My latest Water cooling rig "Othello"

[Detale]

Hello OC forum. I've been a lurker for a while now and I figured I'd post excerpts my buildlog here as well.

Part list:
Corsair 800D
Intel i7 860 (1156)
EVGA P55 FTW SLI 132-LF-E657-KR
Dominator Ram 8gigs
Mips Ram cooler (2 weeks till they have it in stock)
EVGA 260 with custom air/water cooler
2x OCZ vertex 60GB SSD's

2x Swiftech 355 pumps
Ek white toppers for the pumps
EK-BAY SPIN Reservoir
Black Ice GT Stealth 360
Black Ice Pro Compact 120
Enzotech compression fittings.

The mobo sitting in there. I already have most everything sleeved from my previous build
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The EK res
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8108/10601692204021.jpg

The pumps with the tops on.
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/9774/dsc041121406718.jpg
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My apogee GTZ ( I know it's dated now but still good enough for me ;) )
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4251/10601702210346.jpg

The Mobo has mounting holes for both 775 and 1156 coolers but the 775 holes leave the block askew not to mention the retention bracket will not work due to the back of the 1156 CPU bracket being bumped out a bit. I had to order the proper one from Crazy PC

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Here is my custom GTX 260 hybrid cooler :)
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7928/dsc03598v.jpg
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I flipped the top360 rad so that the barbs were in the front of my case and mounted the 120 to it.
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/5009/dsc041588649713.jpg


I did use some black tubing to try and hide it in the shadows a bit
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/135/dsc041538613249.jpg


This is what I came up with for using both pumps in tandem
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/5126/dsc041468546594.jpg
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8426/dsc041498575151.jpg
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Here's a shot of my new Apogee GTZ 1156 mounting plate in white
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3674/dsc041508585239.jpg
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My OCZ SSD's :)
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/156/dsc041558626501.jpg
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4800/dsc041548620322.jpg
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I then changed the tubing on the Vid card and it is a HUGE PITA but it needed to be done.


I think this may be the final tube routing.
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9708/whitegpu6001451.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/4061/sofar5975895.jpg
All I need now is my ram block and I'm set. CPU > Ram> 120 Rad. I may even throw in a temp block so I can get this bitch up and running already.

What do you guys think? Ideas? Opinions? Suggestions? Hope you like it :)

[jivetrky]

That looks really awesome! I Love the contrast of the white water over the mostly black system!

Great job! :thup:

[Spawn-Inc]

great looking setup, but don't ruin it all with useless ram cooling....

great idea for the video card as well. i would have done that, but i want to keep my stock cooler should i need to sell it or anything like that.

[I.M.O.G.]

Nice work Detale. PM me your email address if you'd like to make this an article for the frontpage. :thup:

[atomic ferret]

Very, very nice! I'm a sucker for black and white builds.

[jivetrky]

great looking setup, but don't ruin it all with useless ram cooling....

great idea for the video card as well. i would have done that, but i want to keep my stock cooler should i need to sell it or anything like that.

ahhh, I didn't even put together that it was the stock cooler "Modified". Really cool idea!

[georanma]

The black and white looks really good dude. Hoping for a simliar idea when I get wc in my case, with red and black.

[Jolly-Swagman]

Very Nice WC Set-up and also liking the White-Black combo theme

[Detale]

Thank you guys so much for the kind words. I have a few other builds in the works I will post them here as soon as they start or well this one ends. I sent you the PM IMOG,

[hokiealumnus]

Very nice looking build! You certainly had a very good reason to stop lurking and post this. Job well done so far, looking forward to its completion.

[Detale]

Thanks so much. I got an email that they sent my Mips ram cooler out today so it should be 2-3 days before I get it :) I'll be done soon after that and on to my g5 Build :)

[thorilan]

very cool

[jcw122]

Real clean setup, I love it!

[tomasgi]

Clean and sleek nice build!:rock:

[Detale]

Again, many thanks guys.

[Detale]

Still waiting on my Mips Ram cooler damnit!!!

[muddocktor]

Very nice looking build, man.:rock: I couldn't look at your build while I was on the rig because the pics were too much to handle while on that slow sat connection. I'm also a sucker for black and white color schemes too, which is what I did for my U2-UFO case. BTW, I have never seen white Laing pump bodies before; that is really cool. :thup: I didn't know they made them in white.

