Ok, heres my first shot at kitting this thing with watercooling. (be gentle. :')
The top radiator is a Black Ice Xflow 420 slim.
Thin as hell, but bigger wont fit, and it has crossflow fittings.
The front radiator is an EK Coolstream CE 420.
Bog standard, should fit nicely.
The CPU block is a Heatkiller VI Pro all Nickel.
Good block I think? Tests seem to favor it.
Motherboard is an Asus ROG Maximus VIII Formula.
Name is a mouthfull, but it has cool features plus its watercooled.
Videocards are Zotac AMP GTX 1080 Arctic Storm.
x2. The preinstalled good looking waterblocks make it easy.
Pump and Res are an EK-XRES100 Revo D5 PWM with an extended 250 reservoir.
I'm also gonna sneak in an Enginia Rock Flowmeter somewhere.
Im not sure what would be the best spot for a bleed valve though, but I think it should be somewhere near the bottom?
Right now ive got it planned next to the flow meter at the start of the loop.
For tubing im still entirely in the dark; Hardtubing does look cool, but not sure if I can do it.
Fat diameter whitewall flex tubing with black anti cinch coils might look cool (it will be an RGB lighted case).
I was thinking it might be better to have the loop dump into the reservoir from the top, but im not sure if it works that way.
Fans is also still a mystery to me. Im guessing with such massive radiator surface, low RPM would suffice? The fans are likely hidden behind radiators (push on intake, pull on exhaust) so they dont have to look all that fancy. Are the EK vardars any good?
I realize this might be considered a big loop, so can the D5 pump chug it?
What do you guys think? Tips? Thoughts?
Full specs for those interested;
CPU: Intel i7 6700k
GPU: Zotac AMP 1080 Arctic Storm (x2)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LED CMU64GX4M4C3200C16 (4x16gb)
MOBO: Asus ROG Maximus VIII Formula
PSU: Corsair RM1000x 1000 watts
Storage:
1x Samsung 950 256Gb M.2 (boot)
1x Samsung 850 EVO 2Tb (games)
4x WD Green HDD, 3TB (9Tb archive; RAID 3+par)
Case: EVGA DG-87 (I know it looks like a trinitron TV, but I like it!)
The top radiator is a Black Ice Xflow 420 slim.
Thin as hell, but bigger wont fit, and it has crossflow fittings.
The front radiator is an EK Coolstream CE 420.
Bog standard, should fit nicely.
The CPU block is a Heatkiller VI Pro all Nickel.
Good block I think? Tests seem to favor it.
Motherboard is an Asus ROG Maximus VIII Formula.
Name is a mouthfull, but it has cool features plus its watercooled.
Videocards are Zotac AMP GTX 1080 Arctic Storm.
x2. The preinstalled good looking waterblocks make it easy.
Pump and Res are an EK-XRES100 Revo D5 PWM with an extended 250 reservoir.
I'm also gonna sneak in an Enginia Rock Flowmeter somewhere.
Im not sure what would be the best spot for a bleed valve though, but I think it should be somewhere near the bottom?
Right now ive got it planned next to the flow meter at the start of the loop.
For tubing im still entirely in the dark; Hardtubing does look cool, but not sure if I can do it.
Fat diameter whitewall flex tubing with black anti cinch coils might look cool (it will be an RGB lighted case).
I was thinking it might be better to have the loop dump into the reservoir from the top, but im not sure if it works that way.
Fans is also still a mystery to me. Im guessing with such massive radiator surface, low RPM would suffice? The fans are likely hidden behind radiators (push on intake, pull on exhaust) so they dont have to look all that fancy. Are the EK vardars any good?
I realize this might be considered a big loop, so can the D5 pump chug it?
What do you guys think? Tips? Thoughts?
Full specs for those interested;
CPU: Intel i7 6700k
GPU: Zotac AMP 1080 Arctic Storm (x2)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LED CMU64GX4M4C3200C16 (4x16gb)
MOBO: Asus ROG Maximus VIII Formula
PSU: Corsair RM1000x 1000 watts
Storage:
1x Samsung 950 256Gb M.2 (boot)
1x Samsung 850 EVO 2Tb (games)
4x WD Green HDD, 3TB (9Tb archive; RAID 3+par)
Case: EVGA DG-87 (I know it looks like a trinitron TV, but I like it!)
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