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Dimastech Bench/Test Table Easy V2.5 glossy black

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This thing is 2 years old now, never got around to posting up the worklog. Modded CM stacker, tore the whole thing apart and painted it. Maybe I'll make that worklog now.

 
Very nice Haz (post 525). I think this is one of my favorites...granted you are using most of the parts I am putting together in mine :)
 
I wonder if there was a point at which you could run a fairly tricked out system completely passive if you had huge enough external radiators. In theory, the ambient air would cool the radiators to ambient temp, which would in turn cool the water, right?
 
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It's been a few months since I finished my project but thought I would share.

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is it me or is that pump pulling the warm water from the system i thought they norm had to be after the Radiator ,like <> Rad > tank > pump > system <>, above is <> system > tank > pump > rad <> thought it was norm that way for heat reasons on the pump

lots of water cooled systems on here thought
 
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is it me or is that pump pulling the warm water from the system i thought they norm had to be after the Radiator ,like <> Rad > tank > pump > system <>, above is <> system > tank > pump > rad <> thought it was norm that way for heat reasons on the pump

lots of water cooled systems on here thought
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I'm fairly certain that pump is pulling from the res. Either way, the order doesn't matter in a loop, as long as you never run the pump dry. Of course the easiest way to do that is res to pump.
 
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is it me or is that pump pulling the warm water from the system i thought they norm had to be after the Radiator ,like <> Rad > tank > pump > system <>, above is <> system > tank > pump > rad <> thought it was norm that way for heat reasons on the pump

lots of water cooled systems on here thought
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Quite. I would have the rad --> res --> pump to be honest and also a single rad could easily be implemented before the GPU, would help temps.
 
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Quite. I would have the rad --> res --> pump to be honest and also a single rad could easily be implemented before the GPU, would help temps.
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There have been numerous tests that show order does not matter more than, at best, 1C.
 
no i was more thinking of the pumps long term life due to the heat coming from the system, as to why most systems are, rad > res > pump > system > loop
 
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My new Core i7 Setup.
EK Supreme HF Full Copper CPU Waterblock
EK-FB EVGA X58 Classified VREG/NB/SB Waterblock
Swiftech 3x120 + 2x120 Radiators (Lower Compartment)




 
This is actually a re-build of a Puget Systems computer; I stripped out almost everything and built it from the ground up using new components.

I chose the Gigabyte x58a-UD7 because it is one of the few motherboards that lets you use two PCI-E x16 slots at full speed while still having room for two x1 cards - the Killer and the X-Fi, in my case (pun unintended.) To use both of the top PCI-E x1 slots I had to replace the stock motherboard chipset cooler with an EK full-cover water block, as otherwise the stock cooler blocks the top-most PCI-E x1 slot.

Components used:

Antec P193 case
Gigabyte x58a-UD7 motherboard
Intel 980-x CPU
2 x Sapphire 5970 OC
Creative X-Fi Titanium Champion
Killer 2100
6 x 2GB Kingston RAM (@ 1600 MHz / 8-8-8-24-2T)
1200W Thermaltake Toughpower PSU
3 x 160 GB Intel X-25 SSDs
1TB WD Caviar Black HD

Cooling:
EK x58a-UD7 full-cover block
Koolance VID-597 GPU blocks
Koolance CPU-360 block
Koolance TMS-200 Control Board
Koolance EHX-1320 4 x 120mm radiator & shroud
Thermaltake TMG-1 120mm radiator & shroud
5 x Koolance 12025HBK 120mm fans (on the radiators)
Gelid Wing PL12 120mm fan (rear exhaust)
Notcua NF-P12 120mm fan (PSU / HD compartment intake)
200mm Antec (side intake)

 
I just finished this build yesterday. I was inspired by Kyle's latest adventures with the Raven case. This one is in the special edition red and black Fortress.

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I just finished this build yesterday. I was inspired by Kyle's latest adventures with the Raven case. This one is in the special edition red and black Fortress.

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I dont get it. Is this case upside down. Why are the video cards pointing up? LOL
 
Because it's BTX format. And it makes more sense than ATX from a case airflow perspective.
 
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Because it's BTX format. And it makes more sense than ATX from a case airflow perspective.
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It's more than just BTX isn't it? I thought BTX was only mounting the mobo on the opposite side with the cpu low and the video cards above it? this is that, but with the mobo spun another 90deg... I guess as long as it's mounted on the other side it's BTX... oh well. I likes also.. make a lot of thermal sense. :)
 
Actually it's not BTX at all. It is simply reverse ATX (mobo on the opposite side) flipped 90 degrees. It's such a simple and effective solution it makes me wonder why it took this long for someone to do it.
 
well, the mobo isn't a BTX, but the case is BTX style.. isn't it? or is BTX only a reference to a mobo layout?
 
Not sure what this btx is....

The mobo is a standard atx sized motherboard (or E-ATX or whatever) mounted on a case that holds ATX mobos, but rotated 90 degrees.

It's not "reverse" atx, it's atx turned 90 degrees.
 
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Reverse ATX refers to the motherboard being mounted upside down and on the opposite side of the case than the normal standard ATX case. BTX is actually a completely different form factor than ATX. it never really took off. Again, this case is simply reverse ATX tilted 90 degrees. All of the connections are at the top of the case instead of the back and there is a cover at the top that hides all the wiring for peripheral and power connections.
 
greenfrogman said:
is it me or is that pump pulling the warm water from the system i thought they norm had to be after the Radiator ,like <> Rad > tank > pump > system <>, above is <> system > tank > pump > rad <> thought it was norm that way for heat reasons on the pump

lots of water cooled systems on here thought
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I am running it pump>rad>system>res>pump. I have a mod block which allowed me to reverse the inlet and outlet locations on the pump. Outlet is on top and inlet in front.

But the other posters are correct in that tests have shown that order doesn't matter. Eventually the temps equalize throughout the system.
 
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My 1st water cooled system!!
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Please excuse the dust...its a year old now.

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred Black ATX Full Tower
Power: CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W
Motherboard: MSI NF980-G65
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 OCed 3.6ghz (RB-C2)
Memory: CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 1T
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional
Graphics: (SLI) 2 BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 H2OC(Watercooled)
Hard Drives(Windows7):2 VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB Raid0
Hard Drives(Games): 2 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB Raid0
Water Pump: Swiftech MCP655
Fluid: Feser One(Clear)
Radiator: Feser XChanger-TFC-360 Triple 120mm Xtreme Performance
CPU Block: D-TEK FuZion v2 CPU Block
Radiator Fans: Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120mm
Temp/Fan Speed Monitor: Scythe KM01-BK KAZE MASTER
Tubing: PrimoChill PrimoFlex PRO LRT UV Blue (7/16") Sealed Loop
Fittings: Bitspower G1/4 1/2" Barbs, Elbows, Tees, Fillports and Quad
Inputs: Logitech G-19, G-13, G-500 and Orb Cam
Display: Samsung SyncMaster 2232bw
Speakers: Roccat Kave 5.1 Headphones
 
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*** it is the expressed right of the builder to make changes as often as money may allow!....hahaha

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