Post your liquid systems here [Archive]

Goliath182

08-21-2009, 02:06 PM

I think there was another thread but I couldn't find it buried in here. I am making this a sticky so through time it will never be lost.

Its pretty self explanatory. Just post up some pictures of your liquid cooled rig. If you really feel like being smart you can even explain the whole loop. :lol:

I might as well be first. Right here is my current liquid system.

Rad - Swiftech MCR320 Quiet Power
Pump - Swiftech MCP655 (1200 L/hr)
CPU block - D-Tek Fuzion with custom acrylic top

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/goliath_182/DSCN0886.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/goliath_182/DSCN0887.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/goliath_182/DSCN0888.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/goliath_182/DSCN0889.jpg

Dragon

08-22-2009, 06:48 AM

nice looking rig tony :). whats temps like?

Goliath182

08-22-2009, 02:09 PM

13 C lower than before. :lol:

peti1212

08-22-2009, 07:41 PM

Here is mine. You guys still might remember this, however it's a bit more upgreaded. I changed my mosfet and NB cooler to the Thermalright coolers and a memory cooler for the 6x2GB DDR3 Memories. I'm thinking of setting this up in a different case, but not sure if I will do it yet.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/ComputerFixedUpSmall.jpg

srpeters18

08-22-2009, 08:57 PM

These two are of the rig I built for the wife, Dtek FuZion CPU block, Swifty RAD and MCP 655 pump, Antec 900 case.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/srpeters18/th_DSC00311.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v508/srpeters18/?action=view&current=DSC00311.jpg)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/srpeters18/th_DSC00310.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v508/srpeters18/?action=view&current=DSC00310.jpg)

This one is my current rig: Danger Den MC-TDX with acrylic top, MCP 355 w/ acrylic top, Black Ice GTX 480 and DD Tower 26. The GPU cooler is the G92 Ione which is no longer in the system because I've upgraded to 2x GTS 250's in SLI.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/srpeters18/th_PicAlarge.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v508/srpeters18/?action=view&current=PicAlarge.jpg)

the_dope_chaud

08-22-2009, 09:19 PM

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7297/200906010250.th.jpg (http://img31.imageshack.us/i/200906010250.jpg/)http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/7382/200906010222.th.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/200906010222.jpg/)

Here is mine, but it's all appart, doing the insides of the case black, got some proper shrouds and 38mm fans as you can see on this other picture

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9400/img4862.th.jpg (http://img300.imageshack.us/i/img4862.jpg/)
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7256/img4854n.th.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/img4854n.jpg/)

zachig

08-23-2009, 09:09 PM

Nice looking watercooling systems fellas. :grin: Keep 'em coming...;-) :icon_tiphat:

Dragon

08-23-2009, 11:49 PM

i dont think i need to post mine. as we all know its a complete mess, and getting to change to a new home. but clean set ups :D

Sadasius

08-25-2009, 03:03 AM

Here you go .....Black Phoenix!
http://www.houseofottawa.com/rig5.jpg

zachig

08-25-2009, 08:37 AM

WOW!!! Looking good! :wink: Thanks for sharing...:icon_tiphat:

swmeek

08-25-2009, 02:26 PM

Looks awesome Sadasius!

spoonard

09-29-2009, 04:10 PM

Looky here (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pnQ5T4-jrnTWUQdFtbwwmQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCNadvaaQocm0Tw&feat=directlink)! lol
:keepfolding:

Malivictus

10-03-2009, 06:02 AM

my Rig is not Uber like Dragons mine is a nice system for a updated Abacus

Water block: Swift tec
Pump : Wal-mart fish power head ( unknown )
Radator: a old one from Dragon ( unknown )
Res: Wal-mart Tupperware ( go ahead laugh I do )

and all of that is water cooling a E2200 D-core over clocked from 2.2 to 3.3 (thanks Dragon )

CrowMagnum

10-03-2009, 09:32 AM

We want pictures man... We've still got love for the DIY...

sushrukh

10-03-2009, 03:12 PM

Nice looking systems.Keep them coming. :)

eden999

10-14-2009, 06:31 AM

Btw nice setup maliv, much cheaper than the real stuff =D

lol@ spoonard =P

Sadasius

10-14-2009, 11:53 AM

Noticed the broken link and for some reason cannot edit the post. So here it is again....

http://www.circleofleviathan.com/rig5.jpg
Black Phoenix (http://www.circleofleviathan.com/rig5.jpg)

Dragon

10-15-2009, 06:19 AM

"Minor Me"

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/305/mg0051c.th.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/i/mg0051c.jpg/)

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9878/mg0052.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/i/mg0052.jpg/)
2 power heads for my pumps.
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2554/mg0054.th.jpg (http://img251.imageshack.us/i/mg0054.jpg/)
Night time shot

The video cards hoses a little dirty I couldnt get any hoses everyone locally was out of the hoses i needed so I reused the old ones.

davidm71

11-14-2009, 01:51 AM

Goliath,

Wondering what your temps are like? Heard the D-tek Fuzion isn't the best choice for i7. Why are you using it?

