Project: Centurion WC

[!TIMMY!]

Well the time has finally come for me to upgrade my aging 939 PC. I love 939 to bits, so I will rebuild it at a later date. This will be my first water cooling adventure so lets hope I don't ruin anything in the process of this build.

Specs:

Mobo: DFI LP X48 LT T2R

CPU: Q6600 G0

Ram: OCZ PC2-9200 4GB Flex II

GC: Asus 8800GT 512mb Glacier Edition

SC: X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

HD's: WD 150GB Raptor & 4 x 250GB WD SE16 (Raid 0) & Seagate 7200.11 1TB in IcyBox eSata Enclosure

Optical Drives: 2 x NEC DVD Writers

PSU: SilverPower 600w

Case: Coolermaster Centurion 530

Fans: 3 x 120mm Thermaltake Smart Fans Blue

Monitor: DGM 24" P-VA L2442WD-VA Widescreen

Mouse: Logitech G9

Keyboard: Logitech G15

Mouse Mat: Everglide Titan

Headset: Speedlink Medusa 5.1

Water Cooling:

Pump: 12V Laing DDC-1T Ultra w/XSPC Acrylic Pump Top & Laing DDC 4 Point Anti-Vibration Damping Kit

Radiator: XSPC R120-D

Fans: 2 x Scythe S-FLEX 120mm SFF21E 1200 RPM

CPU Block: XSPC X20 Xtreme

Chipset Block: XSPC Delta Chipset

Reservoir: XSPC Single Bay Reservoir Black

Hose: PVC 10/8 Clear High Flex Hose

Fittings: 10/8mm Compression

Liquid: Feser One Blue

Other: XSPC PCI bracket (Thanks Rob from WCUK!)

Pictures:

Everything in a big pile:

The lovely DFI:

The quad installed:

CPU block:

Chipset block:

Pump:

Res:

Fans:

Hose & Feser:

I will be putting all the water cooling together this evening, when I have finished backing up everything to the 1TB External HD. More pictures to follow...

Update 08/06/08 @ 01.38am:

My 8800GT and X-Fi got a little clean:

The empty case ready for everything to be installed:

Fitted the rad, fans and punp:

Getting ready to put on the blocks:

Blocks fitted (the chipset block was so fiddley):

Everything installed:

Getting ready for any leaks:

The moment of truth:

At the moment it hasn't leaked, and has been running for about 1 hour. It's bed time so I will see in the morning if the carpet is ruined :S

Update 11/06/08 @ 20.46pm:

The new pump and ram:

The ram (the heatsinks are huge):

It's alive!:

Update 13/06/08 @ 20.50pm:

Finished (with flash):

Finished (without flash):

Close Up:

I am installing Windows at the moment. I will start ocing when I have all drivers installed.

Edit 16/06/08 @ 22:23:

3DMARK06 Score of 15055:

Yey broke the 15k! Just realised that you prob can't read it lol. I will post it in the bench forum later.

I have settled on my CPU @ 3.3ghz, Ram @ 1175 5-5-5-15 all @ stock volts apart from vcore @ 1.375 (with Auto Special Vid). Max temp of 58C.

Edit 23/06/08 @ 18:26:

Final Setup:

 

[gotmaxpower]

The parts are looking really good, especially the Quad

Was looking at that motherboard earlier today, looks really nice.

GL with the project, hope it works out well.

 

[!TIMMY!]

Thanks dude, my backup is taking forever

I have a DFI NF4 SLI-DR atm and love it so wanted another DFI. This review persuaded me to get it. Ill be posting how it oc's when I get my ram.

 

[!TIMMY!]

Added in more pics and updated. Fingers crossed it will be ok tomorrow and I can install everything else.

 

[pafk0o]

Dont burn you PSU ;] with so many devices on he will have hard times ;]

 

[gotmaxpower]

Looking real good, hope the stuff with the water cooling goes to plan because when its all tied up inside that case it will be a real performer. I'd love to take on a project like this, I bet theres some man hours involved though..

EDIT - Get some benchmarks going when its finished

 

[!TIMMY!]

Dont burn you PSU ;] with so many devices on he will have hard times ;]

Hehe I'm sure it will be ok. It was a good performer in the oc3d review.

Looking real good, hope the stuff with the water cooling goes to plan because when its all tied up inside that case it will be a real performer. I'd love to take on a project like this, I bet theres some man hours involved though..

EDIT - Get some benchmarks going when its finished

It did take me half of yesterday to put the loop together, but it will be worth it with the cooling performance and quietness. I will bench the system once I have oced it, I should be getting my ram soon

 

[Ham]

Looking good dude.

You cant get leaks with compression barbs

 

[Brooksie]

Looks good Tim, thought of watercooling the GPU aswell?

 

[!TIMMY!]

Looks good Tim, thought of watercooling the GPU aswell?

I don't think the loop could handle the GPU as well, and I have the Glacier fan on it so it is quiet and cool.

I have just noticed a leak it seems to be coming from between the pump and Anti-Vibration Damping Kit. So I have cleaned it up and taken off the Anti-Vibration Damping Kit and set it going again. I don't think its coming from the compression fittings.

Edit: I def have a problem, this is what leak testing is for. It does seem that the pump is leaking from the bottom because there doesn't seem to be any feser near the compression fittings. Anyone got any ideas?

 

[nepas]

looks sweet mate

 

[Ham]

Depending on where about its leaking, tighten up the top screws to start.

In fact tighten up all the screws on the pump...

 

[!TIMMY!]

Update: Ok, When I started leak testing again (or so I thought), the pump did not start as well. Looks like an RMA

 

[!TIMMY!]

W00t W00t my ram has come

Also in the shortest amount of time possible, my pump is back. Great service from WCUK! Fingers crossed it will be all ok later when I leak test. I just hope I have enough feser one left

 

[Ham]

PICS!

And fingers crossed for the pump.

 

[!TIMMY!]

Woah, easy Ham. Can't post pics right now, will do later when I get home.

 

[Luigi]

The pics arent working on page , but this sounds awesome

Where did you get your ram from?

 

[!TIMMY!]

The pics arent working on page , but this sounds awesome

Where did you get your ram from?

They are working for me now. Maybe Photobucket was down or something. Added pics of the ram and new pump. I got the ram from Aqua PC's.

It's leak testing now; there's no sign of a leak, but there might be a slow leak like last time. Fingers crossed.

 

[Bungral]

You watercooling your Flex II??

 

[!TIMMY!]

You watercooling your Flex II??

Naaa I don't think it's really worth it. I will have good air flow through the case and they have phat heatsinks on them.