Phobya Radiator Stand Bench Edition & 4x. AlphaCool Cape Corp 2m.

Alright, a crappy picture but this is how a man water cools his system.
To start with, the whole shebang is external, two AlphaCool Cape Corp
50cm. are being used to hold another couple of those reservoirs, when
used with two connectors this turns into two 1 meter reservoirs.

Add three EKWB XTX 360 radiators (discontinued and replaced if im not
wrong) and you will have a cool system.

I run an overclocked Intel i7 4820K and a pair of ASUS GTX 770 DCIIOC
and under heavy load the CPU reaches a maximum of perhaps 60 degrees,
and that is because i have the voltage set to auto and the MBU is being
more than generous it feels like when it predicts what voltage is needed.
We're talking more than 1.4 volts here.
The graphic cards are running somewhere around 35-40 degrees.

The sad thing though is that one of the reservoir towers fell to my wooden
floor in the living room ending up K.I.A. and with three reservoir tubes left
i felt that it would look silly and wrong with one reservoir being 50cm long
and the other 1m so one has been recieving the status of being a spare.

Which leaves me with two 50cm reservoirs, still manly but not as manly as
two 1m. ones.

Well well.

Over & out.

Externally water cooled HTPC with alot of juice in it.

This is the final build (around 95% at least) and here are some pictures of it (i'm getting better at that damned camera haha):

The complete picture so to speak.

Those two EKWB nickel plated fittings will be replaced with Monsoon 13/10 black ones.

 I do dig the gold theme.

 I'm pretty pleased with the solution, it's extremely tight in this Silverstone Crown case.

 A.C. Ryan 80mm. LED-fans.

 Two more, blowing air out the back.

 It is pretty difficult to get a good view for a great picture of the graphics cards.

 Too bad the UV doesn't show in these pictures.

 The tubing to the external cooler comes out the back where i drilled two holes and places two Bitspower fittings.

 Out in the back the water flows.

 The external cooler.

 Three EKWB 360 XTX radiators are in that housing from Phobya.

 Not sure if it shows but there is more work to do regarding the cable management.

An overview.

Extreme HTPC with external water cooling.

Took some pictures today and boy do i need more practise haha, haven't been taking that much photos the last half a year or so and yeah, you can tell :).

I'm planning on buying a new case The Phobya WaCootIt Cube Medium.
A sweet looking case that's capable of holding three 360mm. radiators in the top which means that all the water cooling gear can be housed inside the case.
Which will render my Phobya Radiator Stand unnecessary.
Sweet.

Anyways, a few pictures survived when i weeded out the bad ones and here they are:

 An overview of the computer.

 Close up on the EKWB Supremacy Gold CPU block.

 Overview in the dark. Too bad the sweet UV-purple doesn't show.

The two rear 80mm. UV-fans that blows out heat in the back.

Well, it doesn't get any more interesting as this so,

see you next time!

The watercooled Silverstone Crown HTPC case.

This is roughly how my system looks at the moment. You just gotta love the Silverstone Crown HTPC-case, getting the motherboard cool without modding the case is certanly a challenge. Aroud 36-38c is normal at the moment.
Must be fixed.

The worlds first one meter external water cooling reservoir?

Firstly, the pics will be upgraded later on because i had to use my pad since the system camera was on a strike complaining that my SD Card was bad.

Well, here is what you see regarding my final open air external watercooling setup (ordered a Phobya radiator stand from Deutschland which will contain the whole shebang):

2x. EKWB XTX 360 radiators.
1x. EKWB DDC 3.2 PWM pump.
8x. Cougar Vortex 120mm. PWM fans (four on the way).
4x. Phobya Radiator Grills (Bubble edition).
Monsoon fittings & adaptors and so on.
XSPC 19/13. hose.
Primochill (most likely) anti kink coils.
1x. Phobya 8 PWM splitter.
1x. Alphacool reservoir connector (brass) black.
2x. Alphacool Cape Corp Pro 50 (50cm.) tube reservoirs.

Enjoy!

EKWB 360 XTX X2 Naked in the night!

Two EKWB 360 XTX's NAKED!

A while ago i found some dutch(?) fellows on a forum somewhere on the net and they were talking about stripping radiators from their original paint, at least that's what the pictures they were presenting was containing, cleaned radiators and sand papers.

This made me thinking about doing the same but i put it on the 'think-about-it-later-list' and that was that, but i could not let it go.

Here i had my first XTX360 (and another one on the way if i remember it correctly) with a few scratches showing sweet metal hiding under EKWB's dark brown oh sorry, black paint.

I started the madness with cue tips, isopropylalcohol and what not and the following pictures are the results.
Still polishing them though but they sure look lovely, hey EKWB! Stop painting your beautiful radiators!!

WE WANT THEM NAKED!!!

I just had to make a "V8". Had been on my mind for some time.

I just dig this picture, two AlpaCool Cape Corp 50cm. reservoirs.

Now the "final layout" began to take shape.

Oh the Autosol treatment i had planned for those two babes.

Pretty much the final "version", i do have some stuff in mind though.

From the side, aren't they sweet?

Oh, check out my temporary CPU-block, the EK Supremacy frosted plexi one, defrosted.

These two Bitspower crystal fittings are also getting defrosted (still a few spots left i guess).

Night time close-up, too bad the UV in the background turned blue on the pictures.

I really dig the brand new 2006(?) Silverstone HTPC case i bought. Fits the theme just perfect.

EKWB 4.0 Pump DIY Plexi-Holder.

More frequent blog updates from now on containing both big and small goodies from my journey in this water world.

Hope some post can bring some value to thee, either way i had a blast with the projects (perhaps not always but still).

Okey, this is nothing superfancy and i did this creation to fit my EKWB 4.0. pump to the rear of the X-Air case, my version isn't 100% perfect but it doesn't matter, you'll get the idea and i hope i covered any traces of bad engineering with my super awesome tablet camera skills.

Ingredient & tools:
1x. Plexi plate.
1x. Double sided tape.

Something sweet to sand with (smooth papers recommended).
1x. Heater gun (if it's capable of bending acrylic tubes you're good to go).
1x. Dremel or any other type of machinery capable of drilling holes suitable for the pump outlet and of course your personal preferences.

Creating your PlexiMasterPiece:
Make sure the Plexi piece is going to fit pretty good when attached to the pump (measuring optional but sure is optimal).

Fire up the heater gun and bend that Plexi piece silly, well perhaps as close to 90 degrees as possible would be best.

Mark the Plexi piece and drill the big hole for the outlet, do the same thing with the mounting holes.

Sand the thing where you find it necessary for that smooth and sleek look.

Optional:
Sand where you think it would look neat to get that frosty Plexi look.
That's what i did to cover up some manufacturing errors.

Mounting:
Attach the double sided tape at the bottom of the pump and then stick it to the bottom of your creation.
Mount the piece of art with your personal taste in screws or what you feel safe enough.

Done!

Monsoon 19/13 Gold Install (Picture Build Log).

Hello good people, here is one of the latest purchases from CoolerKit and the pictures will show you the magic of the gold fittings made by Monsoon.

What you'll also find:
Phobya Radiator Grill (Bubbles).
Tygon Clear hose.
EKWB DDC Heatsink Housing (for their 3.2 PWM pump).
Various accessories and even some energy gum that the sweet
folks over at CoolerKit sponsored yours truly with hehe.

Enjoy!