Thanks.

PP Mguire

11-17-2009, 12:09 AM

Ill wait a few before posting up my stuff. Looks like crap right now.

Goliath182

11-17-2009, 02:44 AM

Goliath,

Wondering what your temps are like? Heard the D-tek Fuzion isn't the best choice for i7. Why are you using it?

Thanks.
Temps are in the 60's. I use it because it has a custom acrylic top, and I got a deal on it.

PP Mguire

11-17-2009, 02:51 AM

Ill have the same thing here in a few days. To bad i dont need it though.

Goliath182

12-10-2009, 04:26 PM

I was thinking of using this setup for my up and coming new build. Does anyone have experience with this puppy?
What setup exactly?

wand3r3r

12-10-2009, 05:56 PM

Nice looking setups!

PP Mguire

12-16-2009, 09:02 PM

Does this count as water setup? :dielaffin:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/DSCN0989.jpg

1Kurgan1

12-16-2009, 09:44 PM

Right now I'm running a pretty lameo 3/8" loop that I pieced together a long time ago from the Thermaltake P500 kit, a Swiftech 2.120 rad, and a Zalman block, surprisingly it works quiet well. I have had a new 1/2" loop just sitting in my basement collecting dust.

It's waiting on my finishing up my HAF 922 mod, then it will be ready to go, will be running dual loops with dual Swiftech MCP355's, a DD triple rad for the processor and my swiftech dual rad for the vid card. Hopefully I get some money and ambition to finish the project sometime soon.

peti1212

12-17-2009, 07:25 AM

Does this count as water setup? :dielaffin:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/DSCN0989.jpg

Holy sh** dude, where did you get that from?

zachig

12-17-2009, 02:58 PM

Does this count as water setup? :dielaffin:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/DSCN0989.jpg
Hehehe...Nice setup. :tongue:

Goliath182

12-17-2009, 05:46 PM

Holy sh** dude, where did you get that from?
He got it from some guy on TPU, and its already claimed one board lol.

PP Mguire

12-17-2009, 09:58 PM

It hasent claimed a board, im running it now stable 4.2ghz under air. It only took out a memory lane hahaha.

Btw, if all goes well ill have my own LN2 setup here in the house complete with F1 Dragon bling edition from KP himself.

zachig

12-18-2009, 04:22 PM

Btw, if all goes well ill have my own LN2 setup here in the house complete with F1 Dragon bling edition from KP himself.
WOW!!! Well done! Keep us updated...

PP Mguire

12-20-2009, 03:42 AM

Will do of course. Im just waiting on the guys repsonse for a trade. (Getting the hard part, the tank)

jellyrole

01-15-2011, 06:18 PM

Pump: Swiftech MCP655 w/EK Top
Blocks: EK Supreme HF & AquaComputer 5870 Full Cover & Full Cover Mobo by Duniek
Radiators: 2 x Swiftech QPMCR320
Res: EK250

http://i56.tinypic.com/287fxud.jpg

peti1212

01-15-2011, 07:06 PM

Here is my current setup that you can also find out more about in my signature:

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/166157_484368544345_854009345_5529405_1573279_n.jp g

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/168517_484368704345_854009345_5529414_1910463_n.jp g

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/168742_484368934345_854009345_5529428_8349867_n.jp g

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/168608_484368629345_854009345_5529409_2925194_n.jp g

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/168551_484369019345_854009345_5529431_5148067_n.jp g

swmeek

01-15-2011, 10:22 PM

Although not as snazzy as you guy's custom jobs I like my Corsair H50 as it's super quiet.

werty316

01-16-2011, 01:07 AM

Am I seeing this right that your CPU is being cooled by 120 and 240 rad?

peti1212

01-16-2011, 05:47 AM

Yeah, originally it was suppose to be all an inside water cooling loop, but turns out that my case sucks and would not fit either of the rads. :( You know I wanted to have the 120 as the back exhaust, and then 240 for the top two exhaust and have a neat closed loop, but it did not work out so I ended up doing it this way. Still get very nice results. I get 65C max with the 2600K at 4.8GHz. The nice thing about it is that it is completely quiet, and even during gaming the two GTX 580s stay quiet too, so when they case is closed up with acoustic foam all around, it's a very nice quiet gaming system. :)

PP Mguire

01-16-2011, 04:52 PM

Here is my simple but effective budget setup.

