Fuyutsuki

[Naota]

First off, thank you all who helped me with my indecisiveness for choosing a case (Lian Li vs Xigmatec) and offered their opinions on the Radeon HD 6990 vs the gtx 590. I am finally done creating my build.

Behold.... I call her Fuyutsuki. Fuyutsuki is japanese for "Winter Moon". This is because during the winter time, the moon looks much more clear and beautiful. =) Anyways...

ふゆつき

Computer Parts:

Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe

CPU: Sandybridge i7 2600k @ 3.6GHz

Video Card: XFX Radeon 6990

Memory: 8GB DDR3 Ripjaws X 2133MHz

PSU: AX 1200w Modular GOLD Certified

Hard Drive: 1 TB SATA 3 Caviar Black 32Mb Cache

SSD: 240GB Vertex 3

DVD Drive: 24x

Case: Lian Li PC-A77F

Keyboard: Logitech K750 Solar Keyboard

Mouse: Logitech Performance Mouse

Watercooling Stats:

Radiator: Black Ice® SR1 240

Radiator Fans: 2 Coolink SWiF2-1201’s

Water Pump: Performance-PCs Über 655 - LITE

CPU Water Block: EK-Supreme HF High Flow

Videocard Water Block: EK Waterblock 6990

Tubing: 15ft Tygon 3603 3/8" ID (5/8" OD) Clear

Reservoir: FrozenQ Liquid Fusion 250 ml UV Blue w/ a Cold Cathode Inverted Kit

Barbs: 10 of the Enzotech High Flow Barbs

Y Fittings: Polypropylene "Y" Fitting x2

Adapter: Bitspower G1/4" Anti-Cyclone

Fitting: Bitspower G1/4" Stop

Coolant: Feser One UV Blue

Heatshrink: 3/8 inch x 10 feet

Sleeving: 35feet







Changes that I still to do:

• Put in a new UV Reactive Light in the Reservoir (Broke 2 of them so far)
  
• Clean up Cabling
  
• Redo tubing to hide or remove Y splitters
  
• Sleeve rest of the wires
  
• Add window to case
  
• Add touchscreen fan controller
  
• Move Video Card to 16x Slot
  
• Move Radiator so it sits up and gets more ventilation
  
• Fix CPU Block so it is not upside-down.
  
  

Temperatures:

Processor: 28C Idle / 52C On Load

Video Card: 32C Idle / 45C On Load higher of the two clocked/voltage settings but no additional overclock.

*Update* I have made some changes and have updated the new temps.

 

[ionicle]

looks good

 

[wotevajjjj]

looks good,

i don't wanna be picky or anything, but the cpu block is upside down

 

[alicarve]

again looks good

 

[Naota]

looks good,

i don't wanna be picky or anything, but the cpu block is upside down

lol I noticed that too after mounting it...

 

[chris8224]

nice rig only the cables really need to be tided and what made you decide to use those "Y" splitters for the water cooling instead of doing one continuous loop?

 

[wotevajjjj]

lol I noticed that too after mounting it...

can't you take it off, clamp the tubes and spin it around ?

and maybe add an extra rad ?

 

[wotevajjjj]

nice rig only the cables really need to be tided and what made you decide to use those "Y" splitters for the water cooling instead of doing one continuous loop?

it'll probably get temps down a little bit, and it looks way more complicating therefore better imo

 

[Naota]

nice rig only the cables really need to be tided and what made you decide to use those "Y" splitters for the water cooling instead of doing one continuous loop?

Yeah I will be working on making the cabling look nicer. That will be a project over the next week or so. The Y splitters will also be tucked away.

I used the Y splitters so that both the video card and the processor could get freshly cooled water. This way I don't get water heated from the processor, and have it then cool the video card.

 

[Naota]

can't you take it off, clamp the tubes and spin it around ?

and maybe add an extra rad ?

I will be doing something like that when I go back and redo the tubing a bit. I don't think I have a spot to add another rad though.

it'll probably get temps down a little bit, and it looks way more complicating therefore better imo

Exactly.

 

[KaraMurat]

Looks really good, must have been an "ahh fuuu..." moment when you realised the cpu block was upside down haha, only thing i would say is improve a bit on the cable management, other than that must say looks very good.

 

[Karlos_the_n00b]

Love it!

Think this build looks much better in the Lian-Li PC-A77F than it would have xigmatek elysium.

 

[tinytomlogan]

For starters the hose isnt on far enough. Secondly the Y splitters are doing nothing for that system. You are so much better off with a single tidy loop dude.

Good effort but no bonus points from me here though

 

[AshleyColes]

Yeah, you need to get the hose on further, doesn't look safe to me.

Nice build though

 

[wotevajjjj]

I will be doing something like that when I go back and redo the tubing a bit. I don't think I have a spot to add another rad though.

how about a 120 in the back and one in the front?

maybe sleeve the hoses ? think that would look great and it'll stop you from seeing the black Y's in the clear tubes

 

[Naota]

Looks really good, must have been an "ahh fuuu..." moment when you realised the cpu block was upside down haha, only thing i would say is improve a bit on the cable management, other than that must say looks very good.

Haha that is exactly what happened. x_X talk about anti-climatic.

Love it!

Think this build looks much better in the Lian-Li PC-A77F than it would have xigmatek elysium.

I agree. There were so many little things that they did in the Lian Li that I was really happy I ended up choosing it. It really saved me a lot of trouble since I kept having to redo stuff. This was my first water cooling system.

For starters the hose isnt on far enough. Secondly the Y splitters are doing nothing for that system. You are so much better off with a single tidy loop dude.

Good effort but no bonus points from me here though

Aww... </3 I'll be tidying it up soon. =)

how about a 120 in the back and one in the front?

maybe sleeve the hoses ? think that would look great and it'll stop you from seeing the black Y's in the clear tubes

I have a 240 on the bottom at the moment. I'll take some temp reads soon and if its too hot after overclocking maybe I'll go ahead and add another rad. =) And that is a good idea about the Y's. My friend was mad at me for building it without him, so I told him I would wait to do the sleeving / cable management / re-tubing until he comes back next week. lol

 

[RogerWilco]

nice! looks good

 

[Game Over]

I really like the double helix in the Res, Looks great, makes me think of Resident Evil

 

[ShortAlieN]

As others have said, take out the "y" splitters and make it a single tidy loop. with the splitters like that you are dropping your cooling ability by... a lot. Once you get it cleaned up a bit and get the loops sorted you will probably see better temps.

EDIT: Just noticed that you have the video card in the last PCIe slot as well. That slot is not capable of running at 16x. I would highly recommend moving it to one of the slots that is wired for 16x. but, that's just my opinion, i could be wrong.

 

[S_I_N]

looks very nice but I'm waiting to see ur temps with a cpu and a 6990 on just a dual 120mm rad I would think they'd be a bit warm