Ballistic Storm build

Th0rHere

New member
Hey all,

Haven't really posted on OC3D before, but big fan of the site and the review. I have been lurking for a long time, but now it's now time to start contributing.

I have had most of the these parts since last year when Haswell-E launched. The issues facing the Fury X admitting pushed me over the edge to go for a custom water loop. So I got the parts and got some time 2 weeks ago to put it together.

So this is really a semi build log/gallery post. So hope you all enjoy.

Here is where we the cutting will be needed to fit the 360mm radiator. Because of the Fury X issues and RMA;s, I had to go back to my old 7970 that my friend had, who got my 290X after my first Fury X.

cykVHqJ.jpg


The fun begins, previously cooled with a Corsair H105 that has worked very well.


WzfiSSP.jpg



Rotary tool and case are ready. The lines for the needed spaces are lined out, but more a little more space was eneded to expose the mount holes for the fans underneat


DHeEslu.jpg


Pretty smooth in the end. Not the best cut, but wasn't worried since it's not visible.


6u2V05b.jpg


Radiator is ready to go in, but the cables had to be moved, and the plastic cover modified as well.


G2phs0E.jpg


The cables for the power buttons are now routed through the sata dock on the Storm Trooper. Never used the sata dock, but it completes the look of the front of the case, and makes it easy to keep the cables from getting in the way of the radiator.


J0QOJRw.jpg


COME ON AMD. just cover the entire card in thermal paste why don't you. It was hardend as well. A killer to clean out.


1QdcyRN.jpg


But cleaned out it was. Not bad considering the interposer is somewhat fragile and cleaning out the old paste could actually kill your GPU.


AGMgab4.jpg


Block is on, and looks great.


YXb3zph.jpg


Back of the card will stay naked.


loEbbAW.jpg


The 360mm radiator is now on top with the fans inside the case, the case wholes sit between the radiator and fans. The roof also had to be cut to fit the radiator, but was easily done.


wCnbd05.jpg


Card is in it's place and the tubing is now added. The bottom radiator is a 240mm 60mm with 2 x Noctua NF-F12 fans. The top 360mm radiator has 3 x Corsair SP low-noise fans


fdSeHki.jpg


Quick shot of the CPU waterblock.


S6ApuYG.jpg


Now it's it time to fill it up.


jVvuSXm.jpg


Getting the air out took some time due to the arrangement of the card and radiators. Patience gets you there.


r354hrz.jpg


I was planning on throwing the SSD's anywhere to keep cable management clean, but was able to mount them nicely on the outisde of the 3.5-cages. Very happy how they turned out.


w6XTRKB.jpg


When I saw EKWB were bringing out a single slot water block for the Fury X, i started thinking how good it would like mounted parrellel with the side panel. Looking good


Kxji7Ot.jpg


PCI-E extension/riser cables aren't widely available. Have a Black PCIe 3.0 X16 arriving soon that will replaced the PCIe 2.0 that I'm currently using. Not that performance is affected much at all.


UCUXS72.jpg


The red coolant was a must with the exposed water block on the graphics card.


KjCtnaz.jpg



fYAW1gm.jpg


The entire cable is rated for PCIe 3.0, and it's completely black.


Fa4Fp7O.jpg


A big thanks to liheat48 for sending out the PCIe 3.0 black riser/extension cable.
http://yawacu.blogspot.ie/p/blog-page.html
http://liheat.com.tw/


GJggXMg.jpg



Long enough to reach the top PCIe slot on the board.

9UeRJDi.jpg


Pretty much finished, but looking to add some Red LED's and another fan on the bottom radiator. I have also already replaced the PSU with an AX1200, as i was having issues with the AX860i not powering one of my hard drives.


4AgutFM.jpg



So far temps are excellent with Fury X on load under 50-degrees and the 5960x running @4.5GHz/1.26V hitting max of 70-degrees

Q3cOC89.jpg


Thats pretty my current build. I hope you enjoy the images. If anyone has any questions, please don't hesitate and ask away.
 
Looks pretty good there, love the video card placement.

However should you drain your loop at some point, might i suggest you shorten the hose from the rad to the cpu block, it looks a bit to long, or you could just use another 45 degree fitting on the rad to make it a nice straight line ^^
 
Looks pretty good there, love the video card placement.

However should you drain your loop at some point, might i suggest you shorten the hose from the rad to the cpu block, it looks a bit to long, or you could just use another 45 degree fitting on the rad to make it a nice straight line ^^

Would you believe me if I said that is exactly what I thought moments after I was finished.

Whenever i do a drain i will be making some slight changes, including the ones you mentioned. I will also add a t-line for draining it as well. As you can imagine by the angles, it's not going to be easy to drain.
 
Back
Top