600T Water cooled

[fu4ien]

Hi everyone
Here is my little story. I had a gaming PC with the next specs:
Corsair 600t white
Asus p8z77-v
intel 3570k
8Gb of Corsair memory
256Gb Samsung 830 SSD
4 HDDs (1,5 + 2 +3 +3)
Asus 7970 Direct CUII Top
Creative Platinum X-Fi Fatal1ty 64mb
and Corsair AX750 power supply
Pretty much a standard gaming PC

But one day I found a bundle of water cooling components on ebay and I've decided to do a water cooling setup.
It was an XSPC dual bay D5 pump with reservoir, Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 360 mm radiator (as I thought), 3 Noctua NF-P12 fans and 2 Typhoon 1450 fans. Everything's for £105 pounds. Good isn't it?
But a seller have sent to me an UT60 radiator and here is my "problems"/journey began =)

I've ordered:
Phobya 200 mm radiator
White Primoflex tubing
Alphacool fittings and Koolance Quick Disconnects
XSPC Raystorm water-block
EK 7970 DCII water-block (I need to say it's a very rare item)

a week later there was a sale of Asus 7970's so I've decided to get a second card for £227
Here is my beauty

But the temps have risen up to 95c
... I needed a second water-block asap.
I bought NexXxoS ST30 240 mm as well.

It took 2 more weeks before I got all the components

The next step was dismounting all the hardware and radiator flushing

Installing water-blocks.

Top mounted Alphacool 240 mm with Noctua NF-F12 fans

Here I make a decision
push-fans

or pull-fans

I prefered the second option.
The stand I've used for the rad is EK-Uni Rad Holder 120

Installing parts into the case

And tubing done

A new alphacool stickers as well.
Looking sweet.

Let's pump some water ^_^
Those Koolance QD's are very handy in my case. Disconnecting 2 radiators and closing loop to CPU + GPU water blocks and 240 mm rad.
Just need some link to connect a short-end from VGA's to pump. Have used here both connectors from external rad.

Bleeding WC from air bubbles.
And I'm using here a toilet paper to spot any leaks.

It's time to put the rest of hardware.

And it is done

Let's power it up

Love this PC!
intel 3570k @ 4300
7970's at stock speed

Some temps:
with all fans 100%: CPU 35, GPU's 29
during Valley benchmark: CPU (not monitored, I know it's gonna be low), GPU's 36
But it is impossible to stay near PC for a long time.

So I connected 240mm rad fans to CPU_Fan connector through Y-splitter (NF-F12 are PWM fans)
3 top rad fans (NF-P12) through molex-7v adapter
The temps are:
idle: CPU 39-41, GPU's 36
prime+furmark: CPU 71-72, GPU 50

I'm pretty happy with that.

Later I got a new table

As modding never stops:
With a help from facebook.com/justsleeveittome I've got my cables done the way I wanted. Cheers Buddy!

And some nice night shot

If you have any questions please ask and comment my rig

 

[Silverstone-Z]

I saw right away why I ended up getting rid of my 600T. That large, bulbous, brain-sucker-looking radiator perched on top with Noctua poop-fans. Originally, I had plans to liquid cool in this case, but wanting to keep everything internal but still high-performing was gonna be a difficult task without a good amount of modification. Also, is your cable sleeving tight? In one of the pictures, it looks like the sleeve is ballooning. Maybe I'm just picky, as I like my sleeving like I like my women... tight and... rigid..? :huh:

With all that out of the way...
You pulled it off well. It looks nice, I like the colors going on, and it's a good looking case all-around. I love seeing 600T builds, because a person needs to be creative to get a lot out of it. Kudos to you for getting good cooling out of one of the lower-performing and capable cases out there. :lol:

 

[fu4ien]

Yeah, the case is really small internally, it is OK for a small build + H100i and etc. But for a high performance components it's quite not big enough.
Well, the sleeving is not ballooning, it looks good for me.

You pulled it off well. It looks nice, I like the colors going on, and it's a good looking case all-around. I love seeing 600T builds, because a person needs to be creative to get a lot out of it. Kudos to you for getting good cooling out of one of the lower-performing and capable cases out there.

Thanks, I tried my best and I have some idea's for the future, modding never stops
Hint: having 4 hhd + ssd is pain in the arse.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Tubing could have been better and the top rad should have been a 30mm internal one only. Not a fan of external rads.

Nonetheless nice rig.

 

[Dicehunter]

Tubing could have been better and the top rad should have been a 30mm internal one only. Not a fan of external rads.

Nonetheless nice rig.

