Help Watercool my 800D!! All ideas welcome!

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phx08

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Hey Guys,

Okay so i'm not watercooling my case per se...you get the point..the COMPONENTS inside my case.

Just built my computer about a month back and my temps are NOT good for air cooling, especially the GPUs (Two Gigabyte 670's). So I think its time to move to liquid cooling. With that said I've read all about what goes into a system but I want to have other opinions about it before I do anything.

So with that said...help me setup a watercooling loop.

My goals:


  • ■ Money isn't really a factor, I can spend however much I need to / want
    ■ Want it to be asthetically pleasing
    ■ Color? No idea, I wanted to do an ROG type theme but now i'm not sure...BLUE?
    ■ Modification is possible but nothing crazy. Possibly mod the top to fit a quad rad there and the bottom for another rad. (sketchup's below)

*doing the sketchup right now*

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What my system looks like currently:

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toolmaker_03

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Well if I where building this I would have two loops one for the CPU and the other for the video cards. The CPU loop would have a small reservoir and a monstra 240 radiator in the bottom of the case with a 655 or D5 pump. The video loop would have a little larger reservoir with a monstra 360 radiator in the top of the case with a 655 or D5 pump but that is me here have a look at my build log.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274855-29-experimental-radiator-build/page-10
 
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phx08

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I was thinking about the XSPC RX480 Radiator for the top and a XSPC RX240 Radiator for the bottom. Do you guys think the RX480 is over kill? It would require a significant amount of modding to make it fit...
 
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manofchalk

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When it comes to radiator space, theres no such thing as overkill. The more rad you have, the slower you can run your fans and have a quieter rig.
This is coming from someone with dual 360mm rads just for a (not even that overclocked) 3570k. I do intend to eventually add a GPU in there :D.

From what I'm seeing, to fit a Quad rad in the 800D, all you would have to do is drill some holes, mesh and sacrifice the top 5.25" bay.
Scroll down a bit.
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/forums/haf-x-ready-pics-details-wanted-tidf10937/

Do the TDP calculations to see if an RX480+RX240 will handle the heat of your components at a decent RPM (~1000RPM is dead silent for any good fan). At a guess, I think it will, but you will have to invest in some good fans (Talking Gentle Typhoons and Noctua NF-12's here, $20 each fans).
 
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phx08

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So it looks like i'll only need to mark up and widen the top section to moung the rad. Does anyone know someone that has done this and has a detailed build log?
 
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manofchalk

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Using my URL magic, I got to the original images Photobucket gallery. Thats kind of scary come to think of it...
http://s18.photobucket.com/user/hoss3430/library/?page=1
Trawl through that and you might find something about how the mod was done, though a fair bit of the gallery seems to be family photo's or other builds (which makes it even scarier that I could find it). The image linked in the thread I found is on page 3.

Otherwise, just type into google images "800D Quad Rad". Often the best way for looking up build logs and such.
I found this first try.
http://www.overclock.net/t/777410/quad-rad-obsidian-800d
 
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