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[4Ryan6]

Too many fans.

Only if when you power up the lights dim!

I have 14, (not counting the power supplies), which is actually the bare minimum for my setup, (If I was running push/pull it would take an additional 7)!

Granted my setup is far from anyone Else's, but overclocking headroom performance has always been my goal.

 

[freezed1]

Hi Guys

Since my main rig is under going some changes, I am just posting some pics of my small rig I assembled a few days ago

Hardware
Case: Fractal design Mini....btw this case is the worst for water cooling....but so quiet lol
Motherboard: Asus Gene V 1155
Processor: i5 3570k
Memory: Corsair 8gb 1866 mhz
Power supply: Rosewill Hive 550W
Video card: Evga gtx 660
Cooling: D5 pump, RX120 rad, Raystorm block, Swiftech rez, Corsair fans
Logitech g15, g500
Vertex 4 128gb and 200gb raptor

I will be doing some more changes in a few weeks...(red tubing, bay res, maybe a alphacool monsta 240 rad)

Enjoy!!

 

[Lutfij]

MODO!!!!! WE got a jumper!!! Get the trampoline under him! :lol:

FYI - its not the worst case for watercooling, you chose the worst parts for watercooling honestly though, pop by the watrecooling section, open a thread and we'll sort you out

its looking good, except for the watercooling and that rad. I only hope you're not OC'ing on that puny lil RX...?

 

[amuffin]

Flip the rad over..........................


Erm.

It looks clean an simple, but....

 

[freezed1]

Flip the rad over..........................


Erm.

It looks clean an simple, but....

Lol hi, I was going to but can't. The case has a vertical slot that blocks the rad . I am going to try few more things

 

[freezed1]

MODO!!!!! WE got a jumper!!! Get the trampoline under him! :lol:

FYI - its not the worst case for watercooling, you chose the worst parts for watercooling honestly though, pop by the watrecooling section, open a thread and we'll sort you out

its looking good, except for the watercooling and that rad. I only hope you're not OC'ing on that puny lil RX...?

Hi sir can you please send me some pics of your monsta 240 and what temps you get? I would Appreciate it , I will be ordering it this week.

 

[Lutfij]

take a look at my vintage case mod build log you can see how big the rad really is. Unfortunately though, I'm working on fitting out the vintage case mod

 

[halfblazed]

This is my CaseLabs Merlin SM8 build.

My System Specs are as follows:

Intel 2600k @ 4.5GHz @ 1.32V
x2 GTX 680 SuperClocks @1215Mhz (SLI)
Asus P8Z77-V MOBO (Z77)
Corsair FORCE SSD
Corsair HX850
Corsair Dominator 2133Mhz 16GB
Intel 300 Series 60GB SSD
Western Digital 1TB HDD
Koolance/Bitspower Water Cooling (CPU+RAM+VGA+VGA)

Water Cooling

Koolance Fittings
BitsPower Extensions (15, 20,25, 50mm)
PMP450S @ 12V
XSPC - AX480 AX240 radiators

 

[freezed1]

This is my CaseLabs Merlin SM8 build.

My System Specs are as follows:

Intel 2600k @ 4.5GHz @ 1.32V
x2 GTX 680 SuperClocks @1215Mhz (SLI)
Asus P8Z77-V MOBO (Z77)
Corsair FORCE SSD
Corsair HX850
Corsair Dominator 2133Mhz 16GB
Intel 300 Series 60GB SSD
Western Digital 1TB HDD
Koolance/Bitspower Water Cooling (CPU+RAM+VGA+VGA)

Water Cooling

Koolance Fittings
BitsPower Extensions (15, 20,25, 50mm)
PMP450S @ 12V
XSPC - AX480 AX240 radiators

[url]http://imageshack.us/a/img547/3040/4copyn.th.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://imageshack.us/a/img84/7731/2copylr.th.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://imageshack.us/a/img29/9585/53052741578860786901786.th.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://imageshack.us/a/img577/8578/93342065.th.jpg[/URL]

Dang thats sick nice work

 

[amuffin]

How's the AX240? I kinda want to get one.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Blazed, You're new here but the others should be able to tell you how good it is that you've earned a **Cable management award** from me,
Bloody good job son, just put some black fabric tape over that crossfire bridge and you're all win there.
Moto

 

[4Ryan6]

@halfblazed

Picture wise the rig looks good, performance wise should be obvious since you're heating the water before it goes to the CPU, but you're only running a 4.5ghz overclock anyway but I am curious as to where your HDDs are located.

What CPU load temperatures are you getting, lets say with IBT.

