EKWB EK-CoolStream PE 360 Radiator

• Radiator - (1) EKWB EK-CoolStream SE 280 Radiator

• Radiator - (2) EKWB EK-CoolStream PE 240 Radiator

• CPU Water Block - XSPC RayStorm Neo (AMD sTRX4) Black Chrome

• GPU Water Blocks - (4) EK-Quantum Vector FTW3 RTX 2080 Ti D-RGB

• GPU Back Plates - (4) EK-Vector FTW3 RTX 2080 Ti Backplate

• GPU Terminal Block - EK-Scalar Quad 2-slot - Acetal

• Radiator Fans - (9) Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM 120mm 2,000 RPM

 

MORE PICS HERE

 

 

[NemesisNG]

Originally built in 2009 this has had a number of updates throughout the last decade, but have given it a bit of a spruce up for it's 10 year anniversary so thought I'd share...

 

Asus Rampage 3 Black edition, I7 980 Hex Core, 24Gb Corsair Ram, Asus nVidia 1070, Corsair Obsidian 800D Case, Mostly EKWB custom loop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tofslan]

The case is id-cooling stream 2 I bought it as a b-stock. It is all aluminium loop Ek waterblocks, pumps and fittings. Koolance radiators.

The loop:
Pump> T-splitter#1 to GPU and CPU
GPU> 120rad> right side case tubing> T-splitter#2
CPU> 240rad> left side case tubing> T-splitter#2
T-splitter#2> Pump

Looks very cool and such a cool idea. But there are problems. The case has awful cable managin possibilty and there are no mount places for SSD/HDD. The loop seems odd but it works fine. Sourcing aluminium parts is a pain in the ass. My suggestion to any one looking to manufacture this sort of case would be to use plastic tubing inside the aluminium tubes so you could use copper parts. Also increase the size and make it more versatile for cable managment and different hdd/ssd applications.

Specs of the PC (this is my secondary PC used mainly for music production)
-i5-3570k Overclocked to 4.5Ghz stable

-Asus Maximus V gene

-MSI GTX 1070 Founders edition

-24GB RAM -500gb SSD

-2TB HDD

-Coolermaster M2 Silentpro 720W PSU

[Strelok]

Have been building computers for years and this is my first custom water cooling loop.

 

Hardware:

 

9900k OC to 5GHz All Cores

Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero

16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 4000MHz

Zotac 2080ti OC +100 Core, +1000 RAM

2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe SSD

850W EVGA Supernova G3 PSU

Deepcool Matrexx 70 Case

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Custom loop:

 

EKWB Supremacy Nickel CPU Block

EKWB Quantum Vector RTX RGB Nickel 2080ti Block

EKWB 2080ti Backplate

EKWB Clear Cryofuel + Distilled Water

Thermaltake 420mm Thick 62mm Copper Radiator

Alphacool 120mm Copper Radiator

Corsair Hydro X D5 Pump/Res Combo

Koolance Compression Fittings

Clear 3/8" Tubing

3 x 140mm Arctic P14 Fans

Noctua NF-P12 Fan

Cougar Vortex PWM 120 Fan

 

 

 

 

[tomekk357]

Can someone explain to me but i have saw few examples here with similar paths trough GPU water blocks and if i am right it should be set up something like this to cool gpu-s efficiently or i am wrong?

[For Science!]

18 minutes ago, tomekk357 said:

Can someone explain to me but i have saw few examples here with similar paths trough GPU water blocks and if i am right it should be set up something like this to cool gpu-s efficiently or i am wrong?

 

Hope this helps. This is parallel GPU flow. The flow is split on one side, travels across both GPUs, and then rejoins on the over side. The performance is the same, but this has less flow impedance (is less restrictive).

 

More from EK https://www.ekwb.com/blog/does-loop-order-matter/

 

[MaratM]

19 hours ago, tomekk357 said:

Can someone explain to me but i have saw few examples here with similar paths trough GPU water blocks and if i am right it should be set up something like this to cool gpu-s efficiently or i am wrong?

Parallel flow is just as good, especially with dual GPU, I use parallel flow with both CPU and GPU, even it halves the flow rate it does not really matter due to the fact the flow rate is not that important (only than you bleed the loop) I use a small Bykski/Barrow pump connected to the motherboard fan header and it is fine. It was a bit of a challenge to bleed but once it was done it works fine.

[tomekk357]

This with parallel flow kinda dosent make sense to me, if i am not wrong that block just has straight hole trough and trough and only small cutouts so water can go into each block, so yeah it has higher flow but still i am not sold into that each block gets 1/3 of flow.

[Mick Naughty]

3 hours ago, tomekk357 said:

This with parallel flow kinda dosent make sense to me, if i am not wrong that block just has straight hole trough and trough and only small cutouts so water can go into each block, so yeah it has higher flow but still i am not sold into that each block gets 1/3 of flow.

With that block, there’s only one inlet and outlet. So the flow has to go through the blocks. And I’m this case you would use the same blocks. Thus resistance would be the same. Making it 1/3. Like everyone else who has already ran several cards can tell you it’s pretty clear it works seeing the temp reading on the cards. 

[For Science!]

On 6/30/2020 at 2:24 PM, tomekk357 said:

This with parallel flow kinda dosent make sense to me, if i am not wrong that block just has straight hole trough and trough and only small cutouts so water can go into each block, so yeah it has higher flow but still i am not sold into that each block gets 1/3 of flow.

 

If it helps you, think about how a grass sprinkler works. The flow comes out evenly across all the holes.

 

[Lethiferous]

909EK added

 

 

 

[aqui1991]

Hi, big fan of your work.

Well i made some mods playing around with old  server fans 11k rpm i downloaded 4.8ghz xtu profile for my 7800X with liquid cooling and liquid metal the small radiator didn't keep up and ran too hot temps above 101 degrees Celsius now after this mod temps reach barely 70 though ide share with you, n the fans are pretty loud at full load running around 8k  but works pretty well under low to moderate load its quite as around 38.7 db

[MakubeX]

Industrial Silence

 

The first pics is showing as it is now with the Optimus CPU block and last one shows how it was with the Aquacomputer Kryos NEXT silver block.