Project ooze: x99 gtx 980 sli watercooled build

[aussietrucker]

 

 

 

 

Hey guys and girls,

 

​So after many years of building and tinkering around with PCs i've decided to jump right in the deep end and build my first water-cooled Pc.

 

Here are the specs:

 

CPU: i7 5820k

M/B: Asus x99 deluxe

RAM: Corsair LPX DDR4 2800 16gb

Graphics: 2x GTX 980 in sli 

Case: Corsair 900D

PSU: Corsair AXi 1200watt with cablemod custom sleeving

Fans: Green Bitfenix Spectre Pro

SSD: 2x samsung 840 pro 512gb (from old build) 

HDD: WD 2tb 

Cooling: full custom loop with ek water blocks and acrylic tube

 

Monitor: Asus rog swift

K/B: Corsair K95 RGB

 

 

 

The build will be a green and black theme.

 

I will post pics of parts once i receive them.

 

 

 

 

 

[Totallycasual]

I look forward to seeing your progress!!  

[melias24]

FOLLOWED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PetiteBob]

Can't wait

[aussietrucker]

 

First delivery has arrived!!!!

 

 

 

 

[melias24]

 

Project Ooze Update

 

 

First delivery has arrived!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

HYYYYYYYYYYPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aussietrucker]

 

 

So I've put the system together with air cooling for testing...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still waiting for some watercooling parts to arrive (acrylic tube, fittings, res & coolant).

 

In the mean time i'm going to pull the heatsinks off the M/B and paint the white parts either green or black

[aussietrucker]

 

 

Second delivery has finally arrived!

 

 

 

 

[melias24]

HYYYYYYYYYYPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Trik'Stari]

Why always with the pastel colors these days? WHY?! *rage*

 

 

good looking build though.

[aussietrucker]

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Preparing M/B for painting. I'm painting the white shroud on the IO with green plasti dip and the rest will be covered with black vinyl (easier than painting). 

 

 

M/B Painted and water block installed (Ive trimmed the vinyl stickers in the pic so that only the white parts are covered)

 

[Awkward Turtle]

Looking good so far, did u get ur watercooling parts from PCCG??

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[Bussinateur]

You polishing the waterblocks? 

[vollrohrzucker]

aaaaand following!

[aussietrucker]

Looking good so far, did u get ur watercooling parts from PCCG??

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I got all waterblocks and radiators from PCCG, everything else came from performance pcs

[aussietrucker]

You polishing the waterblocks?

Yeh I will be polishing the blocks

[aussietrucker]

 

Putting Water blocks on GPUs

 

 

 

[Awkward Turtle]

It's looking awesome man. Funny thing I just finished doing my own waterblocks like 10min ago as well lol

[aussietrucker]

It's looking awesome man. Funny thing I just finished doing my own waterblocks like 10min ago as well lol

 

Have you got a build log on here? Id like to check it out. 

[Awkward Turtle]

Its called: As many bloody radiators as I can fit.

[sylarspock]

subscribed, doing a 900D, x99 Deluxe build as well

[nicon]

@aussietrucker

 

Here is Awk. Turtle build:

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/324297-project-as-many-bloody-radiators-as-i-can-fit/

[aussietrucker]

 

Started to tube up!!!!!

 

 

 

Drainage system

 

 

 

So being a first time watercooler, the biggest problem I had was getting nice bends with the acrylic tube and also measuring out the runs. The whole process was made a lot simpler with the monsoon pro bender kit but working out how much to heat the tube took a bit of trial and error.

[Awkward Turtle]

Where's ur outlet for your bottom radiator? are u using the drain port on the rad as the outlet?

[aussietrucker]

Where's ur outlet for your bottom radiator? are u using the drain port on the rad as the outlet?

 

The outlet is on the back of the rad (between rad and power supply).