Yeah it took a while mostly because I was too lazy to sift through the photos and the fact that ive been crazy  busy with work, vacation and business trips. But here it is... the build work log of the rig in my sig.

1. the watercooling stuff and tools i used... the rig I worked on was an aircooled rig i built earlier in the year.


TFC 360 rad x2, XSPC restop w/ mcp355, mcw60r gpu core block, ek full board blk, HK 3.0 CPU blk, noctua and scythe fans, bitspower x-station and a spare scythe fan controller, bitspower and fesser compressions and rotaries, silver coils i made from .999 pure silver, antistatic gloves and band, tube cutter, arctic clean 1 & 2, enzotech copper sinks.

2. took out the mobo and fitted it with a fancy HK 3.0 CPU block.
I really like how heatkiller polished the copper and really flattened out the contact surface.
Really no need to lap these at all!


And a shot with flash......


3. Now time for the motherboard block. I went with the EK x58 classi block.


4. I never did like full cover blocks, so....

I decided to go with enzotech ram sinks and a swiftech MCW60r2
Great performer imo. I did this for both GTX285s.

5. Now we go onto leak testing and bleeding




6. Rigs done, 24hour leak test free, just bleeding.


7. Pics of the rig running (tad blurred... i lost my tripod! sigh...)

Now you know why its called "Red vs. Blue"



4.2ghz OC w/ 12gb ram @ 6-7-6-18 1T
Idle temp at 38c ( 28c with airconditioner)
linx load temp at 67c (58c with airconditioner)
GPU idles at 38c (27c with airconditioner)
GPU furmark load at 43c

when turned on theres a red glow in one half and a blue glow on the other, hence why "Red vs. Blue". thankfully the idea worked. The case is split in half between a red glow and a blue glow. Will post pics of it when i have more time.

thats sick man, you actually getting any head dissipation out of your custom silver coils?

the silver coils are there to prevent gunk build up from microscopic living organisms...
or at least thats what silver is supposed to do lol

This is actually on old build.
Im redoing the GPU loop since i got me some fancy new fittings and the 191.07 drivers killed my previous gtx285 2gbs.

I just got the RMA back from evga taiwan and in the process of giving em my weekend game loop test. once it passes that I will start with the GPU loop.

Thanks. Still testing the GPUs before i WC them again.
Just not used to seeing 70c+ temps on the GPUs after WCing em before lol.

Yep the tubing is anti-microbial silver. I like the build quality and durable feel of it.

As promised got my stuff back from RMA.. tested them for 2 days (seemed fine, will know in time).
spent all day yesterday working on the gpu loop i kept having minor leaks and found 2 DOA fittings ><
Thankfully i bought spares x.X!

Without further a do more pics....

RMA cards - (on the right.. you could see a little tear... customs tried to open it)


Copper heatsinks for the cards


GPU Loop redone


Rig running


T block in the rig (made draining and leak testing soooooooooo easy)


And i just had to grab an up close shot of the sexy HK 3.0 CPU block...


Hope you guys enjoyed it.

thanks. im still working on it. will add more pics when i can.

thanks. I like them too.
The only problem was I had 2 rotary 90s that were leaking during leak testing... --;
So i had redo the loop like 3 times cuz of this...

a warning to those using multiple rotary fittings.... dont stress em to much cuz they will crack under pressure rofl.
A simple fix is using a silicone sealant.. problem is... it restricts flow and if dont outside looks meh...

wasnt hard at all. just annoying to bleed and leak test sometimes.
but with the right stuff its very quick and simple.
getting quality products is the key in WCing these days.
(and some creativity.)

Nice looking rig..congrartz

Its very late, but here are more pics of the rad and the rig (totally forgot about this thread up till someone asked about the rads).

Rig Powered up - You can see that the GPU loop was redone from before.


Rig Turned off - Over a year later, and the water is still clear.. love those .999 coils


eVGA ECP Panel - Utilizing the cut brackets that came with the HAF


A look at the BP fitting on the Rad


Rad Placement (1) - Used longer fan screws to hold the fans in the case and the rad outside together (simple mod done). Again for the Rads, I simply used the inlets native to the HAF 932 case. They stay in place and the rig it is possible to transport the rig around.. its just effing heavy.

I was modding the case and rads halfway up till work piled in. Looks like I will never be able to finish this one for a long while.


Well, this will probably be my last update on my rig till I either start a new project or fine tune this baby some more. Right now I am really happy with it and waiting for a price drop on the ATI and GTX400 cards. I might update this thread when I redo the GPU loop for these cards. But for now... Thank you for looking.

I hope I was able to answer the question on the rad placement.

That looks awesome! X2

 
Looks great!