• EVGA X99 Series
  • EVGA X99 Waterblock - CLASSY, FTW & MICRO *UPDATE* and FTW K (p.33)
2014/12/27 23:25:46
nateman_doo
Block installation:
 
The Vreg just gets installed with 1 plastic washer on the outside insulating the board from the screw with 1mm thermal tape, and light pressure on the screws.  You want light even pressure.  Too much pressure will warp the board and make for more contact on the outer vregs and none on the middle ones.
Thermal tape on both the vregs, and the chokes:

 
The chipset will be more time consuming, but by no means difficult.  First clear out the area you are working with and dont work in the dark.  The washers are black, so if you drop them they will be hard to see.  
The same as above where 1 washer insulates the screw from the board, but 2 washers together will act as a spacer on the top side of the board:

Then some thermal paste will work well on the chipset.
I would recommend flipping the board upside down, and putting in the 3 screws (keep in mind 2 of them are 3-48, and 1 in the mobo hole is 4-40) and washer in the board, holding them with 3 fingers, and slipping the board back on a table to keep each screw in place.  Place the block on top of the screws, and slide the board off the table so you can access 1 screw at a time and begin to rotate the screw until it catches and move on to the next.  Remember light pressure.

 
 
Here is most of the batch:


 
Here is a set installed:


 
Thus the completed X99 Classified waterblocks are ready to go!
(pending each individual leak test)
 
 
 
 
2014/12/27 23:52:12
Boxlid
Let's connect the two blocks with rigid tubing so they'll be jussssst like the stock sinks
2014/12/28 00:24:24
Scarlet-Tech
nateman_doo
Block installation:
 
The Vreg just gets installed with 1 plastic washer on the outside insulating the board from the screw with 1mm thermal tape, and light pressure on the screws.  You want light even pressure.  Too much pressure will warp the board and make for more contact on the outer vregs and none on the middle ones.
Thermal tape on both the vregs, and the chokes:

 
The chipset will be more time consuming, but by no means difficult.  First clear out the area you are working with and dont work in the dark.  The washers are black, so if you drop them they will be hard to see.  
The same as above where 1 washer insulates the screw from the board, but 2 washers together will act as a spacer on the top side of the board:

Then some thermal paste will work well on the chipset.
I would recommend flipping the board upside down, and putting in the 3 screws (keep in mind 2 of them are 3-48, and 1 in the mobo hole is 4-40) and washer in the board, holding them with 3 fingers, and slipping the board back on a table to keep each screw in place.  Place the block on top of the screws, and slide the board off the table so you can access 1 screw at a time and begin to rotate the screw until it catches and move on to the next.  Remember light pressure.

 
 
Here is most of the batch:


 
Here is a set installed:


 
Thus the completed X99 Classified waterblocks are ready to go!
(pending each individual leak test)
  





 
Sweet Bebe Jeebus those are prettiful!
 
Boxlid
Let's connect the two blocks with rigid tubing so they'll be jussssst like the stock sinks 


and I just choked on my coffee. LOL!
2014/12/28 00:24:34
AnonymousGuy
Going to need to bust out the 90 degree elbows for getting the chipset plumbed. 
2014/12/28 05:31:23
seta8967
Good god is that clean looking. Nateman I applaud you at another job well done. Got to get busy doing a flow path around the GPU's to get to that chipset block. 
2014/12/28 06:24:03
kmarch
Wow that looks nice
2014/12/28 06:56:16
nateman_doo
Thanks!  I will likely send out invoices on Tuesday morning and have them out during the week as they get leak tested.
2014/12/28 09:31:35
sam nelson
they look so cool and sweat . i think this is going to be a all black build ram cpu and gpu's cant wate . ty very nice work .
2014/12/28 16:55:57
Boxlid
That beveled edge really was a good idea.  You ever machine evap blocks for phase change nateman?  I get brand spankin' new 1 1/2 ton ac compressors for free, and have a few pallets of R22 sitting around 
2014/12/28 21:42:58
nateman_doo
If you would like one, I certainly can make one...  Just give me a sketch and I can make it happen.  

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