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- Feb 21, 2008
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- Baltimore, MD
figured my new build would get some more exposure/love here than the project logs section. just wanted to show it off.
This is my second ever water loop, and FIRST hardline build. Even though I'm fairly comfortable tackling new projects, I'm pretty impressed with myself that i got all the tubes bent "close enough" on the first try. I really wanted to keep 90* angles and straight lines for a very clean look with the tubes.
System Specs:
Phanteks Evolv mATX Tempered Glass case
ASUS STRIX Z270G mATX board
i7-7700k
EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2
Watercooling Parts:
2x 280mm HWL Black Ice Nemesis GTS
4x 140mm Phanteks PH-F140MP
EK Supremacy EVO CPU block (nickel/plexi) w/green LEDs
EK GTX 1080 FTW2 GPU block (nickel/plexi) w/ green LEDs
EK GTX 1080 FTW backplate (black)
Laing D5 (non vario, 4200rpm) pump, repurposed from an old build
EK XRES 100 Revo D5 pumptop/res combo
Bitspower 14mm hardline PETG
Bitspower 14mm Enhance Multi-Link fittings
various other bitspower adapter fittings that I needed, including drain valve
Mayhems Pastel White coolant
I wanted a quiet system, so i got the most rad i could fit in this case and slower speed PWM fans, and man is it tight. everything essentially had to be configured one way, and had to be assembled in a specific order, or it couldn't be properly installed. I hadnt seen 2x280mm rads in this case before. If the rads were any thicker, or were oriented differently, they wouldn't fit. I also wanted to avoid cutting the case in ways that would hurt its aesthetics or its ability to go back to stock, but i did have to drill a couple holes in the bottom of the case to mount the Pump/Res.
Build pics!
It's tight.
Drain valve.
Delidded 7700k
Install progress
A good comparison of the GPU temps before and after. I only ran the air cooled setup for about 10 mins because it doesn't take long for the air cooler to reach max temps. But it takes a while for water so I ran that one for about 45mins. I extrapolated the air cooler temps and assumed they'd stay more or less the same.
Interesting to see that boost clocks were higher on the water cooled setup due to higher thermal headroom. Time to crank it up!
Both ran on FurMark with identical settings. Orange is Air, Blue is water.
This is my second ever water loop, and FIRST hardline build. Even though I'm fairly comfortable tackling new projects, I'm pretty impressed with myself that i got all the tubes bent "close enough" on the first try. I really wanted to keep 90* angles and straight lines for a very clean look with the tubes.
System Specs:
Phanteks Evolv mATX Tempered Glass case
ASUS STRIX Z270G mATX board
i7-7700k
EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2
Watercooling Parts:
2x 280mm HWL Black Ice Nemesis GTS
4x 140mm Phanteks PH-F140MP
EK Supremacy EVO CPU block (nickel/plexi) w/green LEDs
EK GTX 1080 FTW2 GPU block (nickel/plexi) w/ green LEDs
EK GTX 1080 FTW backplate (black)
Laing D5 (non vario, 4200rpm) pump, repurposed from an old build
EK XRES 100 Revo D5 pumptop/res combo
Bitspower 14mm hardline PETG
Bitspower 14mm Enhance Multi-Link fittings
various other bitspower adapter fittings that I needed, including drain valve
Mayhems Pastel White coolant
I wanted a quiet system, so i got the most rad i could fit in this case and slower speed PWM fans, and man is it tight. everything essentially had to be configured one way, and had to be assembled in a specific order, or it couldn't be properly installed. I hadnt seen 2x280mm rads in this case before. If the rads were any thicker, or were oriented differently, they wouldn't fit. I also wanted to avoid cutting the case in ways that would hurt its aesthetics or its ability to go back to stock, but i did have to drill a couple holes in the bottom of the case to mount the Pump/Res.
Build pics!
It's tight.


Drain valve.

Delidded 7700k

Install progress










A good comparison of the GPU temps before and after. I only ran the air cooled setup for about 10 mins because it doesn't take long for the air cooler to reach max temps. But it takes a while for water so I ran that one for about 45mins. I extrapolated the air cooler temps and assumed they'd stay more or less the same.
Interesting to see that boost clocks were higher on the water cooled setup due to higher thermal headroom. Time to crank it up!
Both ran on FurMark with identical settings. Orange is Air, Blue is water.