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6641/dscn1551j.jpg

peti1212

01-16-2011, 05:15 PM

Nice PP, what Rad do you have cooling that CPU?

PP Mguire

01-16-2011, 05:29 PM

jellyrole

01-16-2011, 08:38 PM

That's a really nice little setup you got going on PP!

peti1212

01-16-2011, 11:50 PM

Swifty 240 with the built in res. Gets the job done and keeps my CPU around 50c when OCed to 4.3ghz. Just wish I had a better case so I didn't have to run my tubes that way. This pump is junk too but can't complain.

50C at load? What are you using to test it? Or is it just general gaming? Try running LinX and see what you get. I'm just curious. But yes, very nice setup you got there.

PP Mguire

01-17-2011, 12:06 AM

Thats folding temp. Don't forget, I have 2 5k btu window units keeping my room cold at all times. My Fermi's don't go over 65c either. (Don't know if I ever mentioned it here or not) Normal room temp is about 62c load.

peti1212

01-17-2011, 12:34 AM

oh, ok, that's pretty cool then. I don't have any AC or other cooling in my room. I just crank the window open. But I must admit, sometimes it get get quite hot in the room. About 30C or 86F. Even then the PC overclocked at 4.8GHz runs at around 70C, but when the room is nice and cool around 20C, it gets around 62C.

I think once you get your 2500K, you will be really rockin'. With these chips, it's not really the heat causing the problem, but the limitation of the chip.

PP Mguire

01-17-2011, 02:30 AM

Right now my limitation is RAM sadly. I can do 4.4 on water but my RAM fails at 2200mhz. Can't wait till I can get the 2500k though.

peti1212

01-17-2011, 02:32 AM

You could change the multi on the memory, can't you? It shouldn't effect performance by that much.

PP Mguire

01-17-2011, 02:42 AM

Nope. Crashes every time I try.

peti1212

01-17-2011, 03:45 AM

That's odd, because usually you can just bump it down to a lower multi and run your memory at a slower speed which yields you to higher overclocks on the CPU. ODD. Just so you know on the Sandy Bridge, you are limited the main memory speeds, except 2000MHz. 2000MHz is not in the list of supported memory speeds, so you either go 1866MHz or 2133MHz.

PP Mguire

01-17-2011, 02:14 PM

I can do 2150 easy, so I can probably do 2133 with lowered timings. Yea idk why the board won't let me lower the multi for this particular RAM. It lowers fine for any other RAM.

peti1212

01-17-2011, 05:41 PM

odd, don't know. You are using two memory modules right? Four might give you some trouble if you plan on running four at 2133MHz, but that's just from my own experience with 8GB. I'm moving up to 16GBs, and apparently I will have to take the speed down even further to compensate with the capacity. We'll see. The Kingston H2O kit is not designed to run when you use four of them at once, but I guess I got lucky. I just get a few BSODs at random points, but I'm trying to figure out what the problem could be because the system will BSOD even when it is idle, but then when I run stress tests, it goes through them without any problems. Whatever, let's get back on topic and lets see those water cooled rigs!

PP Mguire

01-17-2011, 09:52 PM

peti1212

01-17-2011, 11:32 PM

Not sure if I ever posted this, but it's obviously not in this thread. This used to be the water cooling loop in my previous X58 System.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/DSC02128.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/DSC02127.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/DSC02124.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/DSC02129.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/DSC02151.jpg

And here is a disaster that happened with my previous water cooling loop even before the one above.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/DSCF2946.jpg

And before I went crazy with custom built water cooling loops I had a Cooler Master water cooling loop on the X38:

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/DSCF2608.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/DSCF2609-1.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/DSCF2610.jpg

And then even before that, a Corsair Nautilus 500 water cooling loop. This one was the worst:

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/DSC08048.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/DSC08064.jpg

PP Mguire

01-18-2011, 12:27 AM

Why didn't you leave it like your X58 loop and just add the 120 to the back? Woulda made more sense to me.

