First Build With Water Cooling

[sn8kedr]

Looks great fella, Like the braided Power cables too

Cheers! I hadn't initially planned on using them for this build as I was actually ordering them for when I completely overhall and rebuild with something like a 2011 setup. But once I got them, there was no way I couldn't use em lol.

 

[dipzy]

The ram looks soo sexaaay on that board

Brilliant for a first cooling build

 

[sn8kedr]

The ram looks soo sexaaay on that board

Brilliant for a first cooling build

Thanks bud - I thought I might have taken the blue theme a little too far but it came together relatively nicely in the end (although I do like the idea of adding some white LED's as per dugdiamond's suggestion). I just really wish I had the advanced HAF932 with the all black interior....next time though

 

[rmorse27]

nice work dude for your first time, I use 2 of those XSPC pump/rec combo myself and they work great in my dual loop set up.Let me just warn you now water cooling is very addictive and you will always be searching for bigger and better things to help with the addiction.Plus once you get used to the silence of water cooling as compared to air, you will never go back to air.You have been warned.

 

[rmorse27]

Oh Ya once you get ready to add your video cards and another rad,you can get a XSPC split bay res that will use 2 pumps for 1 each loop.

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=59_318_665&products_id=25767

 

[Gurt11]

Looking good ;-) congrtas on your first watercooling!

 

[TheEastSideGamers]

Looks great! Great cable-management, looks very tidy

 

[AciD_RaiN]

Love it man. First timer myself and your rig looks just great. Any mistakes you did while starting?

 

[sn8kedr]

thanks lads! It was great fun putting it all together honestly.

As for mistakes - I think some angled barbs would be a lot easier to deal with on the CPU to Rad and CPU to Res hosing - at the moment the CPU to Rad section has a pretty significant bend which I think is on the limit but still safe. I guess I probably wouldn't call it a mistake but more like an improvement I would make next time round. Also make sure you get plenty of hosing just to be on the safe side. I did a practice run using the crappy XSPC hosing that came with the kit and for a first timer it took me a while to get the hosing lengths right and it's easy to suddently find your self out of hosing.

 

[AciD_RaiN]

I did the same thing. Just ordered some straight fittings but I'm adding some angled fittings next week or the week after that. You can always improve

 

[lcpldongworth]

Very nice rig