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OK I been remoding this and moding that for about two weeks now, I am finally and mean I am finally done. Got everything installled plumbed the whole nine yards and its done! Its living breathing and ready to do some serious gaming.
This will be my main rig at home except for trips that's where my Sager NP8662 comes into play. Anyways here is the progress on the GTX 480 as I cleaned it and then installed the Koolance VID480 GPU Block to it. Temps went from idle 48c to awesome 35c, but that's not the kicker its load temps of 95c went to a jaw dropping 49c stable!
The heart of it all took some pondering on how I was going to route all the tubing to maximize turn radious and heat transer. I went with my current battle plan and that was pump/res - GPU/GTX480 - 120 radiator - CPU 17-980X - 240 radiator and back to the pump/res. What this did was allowed me to use the natural flow of heat up through the case, the tubing essentially does the same it chases the heat up and out, it works wonderfully!
All in all water-cooling has been a excellent experience and now totally sold on it. Certainly not for a budget minded system, but a custom built loop will destroy any prebuilt Radiator/Pump/Block combo out there. Also my pump and fan combination are only working at 50 percent power and keeping these temps easily well in check!
The Final Parts list for this beast is the following!
CPU: Intel I7-908X Gulftown
MB: ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory: G.SKILL PI Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 CAS 7.8.7.24
SSD: G.Skill Falcon 64GB X 1
Hard-Drive: WD Velociraptor 150GB
GPU: eVGA GTX 480
PSU: Ultra X4 750W Modular
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower
Case Fan: Cooler Master Blade Master 120 4-Pin Thermal Management
SATA-3 Cables Custom Color Silver X 5
Radiator Fans: Masscool 120mm Fans X 3 with One Protective Grill
Pump and Reservoir: Koolance Reservoir and Pump RP-1000BK
Radiator #1: Copper (High Flow) Koolance 240
Radiator #2: Copper (High Flow) Koolance 120
CPU Block: Koolance CPU-360
GPU Block: Koolance VID-NX480
Tubing: Koolance Tubing Clear UV-Reactive PVC 3/8" OD 1/2" X 4ft
45 Degree Compression Fittings: Feser G1/4", 3/8" ID x 1/2" OD X 3
90 Degree Compression Swivel Angled Fitting: Koolance 3/8" ID: 1/2" OD X 1
Nozzle, Compression Fittings: Koolance - 3/8" ID: 1/2" OD X 6
SSD Mount: Scythe SSD Twin Mounter X 1
Liquid Coolant: Koolance Low-Conductivity, 700mL (Colorless)
Dye: PrimoCHILL Dye Bomb - UV Blue
This will be my main rig at home except for trips that's where my Sager NP8662 comes into play. Anyways here is the progress on the GTX 480 as I cleaned it and then installed the Koolance VID480 GPU Block to it. Temps went from idle 48c to awesome 35c, but that's not the kicker its load temps of 95c went to a jaw dropping 49c stable!
The heart of it all took some pondering on how I was going to route all the tubing to maximize turn radious and heat transer. I went with my current battle plan and that was pump/res - GPU/GTX480 - 120 radiator - CPU 17-980X - 240 radiator and back to the pump/res. What this did was allowed me to use the natural flow of heat up through the case, the tubing essentially does the same it chases the heat up and out, it works wonderfully!
All in all water-cooling has been a excellent experience and now totally sold on it. Certainly not for a budget minded system, but a custom built loop will destroy any prebuilt Radiator/Pump/Block combo out there. Also my pump and fan combination are only working at 50 percent power and keeping these temps easily well in check!
The Final Parts list for this beast is the following!
CPU: Intel I7-908X Gulftown
MB: ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory: G.SKILL PI Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 CAS 7.8.7.24
SSD: G.Skill Falcon 64GB X 1
Hard-Drive: WD Velociraptor 150GB
GPU: eVGA GTX 480
PSU: Ultra X4 750W Modular
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower
Case Fan: Cooler Master Blade Master 120 4-Pin Thermal Management
SATA-3 Cables Custom Color Silver X 5
Radiator Fans: Masscool 120mm Fans X 3 with One Protective Grill
Pump and Reservoir: Koolance Reservoir and Pump RP-1000BK
Radiator #1: Copper (High Flow) Koolance 240
Radiator #2: Copper (High Flow) Koolance 120
CPU Block: Koolance CPU-360
GPU Block: Koolance VID-NX480
Tubing: Koolance Tubing Clear UV-Reactive PVC 3/8" OD 1/2" X 4ft
45 Degree Compression Fittings: Feser G1/4", 3/8" ID x 1/2" OD X 3
90 Degree Compression Swivel Angled Fitting: Koolance 3/8" ID: 1/2" OD X 1
Nozzle, Compression Fittings: Koolance - 3/8" ID: 1/2" OD X 6
SSD Mount: Scythe SSD Twin Mounter X 1
Liquid Coolant: Koolance Low-Conductivity, 700mL (Colorless)
Dye: PrimoCHILL Dye Bomb - UV Blue
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