[evensen007]

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Originally Posted by crazyg0od33

I just looked at your pics of the finished product again, as I will have the same res. for my build. How is it working having the in and out both on the bottom? Would it be better to use the two ports up top as in, and the one on the bottom as out?
Thanks

There is only one port up top. I suppose you could use that as your inlet, and the bottom 2 ports as outlet / drain port. With only one port up top, it was just more convenient for me to designate that as the fill-port.

 

[crazyg0od33]

what length did you get of the NZXT LED sleeve? Trying to get a judge on length for my own build.
Thanks

 

[avaya]

Can you comment on the nosie level of this when idle? Can you tell the pump/water is running based on sound or do the fans muffle that out?

 

[evensen007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyg0od33

what length did you get of the NZXT LED sleeve? Trying to get a judge on length for my own build.
Thanks

use the 2m kit. That one has enough length to wrap all the way around the perimeter of the case.
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Originally Posted by avaya

Can you comment on the nosie level of this when idle? Can you tell the pump/water is running based on sound or do the fans muffle that out?

The most noise in the case is from the dang PSU fan. I wish I could quiet that thing down. You can't hear the pump or the water flow at all. For the first 2-3 hours while the system is self bleeding, you will hear air bubbles and churning. After that, it's quiet as can be. The D5 pump really is quiet when on setting 3-4.

 

[sunrise089]

Awesome build, I joined just to complement you and ask a few questions.

1) How necessary is the second radiator for your setup?

2) Is the tubing inside the reservoir functional? Meaning, does the water flow through it? I'm trying to figure out from the pictures how that would work...

3) Do you know what specific model of reservoir you bought? Is it the UV Blue color? Likewise what color tubing, is it just "blue?"

4) Finally, the reservoir, CPU block, and pump all look lit even without the light strip. Do they all have LEDs built-in?

Thanks, and again awesome build!

 

[evensen007]

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Originally Posted by sunrise089

Awesome build, I joined just to complement you and ask a few questions.
1) How necessary is the second radiator for your setup?
2) Is the tubing inside the reservoir functional? Meaning, does the water flow through it? I'm trying to figure out from the pictures how that would work...
3) Do you know what specific model of reservoir you bought? Is it the UV Blue color? Likewise what color tubing, is it just "blue?"
4) Finally, the reservoir, CPU block, and pump all look lit even without the light strip. Do they all have LEDs built-in?
Thanks, and again awesome build!

Thanks for checking it out!

1. Best practice for a water loop is 1 radiator surface for each component to be cooled + 1. I am only cooling 2 components, but plan to add another AMD 7970 card to the loop, so the 4 radiator surfaces will cover that best practice number.
2. The helix inside of the Fusion res is just for looks. It is actually sealed and no water gets inside of it. The whole reservoir around the helix contains the water.
3. The res is : FrozenQ Liquid Fusion V Series 250 ml Reservoir - UV Blue (POM). The tubing I used was Primochill UV blue.
4. Each component is independently lit. The Fusion res comes with a cold cathode light that comes pre-installed in the middle of the helix. The raystorm cpu block comes with blue led's that you can install into the holes in the sides of the water block. The aquacool acrylic pump head had a pre-drilled hole to house an LED light. I used one of my leftover led lights and stuck it in there.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

 

[sunrise089]

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Originally Posted by evensen007

Thanks for checking it out!
1. Best practice for a water loop is 1 radiator surface for each component to be cooled + 1. I am only cooling 2 components, but plan to add another AMD 7970 card to the loop, so the 4 radiator surfaces will cover that best practice number.
2. The helix inside of the Fusion res is just for looks. It is actually sealed and no water gets inside of it. The whole reservoir around the helix contains the water.
3. The res is : FrozenQ Liquid Fusion V Series 250 ml Reservoir - UV Blue (POM). The tubing I used was Primochill UV blue.
4. Each component is independently lit. The Fusion res comes with a cold cathode light that comes pre-installed in the middle of the helix. The raystorm cpu block comes with blue led's that you can install into the holes in the sides of the water block. The aquacool acrylic pump head had a pre-drilled hole to house an LED light. I used one of my leftover led lights and stuck it in there.
Hope this helps, and good luck!