 

[4Ryan6]

@freezed1

Nice clean look but the white tubing IMO seems to be the wrong color choice, it jumps out at you and diminishes the rest of the look.

But as long as you're happy with it, that's all that matters!

 

[halfblazed]

@halfblazed

Picture wise the rig looks good, performance wise should be obvious since you're heating the water before it goes to the CPU, but you're only running a 4.5ghz overclock anyway but I am curious as to where your HDDs are located.

What CPU load temperatures are you getting, lets say with IBT.

The 2 SSDs, HDD and Corsair Link system are all located behind the motherboard tray. I love this feature on the CaseLabs cases. It makes everything come out much tidier.

I generally get a Delta +15°C on the video cards and about +25°C on the CPU so the GPU's are usually between (depending on the game) 35°C - 40°C (1440p) and the CPU is 55°C-60°C. However, that is with all the fans BLASTING. I run the Corsair SP120's at about 1/3 and the Cougar intakes at about 2/3 and that brings my temps up 2°C-3°C.

I designed the cooling system so that the front fans would blow cool air from outside case across the top of the radiator fans. By doing this I am able to run the SP120's much slower and thus greatly reducing the radiator turbulence noise which is awesome. The system is nearly silent!

I was initially going to have the SP120s suck in air from outside the case but then you wouldn't be able to see the fan "rings." I also hate the idea of blowing hot radiator air back on to the very components the heat originated from.

I previously had the pump going directly to CPU block. I saw no temperature difference when I added in the RAM block which was something I was concerned about in the beginning. The RAM block isn't really necessary, however, I really think it adds a lot to the loop in terms of aesthetics and I'm really glad I went with it.

I'm eventually going to change Mobo's and WC the VRMs eventually. I will also be adding a Pedestal.

Glad you like the build.

I certainly hope this isn't breaking the rules of this Thread but here is a picture of the back of the build so you can see the HDD and cable management.

 

[halfblazed]

How's the AX240? I kinda want to get one.

It seems to work really well and its great looking. I really like that I have the ability to easily paint it if need be.

I actually got incredibly lucky that I chose the AX240 because it just happen to fit PERFECTLY under the FlexBay 120mm Fan mounts as you can see in the picture below.

 

[halfblazed]

Blazed, You're new here but the others should be able to tell you how good it is that you've earned a **Cable management award** from me,
Bloody good job son, just put some black fabric tape over that crossfire bridge and you're all win there.
Moto

Wow, that is quite the honor, seriously. It took me over a week to get the cable management exactly how I wanted it. I posted a picture above that shows the cable management behind the Mobo tray.

I was able to hide every last fan cable behind the radiators and front intake fans which really added to the overall aesthetic in both the front and the back.

I've actually put a piece of electrical over the SLI bridge for the time being. I'm either going to replace it or sleeve it.

Thanks for the compliments, I really appreciate it.

 

[4Ryan6]

The 2 SSDs, HDD and Corsair Link system are all located behind the motherboard tray. I love this feature on the CaseLabs cases. It makes everything come out much tidier.

I generally get a Delta +15°C on the video cards and about +25°C on the CPU so the GPU's are usually between (depending on the game) 35°C - 40°C (1440p) and the CPU is 55°C-60°C. However, that is with all the fans BLASTING. I run the Corsair SP120's at about 1/3 and the Cougar intakes at about 2/3 and that brings my temps up 2°C-3°C.

I designed the cooling system so that the front fans would blow cool air from outside case across the top of the radiator fans. By doing this I am able to run the SP120's much slower and thus greatly reducing the radiator turbulence noise which is awesome. The system is nearly silent!

I was initially going to have the SP120s suck in air from outside the case but then you wouldn't be able to see the fan "rings." I also hate the idea of blowing hot radiator air back on to the very components the heat originated from.

I previously had the pump going directly to CPU block. I saw no temperature difference when I added in the RAM block which was something I was concerned about in the beginning. The RAM block isn't really necessary, however, I really think it adds a lot to the loop in terms of aesthetics and I'm really glad I went with it.

I'm eventually going to change Mobo's and WC the VRMs eventually. I will also be adding a Pedestal.

Glad you like the build.

I certainly hope this isn't breaking the rules of this Thread but here is a picture of the back of the build so you can see the HDD and cable management.

[url]http://imageshack.us/a/img152/9518/6copyrm.th.jpg[/URL]

Nice HDD mount location!

That's a very versatile case.

If you're interested, here's my 2700K CPU load temps @ 4.5ghz w hyper threading enabled.

 

[halfblazed]

Nice HDD mount location!

