MegaTechPC presents: Night Fury (Extreme Water Cooling System Build Log)

[MegaTechPC]

MegaTechPC Introduces the TJ11 Extreme Water-Cooled Build Log

Hey guys, over the summer I did my first custom water loop and planned to do a series of videos of the process for my Youtube channel. Unfortunately most of the footage was of low A/V quality and had to be scrapped so I converted it to a written build log. Very soon I plan to tear the rig down and rebuild it using either a couple of GTX Titans or 3 MSI 680 Lightnings. But before I do that I wanted to show off my build here on the Linus Tech Tips Forum. I named the build Night Fury as it had a red and black color scheme and the name sort of stuck. Here is a list of all the components:

Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition

Asus Rampage IV Extreme

16GB Patriot Viper Xtreme 1866MHz memory (4 x 4GB)

2 x Sapphire R7970OC in Crossfire

Corsair AX1200

Corsair Force 3 240GB SSD (OS)

2 x Intel 320 160GB SSD (Games)

Hitachi Deskstar 1TB (Data)

Silverstone Temjin TJ11

Bitfenix Recon 5 Channel Touchscreen Fan Controller

Cooling:

Hardware Labs Black Ice GTX 240 and 560 Radiators

4 x Noiseblocker Pro PK-3 140mm Fans

3 x Noiseblocker Pro PL-2 120mm Fans

EK Supreme HF CPU Block (Nickel-Plexi)

2 x EK FC7970 Full Cover GPU Blocks (Nickel-Plexi)

EK Rampage IV Extreme Mosfet and Chipset Blocks (Nickel-Plexi)

Alphacool VPP-655 D5 Vario water Pump

Bitspower Pump Top (Plexi)

Bitspower Mod Kit (Black)

Bitspower 150mm Reservoir

Bitspower Silver Shining Compression Fittings (Single, Dual, and Triple Rotary)

Bitspower Crystal Link SLI Fittings

Durelene 1/2" - 3/4" Tubing

Now for the pictures! I apologize for the quality as I didn't have a proper camera at the time of the build.

Thanks for checking out my pics and please let me know what you think. Also if you have any questions feel free to ask and of course please check out my Youtube channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/MegaTechpc?feature=mhee

[TicTac]

stiffy

[crocski]

Very good looking build, especially love the lighting setup- amber lights?

[MegaTechPC]

They're actually red led's. Also running individual led's in the pump top and the CPU block.

[Ghost]

The liquid looks black with that red lighting. :/

Otherwise looks great!

[MegaTechPC]

That's the one thing I've not been satisfied with is the coolant color. Using Mayhems Grape Red Pastel and it doesn't really work with the lighting. Changing color to a brighter red, probably not pastel in the new build.

[João Severino]

Looks great.

I really liked the lighting and the water cooling

[MegaTechPC]

Thanks! I'm going to post some more pics soon as well as a video on my Youtube channel.

[defunkt]

Have you ever seen Singularity Computers videos? He does some really awesome TJ11 watercooled builds. The one hes doing now is similar in a way to this :)

[Baxterz]

Wow that looks great! Love the lighting in it.

[MegaTechPC]

Have you ever seen Singularity Computers videos? He does some really awesome TJ11 watercooled builds. The one hes doing now is similar in a way to this :)

Absolutely! Daniel is the best builder/modder I've ever seen and my rig was actually inspired directly by one of his TJ11 client build videos (Night Hawk).