I got a good day of work in today, and I finished the build!
First order of business: Picking up packages!
From MDPC!
I already have a bunch of sleeving left over from when I did my PSU, this is some extra heat shrink + sleeving for the tubes and black fan headers =D
Also, from DazMode
The rest of the fittings I need to finish this build!
Now that I have everything, here we go!
First order of business is to checkout what the length the tubes need to be, and all the fittings:
I left out the two CPU tubes, since I already cut those to length. The big thing was fitting the 90 + 45 fitting together on the rad to clear the fans and to tuck that tube in the housing I made and out of the way. I also oriented the T fitting where I wanted it so I can drain the loop easily later if need be.
Now that I've got all the tubes cut to length, let the sleeving begin!
Tube with the sleeving heat shrunk on - used this on the barb fittings that came with the kit.
The main hoses sleeved with the compressing fitting rings on the end - I really love the way these turned out.
My biggest problem with 360 radiators is that you have 3 different fans with 3 different fan headers - I only wanted a single fan header that drove all 3 fans. So re-connected them all together in a single daisy chain so my mobo can drive the fans (and control the speed)
Bare fan cases - this is the orientation I think I want them in
Actually ended up switching the orientation, but this is about halfway done the fans - I cut all the ends of and branched the wires together.
Next junction - also I learned that you only need one of the yellow wires - since its the speed feedback signal from the fans, having multiple will mess up the signal.
Finished! I also switched out the header so it was black, much nicer.
Now that I have the tubes/fan wires finished, its time to put it all together!
Shots without hardware in it - I'm pretty happy with the way the loop turned out, love the sleeves.
Hardware in!
Got the sucker up and running, did a small leak test and everything was okay. And this kit rocks! I was getting 30C under load - and I was at 53C under load before. I think I'll have to try pushing my CPU OC some more =D
I think I'll have to add some lighting to the case, its kind of bland right now and when it is dark you can't see anything through the window. Maybe I'll borrow a friends DSLR and take some real pictures of the inside - the crappy phone camera doesn't do it any justice.
Anyways, thanks for looking - I had a lot of fun putting this together.