jinihammerer
FTW Member
- Total Posts : 1151
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2009/09/20 00:37:47
- Location: Texas
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 8
Hi all, My Old box was sitting under 15' of water in the Texas flooding from Hurricane Harvey. At first I was just going to buy some old used machine and be done with it. I purchased some collage kids machine and while testing things out I noticed a bunch of stuff done wrong and eventually just started building new inside the case i got. I did not make a build log because, well i just wasn't planning on doing anything worth showing. The components include: A Thermaltake 900 case Asus Strix x370e (mainly cause i already had a water block for it.) I7 8700k 32gb corsair vengeance 3200 1TB High-Performance NVMe PCIe WD Black primary boot 1TB samsung 840 evo data drive 2080 TI FTW3 1000w EVGA g2 power supply I have 2 hard tubing water loops. My first time making any form of water loop. go big or go home LOL I had the room. 2 Thermaltake Pacific DIY LCS PR22-D5 300ml 5-Speed Adjustable D5 Pump/Reservoir Combo 2 360 mm rads 12 case fans 6 in 6 out Using Razer KB and mouse and a Acer predator 34p 3440x1440 100/120hz monitor.   
post edited by jinihammerer - 2018/11/22 14:18:44
  My Affiliate Code: EB1-UCY-VA9N
|
bcavnaugh
The Crunchinator
- Total Posts : 38977
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2012/09/18 17:31:18
- Location: USA Affiliate E5L3CTGE12 Associate 9E88QK5L7811G3H
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 282
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/11/22 21:28:35
(permalink)
Sweet 
|
jinihammerer
FTW Member
- Total Posts : 1151
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2009/09/20 00:37:47
- Location: Texas
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 8
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/11/23 13:58:29
(permalink)
Well... had my first learning experience with water loops.
One of my compression fittings must not have been tight enough. I hear Pop and water hitting the floor. I jumped up pulled the plug real fast and looked to see about 1/4 of my loop on the floor.
I have this monster sitting on top of a dolly cause it big and heavy. I spun the case around and opened the back where the fluid was coming from. I was lucky as hell cause it was the feed from the pump to the rad at the drain valve, the furthest tube away from anything that could fry. nothing but the case got wet.
I have MS, so i don't know if i forgot to crank it down or my hand strength wasn't enough, But its tight now. I sanity checked all my other connectors as well.
Now i need to go to the hospital because i think i had a heart attack when it happened.. .Just kidding.
My Affiliate Code: EB1-UCY-VA9N
|
rjohnson11
EVGA Forum Moderator
- Total Posts : 102313
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2004/10/05 12:44:35
- Location: Netherlands
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 84
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/11/24 00:34:22
(permalink)
|
Icepaw
New Member
- Total Posts : 49
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2014/02/06 02:59:30
- Location: Norway
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/11/24 06:50:13
(permalink)
Nice build :-)
Black Ice radiators...?
|
the_Scarlet_one
formerly Scarlet-tech
- Total Posts : 24581
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2013/11/13 02:48:57
- Location: East Coast
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 79
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/11/24 06:58:09
(permalink)
I had the fitting in the back of my case pop off.. I had one in the front pop off. I forgot fittings completely and just flat out dumped water everywhere (my carpet is stained deep blue in one spot). I had water blocks leak directly onto GPUs due to forgetting to tighten fittings. I had a pinched oring on one connector... found that one because my gpu started artifacting during a competitive game of CS:GO lol!
Leaks are terrifying! They cause panick, fear, and heart attacks.
Thank goodness the leak wasn’t close to the components.
Your build looks great!
|
jinihammerer
FTW Member
- Total Posts : 1151
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2009/09/20 00:37:47
- Location: Texas
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 8
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/11/24 07:02:12
(permalink)
My Affiliate Code: EB1-UCY-VA9N
|
jinihammerer
FTW Member
- Total Posts : 1151
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2009/09/20 00:37:47
- Location: Texas
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 8
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/11/24 07:12:07
(permalink)
the_Scarlet_one
I had the fitting in the back of my case pop off.. I had one in the front pop off. I forgot fittings completely and just flat out dumped water everywhere (my carpet is stained deep blue in one spot). I had water blocks leak directly onto GPUs due to forgetting to tighten fittings. I had a pinched oring on one connector... found that one because my gpu started artifacting during a competitive game of CS:GO lol!
Leaks are terrifying! They cause panick, fear, and heart attacks.
Thank goodness the leak wasn’t close to the components.
Your build looks great!
Thanks! The GPU loop is the one that leaked, the one with the UV green fluid. Thankfully i have hard floors in the computer room. If was carpet, the UV lights would have lit up the carpet like a Christmas tree.
