600t build / first crack at watercooling

[tezza192]

Just finished my new rig, pretty much going to be using it for gaming / bit of video work

Corsair 600t special edition white case

Asus Z77 Deluxe Motherboard

Intel Core I7 3770k @ 4.5 ghz

Nvidia GTX 680

2 x 120gb Force 3 GT SSDs in raid 0

16gb Corsair Vengeance Ram

2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm storage drive

Liteon Blu Ray/ Liteon IHAS burner

XFX 850 watt PSU

EK waterblock / Pump / 240mm Rad and EK compression fittings

BenQ 120Hz 24 " 3D monitor

Steep Series Shift Keboard

Corsair M60 mouse

Creative 2.1 speakers

Bitfenix LED lighting kit

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[dugdiamond]

yikes! that's a bad loop, dude.

others will tell you too, but i am sure they will also explain to you a better approach

NB: i just noticed the two optictals - if you had taken one out, you would have enough space to put the pump/res in bays 2&3

 

[Alexander Lee]

Nice rig but I would make use of a few 45 degree fittings on there and use much shorter tubing (Go directly to the next thing in the loop instead of making a huge loop with the tubing)

 

[ruthless_villain]

Move the res/pump to the drivebays mate, will make your loop look a lot better and get some angled fittings

 

[tezza192]

This was a watercooling kit so this was the best i could do as, tried putting the pump in the drive bays but the tubes kinked, I will be adding a bay reservoir next month then ill shorten the loop

 

[PetrolHead247]

No offence intended but man that loop is terrible! As already mentioned it would've been much better if you removed an optical drive and got a bay res or just move your current res/pump up, the loop would've looked infinitely better

 

[tezza192]

No offence intended but man that loop is terrible! As already mentioned it would've been much better if you removed an optical drive and got a bay res or just move your current res/pump up, the loop would've looked infinitely better

OK point taken Ive already had the feedback, if you read my last post it explains why I couldnt do that.

 

[TheOneHalf]

This was a watercooling kit so this was the best i could do as, tried putting the pump in the drive bays but the tubes kinked, I will be adding a bay reservoir next month then ill shorten the loop

nice try though

at least you went out there and did it!

 

[| raVen |]

Looks ok but you should work a bit more with your loop and think how to make it looks nice and clean, cuz its a bit messy

But overall good build

 

[epeets]

Tidy build! I'm always a fan of blue coolant which happens to match your board perfectly and the 680 matches anything.

It's good enough that you got your loop up without killing any parts. This is your 1st time so no one should expect it to be without a fault or two. Now that your loop is up and running take your time and play with it. The most expensive part (buying the rad) is pretty much done. Now you can focus on little things till your ready for a huge overhaul and losing your mind like a lot of us did.

 

[michalius]

Looks good! It of course could be a bit more tidy, but that's something that comes with experience. Some tips that won't cost you anything other than some spare time, and won't require you to mess with the loop.

-Remove the top HDD tray, relocate the HDD's to the bottom. This will increase the amount of airflow to the GPU.

-Remove the top and front mesh. You'll notice there are little tabs on there that keep them attached to the plastic frame. Remove the mesh, and then cut the plastic support pieces. These add a ton of noise through turbulence as well as reduce airflow.

Once you have time to mess with the loop, I'd suggest mounting the res/pump on the side of the case, right around the cable management grommet area. This will allow you to now move your HDD cage directly next to the PSU as well as remove the HDD cage stand. That'll clear up a ton of area in the front, and even leave you enough room to put a 200mm radiator on if you later decide to add your GPU to the loop.

What's your fan configuration? Looks like both front and rear are intake. The latter is a bad idea, because it's basically bringing in the hot air exhausted by the videocard, which is then increasing your CPU temps. The 600T is a hard beast to get proper positive pressure due to the limitations on good intake placement. You could get a different front 200mm fan (Spectre Pro maybe?), which has a much higher CFM rating than the stock one. You'd still have negative pressure with the rear 120mm and top 120mm fans exhausting, but it wouldn't be as bad.

 

[Liarma]

Excellent effort man. water cooling is something that comes with experience, at least you gave it a go and I'm sure after a few more tries and re-configuring it, it will become quite beastly