vormiciaim waiting for my PWM hubs so i can control groups of 3 at the same time shipping from China wasn't the quickest but they are awesome http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8R64R95474

 
do keep in mind that a non auxiliary powered fan hub pulls all its power from the motherboard fan header. so make sure your fan headers are rated high enough to supply the fans you are wanting to put on the hub.

I'm pondering if its even worth doing push/pull if you are going to use two big honking 420 radiators.
Having a second set of fans only marginally helps improve cooling on normal speeds (About 7%, JayZ tested it recently).
It does do a little better when you have 2200RPM fans on there going full tilt, but with the noise, who does that..
My gut feeling tells me it should be fine if you run push in front, and pull up top.
Atleast thats how I intend on doing it.
 
Unfortunately im going on vacation next week, so no build blog just yet.
The good news is that Zotac's 1080 arctic storm card will be available when I get back.
(SINCE EVGA SEEMS RELUCTANT TO COUGH UP THEIR DAMNED 1080 HYDROCOPPER!! )
 
I'm still on the fence about soft vs. hard tubing.
Hardtubing can look very nice and orderly, but its apparently a PITA to work with.
I kinda want to use EK's white flextubing with black anti-cinch springs instead.
..well what I REALLY want is transparent flextubing with some of mayhems white 'shampoo' liquid,
but I heard that stuff is pretty bad for your blocks and doesnt last long, so...

Sokonomi
I'm pondering if its even worth doing push/pull if you are going to use two big honking 420 radiators.
Having a second set of fans only marginally helps improve cooling on normal speeds (About 7%, JayZ tested it recently).
It does do a little better when you have 2200RPM fans on there going full tilt, but with the noise, who does that..
My gut feeling tells me it should be fine if you run push in front, and pull up top.
Atleast thats how I intend on doing it.
 
Unfortunately im going on vacation next week, so no build blog just yet.
The good news is that Zotac's 1080 arctic storm card will be available when I get back.
(SINCE EVGA SEEMS RELUCTANT TO COUGH UP THEIR DAMNED 1080 HYDROCOPPER!! )
 
I'm still on the fence about soft vs. hard tubing.
Hardtubing can look very nice and orderly, but its apparently a PITA to work with.
I kinda want to use EK's white flextubing with black anti-cinch springs instead.
..well what I REALLY want is transparent flextubing with some of mayhems white 'shampoo' liquid,
but I heard that stuff is pretty bad for your blocks and doesnt last long, so...

I don't know why people complain so much about hard tubing being so difficult.  My build in this case was my first time doing hard tubing (I used soft before in all of my builds) and I didn't find it that difficult; that's even with me using acrylic over PETG.
 
I think it comes down to this:
Would you enjoy spending a Saturday making sure every bend is perfect?
Yes? Hard tubing is for you.
No? Go back to soft tube. 

B1gf00tI don't know why people complain so much about hard tubing being so difficult.  My build in this case was my first time doing hard tubing (I used soft before in all of my builds) and I didn't find it that difficult; that's even with me using acrylic over PETG.
 
I think it comes down to this:
Would you enjoy spending a Saturday making sure every bend is perfect?
Yes? Hard tubing is for you.
No? Go back to soft tube. 

It just looks a little intimidating, especially when you have several turns to make in 1 piece of tubing.
Do they sell jigs to make perfect bends? I dont have the tools nor place to woodshop something myself. :')
They do!

Sokonomi

B1gf00t

It just looks a little intimidating, especially when you have several turns to make in 1 piece of tubing.
Do they sell jigs to make perfect bends? I dont have the tools nor place to woodshop something myself. :')
They do!

I found this finishing bit to be extremely useful:  http://www.performance-pcs.com/accessories-misc/primochill-rfb-rigid-tubing-finishing-bit.html
 
I would cut my tube long and then grind it down little by little until it was perfect.
 

Just preordered my DG-87 and started buying parts for it, out of interest does anyone have the case already and tell me what the 3 140mm fans are in the front? Need to know if i need to replace them for Noctua's or if they are good enough as is

Good enough as is. My nocturnal 120mm dint make a discernable difference in noise or airflow. Given the open nature of the case, any fan gonna be heard.

I'm wondering if pre-ordering still applies ?? Is the DG-87 Available in Canada? Thanks.

Anyone made any progress with their builds yet?
Ive been on vacation so I couldn't do much unfortunately.

What's with the availability of the DG-87? Can you buy it anywhere?
Also, what is the thickest radiator you can fit in the DG87? Something tells me I can forget to fit my RX360V3 in there.