Hello friends! Some time has past since I decided not only to build, but also display computer for all doubters, non believers (in power and beauty of water cooling) and people who are generally interested in hardware. As a log must have a title I named mine after a dragon in Philippine mythology that is often represented as a gigantic sea serpent. It is believed to be the cause of eclipses. It appears as a giant sea serpent with a mouth the size of a lake, a red tongue, whiskers, gills, small wires at its sides, and two sets of wings, one is large and ash-gray while the other is small and is found further down its body [source: Wiki]. Cooling equipment: CPU blocks: EK-Supreme HF - Full Nickel GPU block: EK-FC6990 Nickel with backplate VRM block: EK-MOSFET ASUS P8P67 - EN (Nickel) RAM block: EK-RAM Dominator - EN (Nickel) Reservoir: EK-BAY SPIN Reservoir - Plexi Pump: EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Pump) Radiator: EK-CoolStream RAD XTX (360) & EK-CoolStream RAD XTC (140) Fans: Xigmatek XLF-F1256 Blue - 120mm Fittings: EK-PSC Fitting 10mm - G1/4 E-Nickel & EK-PSC Adapter 45° G1/4 Nickel more to come soon..
There is a design, but I have to wait for a post to be published and confirmed by admin. So here we go. I was most confused about the case and the size it was needed to put all the hardware inside. Mouse excluded then I came across with this one dragon alike figure was just something a BIG YES! for me as I did not feel comfortable doing custom design on sides of case. more pics of case and then black spray painted
While the case was away and getting dry I had block EK-FC6990 block installed onto card a CPU block is pure mirror finish job
A close up of PSU Before with pre installed 140 fan by coolermaster and after with a big XTX radiator
Positioning of blocks is more or less final A GPU block and a sound card are very close. Now I understand why ppl worry when going with SLI. This is not a work for ppl with two left hands. A close up to Voltage Regulator Module water block
HDDs are set. 2 Teras should last me for a while. And man am I glad I bought them before the flooding in Thailand. The prices now are outrageous. I was first thinking positioning a pump right under HDDs, but that would involve some cutting and a case was already painted
While was at it and checked for all the space I thought another radiator would not hurt And I was not wrong! ..after all the hard work a man needs to cool off. Got a freebie from ek along my order. Nice gesture A lovely reflection in backplate of work done so far.
Installing reservoir: I decided to go with bay reservoir as front of case looks just plain boring. Since ppl reported lots of draining/bleeding problems with Koolance RP402x2 I went with ek here as well. And it has a nice spinner so you can check all the time if a flow exists
I think blue coolant goes well with blue motherboard's aluminum stock sinks. And the final product At this point I would like to thank to Tiborrr@EKWB for great installation hints and to Eddy for making such a great water cooling stuff. Cheers!
More photo with front mask on. I had to get new ones as the original one got broken. UV Ekoolant under LED light.
Hi, It looks good. But it's a case mod! Not a scartchbuild!!! You made a mistake. Otherwise, good luck!
Re-painted therefore modded, doesn't always have to be taken to the extremes so often found here. Good start mod on!
My bad. Don't beat me over it. It works well. If you have any other suggestions, make a sketch and post it. If I will like it, then I will try to apply it when I drain the loop. Thank you.