CP's Watercooled 690II Project Log

[(FIH) The Don]

dont rush it bro, take the time you need

 

[Chicken Patty]

I am, but I'm dying to do something to the rig

 

[brandonwh64]

Hey CP, would you be interested in my full loop for your H50?

 

[Mindweaver]

Pulls up a chair! Looks good CP!

 

[Chicken Patty]

uggh, so many people waiting and I'm on pause right now

 

[(FIH) The Don]

we brought supplies and tents, take your time

 

[Cold Storm]

uggh, so many people waiting and I'm on pause right now

lol.. you know how I feel now with my build don't ya?

take your time.. if you don't.. It will just kill ya!

 

[Chicken Patty]

Thing is I was going to start on it then my clutch on the car starting to give problems so I dumped a b it over $700 on it. That set me back a lot

 

[Cold Storm]

Thing is I was going to start on it then my clutch on the car starting to give problems so I dumped a b it over $700 on it. That set me back a lot

Life happens bro. But, with that you can think more about the project and make it a work of art.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Life happens bro. But, with that you can think more about the project and make it a work of art.

That's true, I know what I want already, only thing I'm still debating is whether or not I want to fully water cool it or not. Thing is my goal was to keep everything internal, but if I do that while water cooling everything I am going to have to put up with mediocre temps. I can only fit two 120mm rads inside the case which is what I want, everything inside. It'll have to be one for CPU and one for board, then what for GPU? I have one GPU folding so whichever loop I add it to will be hurt pretty bad with temps. So I was thinking only CPU with one 120mm rad in the back exhausting and that's it, but I don't know man. Really want to cool the board under water as well.

 

[Cold Storm]

That's true, I know what I want already, only thing I'm still debating is whether or not I want to fully water cool it or not. Thing is my goal was to keep everything internal, but if I do that while water cooling everything I am going to have to put up with mediocre temps. I can only fit two 120mm rads inside the case which is what I want, everything inside. It'll have to be one for CPU and one for board, then what for GPU? I have one GPU folding so whichever loop I add it to will be hurt pretty bad with temps. So I was thinking only CPU with one 120mm rad in the back exhausting and that's it, but I don't know man. Really want to cool the board under water as well.

With the developments of the new 120mm fans/rads it would be able to cool the two with no problem. your running amd so it's all ready going to run cooler then a intel set up.. When I did my set up between the single 120m and the 480m rad, I saw that there wasn't a change in temps between the two. The cpu and the loop for the 790i I had really didn't get any difference. adding both together, I saw a small 2c difference.

You should be fine with the 2 120mm.. Just make sure that there is good air flow to the rads and you should be stellar my man!

 

[Chicken Patty]

With the developments of the new 120mm fans/rads it would be able to cool the two with no problem. your running amd so it's all ready going to run cooler then a intel set up.. When I did my set up between the single 120m and the 480m rad, I saw that there wasn't a change in temps between the two. The cpu and the loop for the 790i I had really didn't get any difference. adding both together, I saw a small 2c difference.

You should be fine with the 2 120mm.. Just make sure that there is good air flow to the rads and you should be stellar my man!

Think the CPU and board water cooled will look odd with two 5770's on air?

 

[brandonwh64]

CP your doing a great job here! keep it up!

 

[Cold Storm]

Think the CPU and board water cooled will look odd with two 5770's on air?

Nah, it wouldn't look strange.. the 5770's are great air cooled as they are watered.. even off a single rad the 5770's would be still cooler then if you swapped the air cooling with something else.

To me.. Watercooling isn't to make the "Best" temps. It's to lower the normal temps allowing for a better cooling experience. So, even with a 120m rad on two cards, you will see a good drop in temps.

 

[t77snapshot]

The pic that I sent, remember? You can hide them there, you can get some mesh and cut it and mold it nicely by the PSU and the cables will be hidden a lot. Plus, under the HDD cage theres a hole, i used that to hide my cables all the time. bro im telling you, this case has great cable management if you get creative.

Here, how's this?

I know the cage was in, but trust me you can hide wires if you use your full brain power
http://img.techpowerup.org/100715/P2034409resized.jpg

Very nicely done CP.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Nah, it wouldn't look strange.. the 5770's are great air cooled as they are watered.. even off a single rad the 5770's would be still cooler then if you swapped the air cooling with something else.

To me.. Watercooling isn't to make the "Best" temps. It's to lower the normal temps allowing for a better cooling experience. So, even with a 120m rad on two cards, you will see a good drop in temps.

