Gigabyte 3D Aurora case water cooled....my first wc

UreiCollector · Feb 4, 2008

Hello again everyone. Just thought I would share my WC project with the group. Enjoy the pics!

Gigabyte 3D Aurora Chassis
Zalman ZM-WB2 Waterblock (gift from a fellow WC enthusiast)
Danger Den Black Ice Stealth 240 X-Flow Radiator
Swiftech MCP350 Pump
Swiftech MCRES-MICRO Resevoir
PrimoChill Pure Coolant

UreiCollector · Feb 4, 2008

Very quiet....

Conumdrum · Feb 4, 2008

Nice! Good start.

UreiCollector · Feb 5, 2008

Conumdrum said:
Nice! Good start.

Thank you sir!

Flip-Mode · Feb 5, 2008

Love the rez in the middle, nice work on the whole thing.

th3 · Feb 5, 2008

I dont get my head around your loop

Is the pump sucking from the block?

res -> block -> pump -> rad -> res ?

meionm · Feb 5, 2008

pump >>cpu block>>res>> rad>>>pump

Kinda odd place order for res, usually it should be before pump and not between cpu block and rad. Then again what do I know.

Adragontattoo · Feb 5, 2008

IMO, readjust the components so the tubing isnt so long but otherwise looks good.

th3 · Feb 5, 2008

meionm said:
pump >>cpu block>>res>> rad>>>pump

Im not convinced, looks like from the rad it goes to the res, since the top barb on the res is water in, the bottom water out?

But then i never had MCP350, i dont know which is in and out on those.

Jas · Feb 5, 2008

My only suggestion would be to shorten the length of the tubing.

meionm · Feb 5, 2008

th3 said:
Im not convinced, looks like from the rad it goes to the res, since the top barb on the res is water in, the bottom water out?

But then i never had MCP350, i dont know which is in and out on those.

Center barb on the pump is the inlet. Side barb is the outlet.

T Line would reduce amount of tubing but it would be a bit harder to bleed.

UreiCollector · Feb 5, 2008

meionm said:
pump >>cpu block>>res>> rad>>>pump

Kinda odd place order for res, usually it should be before pump and not between cpu block and rad. Then again what do I know.

I do have a mixup....
Right now it's res=>rad=>pump=>block=>
Silly me....no wonder it was such a headache to bleed....

I'm going to switch that to...
res (high point in the case)=>pump=>block=>rad=>
Should make bleeding a whole lot easier.

......god do i have this f'ed up.

Should definately be res then pump......best way to keep the pump charged. I'm also going to make sure i'm pushing fluid into the bottom of the components, and pulling from the top to best purge any air bubbles.

Thank you for the input guys, and meionm!

I'll post pics once i straighten this mess out.

Jas · Feb 5, 2008

hehe, it's a learning experience. My first loop was pretty bad.

UreiCollector · Feb 5, 2008

This is much better. Bleeding took all of 5 minutes, if that. What an improvement.

Thanks again for the advice guys....I feel better about this loop allready.

NavyDood · Feb 6, 2008

The swiftech micro-res is the ****zzz IMO. My loop was pretty much bubble free in about 5 minutes also.

UreiCollector · Feb 6, 2008

NavyDood said:
The swiftech micro-res is the ****zzz IMO. My loop was pretty much bubble free in about 5 minutes also.

I love this res....plenty of headroom, and it does exactly what it needs to do.

Mycobacteria · Feb 7, 2008

I dont know but it looks like a LOT of tube there...

Are the coils for looks or did you really have kink problems?

UreiCollector · Feb 7, 2008

didn't feel the need to put excessively tight bends into the tubes......

rumking · May 1, 2008

what did u mount the rad with?

tech9 · May 1, 2008

The case is awesome and just mounts direct to the fans on the other side.

I was just going to ask what temps you were getting with just 2 fans, I gained about 3-4C with 2 more fans on the rad.

Nice setup!

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