Naturally Aspired PC WaterCooling Club

[t_ski]

 

[sneekypeet]

Damn someone is proud
Where did you get those leet invisible cables on the ODD in that first image?

 

[t_ski]

I bought them from you, of course! That's where I get all my leet goods

 

[sneekypeet]

well played!

 

[HammerON]

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5834/newloop1.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4297/newloop2.jpg

Very nice
Now what are your overclocks and temps?

 

[the54thvoid]

Whooh!

At last. My M4 bolts came in for my Raystorm cooler. New rig up and running (not done any OC yet :shadedshu).

Ran Prime 95 for 5 mins and temps hit an alarming 37 degrees , with fans stable at 700rpm. Awesomely quiet machine. No HDD, just two 120 GB SSD's for now.

Some pics.

Gonna bench 3DMark11 at stock to see how it fares to my old i7 920@3.6.

Next upgrade, any w/c next gen card!!

 

[the54thvoid]

Just ran 3DMark11 at stock for the cpu and 950MHz core and 1075 on the memory.

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2361228 - 7987

compared to

7547 using i7 920 @ 3.6ghz and same gfx card with core and memory @ 970/1125.

so 400 points more with slower clocks all around.

 

[PopcornMachine]

Whooh!

At last. My M4 bolts came in for my Raystorm cooler. New rig up and running (not done any OC yet :shadedshu).

Ran Prime 95 for 5 mins and temps hit an alarming 37 degrees , with fans stable at 700rpm. Awesomely quiet machine. No HDD, just two 120 GB SSD's for now.

Some pics.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=44687&stc=1&d=1324057057

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=44688&stc=1&d=1324057068

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=44689&stc=1&d=1324057083

Gonna bench 3DMark11 at stock to see how it fares to my old i7 920@3.6.

Next upgrade, any w/c next gen card!!

Those are some sexy hardware close-up pictures!

 

[t_ski]

Very nice
Now what are your overclocks and temps?

No OC yet. My temps are in the low 30's idle, which I'm wondering if I have a good mount on the waterblock. I am not using official bolts, just some M4's I picked up at the hardware store. My plan was to buy the official kit and some new thermal compound (I used the last of the tube on this mount and I haven't taken it off to see if it's spread out enough).

 

[the54thvoid]

Ran a simple multi OC only with auto voltage (1.32v) and ran prime95 at 4.2GHz for half hour. Temp maxed out at 49 degrees.

That sound fair?

Should say, my fans never went above 900 RPM to keep it that temp.

 

[technicks]

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5834/newloop1.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4297/newloop2.jpg

Thats freakin awesome!

 

[the54thvoid]

My X79 rig. Does it need some lights under the gfx card???

 

[(FIH) The Don]

having such a nice machine, you should do the cable management to perfection imo

 

[the54thvoid]

I'd need to do some cable modding. It's actually managed as well as i could due to the lengths of some of the supplied cables. Rather than sleeve things I've also used black tape around the normally rainbow coloured case wires. The led wires for the raystorm need some settling in but i could makethem more linear and less noticeable.

I might come back to it and try and get your approval. Can't let the club down with shoddy cabling

 

[(FIH) The Don]

thats the spirit, go for it, dont let the cables get to you!



but trust me, you will be so satisfied when you know it is "perfect"

no compromises as Nils from MDPC would say

for the lights, try one of those NZXT LED kits, they are long so you can put it all the way around the window

 

[the54thvoid]

A little better. In my defense, all non black sheathed wires are taped up with black flexible insulating tape.

Look no wires (sort of).

 

[Cold Storm]

Looking better. Hate how the block makes that area look due to wires... But a lot better improvement.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

yup much better

if you really want more help on it go check the cable management helpdesk, they know a few things there

oh, and if you want the tubing to look cleaner, take the cpu block and turn it 180degree to the right,

 

[the54thvoid]

yup much better

if you really want more help on it go check the cable management helpdesk, they know a few things there

oh, and if you want the tubing to look cleaner, take the cpu block and turn it 180degree to the right,

Yeah, I wanted the Raystorm logo the right way up but you can't see it anyway, lol.

Thanks guys.

 

[technicks]

Hi guys.

Question. I am about to reconfigure my water loop cause i only have the CPU to cool now.
I have one 120 rad and a 360 Xflow. I am a little bit i doubt about how i'm going to connect it.
The easiest way for me is to go from the pump to the 120 to the CPU, from the CPU to the 360 back to the pump. Is the watertemp in the loop the same all over? Then it doesn't matter how i connect it, right? Or is it better to go from the 360 to the CPU? Some help is appreciated.

 

[sneekypeet]

I don't know if the temp is that much different, but I always add the CPU to the loop or GPUs for that matter right after a rad for its best potential for cooler water

You can see in T ski's PC at the top of this page, he has the line going from the pump to the CPU, and he isn't complaining about temps either

 

[technicks]

Yeah but will it make a huge difference if the CPU will be placed after the 120 or 360 rad?
You can look at it from both ways.

If i place the CPU after the 360 it might have ''cooler'' water then after the 120.
But the 120 may struggle cooling the ''warmer'' water coming from the CPU more then the 360.
How about the option to connect the rad's together before leading them to the CPU?

 

[t_ski]

Some people talk about heat dump from their pumps adding to the loop. But for me, I was always concerned most with flow, so I've added the CPU block right after the pump. I also do my best to reduce the tubing as much as possible.

 

[basco]

really nice pics and setup

 

[MT Alex]

Hi guys.

Question. I am about to reconfigure my water loop cause i only have the CPU to cool now.
I have one 120 rad and a 360 Xflow. I am a little bit i doubt about how i'm going to connect it.
The easiest way for me is to go from the pump to the 120 to the CPU, from the CPU to the 360 back to the pump. Is the watertemp in the loop the same all over? Then it doesn't matter how i connect it, right? Or is it better to go from the 360 to the CPU? Some help is appreciated.

Yeah but will it make a huge difference if the CPU will be placed after the 120 or 360 rad?
You can look at it from both ways.

If i place the CPU after the 360 it might have ''cooler'' water then after the 120.
But the 120 may struggle cooling the ''warmer'' water coming from the CPU more then the 360.
How about the option to connect the rad's together before leading them to the CPU?

It won't make a difference either way. After your computer has run for a while your water will reach a temperature equilibrium, so the same amount of heat will be removed no matter what order your loop is. Just plumb it however makes sense and minimizes the length of tubing.

I used to be absolutely OCD about keeping a rad before each component, but I gave that up our of necessity on my last build, and am glad I did. The only rule I still always follow is keeping the reservoir right before the pump.