Instead of just criticizing, Emphasize and give a solution to the piping of this mans domain

 

[NeverBackDown]

Instead of just criticizing, Emphasize and give a solution to the piping of this mans domain

...

Tubing could have been better by making shorter runs and using angled fittings so help make them look more straight/tight. Would have looked far more professional. The external rad was not really needed as you had enough rad space inside already. Could have gotten away with slightly higher temps but a much more aesthetically pleasing PC.

Just take this as constructive criticism for the future. ^_^

 

[Dicehunter]

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Tubing could have been better by making shorter runs and using angled fittings so help make them look more straight/tight. Would have looked far more professional. The external rad was not really needed as you had enough rad space inside already. Could have gotten away with slightly higher temps but a much more aesthetically pleasing PC.

Just take this as constructive criticism for the future. ^_^

In turn you have also helped me as when I move house finally I'm installing my XSPC kit

 

[fu4ien]

Tubing could have been better and the top rad should have been a 30mm internal one only. Not a fan of external rads.

I will quote myself

I found a bundle of water cooling components on ebay and I've decided to do a water cooling setup.
It was an XSPC dual bay reservoir with D5 pump, Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 360 mm radiator (as I thought), 3 Noctua NF-P12 fans and 2 Typhoon 1450 fans. Everything's for £105 pounds. Good isn't it?
But a seller have sent to me an UT60 radiator...

I was planing to cut a hole for ST30 360 but I've got UT60 instead.

Tubing could have been better by making shorter runs and using angled fittings so help make them look more straight/tight. Would have looked far more professional. The external rad was not really needed as you had enough rad space inside already. Could have gotten away with slightly higher temps but a much more aesthetically pleasing PC.

Just take this as constructive criticism for the future.

It is my first wc build and I will take any constructive criticism for the future. But I can't see where a tubing could be any shorter and I thought I've used angled fitting wherever it was possible. I left a bit longer tubing to pull a reservoir out to fill a loop.
And I don't think that temps could be only slightly higher =) it would be much, much higher.

 

[Gurt11]

I don't think temps would be 'much much higher' actually...
Have a look at my 600T: rig gallery or build log
I used a 360 ST rad up top and a 240 60mm in the front.
My graphics card isn't such a powerhorse as the two you are running, but my processor runs at a higher freq (thus potentially hotter I assume). With fans turned down to inaudible levels (fancontroller) my temps are CPU 35°C and GPU 23°C.

With the side panel on, standing in the corner there, I don't think it looks too bad, just a little strange maybe

 

[tinytomlogan]

I can understand why you put it on top - Its easier. But in my eyes thats a build not a mod. A mod would have been customising the case to have fit that rad internally and if you had used a different res&pump you could have got that rad in the front.

Or had modded the roof for a 30mm thick 360 then put a 240 rad in the front and used the pump/res you have now. Both ways would have worked because I had done them myself.

Still we all have to learn dude, sometimes things like this are great for us to look and know how we want to make things better next time. If you keep pushing yourself to make things better then thats when you become a modder and not just someone thats built a pc.

 

[fu4ien]

I don't think temps would be 'much much higher' actually...
Have a look at my 600T: rig gallery or build log
I used a 360 ST rad up top and a 240 60mm in the front.
My graphics card isn't such a powerhorse as the two you are running, but my processor runs at a higher freq (thus potentially hotter I assume). With fans turned down to inaudible levels (fancontroller) my temps are CPU 35°C and GPU 23°C.

With the side panel on, standing in the corner there, I don't think it looks too bad, just a little strange maybe

You've done a nice case-mod. Mine just to small for my needs Since I have a QD fittings I can shorten my loop and run some games without a top rad.

It certainly does not look bad for me

 

[fu4ien]

I can understand why you put it on top - Its easier. But in my eyes thats a build not a mod. A mod would have been customising the case to have fit that rad internally and if you had used a different res&pump you could have got that rad in the front.

Or had modded the roof for a 30mm thick 360 then put a 240 rad in the front and used the pump/res you have now. Both ways would have worked because I had done them myself.

Still we all have to learn dude, sometimes things like this are great for us to look and know how we want to make things better next time. If you keep pushing yourself to make things better then thats when you become a modder and not just someone thats built a pc.

Thanks Tom, I'm not considering myself as modder, not now at least I was planning to go this way: 360 on top and 200 in front, but circumstances have changed And I don't have all tools for modding I may need. I was trying to go for a budget w/c as much as possible, still spent a lot...
I definitely have learned a lot and my next case is going to be bigger and more w/c friendly.