My Water Cooled Rig: Intel i5 3570K and eVGA GTX 780 Hydro Copper

[hero1]

So a while back I was contemplating water cooling my system. Then I went on a hiatus for a while and only popped in every now and then. I finally got the system water cooled and I like how it looks. I will eventually add another video card to SLI with the current one once the Phanteks Enthoo Primo case comes out in later July early August. My system specs can be found at the bottom right corner. I will be uploading pictures of 3 different setups that I had, including the current one. Suggestions are welcome and I will explain what I did with each one of the build. Cheers

 

[hero1]

Here's my first build with just the CPU being water cooled. I purchased the EKWB H30 XTX 240mm kit. The temps were awesome. The setup is a bit odd but I wanted to have enough cool air coming in so as to not impact the GPU, eVGA GTX 780.

 

[hero1]

Now this is the second setup that I had after I returned the GPU and ordered the eVGA GTX 780 Hydro Copper. I went ahead and added another radiator by XSPC a 280 mm radiator and used my 2x 140 mm Noctua-AF 14 for it. I had a lot of crosses here because I wanted the rig up and running. I got advices from hardwarecanucks on eliminating the crosses and changing loop order and I did. I went ahead and order several 45 degree angle fittings and went from there. So the top pictures are the second loop setup and bottom is the third loop setup incorporating several 45-degrees angled fittings.

 

[g-unit1111]

Very nice. The 780 Hydro Copper is very drool-worthy.

You should post future rig pics here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/310222-31-hardware-member-system-gallery

 

[Marcopolo123]

Delicious

 

[hero1]

Very nice. The 780 Hydro Copper is very drool-worthy.

You should post future rig pics here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/310222-31-hardware-member-system-gallery

Delicious

Thanks man. It is awesome card for sure. I will go ahead and post the photos on that thread.

 

[hero1]

I went ahead and changed the loop route. So no crosses from chipset to CPU and eliminated my drain port!