Watercooled Case Gallery

pugheaven · 19 Jun 2020 at 13:16

And here's my new build... new home for old equipment...

MAIN SYSTEM – THE CHAOS ENGINE 4
• Monitor: 3 x electriQ 28" 4K Ultra HD HDR 1ms Free Sync Gaming Monitor (EIQ-284KMB-HDR)
• Processor: Intel E5-Xeon 1680 V2 8 Core/16 Thread @4605MHz Ivy Bridge (1.350v) EP/EX
• Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 TUF Gaming
• Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon 5700XT 50th Anniversary 8GB @2200/1800MHz (1.200mv)
• RAM: 64GB Kingston Hyper DDR3 1866mhz Quad Channel (3732mhz) @10-11-10-24-2T
• PSU: Leadex Super Flower 1600W GOLD 90+
• SSD & Storage:

• 1 x Sabrent 2TB Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 (3,500MB/s Read & Write, Windows OS/Applications)
• 1 x Sabrent 2TB Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 (3,500MB/s Read & Write, Games Drive)
• 2 x Samsung 840 Evo Pro SSD in RAID0 (Clone of main Windows OS/Application Drive
• 1 x 10TB Seagate Barracuda Pro 7,200RPM HDD (Backup Drive with downloads and archiving)
• 1 x 4TB Seagate ST4000DM001 5,900RPM HDD (Backup Drive with downloads and archiving)

WATER COOLING PARTS Chassis: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic (White)
Sleeved PSU Cables: Shakmods Premium sleeved cables (White).
• 1 x 24 Pin E-ATX Power Extension Cable (White)
• 1 x 8 Pin CPU Power 12v Extension Cable (White)
• 2 x 8 Pin PCIE Power Extension Cable (White)
• 2 x 6 Pin PCIE Power Extension Cable (White)
• 1 x Motherboard Pin (USB etc) Extension Cable (White)
• 1 x SATA Extension Cable (White)
• Water In-line Temperature Sensor: Barrow Black Digital OLED Display Thermometer - A66
• Chassis & Radiator Fans: 7 x AIGO Aurora C5 120mm RGB fans
• Water Pump: Barrow Water-cooling DDC Pump, PWM Combination Pumps, LRC 2.0 RGB
• Water Reservoir: Barrow Waterway LRC 2.0 RGB Panel (Front) Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic
• CPU Waterblock: Barrow CPU Water Block use for Intel X99 X299 Socket LGA2011 2066 Acrylic
• AURA RGB Light Copper Radiator Block LTYK3X-04-V2
• GPU Waterblock: Eisblock Aurora Plexi GPX-A AMD Radeon RX 5700/5700XT Water Block
• Waterloop Coolant: 3 x EK-Cryo Fuel Clear 1L Premix Water-cooling Fluid
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow 5 x OD14mm rigid compression level adjuster fittings (White)
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow 14 x OD14mm rigid compression fittings (White)
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow 11 x Rotary 90 Degree OD14mm Tube Compression Fitting (White)
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow T Virus Spiral Suspension tank LRC 2.0 RGB (black end with white virus) NOT USED YET
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow 14mm mini sealing ball valve with tap (white)
• Rigid Fittings: 2 x Barrow 14mm “time” series manual tightening lock sealing plug
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow LRC 2.0 RGB Flow Indicator
• Hard Water Tubes: Barrow 10 x OD14mm PETG 500mm clear rigid tubes
• Radiators: 1 x 360mm & 2 x 240mm Radiators (White)
• Chassis RGB Controller: Barrow 16 x Way MOLEX Power 5/12v LRC 2.0 RGB Controller with Remote
• Fan RGB Controller: AIGO Aurora 10 x Way SATA Power 5/12v LRC 2.0 RGB Controller with Remote
• Chassis & Motherboard Screws: 10 x M3 Aluminium Computer PC Case Fully Threaded Knurled Thumb Screws Bolts (Black)

delvey · 20 Jun 2020 at 15:56

pugheaven said:
And here's my new build... new home for old equipment...

MAIN SYSTEM – THE CHAOS ENGINE 4
• Monitor: 3 x electriQ 28" 4K Ultra HD HDR 1ms Free Sync Gaming Monitor (EIQ-284KMB-HDR)
• Processor: Intel E5-Xeon 1680 V2 8 Core/16 Thread @4500MHz Ivy Bridge (1.250v) EP/EX
• Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 TUF Gaming
• Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon 5700XT 50th Anniversary 8GB @2200/1800MHz (1.200mv)
• RAM: 64GB Kingston Hyper DDR3 1866mhz Quad Channel (3200mhz) @10-11-10-24-2T
• PSU: Leadex Super Flower 1600W GOLD 90+
• SSD & Storage:

