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.

How to defrost frosted Plexi-glass.

Have you ever felt that feeling when frosted Plexi-glass feels dumb and that it would be alot better if the frosting was gone? I mean it sure looks alot prettier when something is defrosted, can't think of a situation where i would prefer something frosted.

Not even sure if frosted is the correct choice of word here, anyways here is what you need:

Autosol (polishing creme).
Cotton balls or similar.
 Cue tips (for delicate and perhaps small areas of the item).
Water.
Dishwashing soap.

Yup, that's it.


1. Take your item and some cotton, put Autosol on the item you want defrosted and polish it like a madman.
2. When the frosting is gone wash the item in water and add some dishwashing soap and
just clean it until all remainings of the Autosol is nothing but a memory.
3. Done.

Two BitsPower plexifittings defrosted.

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 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 Fittings & Tygon Tubing.

A sweet HQ picture.

Semi hard copper loop that was semi finished...

Glad i found this picture of my copper loop that never passed my safety standards.

It looks sweet though and one day...

...maybe one day it will be put together, upgraded and finished...

hehe...

Perhaps the CoolerKit guys have some sweet fittings or something,,,

Corsair Air 540 Water Cooled Live Build Log.

I WANNA BRING DANGER BACK INTO WATER COOLING

Well, everything done as planned, except for one detaio, the reservoir/pump didn't get moved to the planned location (come on, Operation Metro 2014 is released for Battlefield 4 and thats a sweet map so i hurried).

Since i had 10m. hose i wanted to play around a little especially since this loop hopefully is my last 13/10 loop (actually 14/10 if you wanna be really anl about it, the hose is that is).

The degrees were really nice, can't really remember the correct readings but be assured, i was sweet as a buttered cougar.

Now, moving on to the next step, sleep.....
Do hope i get more than 2-3hrs at this attempt haha.

Goodnight........

EKWB gear, Air 540, X79-Deluxe and chrome copper.

A sneak peak of the final stages of this build.
12mm. chrome covered copper pipes are replacing the three meter acrylic pipes i bought.

The four meter copper pipes will be enough, only the CPU block left and i have little less than a
meter left it looks like.

Then, after updating the blog with perhaps another "preview" or two the final build log will be presented
here, no it might not be the next million dollar PC haha, but it was a fun journey and the ride was long enough to be shared with fellow enthusiasts.

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Corsair Air 540 Naked.

Allright, hopefully one of the last pictures before the makeover she is gonna get.

I have some grosse plans, oh baby there is plans. :-)

On the picture you can see a Corsair Air 540 naked as hell.
Worth mentioning, the tubing is some cheap ass version originally aimed to the bathtub market and such but wow man, the quality is great and it is solid as hell.

...to be continued.

Intel Core i7 4820K & ASUS X79-Deluxe Water Cooling (Part 1).

Hardware specifications of the build:
Chassis: Corsair Air 540.
Motherboard: ASUS X79-Deluxe (socket 2011).
RAM: Corsair Vengeance, 32GB, DDR3, 1866Mhz, quad channel (4x8GB).
Power Supply Unit: be quiet! 630w. Modular. Bronze 80+. ATX.
Processor: Intel Core i7 4820K (socket 2011).
Soundcard: ASUS Xonar Essence STX (PCI-E).
Graphics card: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DCII OC (2GB) (PCI-E 3.0).
Hard Drive (system): OCZ SATA-II, 120GB SSD.
Hard Drive (software): Samsung SATA-II, 500GB.

Water Cooling System: EK 320 Kit.
Water: XSPC EC6 (approx 1L).

Rear Chassis Fan (exhaust): Cougar Vortex 140mm. 3-Pin. MBU controlled.
Front Chassis Fans/Radiator Fans (intake): 3x. Cougar Vortex 120mm. PWM. CPU OPT.
Top Chassis Fans (intake): 2x. Cougar Vortex 120mm. PWM. CPU OPT.

Lights:
Revoltec Cold Cathode, white (set of two).

Current activity: 24h. test run of the water cooling system.

Current status: No leaks.

Time spent testing: Approximately 2.5h.