600T watercooled build

[Jobawick]

hi guys I have officially started my new PC. So I have decided to go with a I5 2500k build here's a list of gubbins:

I5 2500K

Asus P8P67 Pro

8GB Corsair Vengeance Blue

EVGA Classified 580 Hydro Copper (when its released)

Corsair Enthusiast TX750M

Corsair Force GT 60Gb SSD

Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB

Windows 7 Professional

Watercooling components

EK Supreme HF EN Nickel Plexi

Laing DDC Pro Pump with XPSC top

EK Multioption Advanced 150 Res

Phobya 200mm Radiator

Magicool slim 360 rad

EK PSC 12mm Compression fittings

White 7/16 ID 5/8 OD Tubing

Enermax Cluster white X4

Corsair 200mm fans X2

So that's the components taken care of here is the layout of the PC.

As you can see the flow will go Res--Pump--200mm Rad--GPU--CPU--306 Rad

I also decided to put a fill port and a breathe port after seeing the H20 build log video TTL done and the issues will slow filling.

So I started modding my case to day here's a few pictures of my progress.

Case at the start

Stripped down

Masking up areas to cut out

After the cutting

Not long after doing this my rad arrived at work, which was good timing then I noticed more trimming was required due to me wanting to put the rad into the void between the top of the metal chassis and metal grill and have the fans below the rad rather than above them. Sadly i forgot to take pictures but it wasn't a lot so no need to worry. I also had to cut some of the plastic off the upper trim here's the results:

Pictures with radiator in place temporarily

Due to the length and height of the rad compared to the available space i had to cut the plastic webbing out of the removable top cover, here are the pictures.

Heres the radiator in place with the grill in place, you can just see the radiator through the mesh.

That's it so far guys, I'll keep you posted in the future.

 

[ShortAlieN]

I NEED MOAR!

nice work so far

 

[AMDFTW]

NOCICE keep us posted

 

[Solidarity]

This is looking like it should turn out to be pretty awesome

 

[SieB]

I likey

Bigian88 will probably be interested in this as well he has just WC'd his 600T with a 240mm rad in the top and a 120 in the back.

 

[Azurite]

Nice that you managed to get a trippelrad up there. Is it room for 6 fans, push/pull on it?

 

[Natashaful]

Nice i was going todo that, I might be changing my 600T to fitting duel 360 Rads, Have to see how Case flow is

 

[chris8224]

Nice i was going todo that, I might be changing my 600T to fitting duel 360 Rads, Have to see how Case flow is

When i saw this thread i thought having 1 360 rad was crazy enough in a 600t, but 2

 

[Jobawick]

Nice that you managed to get a trippelrad up there. Is it room for 6 fans, push/pull on it?

Afraid not enough room for push/pull unless I cut out the mesh and have them sticking out the top which I don't want to do as it will ruin the lines of the case.

Nice i was going todo that, I might be changing my 600T to fitting duel 360 Rads, Have to see how Case flow is

2 360's would be a mission as I cant see any other place other than standing it vertically going up through the 5.25 bays. Or you could have it externally mounted at the rear.

 

[S_I_N]

am I the only one wh sees a possible issue with the flow??? rez/pump/240rad/GPU/ CPU/360rad I'm thinking ur cpu temps wont be all that great since ur going gpu first. I'd try to go cpu first then into the 240 then gpu if it was mine. Will see alot better overall temps

oh outside of that its looking great mate.

 

[Jobawick]

am I the only one wh sees a possible issue with the flow??? rez/pump/240rad/GPU/ CPU/360rad I'm thinking ur cpu temps wont be all that great since ur going gpu first. I'd try to go cpu first then into the 240 then gpu if it was mine. Will see alot better overall temps

oh outside of that its looking great mate.

I dont think it will make a huge difference to be honest, I done a lot of research into the loop order, and after many hours I chose this. It's basically the same order as TTL's Shadow H20 build he done. He was running a I7 extreme cpu @ 1.3v and a 6990 and getting a max of 58 degrees with running. And then he ran Heaven and got a max of 57 degrees on the GPU and 58 on the CPU after 1.5 hours.

Also if I'm not happy with the temps it will be easy to switch the order to put the rad between the CPU/GPU.

Heres a link to his performance tests, at around 17mins 30 he says if you run a I5 2500k and a water cooled 570 the temps would be low with a large overhead for overclocking. And he is only using a single 360 although its a 60mm one.

 

[S_I_N]

yeah but he's cpu first mate. Thats my main concern for ya. and btw no link lol

lol I stand corrected just looked at it again lol seems crazy to me.

 

[Jobawick]

oops forgot to paste the link lol silly me. Here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSzSz8OO204&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

 

[G-Dubs]

Looking very nice. I've often heard it said that after a while the temps within a loop will actually pretty much equalise out. I'd much rather have a tidy loop with good flow and loose maybe a few degrees than anything else.

 

[Jobawick]

Looking very nice. I've often heard it said that after a while the temps within a loop will actually pretty much equalise out. I'd much rather have a tidy loop with good flow and loose maybe a few degrees than anything else.

my thoughts exactly

 

[Solidarity]

It's looking like it's going to be a tidy loop. I look forward to more pics

 

[Jobawick]

A little update guys, have ordered some rubber edging trim to cover the bare metal cuts I have made and also ordered some white acrylic sheet. Why I hear you ask. Well I'm going to be fabricating a cover to cover the PSU and HDD rack as they are a bit fugly, it will also hide the huge water pipe from the 200mm rad to the GPU. So here's some pics of the cardboard mock up.

As you can see the front has a ramp to direct some airflow up towards the motherboard. I will also be putting some slots into the ramp side to give airflow to the HDD rack as well as mounting a 100mm fan to the other side of the rack to draw air through. And I shall cut a vent into the top of the partition to allow hot air to escape.

More to come!

 

[jonowee]

I don't know if you're thinking about it, but if you want, you can warm up your properly cut acrylic in a warm oven (~80°C) and bent the plastic to shape.

 

[Jobawick]

I don't know if you're thinking about it, but if you want, you can warm up your properly cut acrylic in a warm oven (~80°C) and bent the plastic to shape.

Yes I am planing on heating it to shape it to give a nicer shape rather than just cut and glue

 

[AshleyColes]

This is looking good, looking forward to seeing the final product.