just finished my WC Fractal midi r2

[T.R.A.N.C.E.]

The water side:

Rad 1: 420mm Coolgate (60mm thick) in Push Pull mount on Roof
Rad 2: 280mm Coolgate (60mm thick) in Push Pull mount in Front
Fans: 11x Arctic Cooling F14
CPU: EK Supremacy Nickel/ Clear
GPU: EK-FC R9-290x Nickel/ Clear
Pump: D5 vario (Swiftech MCP665)
Reservoir: XSPC Acrylic D5 standing Res
Tubing: Primochill 1/2" ID 3/4" OD Clear
Compression Fittings: Alphacool 4x 90deg, 4x 45deg, XSPC 2x straight.

The hardware side:

Case: Fractal Design Midi R2 (modded to fit 420mm rad in roof)
PSU: Seasonic X-1050W (modded to use 140mm Arctic fan F14)
Mobo: Asus Z87 Gryphon
CPU: Intel i7-4770k @ 4.5ghz
GPU: Gigabyte R9 290X 4gb @ 1100/1375
RAM: 8gb Team Xtreem @ 2133mhz 9-9-9-24 1.6v :O
SSD: Plextor M5S 256gb

Very happy with how it turned out, has a very minimalistic yet beastly look thanks to minimal yet thick tubing and the straight lines (well as straight as non-rigid will go). The pump/res combo lessened tubing needed, plus how the two rads are connected fairly close together and their tubing isn't in line of sight. But was a huge PITA to get the air out of the loop with the Res/pump at the bottom of the loop.

The fans are run at 5v / 600rpm so its very silent The pump is also inaudible at low settings, I love it.

 

[Cru]

sweet build. very tidy

 

[ShaunB-91]

Nice build.

 

[Remmy]

The cabling and tubing looks very neat

Did you have the case before you did the loop, or did you buy it all at once?

 

[enRodjavel]

tidy build =D

 

[T.R.A.N.C.E.]

The cabling and tubing looks very neat

Did you have the case before you did the loop, or did you buy it all at once?

yea, went a bought the case first to inspect and decide on tubing and fittings layout and rad/res/pump placement etc. Then bought the water stuff few days later knowing exactly how the finished thing would look.

And for anyone wondering why the front fans are the wrong way around is because I leave the case side of so airflow direction doesn't matter.

Overclocking wise I have got average but not bad clocks from my cpu and gpu.
4770k @4.5ghz 1.3v
290x @1100mhz/1375mhz stock vcore

 

[Remmy]

And for anyone wondering why the front fans are the wrong way around is because I leave the case side of so airflow direction doesn't matter.

I didn't notice that before; does it work out that you get less dust in the system that way or something?

 

[NeverBackDown]

Really got to overclock that 290x more and then have it really shine! Also is the top rad always visible? Not my style but also does not look like crap either.
Now you need some custom cables to really make the rig stand out!

Nice job

 

[tinytomlogan]

Shame you didnt use the MATX Fractal - seeing MATX boards in full size ATX cases just makes my OCD tingle!

 

[SeraNoxa]

gogo pictures with it running ! and have to agree with TTL :S

 

[T.R.A.N.C.E.]

Shame you didnt use the MATX Fractal - seeing MATX boards in full size ATX cases just makes my OCD tingle!

I really did want the Fractal Arc Mini R2 believe me, but I'm from Aussie and they haven't got it down here yet FFS! We don't have the Fractal Arc XL yet either.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Call up Fractal and tell them there is a huge want for Fractal Cases in Aus, they may make an effort to get them there.