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Thanks so much bud I appreciate it. I should tell you that "they" don't make white pump bodies...I did ;)

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9130/krylonwhite872513887330.jpg

[muddocktor]

That's even cooler; good job, man!:thup:

[Detale]

Thanks so much man. I may re-do them yet though. Someone suggested I cut off the pump mounts and I have never used them since I have been using pumps so I just may. I also painted the swiftech mounting plate and the video card cover ;). The only thing I bought white was the pump toppers and the tubing.

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After what feels like a year of waiting I FINALLY got my Mips ram cooler. I have to sy the thing is bad ass! I know that it's not necessary to water cool the ram, but for the bling effect this works perfectly. Here she is.
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9398/dsc042857564680.jpg

I couldn't wait to throw some compression fittings on her
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3033/dsc042867574365.jpg
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Here's the rig ready for a 24 hour leak test :)
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Here's a shot of the lighting ;) converterless of course
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I installed a tiny switch for the lights through one of the holes under the I/O panel and that worked out well
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7930/dsc043057748639.jpg
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I was concerned about the xigmatek fans looking odd when replacing my custom painted ones, but after seeing them I love em.
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6176/dsc042967676373.jpg

This is exactly how they look, not a camera blur
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7476/dsc043087779033.jpg

My SSD's will look like this once I finish their mount
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5844/dsc042897603541.jpg
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5885/dsc042887594732.jpg

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Another LED I added for my babies :)
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3097/dsc043047738424.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8554/dsc043037728687.jpg

[WarriorII]

Looks Sweet.

:thup:

[Parad0x420]

Nice work man! That looks fantastic! :clap: Love the new Corsair case.. wish I could buy one.. Just found out Corsair is making the 700D mid-tower which is just a little bit smaller than the 800D.

[Tw34k]

Looks amazing. Cant wait to get started on my similar build. Many props and thanks for a lil inspiration as well.

If you dont mind me asking, Could you please explain to me exactly what caused you to need 2 pumps or just a quick once over description on your loop.

[Grosjambon]

He have A lot of restriction in his loop.
Cpu - Gpu - Ram and 2 rad (120.3 and 120.1)
1 Pump wouldnt give enough Flow.

[rustyfender]

My apogee GTZ ( I know it's dated now but still good enough for me ;) )

lol DATED AHAHAHAHA im still using a apogee GT. also very nice setup that must have taken a good number of man hours.


one question what kind of tubing is that cause my primochill uv blue LT seems to start to kink when i bend it in the radius of some of the turns you have

[Tw34k]

He have A lot of restriction in his loop.
Cpu - Gpu - Ram and 2 rad (120.3 and 120.1)
1 Pump wouldnt give enough Flow.

thanks for that

Also to the op what kind of fans are those with the white, they look very nice.

[Parad0x420]

thanks for that

Also to the op what kind of fans are those with the white, they look very nice.

I think he said they're Xigmatek fans. They looks sweet with the LEDs like that! :D

[Detale]

Thank you all so much for the nice words. I appreciate it.

Looks amazing. Cant wait to get started on my similar build. Many props and thanks for a lil inspiration as well.

If you dont mind me asking, Could you please explain to me exactly what caused you to need 2 pumps or just a quick once over description on your loop.

Well as Grosjambon mentioned I was worried about flow restrictions with their being so many twists and turns ;) I have read over and over that 2 pumps back to back like this are much better. At first I didn't believe it at all figuring that they would fight but someone either here or on Xtreem sent me to skinee labs (http://skinneelabs.com/58.html) site where they reviewed the dual pump XSPC topper and how it increases the HEad pressure and flow rate damn well. Initially I was going to do a dual loop but after much advice I decided to go this way ;)

lol DATED AHAHAHAHA im still using a apogee GT. also very nice setup that must have taken a good number of man hours.

one question what kind of tubing is that cause my primochill uv blue LT seems to start to kink when i bend it in the radius of some of the turns you have

Dated to some I guess, all the cool kids have the new Apogee XT or the heatkiller 3. I only found a difference of about 3 degrees between the XTZ and the XT on other's sites so I figured it's not worth the upgrade for me just yet.

My tubing is the Primochill PrimoFlex Pro LRT (PrimoFlex Pro LRT) and it's seems damn flexible. Way more flexible than any I've used yet. Good stuff!


thanks for that

Also to the op what kind of fans are those with the white, they look very nice.

LOL, nothing fancy really The led fans are Xigmatek sure but the rad fans are Yate loons dismantled and spray painted white ;) easy peazy.