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[Build Log] Blood Red Acrylic Pipes - Delidded Haswell 600T (hopefully 5.0ghz!)

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Hey everyone. Finally got around to upgrading my sig rig. Wanted to spend some time (and money!) and do something special. Was thinking about copper tubes until I found out Primochill was finally going to release their color acrylic tubes. Color themes were between the yellow/black (ASRock OC Forumula) or a red/black (ASUS ROG). Set up some polls around the forums and it seems most people don't like the yellow/black combination.
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As you will note, the GPU will not be a part of the water loop. I'm planning on switching out my 690 for a couple of 780s when BF4 comes out - earlier if I can get a deal on a good custom pcb 780 (lightnings, DirectCU II, etc).

I have pics and notes from my tube bending that I will post up later. I hope to get this up and running by the end of the week!

Noteable components:

Main Components
• Processor: Delidded Intel Core i7 4770K Haswell (o/c to 5.0 *crosses fingers)
• Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero
• Ram: Corsair Dominator GT DDR3 1866 cl9 1.5v 16GB
• Video: EVGA GTX 690 (will replace when BF4 is release)
• PSU: Corsair AX1200i
• Primary Drive: Plextor M5P 128GB x 2 in RAID0
• Storage Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
• Case: Corsair 600T White + Acrylic Side Panel (CyberDruid Custom)

Custom Water Loop
• Laing DDC-1T
• Phobya Xtreme 400m Radiator
• EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ
• PrimoChill CTR 240mm Reservoir - Blood Red
• PrimoChill Vortex Flow Meter - Blood Red
• PrimoChill Rigid Acrylic Tubing - Blood Red
• PrimoChill Rigid Ghost Compression Fittings - Black

Enjoy!

























Final Pics - Was thinking about a couple of 780s but came across a really good deal for 770s so I'll hold off on 780s until maybe later. I added a cathode light behind the res to give it a nice red aura. Not many pics with the acrylic panel...I get too much refection with the panel on.








My GTX 770s didn't last very long
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780s + some lights and backplates.




 
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edited - reserved.
 
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Subbed! I really want to see if Haswell will be a bust or not.
 
#5 ·
Damn that tubing looks awesome
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was waiting to see someone do a build with it
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In my current rig, gtx 690. Need to leak test first.
 
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Originally Posted by BadDad62 View Post

Cheers mate, was thinking alot of work for a cpu only loop
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Ya, but it's much more work with videocards also. Getting those pipes to line up and stay square is a serious pita, haha. I also swap out videocards quite often so didn't want to continually break down my loop because of that.

I might have to push some decent volts to get to 5.0 so the CPU needs all the radiator power it can get
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Originally Posted by REPUBLICOFGAMER View Post

looking good! what are you putting inside the tubing when you heat and bend it to stop the kinks? and where did you get the fittings I can't find them ! they all sold out!
Soft Silicone tube (5229T59) link

Fittings and tubes were purchase from FrozenCPU last week. Basically the day they were released.
 
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Originally Posted by REPUBLICOFGAMER View Post

damn , so I guess I got unlucky and they sold out on me! ,

and thats allot of sizes you got 1/2 ?
I think the only sizes they have right now are 1/2 ODs
 
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Originally Posted by dman811 View Post

Subbed! I really want to see if Haswell will be a bust or not.
Hopefully he delid will really help out
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#15 ·
love 600T mods. want more!
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#16 ·
Wow that side panel
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. Are those still for sale ?
 
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Originally Posted by dman811 View Post

Subbed! I really want to see if Haswell will be a bust or not.
Hopefully he delid will really help out
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Ya if so, big congrats, I'm still looking at upgrading to IB if I don't earn the money for SB-E or IB-E when it comes out.
 
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Originally Posted by jonnL View Post

What fans are you using on the 400mm rad?
NZXTs. Had to drill some holes to make them fit. Apparently the 200mm are standard size....
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#21 ·
Question - a lot of conflicting reports about the reliability of these new primochill ghost fittings and pipe. In your opinion, are they tight? Reliable?
 
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Originally Posted by XKaan View Post

Question - a lot of conflicting reports about the reliability of these new primochill ghost fittings and pipe. In your opinion, are they tight? Reliable?
The fitting are working great for me. They hold the tubes tight enough. I didn't yank on it full strength but did give it a decent tug. More importantly, no leaks during my leak test last night.
 
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Originally Posted by Inglewood78 View Post

The fitting are working great for me. They hold the tubes tight enough. I didn't yank on it full strength but did give it a decent tug. More importantly, no leaks during my leak test last night.
Good to know, thanks!
 
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