Yet another HAF 932 water cooling build

Rollergold · February 24, 2013

This is not a build from the ground up per say. Its more of a transition from a AIO cpu cooler and stock video card air coolers to putting both the CPU and GPU's under a custom loop. This is also my first custom loop so go easy on me, still lots to learn.

Hardware:

Cooler Master HAF 932
Corsair HX 850 PSU
Asus P6X58-E WS
Core i7 920 @ 4.01ghz
24gb (3x 8gb) Corsair Vengeance Black 1600 RAM
2 EVGA geForce GTX 680 SC's in SLI
4 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black Drives
Creative Sound Blaster Recon 3D PCIe
LG Blu-Ray Writer

Cooling:

Swiftech Apogee HD CPU Block
2 XSPC Razor GTX 680 Full Cover Blocks
Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper Triple 120mm Radiator & Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper Single 120mm Radiator
Swiftech Maelstrom Reservoir
Swiftech MP655-SE Pump
12 Swiftech Lok-Seal 5/8th OD, 3/8th ID Black Compression Fittings, 2 Swiftech Lok-Seal 90 Degree Elbow Fittings, 2 Swiftech Lok-Seal 45 Degree Elbow Fittings and, 1 41mm to 65mm adjustable chrome SLI Lok-Seal Fitting
Tygon 3603 5/8th OD, 3/8th ID tubing (Yes I know of its leeching issue, going to replace it something different come system flush time).
Primochill PC PURE clear coolant

Overview of most of the hardware I used (I didn't use the Primochill tubing however)

Close up of the cooling. The Koolence QDC's O-Rings broke after I connected the two together

Close Up of the Apogee HD

With her compression fittings installed.

Close up of the bay res.

What the SE in MP655-SE allows the user to do. (I ended up also using a 90 degree elbow fitting on the inlet instead of the just the compression fitting)

What came in the boxes for my XSPC Razor blocks. I kept the plastic shielding on the blocks (until install) so to keep that nice brushed aluminum finish intact.

Close ups of the blocks and SLI fitting installed on the cards

Ended up moving the compression fitting to the top connection instead of facing away from the block.

Overview of all the installed blocks

3 hours in to the leak testing with one of the heaviest "external" PSU's I have lol.

Pictures of the finished product.

Also is it just me or was anyone else just a slight bit nervous when they switched on their first custom loop for the first time? I spent over 8 months researching and planing, the system passed its 24+ hour leak test with ZERO leaks but even then I just a little nervous when I pushed the power button for the first time.

Overall though I'm happy with the result, had a few leaks with some defective elbow fittings (they leaked where they swivelled >_> but the system passed its leak test after I replaced them (I did 30 hours + used an external PSU just to be safe), and the near silence of the system is golden.