Got all the watercooling parts in the mail today

Going to try to fit it all in the HAF X, removing the bottom HDD cage and mounting my drives in the 5.25 bay area with the Lian Li rackmount. A 240 XSPC rad will be installed in the bottom HDD area, and the 360 rad will go at the top of the case. I will start tomorrow afternoon. I am documenting because this is my first watercooling experience and I want to do a build log, as well as giving others an idea of what will fit in the HAF X.
The goal of the build is both silence and performance. I might upgrade to Gentle Typhoons down the line but I want to see how my current fans work out first. The Apollish fans are hard to come by so some may not know, but they are very quiet, as well as bright, which I like. I plan to run just 5 of these fans in the case, I am removing the other fans as well as the stock 200mm and 230mm HAF X fans.
I will also be providing insight into my watercooling experience and particularly what it is like to watercool for the first time. Running at 5ghz on the 2600k on the NH-D14 had some unacceptable temps, so I hope to correct that by watercooling. The GTX 480 also runs hot as well, even with an aftermarket air cooler, temps were in the 80-90s, overclocked with added voltage.
As an observation, the radiators and compression fittings look quite a bit smaller in real life than they do in the photos on websites. Today was the first time ever I held these parts in my hands. They just look so gigantic in the photos, maybe because it's zoomed in at high resolution. The 360 rad was smaller and lighter than I expected, which is probably a good thing, though the weight will change soon once I add water.
Parts:
EK Copper/Plexi Supreme HF
Koolance GTX 480 Waterblock
MCP 655 Vario
EK X-Top V2
Masterkleer 1/2ID 3/4OD Clear UV Tubing
1/2ID 3/4OD Bitspower Shining Silver Compressions
XSPC RX360+ RX240
5x Enermax Apollish Vegas Red case fans
Rheosmart 6 Fan Controller
EK Res 250 Advanced
EK Rad Holder 120
PT Nuke CU
Distilled Water
Silver Coil
Here is what it looks like at the moment, on air:


Edited by catcherintherye - 4/13/11 at 11:04am

Going to try to fit it all in the HAF X, removing the bottom HDD cage and mounting my drives in the 5.25 bay area with the Lian Li rackmount. A 240 XSPC rad will be installed in the bottom HDD area, and the 360 rad will go at the top of the case. I will start tomorrow afternoon. I am documenting because this is my first watercooling experience and I want to do a build log, as well as giving others an idea of what will fit in the HAF X.
The goal of the build is both silence and performance. I might upgrade to Gentle Typhoons down the line but I want to see how my current fans work out first. The Apollish fans are hard to come by so some may not know, but they are very quiet, as well as bright, which I like. I plan to run just 5 of these fans in the case, I am removing the other fans as well as the stock 200mm and 230mm HAF X fans.
I will also be providing insight into my watercooling experience and particularly what it is like to watercool for the first time. Running at 5ghz on the 2600k on the NH-D14 had some unacceptable temps, so I hope to correct that by watercooling. The GTX 480 also runs hot as well, even with an aftermarket air cooler, temps were in the 80-90s, overclocked with added voltage.
As an observation, the radiators and compression fittings look quite a bit smaller in real life than they do in the photos on websites. Today was the first time ever I held these parts in my hands. They just look so gigantic in the photos, maybe because it's zoomed in at high resolution. The 360 rad was smaller and lighter than I expected, which is probably a good thing, though the weight will change soon once I add water.
Parts:
EK Copper/Plexi Supreme HF
Koolance GTX 480 Waterblock
MCP 655 Vario
EK X-Top V2
Masterkleer 1/2ID 3/4OD Clear UV Tubing
1/2ID 3/4OD Bitspower Shining Silver Compressions
XSPC RX360+ RX240
5x Enermax Apollish Vegas Red case fans
Rheosmart 6 Fan Controller
EK Res 250 Advanced
EK Rad Holder 120
PT Nuke CU
Distilled Water
Silver Coil
Here is what it looks like at the moment, on air:


Edited by catcherintherye - 4/13/11 at 11:04am























