Remember I crunch and fold meaning my CPU and GPU will be 100% load all day, all week, all year. So I was thinking dual loop. up front a 120mm for the CPU or board whichever, and a 120mm out back for the CPU or board. I can set both rads up with push and pull if needed since I have the space. I have to measure but since I won't be using the HDD cage the space there in the front I can use it to mount two MCP355's with res on top. I still have to plan carefully since I don't want to block all the airflow coming in.

Very nicely done CP.

CP your doing a great job here! keep it up!

Thanks guys ...and t77 as you should know, that's an old shot of my rig

 

[Splave]

CP you are a great dude.
What are you waiting on, maybe I have something to help you out? HW gods have blessed me

 

[Chicken Patty]

CP you are a great dude.
What are you waiting on, maybe I have something to help you out? HW gods have blessed me

Thanks Splave

I just need to get my water cooling going. This is what I have planned out.

XSPC 120mm Rads (two)
MCP355 (two)
EK block for my motherboard
probably EK block for CPU as well.

The rest is just fittings/tubing, etc. If you have anything even if it's not the above, PM me what you have and we'll see. Kinda in the shits right now with my car causing me $700 last week

 

[Cold Storm]

Remember I crunch and fold meaning my CPU and GPU will be 100% load all day, all week, all year. So I was thinking dual loop. up front a 120mm for the CPU or board whichever, and a 120mm out back for the CPU or board. I can set both rads up with push and pull if needed since I have the space. I have to measure but since I won't be using the HDD cage the space there in the front I can use it to mount two MCP355's with res on top. I still have to plan carefully since I don't want to block all the airflow coming in.

Yeah, I'm talking duel loop as well.. Like you have been talking about. 1 for the CPU/board the other for the GPU's. I was just saying that the factor of putting it all under water will give you less heat then keeping them under air.. Remember the Sunbeam Whereever rack that I got. It could really help you out in this factor.. making fan/fans blowing also onto the cards from the spots that the wherever rack can give. Hell, even making that the spot where the only hdd will be..

What your thinking about. The twin 355, would probably be great if you got something like this would help you out quite a bit.. Yes, no res, but a single res with a "y" line going around would still work pretty well.. IMO at lease

 

[Chicken Patty]

Yeah, I'm talking duel loop as well.. Like you have been talking about. 1 for the CPU/board the other for the GPU's. I was just saying that the factor of putting it all under water will give you less heat then keeping them under air.. Remember the Sunbeam Whereever rack that I got. It could really help you out in this factor.. making fan/fans blowing also onto the cards from the spots that the wherever rack can give. Hell, even making that the spot where the only hdd will be..

What your thinking about. The twin 355, would probably be great if you got something like this would help you out quite a bit.. Yes, no res, but a single res with a "y" line going around would still work pretty well.. IMO at lease

What do you think will give better temps:

CPU and cards in one loop or CPU and motherboard in one loop? Although I have dual cards I only fold with one so I don't have to be disabling/enabling crossfire when gaming or what not. Don't you think the board NB/SB/Mosfets will pump out more heat than both cards (one folding)?

As far as pump top, that's exactly what I had in mind

Look, this guy posted some helpful stuff in this thread with temps when he had his CPU and same board I have in the same loop with a 120mm rad. If you can take a look at it and give me your opinion on it
http://www.overclock.net/amd-build-logs/736213-new-build-x6-super-stacker.html

 

[Cold Storm]

What do you think will give better temps:

CPU and cards in one loop or CPU and motherboard in one loop? Although I have dual cards I only fold with one so I don't have to be disabling/enabling crossfire when gaming or what not. Don't you think the board NB/SB/Mosfets will pump out more heat than both cards (one folding)?

As far as pump top, that's exactly what I had in mind

Look, this guy posted some helpful stuff in this thread with temps when he had his CPU and same board I have in the same loop with a 120mm rad. If you can take a look at it and give me your opinion on it
http://www.overclock.net/amd-build-logs/736213-new-build-x6-super-stacker.html

I would say this..

CPU/mobo Loop 1
Duel cards Loop 2

I think you'll see good temps all around if you do that.. if not.. you can all ways try other ways after a week of trying.. Right?

BTw, thanks for the link. His build is pretty sweet!

 

[Chicken Patty]

That's exactly what I had in mind Cold storm.

Thanks for the advise bro

 

[fullinfusion]

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[Chicken Patty]

Welcome aboard Brad

 

[xrealm20]

looking awesome CP -- "grabs yet another chair"