First Crack at Watercooling

[tezza192]

First go at watercooling, went a bit OTT for first attempt but Im pleased with the results.

Specs

i7 3770k
gtx 680 sli
Asus Z77 Deluxe
600T White
16gb ram
2 X corsair force 3 GT in raid 0
3gb plus 1gb seagate barracuda storage
blu ray re writer
XFX 850 pro PSU

EK cpu block
Full cover EK 680 blocks
EK chrome compression fittings
XSPC dual bay res/pump combo
1/2 tubing
Phobya xtreme 200 rad
OCcool 240 rad
Corair Fans

Pretty happy with the results, Appreciate any feedback you might have

Ran some temp tests on a 4.5 ghz overclock - Prime 95 - 30 minutes, max temp 48 degrees

GPU temp on a looped graphics test (97% load) for 1 hour, max temps 49 degrees.

Here's some pics

 

[reeper250]

Wow, great setup, what are the temps like?

 

[dipzy]

Awesome watercooling setup

 

[jamesriley94]

Looks really good mate. May look a little nicer with the white rings on the Corsair fans as the blue is slightly off colour to me, but probably doesnt matter too much

BTW - it's Alphacool (acool) not OCcool

 

[AverageNinja]

Looks good mate
But what are the temps like with two GPUs and a CPU on those rads?

 

[Vicey]

Looks nice and neat, I like it!

 

[hmmblah]

Beautiful rig, clean layout, and love the color scheme. Nice job!

 

[andrewmchugh]

Would be better having the rear fan as an intake, flip the roof fans and invert the front. With all the pc been water-cooled the case temp will be nice and cool. Heat rises so it physics will naturally help you out.

edit, not if you have the windowed panel.

 

[blair]

Have you got a 200mm rad and a 240mm rad?

I got a 360 + 240 +120 all 60mm thick and get higher temps than yours.
Are you living in the artic?

 

[Lollipop]

I really love the new EK CSQ design. Looks very neat mate.

 

[drunkenvalley]

Would be better having the rear fan as an intake, flip the roof fans and invert the front. With all the pc been water-cooled the case temp will be nice and cool. Heat rises so it physics will naturally help you out.

edit, not if you have the windowed panel.

Heat rises, but only if uninterrupted. Since it is interrupted by literally anything, it's a moot concept to concern yourself with in reality.:lol:

Looks like a nice rig, OP.

 

[Dandaman91]

Very nice indeed

 

[yassarikhan786]

Really nice job, well done

 

[ruthless_villain]

nice rig, but i am more than suspicious about the temps.

 

[pete21121]

Looks awesome to me.

Someone correct me if im wrong, but heat doesnt actually rise, heat spreads from a place of high heat to low heat. For example, if your house was 100% insulated from the outside environment, and you only had radiators on the second floor, the heat would actually drop in an attempt to spread the energy equally.

Not sure how that translates to PC cases, as i reckon fans/airflow would basically negate the rule, and the heat would just go wherever its forced.

 

[jamesriley94]

You're wrong

Heat makes the particles move more, and so are more spread out and so are less dense so they will rise higher than heavier colder particles. In your insulated house, this is ignored as the heat all disperses as it has nowhere else to go. In a non-airtight container - ie - a pc case, the heat will rise...

But - you are right about the fans negating the laws of thermodynamics in a case, so it doesnt really matter

 

[Winther]

very nice rig!

but we need a shot of the from too?

 

[tezza192]

OK heres one of the front, Ive also put the white fan rings in, let me know which you prefer, white or blue

 

[jamesriley94]

Looks good.
Definitely white on the top.

I'm undecided about the rear exhaust though

 

[reeper250]

White up top blue at rear.