Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/11 00:41:02
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kotori
Whats the xflow gts 240 cover? I was looking at it on the DD site and i didnt see the info anywhere.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/13 00:38:53
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Sledge how did you mount those 140mm fans from scythe? Did you just drill holes?
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/13 15:59:02
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The back of my case has both 140mm and 120mm holes already. for the one that is mounted between the PSU bay & main bay it is mounted on the rubber fittings that came with the board so it doesn't slide around... no screws. The rubber keeps a nice seal for proper airflow.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/13 20:45:35
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Will the 240 GTS xflow work for 2 480s you think? Im trying to be size conservetive...I still dont know where Im going to mount the 240 in this case, its pretty cramped in there right now as it is with all the wires.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/13 21:04:27
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The radiator you are asking about can support the following Break down link: GTS 240 XFlow - 700W - SO/DC/QC/GPU/SLI/CF I would honestly go with the GTX and not the GTS GTX 240 - 900W - SO/DC/QC/GPU/SLI/CF
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/15 18:04:23
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looks very nice!!! great work 
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/16 03:05:27
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I might have over done it today... First off I got 1 of 2 GTX 480's HC FTW cards along with a 2nd fan controller. I went with another fan controller as I wanted more control on the airflow in my case and with a push pull setup with my main rad 8 fans on one controller was not working out as I need room for 11 fans. So now I have the entire 360 radiator for my CPU loop on 1 controller. and the GPU and case fans on the 2nd controller.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/17 09:59:08
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I took the plunge and dropped some cash on a new i7 980x. I felt since I was going to be buying 2-3 GTX 480's with a PhysX card I did not want to be CPU bound in any kind of way. I am seeing users running SLI or even Quad SLI at 4.0GHz are hitting small walls with Their CPU performance with i7 960's and i7 930's. I know my chip will run smooth at 4.2GHz but I am not a huge fan of hit 70c temps under full load.
I used Bing shopping to buy my chip. Got 11% cash back :) made this purchase cheaper than a 975. They even gave me money back on the free game that shipped with the purchase.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/18 18:56:13
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We need some updated pics. 
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/18 20:10:21
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We need some updated pics.
Not much to show yet... The GTX 295 is gone & I am using my GTX 470 PhysX card as my main card until I get my GTX 480 HC FTW cards. Hopefully those will arrive sooner than later. I will add some images of the 980x when it arrives tomorrow and rebenchmark the system with the new CPU.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/23 09:06:16
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great looking system. just a fantastic job
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/23 21:52:48
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Looking at your before pic, did you have a 140mm rad between two 140mm fans?
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/23 23:45:28
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It was the corsair H50 cooler you saw.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/24 16:08:47
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Ok, so a 120mm rad. So since that spot houses a 140mm fan, do you think a 140mm rad would fit? Say like this one: GTX140 Just by looking at the pics, it's hard to tell. Thanks
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/24 16:14:19
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 Cool family... Case; Corsair Obsidian 800 D Water Cooling System Information FANS: 3 Black ULTRA KAZE 120mm fans moving 133.60 CFM OF AIR Pump;Swiftech MCP655 12 VDC Pump Lines 1/2 Custom Made Radiator; Swiftech "Stackable" series radiators 1 MCR320-QP stack mounted inside the top my Corsair Obsidian 800 D with 3 Black ULTRA KAZE 120mm fans moving 133.60 CFM OF AIR out the top of the computer case. Fan Controller; Aero Cool Reservoir; RAD-Reservoir Clear Acrylic Design Coolant; Distilled Water UV Reactive Dye; Feser UV Green Dye CPU Cooling Block; Swiftech CPU Block 775 that is one reason why I got the P55 FTW *More custom cooling; I made a custom fan shroud to pull more air out of the back of the case As of 3/8/10 2 SSD Vertex 60GB in Raid 0 New i-7 870 Prod Code: BX8060517870 MM# 903875 FPO/Batch# L926B294T Thanks, Mack4033
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/24 21:44:01
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vegasr
Ok, so a 120mm rad. So since that spot houses a 140mm fan, do you think a 140mm rad would fit? Say like this one: GTX140
Just by looking at the pics, it's hard to tell.
Thanks
Yes it would fit. it has holes for 120mm & 140mm.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/27 03:49:15
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Very clean job, I love that case.
BTW, You might be able to drop your temps a tiny bit by trimming all the tubings, some of them are pretty long, the discharge line from your graphics card to the radiator below is a little long, a right angled barb on the radiator should help you shorten it by a few inches
The line downstream, coming out of the 240mm radiator could lose another 4-6 inches
finally, the pump could be moved to the middle of the case so the inlet line to the pump can be shortened another 6+ inches.
every bit helps right ;)
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/28 08:13:51
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i dont understand, i can buy a gtx 470 and use it for psyx without interupting the 480's full potential?
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/28 19:19:36
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i dont understand, i can buy a gtx 470 and use it for psyx without interupting the 480's full potential?
yup
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/28 19:50:19
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Good thread! Been reading here for a while. What rad would you recommend for a chipset+CPU loop? And then what rad would be good for a GTX 295/480?
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Focused on high CPU OCs, GPU would be on a separate loop, most likely a 240 or 360.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/28 23:41:10
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A 360 rad is perfect for CPU / chipset if you want slightly cooler temps go for a 480 rad.
