WOW you sure have built up quite the anticipation for this build!
 
Better be great brah!

YerBuddy

If you've seen any of AB's work before you know how awesome it will be. 

Stuff looks good!

 
^Definitely .. .. ..cute pup also

Ok... For those of you that follow my builds... I always dream big, and end up too tired to do it all. No difference here...lol
 
I originally was going to make this build look like TRON, but never found the right kind of lighting.. To many bulbs or LED's to far apart making it look silly.
 
Anyway.... this post will be on the tricks, some new some old, I did on this build.
 
I had one goal that I refused to not keep. I wanted to cool the two 470FTW HC's the VRM and the 920 in one loop, with acceptable temps with as little hose showing as possible.
 
To say that I am happy with the end results is an understatement. Now I suck with photos, but here you go...
 
OK... first we have one of the neatest, quietest and most efficient ways that I know to cool a Black Ice GTX360. And I am talking about real world use 24/7 pushing my systems to the max. Not a bunch of scientific lab stuff (Although I am just jealous I do not have the tools to do it that way )
 
I Gut a cheap as possible 120x25 fan of its internals making a shroud. For best results I found Pull to be the most efficient, but push to be the quietest. And since I knew I would be pushing the limits of the RAD for the loop I wanted... Well I went pull. Finish product goes... RAD/Shroud/Fan/rubber noise killer/case...
 
Keep in mind this build is designed for bullet proof gaming. Not over the top Alpha Male Tim Taylor stuff that I normally do...
 
My loop goes form the pump down to the bottom most GPU FIRST!!! and goes like this... Pump/GPU/GPU/Vreg/CPU/"Y"Splitter/RAD/RES
 
So Res pretty high up, splitter pretty low... (Think gravity for draining and air bubbles)
 
Temps after over an hour with Intel Burn... With the factory dummy clock... And OMG!!!! Looks at the voltage needed for this DO 920!!!!!!! P.S. Fans @ 55% power... Take that you doubters!!!


 
Pics of the RAD setup... As you can see in the third pic... Even though I put in a 360 RAD and basically have two 120x25 fan spaces, I clear the MOBO area by about 1/3"...
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

OK... I like a clean mounting system for my RADs and yet accessible for those times we need it to be. So one bolt is what I needed... Black bolts! Weeeeeeeeeeell... My local favorite Hardware store changes vendors for their hardware stuff!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
 
So all the pretty black bolts and such are no more... I had to get creative. So I did an old woodwroking, then Auto Car Stereo building trick. Caps!
 

 

 

Thanks DMIINC
 
Oh.. And for those of you on a budget or environmentally contentious... It only took my 19th build to figure out exactly how much Hose I needed for this build... lol... In the pic below I deliberately placed items in the pic to help give you an idea of how little hose I had left after building this system... And this is after making one cut 1/2" to short and needed another cut!!! (Longest of the two is the 1/2" to short piece)
 

 
 

"Crosses fingers" Leak test!!!
 
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... Fitting on the back of the RES is a one drop leak per hour... grrrrr. (Now fixed...
 

 

This is like watching day time drama. I see all work has been performed in the kitchen. LOL Wife must be happy. Nice AB. Are you gonna play some BC2 on it tonight?

another very impressive build by AB

47C after 67 minutes of Crysis!  With 2 x 470s!  With stock cooling you'd have to have the fans between 80-100% (loud) and still would be much hotter than 47C.  These Fermi chips love water don't they?

I will respond to your questions in a bit.. Running out right now. Finished by Intel burn runs... Nice temps!!!
 

Looks like you had some fun building and tweaking the fit and finish of your pieces. Really like the minimal hose showing. Great job ,again . I'm digging the fan controller also .
 What SLI connectors are those(brand).

atfrico

Temps are the same as mine running one loop using XPSC Dual Bay Res (res, pump, 360 rad, GPU, Res, CPU)  Pushing configuration with tri-Antec Fans.

Rig looks pretty neat, you should put a wookie action figure next to it.....
As far as ligthing goes, they are flexible ion lights out there. 
http://www.virtualvillage.com/car-led-neon-strip-lights
They are overseas, but I am pretty sure there are companies in the U.S.

 
Thanks man! Performance PCS has all of those. I want more of a consistent lighting. Like the edge of plastic.. One solid light.
 

notfordman

Looks like you had some fun building and tweaking the fit and finish of your pieces. Really like the minimal hose showing. Great job ,again . I'm digging the fan controller also .
What SLI connectors are those(brand).

 
Thanks man! I had a blast not just building it, but all the research and analyzing I go through to put together the perfect mix...  Rather sore today from it... Some of those positions it takes to get it all together are not normal... lol...
 
Originally I planned on doing it this weekend.. Yeah... Like I am strong enough to hold off for that!
 
I could have hidden one last hose very easily had I of not used Fan Shrouds on the RAD. I would have gone from the CPU Block to the one last grommet above the MOBO and it would have been extremely tough to do much less than that.
 
Personally I think this build is award worthy. Simple, clean, rock solid, cost effective and noob friendly. Not to mention, 95% of all Wookies approve of it for daily pwnage .

Oh, have you considered backplates for the GPU's?
 
I used the EK backplates but I think they may require using EK Waterblocks.

Nice temps AB...and just off one rad???  AMAZING!!!  Got's me a thinking now hmmmmm.....
 
Nice clean build man!!!

That is AWESOME, I love that case, and really like what you did with this build A+++++++++++++