Nearly finished first open loop

[Kalm_Traveler]

Still need to clean up the wiring a bit with ties, waiting for Bitspower RGB LED strips for the graphics card blocks to arrive, and unsure if I want to leave the pump/res mounted on the side or move it down to the bottom/middle area. Also debating if I should get a tempered glass panel for the left side (bought 1 to see how it fit on the right side but there's a 3-4mm gap all along the top edge that I'm worried will let in a lot of dust).

Thanks for the tips and inspiration here guys!

 

main water cooling parts:

 

EK Coolstream XE 480 x 2 in series

EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 RGB PWM (swapped to taller EK-RES X3 - Tube 250 (204mm)

EK-FB ASUS R5-E10 Monoblock - Acetal+Nickel (couldn't find the acrylic one anywhere)

Bitspower Titan V graphics card blocks + 2 card GPU bridge

8x 3000 rpm Noctua Industrial PWM 120mm fans on the rads

 

added in 2 2000 rpm Noctua industrial PWM 120mm fans on the floor to pull air up in towards the rad, and a 2000 rpm 140mm on the rear bottom opposite side of the PSU also as an intake. 

 

This way the exhausts are the radiators and a single 140mm Noctua industrial 2000rpm PWM fan on the upper rear, hopefully to create a little bit of positive pressure to keep dust down.

 

[knightslugger]

well it's a good first attempt. if you've got no leaks, i'd call that a success!

[Kalm_Traveler]

7 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

well it's a good first attempt. if you've got no leaks, i'd call that a success!

thanks! I know the main in and out lines from the pump are hideous but I wasn't sure what to do with them since i need to be able to pull it out to bleed the air properly.

 

No leaks, except that I was an idiot when swapping to this Primochill Vue fluid and forgot to close and cap the drain valve so I poured Vue all over the Titan V's and motherboard. There was much cursing.

 

Luckily drying everything off for a day seemed to be fine.