New Watercool Build Including EK Supreme! Not 56K Friendly!

tsinc80697 · 4 Dec 2007 at 14:41

For some unknown reason I decided that I had had enough of my current build and was needing a small upgrade!

For the past few months I was running:
Thermaltake Xaser II
Q6600 B3
Asus P5K Deluxe
Asus 8800GTS 640mb
1x 80GB
1x 250GB
1x 500GB

This was alongside my Macbook Pro and running off Dell2407 and Z-5500.

As I had some spare cash floating around I decided to build a watercooled system with those parts, but then it turned into something bigger, as usual

I now have:
Antec P182
Q6600 G0
Asus P5K Deluxe
8800GTS 512mb(Pre-Order)
1x 250GB
3x 500GB

I thought it was pointless watercooling a B3 CPU as I could get hold of a G0 for £15 + B3. The B3 was auctioned and I got the G0 this morning all shiny and OEM!

tsinc80697 · 4 Dec 2007 at 14:42

Just picked up my watercooling parts from reception and everything is in there to start building! I decided to buy everything new except for the radiator. I managed to pick up a Black Ice Xtreme II for £5 second hand!

EK GPU Block – 8800GT

EK CPU Block – EK Supreme

2V Laing DDC-1T Ultra w/OCLabs XP Top Clear/UV Blue

Feser One – UV Green

Also there is a AC Ryan 4" Dual CCFL UV Kit, XSPC Dual Eye Ball Bay Reservoir, 1/4" BSPP - 1/2" Hose Tail, 4m 7/16" Masterkleer PVC Hose, Zinc Plated Jubilee Wormdrive Clip 1/2" and a RadGrillz Thrust 2x120 Aluminium Black.

tsinc80697 · 4 Dec 2007 at 14:43

Before installing any of the parts I decided to check if the radiator was working ok and to clean it out using a mini guide w3bbo posted in another thread for me!

As soon as I put any water into the radiator, it was dripping out of 2 holes behind the screw slots

Looks like it wasn't worth £5 after all or somehow I've managed to bodge it!

Ordered a Thermochill 120.2 which should arrive here tomorrow for the nice price of £61.14 :eek:

Bringing the grand total for a new case and watercooling loop to £310! Thank god I made £150 last week for doing nothing and sold my DS today for £70!

tsinc80697 · 4 Dec 2007 at 14:44

I'll get some pictures of the EK Supreme block as soon as I can get my friends camera to work on my mac, won't connect for some reason!

First look at the Supreme block there looks to be a mark on the bottom and light scratching from what looks like a polishing machine!

I'll take more pictures tomorrow when the Rad arrives and I can hopefully get everything installed in 1 day, work might make it 2 days as I've a lot to get through!

w3bbo · 4 Dec 2007 at 14:47

Some quality WC kit you have there m8

. Won't be long before your cooling the NB too and adding a second loop.

Looking forward to your build.

tsinc80697 · 4 Dec 2007 at 14:49

Yeah I was really tempted to buy a second Rad but there really is no room in this case unless I mount it at the top inside, but that means man tools! I don't have man tools so I might do that in a few weeks time when I go home for Christmas!

I've emailed the company I bought the EK off as well, want to check that this block won't be affected by the marks/scratches!

BEn_2600+ · 4 Dec 2007 at 14:51

Nice kit you have there

Looking forward to some info on the Supreme, not heard much about it on a performance perspective.

CyZMyAssBaby · 4 Dec 2007 at 14:52

Nice WC kit M8, quality

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Looking forward to your build log and your opinion to the EK supreme and pics. Will you post pics of the Supremes guts by any chance?

Realist · 4 Dec 2007 at 14:56

Looking at all this kit Im tempted to become a water baby

w3bbo · 4 Dec 2007 at 15:01

tsinc80697 said:
First look at the Supreme block there looks to be a mark on the bottom and light scratching from what looks like a polishing machine!

Run your finger along the bottom and if your finger nail catches it its bad and should be returned however if its just cosmetic I wouldn't worry.

CyZMyAssBaby · 4 Dec 2007 at 15:12

Realist said:
Looking at all this kit Im tempted to become a water baby

gurusan · 4 Dec 2007 at 15:44

looks great. Awaiting results on the ek supreme

tsinc80697 · 4 Dec 2007 at 15:52

http://www.tomsinclair.co.uk/WC BUILD/Supreme Pictures/

High res pictures of the supreme block.

When I run my finger over it, well my nail, I can feel a slight difference in where that large mark is. I've emailed the company I bought it from and they are going to speak with Eddie tonight about it

Marci · 4 Dec 2007 at 16:32

The center is fine... s'only a 24mm square area in the center of the baseplate that actually does anything - as long as that center patch is clean and scratch free, then it's fine.

w3bbo · 4 Dec 2007 at 17:48

Aye nothing wrong with that - its actually in better condition than a lot of the cpu blocks you get now days!

Trusty · 4 Dec 2007 at 18:06

Cant wait to see this build, same build i'm thinking about doing. Hows the P182, enough room?

BEn_2600+ · 4 Dec 2007 at 19:42

Do i spy a Q-tek in the 3rd pic? :eek:

tsinc80697 · 4 Dec 2007 at 20:19

Ive sent the pictures to the company so they're looking into it anyway, a few other people that received their blocks today said theirs were in perfect condition with no marks or anything at all!

New rad should arrive tomorrow so Ill get crackin on the build and get some photos taken

BEn_2600+ said:
Do i spy a Q-tek in the 3rd pic?

Whats a Q-tek?

Thermaltake said:
Cant wait to see this build, same build i'm thinking about doing. Hows the P182, enough room?

If you take the upper hard drive cage out, which is the middle section of the entire case, then yeah there is enough room. It is possible to mount the rad on the underside of the case at the top, but that involves drilling etc which I can't do at the moment but I will if I ever upgrade to a second loop!

I expected the hard drives to be a lot hotter than my Thermaltake case as I had 120mm fans blowing over them all, but infact they are cooler in this case even though they are very close to the PSU. Looks like they really thought about it all as it works nicely!

One thing you must think about if you are going to mount the rad on the back is that you can't close the side panel as the bracket/fan gets in the way!
I had to use a dremel to cut away part of the side and it fits quite nicely! Ill take a picture tomorrow and show you

CyZMyAssBaby · 4 Dec 2007 at 22:13

tsinc80697 said:
Ive sent the pictures to the company so they're looking into it anyway, a few other people that received their blocks today said theirs were in perfect condition with no marks or anything at all!

See this link here Tom

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10622703#post10622703

tsinc80697 · 5 Dec 2007 at 00:19

Thanks for the link!
Waiting for an email back from the company I bought it from anyway

Looks like I won't be building everything tomorrow as I am sending the 18W pump back to be replaced by a 10W.
The 18W is quiet but not quiet enough for my liking so I'm just swapping an Ultra for the Pro.
Radiator should be here tomorrow, going to try and get some vinegar and de-ionised water to ensure its nice and clean.
Will post pictures of the radiator and fans mounted on the back of the case tomorrow and the side panel where I shaved into so that the radiator could fit on the back!