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Hi everyone!
 
Im building my first water cooled PC and I had Corsair 300R but then I saw 540 Air and I was in love.
 
Part list:
 
CPU: Intel i5-4670K (From old PC)
GPU: XFX HD 7870 DD (From old PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (From old PC)
Hard drive: 2x Western Digital Blue 1TB (From old PC)
RAM: 8GB Kingston 1333MHz (From old PC)
Power supply: XFX 550W Core Edition (From old PC)
Case: Corsair 540 Air (Received)
Fan controller: Not sure which one I buy
 
CPU block: Aquacomputer Cuplex Kryos Delrin (Received)
GPU block: EK-7870 (Received)
Pump: Phobya DC12-260 (Received)
Reservoir: Alphacool Repack 5,25" Bay (Received)
Rad: Alphacool NexXxos XT45 360mm (Received. Waiting for plugs thought.)
Tubing: Alphatube HF 13/10mm - clear (Received)
Coolant: Mayhems X1 Oil Black (Bought. Gonna use distilled water first.)
Fans: 3x Yate Loon D12SL-12 (Received)
 
So this is the stuff I´m working with. Bought coolant, GPU block and fan controller today and this weekend I´m ordering rest of WC parts. The case I´m buying first week of January. Maybe I´ll buy Corsair SP120 fans for rad and AF120 for case later and also Bitfenix gold/black enxtensions and golden Corsair RAM would be sick! I´m pretty excited about doing my first water cooled PC and I hope everything is gonna go well. Pictures are coming when first parts arrive and I warn you! There will be A LOT OF PICTURES! Wish me luck  ^_^ 

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Are you going to repaint the case gold?

|| Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 || RAM: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengance (3000) || Motherboard: ASUS Prime B450-Plus || Graphics Card: Gigabyte RTX2070 || Storage: 750GB SSD (2 Drives), 3TB HDD (2 Drives) || Case: NZXT H500 || Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W || 

 

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Are you going to repaint the case gold?

Front mesh yes but otherwise no. That name can be a little bit misleading :P

 

Will it have a custom vinyl or is the name from the motherboard?

Name is from the motherboard :)

 

EDIT: Little update. Changing most of WC parts because some of those arent on stock and it could take months to get them so I updated them :)

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Bought rest of water cooling stuff yesterday and they should arrive after new year. Now I only need the case  :D

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Looks cool

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Rig CPU Intel i5 3570K at 4.2 GHz - MB MSI Z77A-GD55 - RAM Kingston 8GB 1600 mhz - GPU XFX 7870 Double D - Keyboard Logitech G710+

Case Corsair 600T - Storage Intel 330 120GB, WD Blue 1TB - CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D14 - Displays Dell U2312HM, Asus VS228, Acer AL1715

 

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lookin forward to seeing this project develop

 

oil black mayhems.....interesting :D

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Subbing to this!

Air 540 is defiantly my favorite case!

See my Build here!

Intel 6700k -  Strix GTX 1080Ti - Corsair AX760 - Corsair Dominator 16GB 3000MHz - ASUS Maximus VIII Hero

 

Seagate Barracuda 1TB -  Samsung 120GB 840 - Samsung 840 EVO 250GB - Corsair H100i - Corsair Air 540 White -

 

Corsair AF120 - 2x Noctua NF-F12 - 3 x Noctua NF-S12

 

 Dell S2417DG - Dell UH2515H 

 

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Looks cool

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Thanks!  :)

 

lookin forward to seeing this project develop

 

oil black mayhems.....interesting :D

 

Thanks!  :)  Hopefully that Mayhems coolant will look awesome  :P

 

Subbing to this!

Air 540 is defiantly my favorite case!

 

Thanks!  :)  That case is just awesome. Cant wait to get it  :D

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Long time no see. Got most of my WC parts today and I still need GPU block and case.
 
Here is group picture of parts which I got today.
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Gonna add more pics tomorrow ;)
PS. Pics taken with Nexus 5 so quality is not the best :(

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Can't wait for a new update :)

Rig CPU Intel i5 3570K at 4.2 GHz - MB MSI Z77A-GD55 - RAM Kingston 8GB 1600 mhz - GPU XFX 7870 Double D - Keyboard Logitech G710+

Case Corsair 600T - Storage Intel 330 120GB, WD Blue 1TB - CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D14 - Displays Dell U2312HM, Asus VS228, Acer AL1715

 

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Love the 540, looking forward to updates!