Also, what did you do with your X58 setup?

peti1212

01-18-2011, 01:11 AM

PP, I wanted to do it that way but that radiator I had there leaked, and so I got a Thermochill raditor, which ended up being extra thick. So the thermochill radiator wouldn't fit back on the top of the case, so I had to put it outside. Then I also wanted to put the 120 on the back exhaust of the case, but believe it or not, it would not fit because the case was designed very stupidly and even with a fan in between it would be larger then the case. So I wouldn't be able to close the system. So I had to place it somewhere else. This is why I have it the way I have it now. Kind of sucks but works.

PP Mguire

01-18-2011, 01:38 AM

I had to literally take a hammer to this case to make the side panel fit with the rad there cause it's flush with the side.

jedihobbit

01-18-2011, 04:44 PM

Nothing really out there like y'alls but here is my first and so far only WC attempt......DreamCatcher in my sig. :)

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/jedihobbit/DreamCatcher%20AM3/InplaceLftSide.jpg http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/jedihobbit/DreamCatcher%20AM3/InPlaceRtSide.jpg http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/jedihobbit/DreamCatcher%20AM3/TogetherLftSide.jpg

As the AquaComputer self contained unit has everything outside the only "neat" thing I did was make it "kinda modular" so I could take stuff out of the case without too much fluid loss. Also the NB cooler was originally for intel, but modded that to work.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/jedihobbit/DreamCatcher%20AM3/2010_0630VF3000N0023.jpg

peti1212

01-18-2011, 05:23 PM

Looks nice Jedi. Looks like a great overall water cooling loop! I do want to try an all-in-one water cooling loop sometime where I do cool down every part of my system at once. Could be interesting.

swmeek

01-18-2011, 08:51 PM

Better watch that tribble or it will end up in the vents of your cooling system.

jedihobbit

01-18-2011, 09:18 PM

Better watch that tribble or it will end up in the vents of your cooling system.

It takes turns with the cats for that!! ;-) Currently system is down with something freaky but just letting it sit until I get KestrelFlight (no name) running and debug Oz1a. :coffee:

PP Mguire

01-20-2011, 05:18 AM

Small boxes with water cooling are always awesome.

cdawall

01-23-2011, 11:25 PM

http://img.techpowerup.org/110117/2011-01-16_23-19-46_463.jpg

all filled up running ~25% dexcool + ~75% water

http://img.techpowerup.org/110117/2011-01-16_23-19-58_411.jpg

laing D4 (corsair labeled) pump 1

http://img.techpowerup.org/110117/2011-01-16_23-19-17_595.jpg

3.5" bay res (petras ran out of black so they sent me this one with a huge discount)

http://img.techpowerup.org/110117/2011-01-16_23-18-14_551.jpg

fillport

http://img.techpowerup.org/110117/2011-01-16_23-18-04_66.jpg

laing D5 vario (swifty 655 vario) pump 2

http://img.techpowerup.org/110117/2011-01-16_23-17-56_410.jpg

backside of the res

here is the before its bad....

http://img.techpowerup.org/110117/2011-01-14_21-19-15_779.jpg

other rig is just got an H70 stuffed into a mini ITX SG05-B

http://img.techpowerup.org/110123/wprimei3%20560.png

good enough to pull that off but 4600mhz needs .05v less for stability so i sit with that 24/7

http://img.techpowerup.org/110123/2011-01-23_17-02-16_765.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110123/2011-01-23_17-02-22_410.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110123/2011-01-23_17-02-27_490.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110123/2011-01-23_17-02-40_76.jpg

peti1212

01-24-2011, 01:12 AM

What are the temps on that top system with the quad and triple radiator? That one is a beast.

jedihobbit

01-24-2011, 01:29 AM

Guess fish tank is backup?? :dielaffin:

Nice job on both!!

cdawall

01-24-2011, 01:53 AM

What are the temps on that top system with the quad and triple radiator? That one is a beast.

i am adding a MCR220-QP-Stackable i am still trying to decide between the top rad or bottom rad for its location

5c over room temps after the dexcool added i have see as low as 0c idle temps

http://img.techpowerup.org/110117/low%20temps.png

intake temps were around 25F

peti1212

01-24-2011, 06:14 AM

huh? what's your room temperature? How can it be 0C? Water cannot magically be cooler then what it is being cooled by, which in this case is Air. Or am I wrong about this. I just don't see a way for it to be that cool, unless you have phase change going.

cdawall

01-24-2011, 04:02 PM

jedihobbit

01-24-2011, 04:36 PM

Open window or super AC??

cdawall

01-25-2011, 01:26 PM

Open window or super AC??

open door :) PC has a box fan blowing into it i have frozen the antifreeze once or twice already lol

cdawall

01-26-2011, 01:52 AM

http://img.techpowerup.org/110125/2011-01-25_18-38-43_886.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110125/2011-01-25_18-38-24_519.jpg

i think i will try and stuff another MCR320QP-stack in the bottom as well these stacks are kinda cool

PP Mguire

01-26-2011, 03:21 AM

I'm going back to air as soon as my mom and sister are done with the guest PC.

jedihobbit

01-26-2011, 11:51 AM

I'm going back to air as soon as my mom and sister are done with the guest PC.

