FEATURED The Water-Cooled System picture thread v2.0

Pierre3400 · Dec 3, 2014

tarkatehen said:
It's not so hard, I watched some videos on youtube. You need to measure correctly and job done Of course you need tools. I bought a bending kit (Monsoon) and a heatgun.

I bought the ek kit with silicone pieces, a heatgun from ebay, and made my own jig for bending, at the end of the day, the hardest part is hitting your measurements.

tarkatehen · Dec 3, 2014

I agree, the hardest part is the measurement. I also bought a measuring kit from Monsoon, the job was easier with it.

Pierre3400 · Dec 12, 2014

My Prodigy.

tarkatehen · Dec 12, 2014

Nice build

Killahurtz · Dec 16, 2014

this machine has some changes in the loop and all hose connections are quick connected and the hose assemblies , the reservoir/pump section, CPU block , GPU blocks, and the radiators were all were pre-filled with Primochill before assembly making for a 10 minute run to clear the air out.

tarkatehen · Dec 25, 2014

I replaced the cables to white and the liquid is more blue now.

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tarkatehen · Jan 19, 2015

Some small changes.
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staticpage · Jan 28, 2015

My system is getting old and I will be upgrading soon using the same case. This thread has given me many good ideas over the years so I feel obliged to contribute. Here is the way it has been for a few years now. GTX 580s and a 8120 @ 5.1
I just picked up two GTX 970s and have been using them for a few weeks. I'm starting to realize how much cooler the 970s are compared to the 580s fermi-on-fire.gif. The cooling system I designed for the 580s is way more than is needed for two 970s I will probably update to "big Maxwell" when it comes, so the larger cooling system wont be wasted.

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Sargas · Feb 3, 2015

Hey OCF,

I just completed my first water-cooled build and is was definitely a bit daunting at first, trying to get together all the parts necessary and figuring out exactly what I needed to do. Reading the the tips, guides and opinions here made all the difference and was probably the reason I succeeded on my first shot.

So anyways I just wanted to give a big thanks to everyone here for all the good info.

And of course to show off my new rig!

So check out the pics below! Also there are more in an album on my profile if your interested.

ATMINSIDE · Feb 3, 2015

Looking good, but there's a lot less tubing that could be used there

Sargas · Feb 3, 2015

Yeah it could be more economical. The issue was that I was getting a kink going from the CPU to GPU which is why there is a connection from the CPU to the bottom of the GPU.

ATMINSIDE · Feb 4, 2015

Sargas said:
Yeah it could be more economical. The issue was that I was getting a kink going from the CPU to GPU which is why there is a connection from the CPU to the bottom of the GPU.

Ah, that's what rotary angle fittings are for

For your loop I'd go:
Top GPU (90° rotary on the QDC) -> left CPU
Right CPU -> Pump
Pump -> Rad
Rad -> bottom GPU (this could run behind the pump)

t1nm4n · Feb 4, 2015

staticpage said:
My system is getting old and I will be upgrading soon using the same case. This thread has given me many good ideas over the years so I feel obliged to contribute. Here is the way it has been for a few years now. GTX 580s and a 8120 @ 5.1
I just picked up two GTX 970s and have been using them for a few weeks. I'm starting to realize how much cooler the 970s are compared to the 580s fermi-on-fire.gif. The cooling system I designed for the 580s is way more than is needed for two 970s I will probably update to "big Maxwell" when it comes, so the larger cooling system wont be wasted.

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Are those the Monsoon Hardlock chainguns you're using? I Purchased a couple of fittings and some tubing to play with on a couple of straight runs I will have in my loop, Just waiting for the paychecks to come in and see what's left over to acquire parts ; ; Just not sure how much give you have with those. From the video they put out it looks like you don't have much tolerance to be off when bending your tubes, did you find it at all difficult? Was that UV cure formula easy to work with? Looks good and nice flowing bends, they don't look off-canter, might just be really good pics to hide it though

j/p

mxthunder · Feb 11, 2015

Some pics of my updated rig. Put the G1 Sniper 5 in and ordering a 4790K tomarrow.

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staticpage · Feb 16, 2015

t1nm4n said:
Are those the Monsoon Hardlock chainguns you're using? I Purchased a couple of fittings and some tubing to play with on a couple of straight runs I will have in my loop, Just waiting for the paychecks to come in and see what's left over to acquire parts ; ; Just not sure how much give you have with those. From the video they put out it looks like you don't have much tolerance to be off when bending your tubes, did you find it at all difficult? Was that UV cure formula easy to work with? Looks good and nice flowing bends, they don't look off-canter, might just be really good pics to hide it though j/p

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You are correct these are the monsoon set. I have used just about every type of fitting there is and I really like these. Bending the tube to fit these fittings is a bit tricky you must be precise, slightly more than any other fitting but it doesn't have to be perfect the fitting is unbreakable so you can stretch bends 3/16 inch if needed. I built a tube bending jig oit of wood that allows me to make precise compound bends accurately every time. The glue is great it only drys under UV or direct sun and is the least messy adhesive I have ever used. I will be using these fittings for all my builds there is no way they can leak. I move my pc for Lan party's so it's great to not have to worry about leaks after a 4 hour bumpy drive in the car. I have had barb fittings come lose and leak at Lan partys it no fun working on your system when your there to play.

ASUS ROG · Feb 16, 2015

ATMINSIDE said:
Ah, that's what rotary angle fittings are for

or use compression fitting

ATMINSIDE · Feb 16, 2015

ASUS ROG said:
ATMINSIDE said:

Ah, that's what rotary angle fittings are for

or use compression fitting

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Compression fittings don't relieve stress due to sharp bends...
You have to use an angled fitting to relieve the stress of a close bend.

vitalic66 · Feb 23, 2015

Sunshine Build

Well guys. After one year of research and develepment (AKA surfing on the web) I present you the latest and cleanest version of my rig :

And there is an RGB led high density strip. It looks awesome with any of the colours ! I really like it !

RGE · Mar 7, 2015

Lian li A71f, rebuild. When new 12gb titan comes out, Im getting a nickel water block..that copper block just doesnt go well...and gigabyte mobo needs to go back to black or blue.
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tarkatehen · Mar 28, 2015

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