Watercooling newbie, here's my first

[insurgent]

Hi guys, I just want to share my water cooled rig since this is my first, it's far from perfect especially since I don't have the tools nor the time to mod the case. I'd like to thank aigomorla, he may not remember when I was asking questions on pm but it helped me a lot.

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It would be great if someone points out potential disasters, for example the discharge tube on the rad, it looks fine to me but honestly, it's the most weird/unnatural part of the loop and I tried to do my best in avoiding kinks on that part. Also I mounted the pump on a fan and some rubber because it was hot (I used the sticky foam before that).

I was expecting hours of bleeding because there were a lot of air bubbles at first, but after adding some pentosin I think it affected the viscosity or something and the gurgling noise disappeared instantly which I guess means air bubbles were greatly reduced. I tested for leaks for 24+ hours.

Temps improved around 2-3c @ idle: 40c/44c for the cores now, I was using the Noctua NH-U12P which is an excellent air cooler. Load temps don't go higher than 8c from idle while rendering so far, I didn't make detailed logs or comparisons because I had to start working again asap. Ambients are around 29-30c at night and ~32c during the day. CPU is E6400@3.2GHz 1.25v in bios, I'm looking at replacing it with a yorkie after nehalem's release.

The kit is Petra's Coolkit Elite, great shop

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Wow, I have the same case and I am in the middle of putting together my first H20 cooling setup too

It looks good but where is your reservoir? And how/where did you get that mount for the radiator on the back of the case??? That's something I'd like to do too!!!

 

[Billb2]

Looks great for a first. except for the hose collapse on the hose exiting the rad.
A straighter run through a case modded hole would fix that.

What load temps?

 

[insurgent]

BTRY: I don't have a reservoir, just a t-line and a fillport. I used a swiftech radbox to mount the rad, it comes with the petra kit. Have fun with your build!

Billb2: I will mostlikely fix that but not soon, no time/tools atm.

Thanks for the comments!

edit:
Load temps are low 50s