Thanks so much for your helpful answers! Two follow-ups...

1) If you were only cooling a single GPU, would you keep both hard drive cages in place and put the pump where you put your small radiator?

2) Other than the radiator fans (blowing out of the case on the top, right?) are the only fans being used one front intake at the front of the hard drive cage you've kept in place and one rear exhaust?

Thanks again!

 

[X-Nine]

Really digging the build, but you've gotta clean up those cables, lol! Nice work!

 

[evensen007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sunrise089

Thanks so much for your helpful answers! Two follow-ups...
1) If you were only cooling a single GPU, would you keep both hard drive cages in place and put the pump where you put your small radiator?
2) Other than the radiator fans (blowing out of the case on the top, right?) are the only fans being used one front intake at the front of the hard drive cage you've kept in place and one rear exhaust?
Thanks again!

I would plan for future expansion and still do what I did, but you can mount it where the small rad is just fine and keep the driver cage. I have 6 fans sandwiching the radiator at the top in push/pull. (pulling into the case). I have 1 stock nzxt case fan pulling in from the front of the case, and I kept 1 nzxt fan pulling at the back.

 

[Carlitos714]

I have a quick question. Debating on getting this case for my htpc/second rig. I already have an MCR 320 and also wanted to add a MCR120. The only thing is I need the hard drive installed cuz I have a few 2TB HDD I need. Will the hard drive cages fit with that singe rad down there?

 

[crazyg0od33]

how many hard drives? It will DEFINITELY fit if you have less than 3 drives. If you need both cages it could be a little tight. There are a few places to mount a 120 though. Check in the official switch thread, a lot of people answered rad questions there.

 

[Carlitos714]

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Originally Posted by crazyg0od33

how many hard drives? It will DEFINITELY fit if you have less than 3 drives. If you need both cages it could be a little tight. There are a few places to mount a 120 though. Check in the official switch thread, a lot of people answered rad questions there.

I have 6 drives right now. I will check it out the thread. thank you

 

[evensen007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carlitos714

I have a quick question. Debating on getting this case for my htpc/second rig. I already have an MCR 320 and also wanted to add a MCR120. The only thing is I need the hard drive installed cuz I have a few 2TB HDD I need. Will the hard drive cages fit with that singe rad down there?

The bottom drive cage does not get in the way of a single mounted rad where I have it. I removed it because I wanted to put my pump there.

 

[Carlitos714]

Quote:

Originally Posted by evensen007

The bottom drive cage does not get in the way of a single mounted rad where I have it. I removed it because I wanted to put my pump there.

awesome. thank you!

 

[evensen007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carlitos714

awesome. thank you!

Oh! One thing... You will have to remove the fan shroud attachment from the drive cage for the single rad to fit!

 

[X-Nine]

Quote:

Originally Posted by evensen007

Oh! One thing... You will have to remove the fan shroud attachment from the drive cage for the single rad to fit!

AND be careful of your PSU. The longer PSU's (like the 1250 watters) might be too long for you to sit a rad on the floor between the PSU and the lower drive cage. HOWEVER, you could always mount it ON the drive bay.

 

[CORPSENET]

This is insane! Looks amazing. You just gave me the idea for my setup! Great work!

 

[evensen007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by CORPSENET

This is insane! Looks amazing. You just gave me the idea for my setup! Great work!

Thanks a lot! It was a ton of fun to build and is still working like a champ.

 

[evensen007]

Man, so it's been a looooong long time. Not even sure why I felt like updating this but I haven't logged onto this site for such a long time. I guess I'm getting old?

I still have all these same components except that I have 2x 290's in there now with EK 290 blocks. I still have never drained/deep cleaned this loop and the temps are still the same from the day I installed it. Pretty amazing for a 5 year old build that's never been opened back up.

Planning on going Ryzen/Vega in the next few months just because I'm bored so I will have to open the loop up for that. It's pretty amazing that a 5 year old 2600k still runs games just fine with the 2x 290's, even at 3440x1440!