 

Hoping to get my 540 on a good sale before I start buying parts.

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Love the 540, looking forward to updates!

 

Hoping to get my 540 on a good sale before I start buying parts.

 

 

Subbed, looking forward to the updates :)

 

 

Can't wait for a new update :)

 

Thanks guys!  :)

 

Little update. Bad things first. My rad didnt come with those copper screw plugs  :(  Also my GPU block can take up to 2 weeks to arrive  :(  But there is no hurry so not a big deal :P

Also two pics:

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See you soon ;)

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Finally got my GPU block and case. Only waiting for those screws to my radiator and I´m ready to GO! Also assembled my old parts to new waiting for water ;)

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Full album @ http://imgur.com/a/dBDKl

I´m getting those plugs at Friday but unfortunately I can´t put WC stuff in yet since I´m not home at weekend. Next week I will put it together and leak test it :)

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just love Ur tenkeyless =) and sweet start 

i7 4790K@4.5GHz-1.15V, BeQuiet! SR2, Asrock z97e-itx/ac, Kingston  Fury 16GB@1866MHz, GTX 670 2GB, 3x ssdNOW300V 300ishGB, Bitfenix Prodigy, OCZ ZT 750W Twittwit@enRodjavel

 

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Nice :)

Rig CPU Intel i5 3570K at 4.2 GHz - MB MSI Z77A-GD55 - RAM Kingston 8GB 1600 mhz - GPU XFX 7870 Double D - Keyboard Logitech G710+

Case Corsair 600T - Storage Intel 330 120GB, WD Blue 1TB - CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D14 - Displays Dell U2312HM, Asus VS228, Acer AL1715

 

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Looking awesome man! That case is really sick and I would definately use that for one of my builds :)

CPU: i7 8700 GPU: Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 Mobo: Gigabyte Z370 Gaming 5 Ram: 16GB EVGA SuperSC SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB PSU: TX650M Case: NZXT S340 Elite OS: Windows 10 Mouse: Logitech G403 Mouse Mat: HyperX Fury S Pro XL 
Keyboard: CM Masterkeys Pro S (reds) Headphones: Sennheiser HD598 Monitor: Asus 24' MG248QR Devices: IPhone 11 Pro Max + 13' Macbook Pro

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wow a maxtor drive. Is that a DiamondMax 10(SATA1 & ~300GB)? That thing must be almost 8 years old now.  Nice build so far.

It is Maxtor DiamondMax 9+ 160GB. I got it from school for free so I just put Ubuntu on that drive :D

 

Looking awesome man! That case is really sick and I would definately use that for one of my builds :)

Nice :)

just love Ur tenkeyless =) and sweet start 

 

Thanks to all :)

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Interesting choice of Res for the case, I assume you are putting it in the front 5.25?

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Interesting choice of Res for the case, I assume you are putting it in the front 5.25?

Yup :)

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The cube is not golden!

 

:P

 

PS; Show pictures of the compartment behind the motherboard tray, to fully be able to judge

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Looks really nice!

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Yup :)

 

Well I look forward to seeing it finished, I've been considering doing a custom loop in mine for some time now...

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The cube is not golden!

 

:P

 

PS; Show pictures of the compartment behind the motherboard tray, to fully be able to judge

There is one on Imgur album. Link: http://imgur.com/a/dBDKl

 

Looks really nice!

Thanks man!

 

Well I look forward to seeing it finished, I've been considering doing a custom loop in mine for some time now...

Even this case is designed for air cooling it is also awesome case for water cooling

 

Also I got my plugs from Aquatuning today. Well 2 of them. For some reason they sent 2 plugs instead of 4 plugs  :angry: Luckily I ordered five plugs just to make sure so it isn´t so big deal but still pisses me off.

Yesterday I did some test fits and my XT45 won´t fit fittings on the top. So I need to put it other way but that won´t really matter so not a big deal.

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