My Affiliate Code: EB1-UCY-VA9N
|
GTXJackBauer
Omnipotent Enthusiast
- Total Posts : 10323
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2010/04/19 22:23:25
- Location: (EVGA Discount) Associate Code : LMD3DNZM9LGK8GJ
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 48
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/11/25 11:31:33
(permalink)
Well done! 
Use this Associate Code at your checkouts or follow these instructions for Up to 10% OFF on all your EVGA purchases: LMD3DNZM9LGK8GJ
|
Cool GTX
EVGA Forum Moderator
- Total Posts : 31005
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2010/12/12 14:22:25
- Location: Folding for the Greater Good
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 122
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/12/01 15:31:53
(permalink)
Very Nice hard tubing build
|
Aecio Flavio
New Member
- Total Posts : 25
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2009/06/28 06:20:51
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/12/05 01:14:39
(permalink)
Very nice! I love this monoblocks, keep the VRM calm and cool Heeh
|
gutcheck
CLASSIFIED Member
- Total Posts : 3665
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2006/11/04 17:45:34
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 9
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/12/05 16:14:28
(permalink)
One morning I came into my office, went to turn on the computer, noticed my res was completely empty. For no real reason a fitting on the bottom had come loose and all the fluid was waiting for me when I opened the case. Heat, and the flow pressure can move things over time. Since then every two or three months I go in there with my hands and make sure they are all snug. I can't believe nothing actually died in that incident.
3900X 4.5 GHZ on an Asus Hero 32 GB 3600 MHZ Corsair RGB Pro DDR4 RAM 1 EVGA 3090 XC3 soon to be Watercooled 2 2GB Corsair MP600's HX1000 with custom sleaving
|
GTXJackBauer
Omnipotent Enthusiast
- Total Posts : 10323
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2010/04/19 22:23:25
- Location: (EVGA Discount) Associate Code : LMD3DNZM9LGK8GJ
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 48
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/12/06 15:52:28
(permalink)
gutcheck
One morning I came into my office, went to turn on the computer, noticed my res was completely empty. For no real reason a fitting on the bottom had come loose and all the fluid was waiting for me when I opened the case. Heat, and the flow pressure can move things over time. Since then every two or three months I go in there with my hands and make sure they are all snug. I can't believe nothing actually died in that incident.
Wow, lucky you. Can I ask if this was soft or hard tubing, compressions, barbs, etc? Was it a seal gone bad? Just curious.
Use this Associate Code at your checkouts or follow these instructions for Up to 10% OFF on all your EVGA purchases: LMD3DNZM9LGK8GJ
|
gutcheck
CLASSIFIED Member
- Total Posts : 3665
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2006/11/04 17:45:34
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 9
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/12/09 17:43:33
(permalink)
GTXJackBauer
gutcheck
One morning I came into my office, went to turn on the computer, noticed my res was completely empty. For no real reason a fitting on the bottom had come loose and all the fluid was waiting for me when I opened the case. Heat, and the flow pressure can move things over time. Since then every two or three months I go in there with my hands and make sure they are all snug. I can't believe nothing actually died in that incident.
Wow, lucky you.
Can I ask if this was soft or hard tubing, compressions, barbs, etc? Was it a seal gone bad? Just curious.
No this was back in the days before hard tubes. Was a compression fitting. It was attached to the res and it had "turned" itself loose. The connection between it and the res had gotten loose.
3900X 4.5 GHZ on an Asus Hero 32 GB 3600 MHZ Corsair RGB Pro DDR4 RAM 1 EVGA 3090 XC3 soon to be Watercooled 2 2GB Corsair MP600's HX1000 with custom sleaving
|
Gone Cruising
FTW Member
- Total Posts : 1711
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2008/02/17 23:10:31
- Location: Clearlake Oaks, CA
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 45
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2018/12/10 23:34:35
(permalink)
Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra Intel Core I9-9900K Corsair 32gb DDR4 EVGA RTX 2070 Super EVGA 850W Gold 2 x 1TB Samsung SSD 2 x 3TB HD's in Raid 1 Kustom Case https://www.heatware.com/u/67033/to 
|
jfw06013
SSC Member
- Total Posts : 586
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2017/02/14 10:26:10
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 4
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2019/01/23 22:15:44
(permalink)
I really like your build!
|
Hoggle
EVGA Forum Moderator
- Total Posts : 10103
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2003/10/13 22:10:45
- Location: Eugene, OR
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 4
Re: Hurricane Harvey PC Replacement build.
2019/01/23 22:26:34
(permalink)
Nice build and glad to hear your back up after the hurricane.
|