Corsair 6500D Airflow

[67Elco]

Upgrading to a slightly larger case for the game rig. Considering going with a mild Starfield theme, but nothing over the top. No doubt I will be played out on that game in the near future. Painted a few pieces today for contrast...the RX 6800 XT I had already painted. Wanting to go vertical mount for the gpu, but Corsair is dragging their feet getting the bracket to market. I have a CoolerMaster bracket on hand, but it will not work in this case.



Going to be some interesting hard line plumbing with three radiators...

 

[67Elco]

Removed everything gamer related from the King 95 case and replaced it with the 7900. Added a RX 5700 XT gpu, but I really don't see the point of it atm lol.



Waiting on radiators for the new case...

 

[rainless]

WOW! REAL water cooling! :O with a reservoir and brass pipes and everything!

I salute you!

I have one of those chintzy little AIO deals... I have no idea how there's enough water in the thing without a rez...

 

[67Elco]

There is no better reservoir than a radiator...in this case there will be three of them. That tiny reservoir up top is only for convenience of filling and a place to mount a pump.

 

[EarthDog]

Looks awesome man!!!

 

[67Elco]

I decided with 12 fans the ARGB was going to be a bit over the top so I replaced the front fans with some Noctuas I had on hand. These will be the only intake fans for this case.

 

[EarthDog]

Just realized I'm reviewing an Origin Geneis PC with custom watercooling in that chassis. It's such an awesome monstrosity! I'll edit some pics in tonight. Literally just got it and took it out of the box and noticed it was the same, lol.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

I like it very much.

 

[67Elco]

Look forward to seeing it...hope you have better luck than Steve. After seeing this I would put my build up against anything Origin spits out.

Sadly, Corsair has yet to release the advertised optional panels and vertical gpu bracket for these cases. I'm not installing a gpu until I have one of those brackets in hand.

 

[67Elco]

Now the fun begins...



Notice in the above image the top radiator has a logo badge which is upside down. I managed to remove the badge/adhesive and polished it somewhat. In the end, if I had it to do over I would likely just order copper colored Primochill radiators and have had slightly better rads with none of the problems. Looks better already with the fan wires routed properly to the back side of the case. Some type of shroud behind that reservoir to hide the pump/wiring would be a nice touch, but I probably won't mess with it for my part.



Meh...

 

[67Elco]

Probably not the most elegant solution, but I'm rolling with it.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

Probably not the most elegant solution, but I'm rolling with it.

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It looks great.

 

[67Elco]

Working on it...

 

[67Elco]

Gamer is back online minus the gpu...not putting it in there until Corsair has the vertical gpu mount available. Pushing out air pockets atm.





No idea why I have not thought of this before now. Screwed a tube into the fill port, apply a vacuum and the air pockets get gone in a hurry.

 

[Zerileous]

Great idea with the fill port, as long as it doesn't make a giant mess. I love the copper rads with copper tubing! It looks awesome!

 

[rainless]

I do miss clear tubing...

 

[67Elco]

The only problem I have to report thus far is my choice of using the Noctua fans up front. They have a annoying whine no matter the speed selected...these will have to go. https://www.newegg.com/noctua-nf-f12-ippc-3000-pwm/p/N82E16835608052?Item=9SIB5YAK5U2618

Fan noise rectified, but what a pita.

 

[Blaylock]

I'm not sure how I've missed this thread. What a gorgeous build Elco. I'm a huge fan of copper and you executed it flawlessly.

 

[67Elco]

Thanks - I'm still waiting for Corsair to release their vertical gpu mount.

 

[67Elco]

Yay - Corsair finally has their gpu mount for sale...one incoming.