Reason?? :?

PP Mguire

01-27-2011, 12:53 AM

Water is a pain in the butt for changing parts right now. I'll go back to water when I can afford better stuff and have a case made for it. Right now I have my old case setup to mod but now I can't afford to get even the cheapest stuff from Lowes. PC hobby has basically been put aside. Plus, with so much mileage being put on my car right now I'm needing to replace parts.

JJVal

01-27-2011, 04:10 AM

Heres a few pics after some updates which include , Creative Sound Card-- 12
Gigs of Corsair Dominator GT @1866,---- Corsair Memory fan cooler,------ and
Corsair Memory LED Display "Useage and temps", Plus my Triple Monitor ASUS 27"
setup

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7205/january2011018s.jpghttp://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7091/january2011014.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8567/january2011015.jpg

jedihobbit

01-27-2011, 04:53 AM

:thumleft:

PP Mguire

01-28-2011, 08:23 PM

Switched to the 940 finally.

http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f10/rate-wire-management-above-you-150446/index74.html

cdawall

01-31-2011, 03:52 AM

with the fan set to ~1800RPM it is almost silent

http://img.techpowerup.org/110130/2011-01-30_17-32-15_533.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110130/2011-01-30_17-32-02_332.jpg

PSU flip seems to have dropped the exhaust temps a good bit and cpu temps are very similar until the fan winds up to 3k then it drops a **** ton

jedihobbit

01-31-2011, 12:37 PM

While inverting the PSU isn't aiding cooling you make have extended it's life! I've managed to "cook" two PSUs in a mATX build as it ended up being the primary exhaust for a very hot running GPU. Seems the temp exceeded the max temp for some kind of thermal goop or whatever, causing it to melt and short out things! :ahhhhh:

cdawall

01-31-2011, 05:46 PM

jedihobbit

01-31-2011, 06:38 PM

it is helping cooling there is a huge vent in the top of the case so it is sucking fresh air in from outside

Okay I'm confused........it looks like to me the exit vent on the PSU is pointed out not in?? :confused:

cdawall

01-31-2011, 09:04 PM

Okay I'm confused........it looks like to me the exit vent on the PSU is pointed out not in?? :confused:

inlet is pointing up at the grating for the case and the out is in the same spot

mrcmark

02-03-2011, 11:56 AM

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3673/case1r.jpg
My first water cooling try.
no color theme;-)

jedihobbit

02-03-2011, 04:26 PM

My first water cooling try.

Nicely done, all neat and tidy! :thumleft:

no color theme;-)

Ahhhhh.........Red and Blue??? ;-)

mrcmark

02-04-2011, 03:00 PM

thank you. :)

peti1212

02-04-2011, 07:14 PM

Hey Guys,

I have a question for. you. I might be working on a project which will include a SR1 560 radiator with 4x1400RPM 140mm fans in a pull setup. I will also have a BlackIce 240 Radiator to help out, but I will be cooling a Core i7 2600K @ 4.8GHz and 3x 580s in 3-way SLI. Would that radiator setup be enough for my full system loop? I'm not planning on water cooling the memory, motherboard or MOSFETs, just CPU and GPU. Would the pump be powerful enough for that full loop? I am using the D5 pump.

PP Mguire

02-05-2011, 08:05 AM

I think it would work. Probably would want push/pull on the 140.4 for extra cooling.

JJVal

02-05-2011, 02:20 PM

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3673/case1r.jpg
My first water cooling try.
no color theme;-)

Man that is sweet, really really nice job !!!

PP Mguire

02-05-2011, 07:51 PM

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3673/case1r.jpg
My first water cooling try.
no color theme;-)

I have seen alot of people with those brackets holding their rad on. Where do you get them and the screws?

mrcmark

02-06-2011, 10:28 AM

I got the bracket from an aluminum shop. They look awful by the way. For the screwa the was the one that came from the rad itself.

