RedStorm

[nick9999]

RedStorm Update: GPU

I'd like to present my rig:

The PC is about one year old, but recently I added a custom water loop (my first). Luckily I din't flood anything :lol: At the moment it only cools the CPU however I plan to buy a new GPU next year which will be than added to my loop. I also plan to add 2 120 Fans on the bottom of the 240 Rad and maybe add a fan controller.

Here are the specs:

i5 3570k @4.2 Ghz
ASRock z77 Pro 4
8 GB Corsair Vengeance lp 1600 9-9-9-24 RAM
Sapphire 7870 @ 1200/1400
Samsung 830 128GB SSD
Samsung HD103SJ 1TB HDD
be quiet! e9 480W
CM Storm Enforcer

And here the water cooling:

XSPC Raystorm
Aquacomputer aqualis ECO 100 ml Res
Phobya Xtreme 200 Radiator
Black Ice Stealth 240 Radiator
16/10mm tubing
Aquacomputer Aquastream XT

Here is how the system looked on air:

And here the current state:

I hope you like it

 

[maniac]

looks like a spider thingy going on in there, I'm 99% sure everyone on here will criticize the "neatness" of your tubing though. Cabling can be cleaned up a bit too.

 

[Tripp]

i actually like the tubing on this, reminds me of war of the worlds weirdly enough haha

 

[Feronix]

Erhm yeah, that's a lot of tubing for just a CPU only loop. Also not a fan of the 'wrap' thing around it, personally.

On the bright (no pun intended) side, the lighting seems to work nicely.

 

[vorticalbox]

Erhm yeah, that's a lot of tubing for just a CPU only loop. Also not a fan of the 'wrap' thing around it, personally.

On the bright (no pun intended) side, the lighting seems to work nicely.

alot of tubing....

to me there is just too much red, would of gone with white LEDS to highlight the red tubing.

 

[ShaunB-91]

I like it, looks nice lit up. Looks Alienware. To me thats a good thing, I think they look nice, but I'll probably receive some stick off other members now.

 

[nick9999]

Thanks for the comments.

The cabling is definitely something I should have a second look at.
Especially the back side could use some improvement

Erhm yeah, that's a lot of tubing for just a CPU only loop. Also not a fan of the 'wrap' thing around it, personally.

On the bright (no pun intended) side, the lighting seems to work nicely.

I should have probably skipped the fill-port and the long tube from the top of the reservator. But I will probably keep it as I already have a hole in the top of my case.

Maybe I will buy some angled connectors to make the tubing a little more straight.

alot of tubing....

to me there is just too much red, would of gone with white LEDS to highlight the red tubing.

The LED strip around the case is an RGB one like this.

So I can change the colors with a remote or even turn it off, only the two LEDs at the CPU cooler are normal red ones.

 

[nick9999]

A small Update:

I started off by getting an Aquaero 5 lt. which I really like :wub:

It fitted very nicely next to my MB too.
However I exchanged the MB for a MSI z77 G45 Gaming, because I really like the design plus it has more internal USB and PCIe slots.

Additionaly as I switched to a Korean IPS Monitor I bought a 290x with a Watercool cooler.
In my opinion a really good card for watercooling.

Next I still need to connect the fillport with the reservoir, as you can see I hid part of the tube behind the top rad. It's a little tight there

And a dust filter for the back fan which runs as intake. Because there is no space internally as the radiator presses the fan to the wall I guess i will get one of the magnetic ones and put it from the outside.

So what do you think guys does the loop look better?

 

[tinytomlogan]

Looks much better now the red leds are gone matey

 

[Wraith]

Cracking job fella especially given the size of the case, kudos to you.

 

[KTM_RULZ]

Looks like you got that coil thing around the tube touching the mobo? Isn't it conductive?

 

[Wraith]

Looks like you got that coil thing around the tube touching the mobo? Isn't it conductive?

No the anti-kink coils are plastic coated.

 

[nick9999]

The ones I am using are fully made from plastic.
They are not as stable as the metal ones, but I use them for optical purposes only so it doesnt matter