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[MERGED] Your Main PC - Pictures, specs and discussion <IMAGE HEAVY>
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I received my waterblocks for the 7970's today so I taught I would create a temp loop while I decide what way to finish my full loop. I have a spare 480mm rad and an xspc drive bay res/pump combo so I just connected them up until I fully figure out my layout
Its really messy but I will tidy it up as I get closer to finishing the loop.
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Did a little bit of upgrading today. The Parts arrived yesterday but I hadn't had the chance. Couldn't figure out why the new case was so loud until I realised the fan I had plugged into the chassis instead of the built in fan controller was spinning at 1650rpm :pac:
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I haven't had much time lately to make much progress on my build due to the good weather and waiting on parts to come in. Below is still very much a work in progress so no where near finished.
Still waiting on the Titan waterblocks to come into stock so for now I just concentrated on mobo loop. Tested it today will distilled water and so far no leaks. Took quite a while to bleed the system too. The pump was quite noisy until I got the air out.
The only slight concern is that the mobo is very very heavy now with all those waterblocks on it. Hopefully it's not being strained too much.
Tried to route the top tube in behind the mobo but the thick tubing didnt allow me to do so. I might come back to it yet.
Mobo pump & res at the back.
This pump and res will drive the GPU loop eventually.
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Connected up the LEDs and fans. Still running with distilled water only. Have 2 litres of Mayhem blue coolant but I'll do a good leak test before I drain and refill with that stuff.
Very eager and impatient for those GPU waterblocks to come in now. :mad:
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Connected up the LEDs and fans. Still running with distilled water only. Have 2 litres of Mayhem blue coolant but I'll do a good leak test before I drain and refill with that stuff.
Very eager and impatient for those GPU waterblocks to come in now. :mad:
Loop order looks good but not liking the xspc fittings
. I bought some myself for my small rig and they look 100 times better in pics than real.
They really dont look nice when joined together like a 90deg and a 45.
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Loop order looks good but not liking the xspc fittings. I bought some myself for my small rig and they look 100 times better in pics than real.
They really dont look nice when joined together like a 90deg and a 45.
Otherwise I like the route you took with it
I agree (have 6 of them) and the collar can be a pain to get on with certain tubes.0 -
Loop order looks good but not liking the xspc fittings. I bought some myself for my small rig and they look 100 times better in pics than real.
They really dont look nice when joined together like a 90deg and a 45.
Otherwise I like the route you took with it
I quite like the fittings myself. Like the chunky look of them together with the thick tubing. Not easy to work with though in tight spaces.
The route above was pretty much the only one I could do as any other way would result in two compression fittings getting in the way of each other.
Drain valve for the GPU loop
Connected up the second loop minus of the graphics cards and doing a leak test on both loops. An absolute pain the hole to bleed that bottom loop.
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What ram did you use with the waterblocks in the end?
I went for the Samsung Green which installs very nicely with the XSPC blocks as long as you use the thermal pads in order to get a secure fit.
The Titan waterblocks arrived at last. I got one of the cards fitted this evening but the other two cards have Torx T6 or T7 screws fitted which the other card did not, and I dont have a small enough Torx screwdriver. :-(
God damn it anyway. Maybe Maplins might have one.
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Finally got my Titan cards in and what an absolute pain in the hole it was too. Mainly cos of their bulk and sheer weight. I had to be extremely careful not to stress the mobo too much as there is enough of weight on it already.
A few pics below but this is far from finished. Didnt spend too much time with the lighting, they were just thrown around in there really. Struggling to get the red light stronger than it shows in the pics and I need to get some more colour into the reservoirs too. I want to do it with backlight only while the just having distilled water in both the reservoirs. Might need to go with ligh strips but no idea how it will turn out.
I still have one major problem and that is a very large air bubble in the bottom loop. When I turn off the pump, the bubble comes back up to the 3 Titan cards and rests somewhere between the entry and exit of the SLI bridge. Cant seem to get rid of it. Rocking the machine from the side to side is possible but I cant only do it a little cos the weight and fear of stressing components especially the mobo.
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