PP Mguire

02-06-2011, 07:27 PM

IMO they look alot better than the plastic rad boxes. It makes it look like an add on from the case.

jedihobbit

02-06-2011, 07:51 PM

Okay, so I'm old, deaf, and now blind!!! Have a pick that shows what y'all are talking about or "paint" a circle around the brackets being disucussed? :redface: :(

PP Mguire

02-07-2011, 08:17 AM

Okay, so I'm old, deaf, and now blind!!! Have a pick that shows what y'all are talking about or "paint" a circle around the brackets being disucussed? :redface: :(

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3673/case1r.jpg:D

mrcmark

02-07-2011, 12:30 PM

this is how it looks from behind:smile:

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8590/bracketg.png

jedihobbit

02-07-2011, 01:38 PM

:wave: OK.....but they work and that is what counts!! Just one more question though, does one need that much space between the case and the rad??

swmeek

02-07-2011, 04:07 PM

Don't feel bad Jedi I didn't see them either! :dielaffin:

jedihobbit

02-07-2011, 04:20 PM

I have seen alot of people with those brackets holding their rad on. Where do you get them and the screws?

I got the bracket from an aluminum shop. They look awful by the way. For the screwa the was the one that came from the rad itself.

I have been looking at something like this for that purpose, but it does not move the rad off the box that much…… Had thought of using 2 pair on a 420. ;-)

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/ekradho120.html

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/EK-PSS/EK-PSS-3830046997722.pdf

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/EK-IM/EK-IM-3830046997722.pdf

mrcmark

02-08-2011, 05:50 AM

:wave: OK.....but they work and that is what counts!! Just one more question though, does one need that much space between the case and the rad??

I was kind of worrying that the tube will kink if it was too near the case that's why the extra space =)

mrcmark

02-08-2011, 05:54 AM

I have been looking at something like this for that purpose, but it does not move the rad off the box that much…… Had thought of using 2 pair on a 420. ;-)

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/ekradho120.html

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/EK-PSS/EK-PSS-3830046997722.pdf

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/EK-IM/EK-IM-3830046997722.pdf

nice bracket. But i did'nt saw that when I ordered at sidewinder last august. too bad.

foxmobouser

02-09-2011, 01:46 AM

I'd prolly mount the rad one lvl up, keep in mind your psu and vid cards are going to be blowing hot air out, and from the looks of it the psu's hot air will be heating up your tubing a bit. You can always use elbow connectors with clamps to get a good angle and avoid kinking.

this is how it looks from behind:smile:

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8590/bracketg.png

mrcmark

02-09-2011, 12:43 PM

I'd prolly mount the rad one lvl up, keep in mind your psu and vid cards are going to be blowing hot air out, and from the looks of it the psu's hot air will be heating up your tubing a bit. You can always use elbow connectors with clamps to get a good angle and avoid kinking.

ggod idea. I'll probably do that when i clean my loop

peti1212

02-09-2011, 09:49 PM

mrcmark

02-10-2011, 06:35 AM

You don't necesarily need that much space. I'm fine with one fan size between the rad and the case, but what I do is run the tube in a 360 circle when it goes out so it would not kink. But I personally don't like having the rad out side behind the PC, because if you have a 2 or 3-way SLI, think about the heat being dumped out at the back of the system that gets sucked in by the fans on the rad...

I thought of placing the rad on the side before but in the end putting it in the back was the easiest.. My current set-up is really bulky. I have seen some Coolermaster cm 690 case mod that they put the rad on top. But Im too lazy to do that hehe. Thanks for the insight.

jedihobbit

02-10-2011, 01:11 PM

......My current set-up is really bulky. I have seen some Coolermaster cm 690 case mod that they put the rad on top. But Im too lazy to do that hehe. Thanks for the insight.

If it wasn't for where Zalman had put the "front panel" items (up top) I would have used the EK brackets I linked. Locate the rad so the inlet/outlet is just beyound the back of the case. This will allow for a straight fitting and then the tubeing could "bend" to go into the case. ;-)

PP Mguire

02-10-2011, 08:18 PM

I honestly hate where my rad is but had no choice.

jedihobbit

02-10-2011, 10:19 PM

I honestly hate where my rad is but had no choice.

Comes under "The best laid plans of mice and men....." :hide:

PP Mguire

11-16-2011, 08:43 PM

Just did this today. Used the barbs I got for the price of cookies and this res I managed to score for just a mere 10 bucks. Traded my second 465 for the new rad and pump. A powerful pump sure makes a huge difference.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/DSCN2049.jpg