My First Watercooling System

[bleucharm28]

Woohooo! My first watercooling system. ENjoy!
I got these pieces powder coated (Black Matte) for $40.00 from http://hellyeahcustomcoating.com/ I drilled the holes myself.

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I really wanted full copper block at first, but changed my mind since i wanted to match with bitspower blocks.

OOH LA LA (Definitely put a dent in my wallet)

PUrrrdy! I wanted Black Matte ICE CAPS, but they don't have it for reservior with sideports. Still nice

I really didn't feel like sleeving everything, but here is few item i sleeved up. I decided not to sleeve my PSU because is only 750W and is not modular. If I'm going to sleeve a PSU, is gona be at least 1000W PSU. The 8 & 24 PINS are extensions from NZXT.

 

[bleucharm28]

WCUK 480mm Radiator Stand - Black

water cooling is fun

 

[bleucharm28]

Cable Management

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Thank You for viewing

 

[alfa147x]

Nice :thumbsup:! What's the lighted twisted clear thing?

 

[bleucharm28]

http://www.frozenqpcmods.com/

Is a frozenQ reservior. I know, is sexy.

 

[alfa147x]

http://www.frozenqpcmods.com/

Is a frozenQ reservior. I know, is sexy.

Well that looks awesome!

Would you mind sharing how much $$$ the whole thing cost?

 

[Spunky424]

that setup looks extremely clean! what case is that?

 

[smackababy]

I just decided to make a Ninja Turtle "Secret of the Ooze" inspired case with a res like that. I'll have to check his site when I get home (blocked at work). This is going to be epic!

 

[Miramonti]

Hot!

It's amazing what money and OCD can do!

Would love to get some more porduct info on the water cooling products.

 

[Juddog]

Very nice work!

 

[nitromullet]

Wow, very,very nice first water cooling setup. It definitely doesn't look like a "first".

Although, I have to disagree with the assessment of the Frozen-Q res... Before everyone goes gaga over some pretty lights, you might want to check out this thread on RRTech: http://www.realredraider.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=26902

 

[thilanliyan]

^Damn, that thread went south in a hurry.

 

[bleucharm28]

Thank for compliments
Even my friends didn't think this was my first watercooling setup. I actually wanted to go watercooling last year, but i held back simply because i wasn't ready. I figured since i had time, i'll do more research on design, cost, time and hope the end result turn out to be good or close to the pros in Xtreme System. I did get a leak, i had pull out my PSU, fans, unzip all the cables, pull out radiator to get the defected fitting out. It WAS A BITCH. But, it was worth it Im pretty sure i've spent 1000+ dollars, and mainly not for performance, well... maybe little; mostly for looks.

 

[nitromullet]

Thank for compliments

Definitely deserved. I can tell you put some research and time into this. All those Bitspower fittings must have been a small fortune too. I've been looking at converting my fittings over to Bitspower compression fittings, and I'm looking at close to $150 just for fittings alone.

^Damn, that thread went south in a hurry.

Yeah, RRTech doesn't pull any punches. It's a little different then AT over there. I generally lurk more than I post, but I've learned a lot of stuff about water cooling on that forum.

 

[bleucharm28]

Hot!

It's amazing what money and OCD can do!

Would love to get some more porduct info on the water cooling products.

I purchase all my stuff from Performance PC and Sidewinders Computer.

Heat Killer 3.0 CPU block
Bitspower compression fittings (45's/90's/reg)
Feser UV white tubings
Bitspower Mosfets II & III
Bitspower N/S bridge block
Feser Quad480 Radiator
WCUK radiator rack
GentleTyphoon Fans 120's
Scythe 4 channel fan controller 3.5 inch
Hammond box
Custom Non-Fray 1/8in. Expandable Sleeving
UV lights
FrozenQ Reservior UV Blue with side ports ($139.95, currently sold out at Performance PC)
Custom Laing D5 - Bitspower Black Sparkle Dress Kit & Top
Silver KillCoils by iandh

 

[bleucharm28]

Wow, very,very nice first water cooling setup. It definitely doesn't look like a "first".

Although, I have to disagree with the assessment of the Frozen-Q res... Before everyone goes gaga over some pretty lights, you might want to check out this thread on RRTech: http://www.realredraider.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=26902

WoW! The last time i checked on forums was how wonderful these reservoir are. Well, i'm happy so far. no issues what so ever.

 

[smackababy]

I guess I won't be buying one of those after all. Even if they are all perfect, the way he handled that situation was horrible.

 

[bleucharm28]

My take on this is in a business perspective, is "no excuses". He needs to fix what needs to be fixed.

Another point of view is this kid has too much on his plate. Possibly not enough experience with business, people, management and so on...

 

[lsv]

Can you post pics of the whole build please

 

[bleucharm28]

that setup looks extremely clean! what case is that?

Silverstone TJ-07

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I', confused. So, you got water cooling so as not to use fans on the motherboard, but then have to use fans for the radiator?

 

[Puffnstuff]

You can use low speed low noise fans on the rads and still have better cooling than air based cooling alone.

 

[WoodButcher]

Rofl!!!:sneaky:

Lotta balls asking noob questions,,,,,
Nice work, I'm impressed. Really, that is a nice setup anyone would be proud of, you've done your homework well. Keep us updated.:thumbsup:

 

[daw123]

:thumbsup:

You have obviously spent a lot of money and time on this and you have been rewarded with a very aesthetically pleasing system.

 

[faxon]

nice setup there man. im laughing my ass off at that thread though btw, not a single thing they are saying about him has been true for the majority of his customers. the original thread, over on XS, tells a very different story if you look there.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=225003

btw, i should note that i still have only very briefly run the res, as i havent had time for a while to do any work on my builds myself. i have some final parts coming in next week though, and i should have build logs for both rigs up by the end of next saturday. if you look on i think it was page 14, you can see my res. it was the first multicolor res he ever made, and i had him do the same powder coat job they're bitching about in that thread, but it looks just fine to me. the taps he did for fittings are also not noticeably crooked like some are complaining, though since they were hand tapped they're probably not perfect. upon looking at his recent build quality i have to say im impressed with how far his stuff has come, i may get another one for my next build in that new red he has since it's gonna be dragon themed