Worklog:RTD

[RTDSpector]

This is a very ambitious first project, i'm going to have two triple rads and two seperate loops one loop is for the gpu's the other cpu,nb,sb,mofset (All EK Waterblocks for loop 1) with 1/2" barbs and 7/16 tubing. No mixed metals so im going to use straight distilled water with a dye bomb. I'm getting mirror acrylic windows and having my own peronsal logo's etched so it will light up with the lighting inside the case. The specs are as follows:

Monitor: Samsung 2693HM
Case: Mountain Mods UFO Duality
Cpu: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
Mobo: Evga 790i Ultra
Memory: Corsair Dominator DDR3 1800mhz 4gb
GPU: 2x BFG GTX 280 H2oc's
HD's: Velociraptor 10000 rpm 300gb, Hitachi Dethstar 750gb 7200rpm
Drive's: Lite-ON Blu Ray read only player, Lite on DVD rewritable drive, 2xRheobus fan controllers, and a Matrix Orbital tri color display GX Typhoon, Thermaltake Meda Lab

Watercool Setup
Rad's: 2x PA120.3 w/ Yate Loon
Pump: 2x Swiftech MCP655 12-volt
Res: 2x Swiftech MCRES
Cpu Block: D-tech Fuzion v2 w/ quad insert and easy moutning bracket 1/2"
NB/SB Block: EK NB/SB Waterblock 1/2"
MOFSET Waterblock: EK-MOFSET, EK-MOFSET2 1/2"
GPU's: Come pre-installed with Danger Den Blocks 1/2"

Loop 1:
res,pump,rad,cpu,nb,sb,mofset

Loop2:
res,pump,rad,gpu,gpu

Currently everything should arrive tomorrow except for the case its still processing through mountain mods but will be in soon enough. Stay tuned...

 

[mussafry89]

Id suggest keep the CPU in its own loop, and throw the NB/SB/Mosfets with the GPUs

 

[PMildren]

Or he could run the gpus on one loop with maybe just the n/s bridge and then run the cpu w/ the ram and mosfets. Personally I think the gpus will put out more heat then the cpu, so more head room for cooling other items. Unless there is going to be some massive OCing of the CPU, then you might want to run three loops....lol

 

[RTDSpector]

Id suggest keep the CPU in its own loop, and throw the NB/SB/Mosfets with the GPUs

I don't think the cpu would require that much cooling as its 45nm. I have a friend with almost all the same hardware was able to OC his q9450 to 3.6ghz on air no hitches. This is why I figured there would be too much room for just the cpu and decided to add the mofset,nb,sb on that loop and since the gpu's will cause the most heat give them their own loop. Don't currently have plans to cool the ram because I probably won't run them over 1800mhz. Although if I do decide to add on im sure with two PA120.3 rad's I will have more than enough headroom to do so. At this point there wouldn't be much else to cool anyways because i doubt the HD's will ever heat up that much and PSU seems pointless as well as the ram. There will be other fans inside the case other than just the rad's so on top of all this WC gear there will be 2x120mm fans and 4x80mm fans. Overall I feel this should provide sufficient cooling. I have yet to see the q9450 run stable over 3.7ghz so I would assume that would be my max overclock. As for the gpu's thats a different story im going to try and find their max settings hence another reason why they have their own loop.

 

[RTDSpector]

These are the images im having etched into the acrylic. The panels are mirrored for future reference and the interior lighting will be blue.



Left Panel:


Top Panel:


Right Panel:


The right panel is what my alias RTD stands for and I added in the quake 3 logo because that is where the name originated from. The left panel I included the spade because it stands for the card of death. In addition on the right panel i included all 4 suits of cards as there are 4 people currently in our group who are going to attach their respective suit of cards to their case. There will also be some later additions to customize the case a little bit more.