Project: MATX Water Cooling

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Well after a closer inspection I can tell that the GPU landed on the concrete with the edge next to the power connectors and crushed the PCB in that corner. I did test the card and all seems to be working. What a relief, I would have been crushed if my GPU was dead. I will get everything buttoned up and tested this weekend.

 

[airdeano]

good man...

a lil wrinkled PCB never hurt no-one.

airdeano

 

[rossi94]

Hurts not, but if you got2go in rma later they mayby don't accept the card because they think it's a user mistake ^^

 

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Project Complete........for now:
Well guys I set out to water cool this mATX case and I have finally finished. It was a long and prosperous journey and I am glad that is is finally over. I have learned a lot in the process. I am extremely grateful for all of the advise and support I have gotten from the OC3D community, Thank you so much c3d:

Well here are the final specs and pics of the Dragon Slayer mod.
Specs:
In Win Dragon Slayer mATX Case
Asus Maximus IV Gene Z/Gen 3
Intel i5-3570K
EVGA GTX 670 FTW
Mushkin Blackline Ridgeback Ram 2000Mhz
Corsair AX 650 watt PSU

Cooling:
RX240
EX240
Raystorm CPU waterblock
Razer GTX680 GPU waterblock
Bitspower Shining Silve Fittings
Bitspower 80 mm res
Swiftech DDC pump
Primoflex Pro LRT Tubing 3/8 ID 1/2 OD
Enermax T.B. Silence Fans

Tempratures are looking good.
This is after about 3 hours of Folding both SMP and GPU. Ambient Temp was 22c.

 

[rossi94]

WOOOOOOOOW I love it .. very nice look with the leds in the raystorm and gpu cooler .. but I would sleeve on my own - I don't like the gloss effect of the extensions.

 

[SEBAR]

WOOOOOOOOW I love it .. very nice look with the leds in the raystorm and gpu cooler .. but I would sleeve on my own - I don't like the gloss effect of the extensions.

Thanks, I am using NZXT extension cables for the 8 pin and two 6 pin cables.

 

[rossi94]

Thanks, I am using NZXT extension cables for the 8 pin and two 6 pin cables.

Seen it .. compare to these:

 

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Seen it .. compare to these:

Those are sick, I will be adding those to my wish list.

 

[rossi94]

Those are sick, I will be adding those to my wish list.

It's just MDPC sleeved .. you can do it on your own

 

[SEBAR]

It's just MDPC sleeved .. you can do it on your own

My pump was sleeved with MDPC but I had to replace it because it was not done very well, I bought the pump second hand. I replaced it with some black sleeving I got the local electronics store, cheap sleeving but it looks nice.

 

[rossi94]

KK it's not just the sleeve it's the sleever to, learning by doing.

 

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KK it's not just the sleeve it's the sleever to, learning by doing.

I actually did a short tutorial style video of me sleeving the pump on my YouTube channel. I hope to improve on my skills in the future.

 

[rossi94]

I'm sure you'll master it.

 

[SEBAR]

I'm sure you'll master it.

I would like to do some sleeving without heat shrink.

 

[rossi94]

I like the heatshrink look, but seen some without here in the forum ask Papasmurf I'm sure he can help.

 

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After folding overnight my tems have held up.
Max GPU Temp 58c
Max CPU (3.8GHz) Temp:
44
52
48
48

Ambient temp 20c

All Fans are running @12 volts. Now I will see how good the temps are at 7 volts.

 

[Choklitmlk]

awesome job dude, i aspire to match this when i do my water matx in the coming weeks

 

[SEBAR]

awesome job dude, i aspire to match this when i do my water matx in the coming weeks

Thanks man, I will be sure to check out your build log.

 

[dalewakelin]

Looks awesome mate great job

 

[SEBAR]

Looks awesome mate great job

Thanks a bunch.

I have some temperature results running the fans at 7 volts.
The system has been folding for 24 hours on both SMP and GPU.
The CPU is running at 3.8GHz, and ambient temperature at time of reading was 22c

Max CPU temps:
54c
57c
58c
55c

Max GPU temperature 69c

Not to bad considering the system is so quiet.

Small question, is it a bad idea to run 2 fans off of one 7 volt fan speed reducer?