That's a very versatile case.

If you're interested, here's my 2700K CPU load temps @ 4.5ghz w hyper threading enabled.

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p250/4ryan6/ITBTest45ghz.png

Impressive. Are you using a phase changer? I would be going well beyond 4.5Ghz if I was getting those temps.

I looked into phase changers but they are so damn expensive for just the CPU, not to mention the extra boot times. I am more concerned with my video cards temps than anything else.

 

[4Ryan6]

Impressive. Are you using a phase changer? I would be going well beyond 4.5Ghz if I was getting those temps.

I looked into phase changers but they are so damn expensive for just the CPU, not to mention the extra boot times. I am more concerned with my video cards temps than anything else.

No I'm using TEC/Peltier cooling, you can scroll to the end of this thread if you're curious.

I guess you could call me the Black Sheep of this little club as I'm after performance not pretty, I still believe you can have both and one day may actually confirm that.

Temperature wise your video cards are much more forgiving than your overclocked CPU is, and would fair better being on their own cooling loop as one GPU doesn't work out too bad combining with the CPU cooling, but two GPUs do.

Two full coverage GPUs add a significant amount of constant heat especially when gaming, seriously limiting your CPUs overclocking headroom.

But just the 240 rad by itself will bring their load temps down to approximately the 40c range.

Baa aaa ahhh!

 

[halfblazed]

No I'm using TEC/Peltier cooling, you can scroll to the end of this thread if you're curious.

I guess you could call me the Black Sheep of this little club as I'm after performance not pretty, I still believe you can have both and one day may actually confirm that.

Temperature wise your video cards are much more forgiving than your overclocked CPU is, and would fair better being on their own cooling loop as one GPU doesn't work out too bad combining with the CPU cooling, but two GPUs do.

Two full coverage GPUs add a significant amount of constant heat especially when gaming, seriously limiting your CPUs overclocking headroom.

But just the 240 rad by itself will bring their load temps down to approximately the 40c range.

Baa aaa ahhh!

Its not limiting my over clocking headroom all that much :lol: . It ran stable at 4.8Ghz @ +40°C (65°C) delta. Not much purpose for a gaming rig to going beyond that.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

**I'm after performance not pretty, I still believe you can have both and one day may actually confirm that**
You better believe you can have both
@Blazed, you earned the compliment man, and 'Adding a pedestal'?
I'm intrigued and on call for that project
Moto

 

[halfblazed]

**I'm after performance not pretty, I still believe you can have both and one day may actually confirm that**
You better believe you can have both
@Blazed, you earned the compliment man, and 'Adding a pedestal'?
I'm intrigued and on call for that project
Moto

Well, the Pedistal is still a little ways down the road. If I keep adding to this build i'm going to have an outlet to plug it into

Heres what it is: http://www.caselabs-store.com/sm8-pedestal-assembly/

You simply bolt one of those on either the top or the bottom (or both) and you have addition room for up to 4 more 480rads (if you use 2 pedestals).

I want to completely compartmentalize the radiators so that the massive amount of negative pressure they produce will not effect the airflow in the case.

I plan on doing this with some bulkheads

I'm also going to be upgrading the motherboard to an ROG board so I can get the nice water-blocks on it and add an additional video card.

I will most likely have the pedestal on the bottom with 2 480's and a high powered fan in the pedestal's FlexBay.

This is still a while off though.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

I like the plan, wouldn't pay for the box though
But radboxes are a win in my book
**Edit, just re-reading that link, they don't include the mounts lol, sold separately,
Oh this is the horrible side of W/c becoming popular...
all about the money
/hangs head in shame
Moto

 

[4Ryan6]

Its not limiting my over clocking headroom all that much :lol: . It ran stable at 4.8Ghz @ +40°C (65°C) delta. Not much purpose for a gaming rig to going beyond that.

Feel free to laugh at me all you want I'm only attempting to give you good performance advice, and I'll leave you with this.

 

[halfblazed]

Feel free to laugh at me all you want I'm only attempting to give you good performance advice, and I'll leave you with this.

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p250/4ryan6/5300mhz2700K.png

I wasn't laughing at you or trying to be a jerk. I'm sorry if I came off that way.

You really picked a good chip!

Thats an insane amount of voltage. How are you cooling the Voltage regs? I'd like to see a CineBench CPU score at 5.3Ghz.

Also, what kind of maintenance/upkeep does TEC/Peltier cooling require? Do you have to do "wipe-downs" to deal with condensation like with phase changers? Also how much power do they consume?

Can you send me a link to some pictures of your build?