As for 1 GPU a GTX 240 or even regular 240 will keep temps at bay even with an OC. Adding more than 2 cards will warm up the loop but in most cases it will not rise over 55c under full load OC'ed. If you looking for max performance and lower temps all around it never hurts to have more rad space with good CFM fans.
Its a tough call overall when building water.. the idea is to try and keep temps as close to ambient temps as possible. In most cases that isn't possible as heat is heat and it likes to warm up quick. but staying in the realm of ambient temps is always the goal. If you want it cooler you need to go with a chiller and go look at the make it colder thread.
I personally am going to be adding to my system so my original plan for just a 240 isn't going to last much longer. I am going to be adding another 360 rad to the loop to tame temps a bit more with 3 cards.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/28 23:54:59
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really nice, build but you really do not have to cut the spare hardrive tray
u can fit a single thermochill or feser rad right between the psu and the the spare hh cage
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/29 00:25:13
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really nice, build but you really do not have to cut the spare hardrive tray
u can fit a single thermochill or feser rad right between the psu and the the spare hh cage
A 120 rad would not cool a GTX 480 on its own. I also do not like the idea of 2 120 rads split between the case. More of a personal prevalence than anything else.
post edited by sledgehammer70 - 2010/04/29 00:28:42
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/29 00:25:50
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w0ng3r
Very clean job, I love that case.
BTW, You might be able to drop your temps a tiny bit by trimming all the tubings, some of them are pretty long, the discharge line from your graphics card to the radiator below is a little long, a right angled barb on the radiator should help you shorten it by a few inches
The line downstream, coming out of the 240mm radiator could lose another 4-6 inches
finally, the pump could be moved to the middle of the case so the inlet line to the pump can be shortened another 6+ inches.
every bit helps right ;)
I was wondering how that worked. I am about to build my first WC system and thought that maybe the longer the run - the more heat that would dissapate since I thought it would radiate from the tubing. I 'assume" that shorter is better to get the hot water to the radiator quicker? I am glad I read this.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/29 00:34:12
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w0ng3r
Very clean job, I love that case.
BTW, You might be able to drop your temps a tiny bit by trimming all the tubings, some of them are pretty long, the discharge line from your graphics card to the radiator below is a little long, a right angled barb on the radiator should help you shorten it by a few inches
The line downstream, coming out of the 240mm radiator could lose another 4-6 inches
finally, the pump could be moved to the middle of the case so the inlet line to the pump can be shortened another 6+ inches.
every bit helps right ;)
I was wondering how that worked. I am about to build my first WC system and thought that maybe the longer the run - the more heat that would dissipate since I thought it would radiate from the tubing. I 'assume" that shorter is better to get the hot water to the radiator quicker? I am glad I read this.
The shorter the lines the faster your moving liquid through the system, overall it might drops temps maybe 1c but over a long run of gaming, the system is still going to warm up and keep a constant temp. The entire idea is to get as close to ambient temps as possible. Or in most cases they call it a Delta which is your actual ambient temp to base things off of. A 15c+ delta is when you lose the effect of proper cooling. If you're at 35c idle that means your at 50c+ under load which is a high delta. This can only be cooled properly with super high CFM fans. The overall goal for most water cooled builds is keeping a 5C delta in most cases 8c difference from idle to load is very acceptable. But obviously the lower the better. example: 35c idle and 40c load is a good range to be in... even 35c idle and 45c load is okay But than again you also want to make sure your 0 delta (or idle temps are fairly low off the get go) If you stock temps are at 50c than their is a problem. Again the idea is to try and get as close to ambient temps as possible. If it is 80 degrees in your room than you want to aim for your loop to run at roughly 26c-27c idle and under load you would not want to see that rise more than 10c under full load. To be honest I would say no more than 8c.
post edited by sledgehammer70 - 2010/04/29 00:42:00
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/29 00:40:27
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cryptospartin
really nice, build but you really do not have to cut the spare hardrive tray
u can fit a single thermochill or feser rad right between the psu and the the spare hh cage
A 120 rad would not cool a GTX 480 on its own. I also do not like the idea of 2 120 rads split between the case. More of a personal prevalence than anything else.
I see i guess it is just me i like challenges LOL but u would never use a 120 to cool a 480 u would use a triple rad for that, thats for sure,
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/29 00:41:40
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how do u like that x980 cpu?
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/29 00:43:08
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sledgehammer70
cryptospartin
really nice, build but you really do not have to cut the spare hardrive tray
u can fit a single thermochill or feser rad right between the psu and the the spare hh cage
A 120 rad would not cool a GTX 480 on its own. I also do not like the idea of 2 120 rads split between the case. More of a personal prevalence than anything else.
I see i guess it is just me i like challenges LOL but u would never use a 120 to cool a 480 u would use a triple rad for that, thats for sure,
Actually a 240 rad keeps the GTX 480 in a 5c range in temps... 35c idle and 40c under load at 1500RPM fans.
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Re:New Water Cooling Setup EVGA X58 3way Classified & Corsair Obsidian 800d
2010/04/29 00:44:43
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cryptospartin
how do u like that x980 cpu?
Its a good CPU performs very well in games and with encoding video files... I started getting into making YouTube files for things (which they all look like crap) But I am learning the in's and outs of things.
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