Corsair 250D Custom Water Cooling

Kevin Spring · Mar 9, 2014

I recently sold my latest creation for a pretty penny and now want to build my most advanced pc yet, and I saw corsair's build guide for a similar setup, which you can view here: http://www.corsair.com/en-us/blog/2014/march/250depilogue

My question is, can I do a similar build with the Maximus VI Impact: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_VI_IMPACT/

and a full-coverage waterblock:
http://www.bitspower.com/html/product/pro_show.aspx?num=81093031&kind2=124
or
http://www.ekwb.com/news/450/19/EK-introduces-ASUS-Maximus-VI-Impact-AIO-water-cooling-solution/

any issues with clearance you can see? any other changes to Corsair's build?

deviantstyles · Mar 9, 2014

Oh boy, that will be one hell of a technical build from the tight spaces but pulling it off would be amazing.

I don't see why not as that board is mini ITX, so it should fit.

Since space is so limited, it's probably not the best idea to just buy the parts and start putting it together as you might run into a clearance problem somewhere during the build.

If I were doing it, I would start by getting the dimensions of the case, mobo, the blocks and other components from the manufacturers' websites.

Depending on how comfortable you are with drawing, you could get a big sheet of paper and ruler and draw the mobo to scale from a bird's eye and then draw where the waterblock will go and other components with the dimensions you got from the web. You could then do this from a sideview perspective to further help visualize any potential clearance problems.

There's also a program called Inventor that some engineering students use to easily draw up quick 3d shapes to help visualize spaces.

30 Day Trial:
http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-inventor-family/overview

Personally, I would use the software to create basic rectangles representing the components and stack them like legos in the software and rotate around to get a better idea of clearances.

You might be able to skip drawing the tubing because they're more flexible but probably should draw in where the fittings will go.

It'll definitely take some time but it would definitely beat dropping a lump of money on some components only to find that something doesn't fit.

Hope that helps.

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