• 1 x Sabrent 2TB Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 (3,500MB/s Read & Write, Windows OS/Applications)
• 1 x Sabrent 2TB Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 (3,500MB/s Read & Write, Games Drive)
• 2 x Samsung 840 Evo Pro SSD in RAID0 (Clone of main Windows OS/Application Drive)
• 1 x 4TB Seagate 7,200RPM HDD (Backup Drive with downloads and archiving)

WATER COOLING PARTS Chassis: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic (White)
Sleeved PSU Cables: Shakmods Premium sleeved cables (White).
• 1 x 24 Pin E-ATX Power Extension Cable (White)
• 1 x 8 Pin CPU Power 12v Extension Cable (White)
• 2 x 8 Pin PCIE Power Extension Cable (White)
• 2 x 6 Pin PCIE Power Extension Cable (White)
• 1 x Motherboard Pin (USB etc) Extension Cable (White)
• 1 x SATA Extension Cable (White)
• Water In-line Temperature Sensor: Barrow Black Digital OLED Display Thermometer - A66
• Chassis & Radiator Fans: 7 x AIGO Aurora C5 120mm RGB fans
• Water Pump: Barrow Water-cooling DDC Pump, PWM Combination Pumps, LRC 2.0 RGB
• Water Reservoir: Barrow Waterway LRC 2.0 RGB Panel (Front) Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic
• CPU Waterblock: Barrow CPU Water Block use for Intel X99 X299 Socket LGA2011 2066 Acrylic
• AURA RGB Light Copper Radiator Block LTYK3X-04-V2
• GPU Waterblock: Eisblock Aurora Plexi GPX-A AMD Radeon RX 5700/5700XT Water Block
• Waterloop Coolant: 3 x EK-Cryo Fuel Acid Green 1L Premix Water-cooling Fluid
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow 6 x OD14mm rigid compression level adjuster fittings (White)
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow 10 x OD14mm rigid compression fittings (White)
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow 10 x Rotary 90 Degree OD14mm Tube Compression Fitting (White)
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow T Virus Spiral Suspension tank LRC 2.0 RGB (black end with white virus) NOT USED YET
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow 14mm mini sealing ball valve with tap (white)
• Rigid Fittings: 2 x Barrow 14mm “time” series manual tightening lock sealing plug
• Rigid Fittings: Barrow LRC 2.0 RGB Flow Indicator
• Hard Water Tubes: Barrow 10 x OD14mm PETG 500mm clear rigid tubes
• Radiators: 2 x 240mm Radiators (White)
• Chassis RGB Controller: Barrow 16 x Way MOLEX Power 5/12v LRC 2.0 RGB Controller with Remote
• Fan RGB Controller: AIGO Aurora 10 x Way SATA Power 5/12v LRC 2.0 RGB Controller with Remote
• Chassis & Motherboard Screws: 10 x M3 Aluminium Computer PC Case Fully Threaded Knurled Thumb Screws Bolts (Black)

Stunning. I have just purchased the black version. I went for an AIO but I think I will revert back to a custom loop again.
If you don't mind me asking, how much did the loop cost? (See if I can convince the misses)

pugheaven · 20 Jun 2020 at 18:39

Thanks matey, I reckon around £800 for the waterblocks and everything you see listed NOT including the case. The problem was, I had to buy adjusters so, will be amending the above list so that people can buy the minimum, as I've got a load of stuff left over that I thought I'df need and didn't... so, yeah circa £800 quid mate just to get it water cooled. Soon adds up, but thats £100 quid for the GPU waterblock and £100 quid for the water resevoir... so £200 just for those. Suppose depends how far you want to go mate, if you need any hel;p give me a shout. BTW, I'll be putting in an additional 360mm on the rear to bring the temps down a little more.

francky · 1 Jul 2020 at 21:02

My 2nd ever water-cooled PC build...and my first ever go at Hard-line tubing...which at first I found difficult, but after buying the right tools became fairly simple. Primo chill finish tool being the most useful tool ever for this!

Spec -Lian Li - OD11 XL Dynamic - i9-10900k, 32GB Corsair 3200Mhz Vengeance Pro RAM - 1TB m.2 Samsung Pro - 2 x 500GB Samsung Pro SSD - Nvidia GTX 980ti (placeholder for when the 3080ti or 3090 comes out).

teejay73 · 3 Jul 2020 at 22:17

Defy Belief said:
Sorry for the potato photos,

Have installed mystic rgb to make that light on the mobo white too now.

Very clean and nice build! I am really loving the coolant - is it mayhems light grey?

Defy Belief · 3 Jul 2020 at 22:18

teejay73 said:
Very clean and nice build! I am really loving the coolant - is it mayhems light grey?

Yeah it was pastel light grey, don't have it anymore gone itx

teejay73 · 3 Jul 2020 at 22:20

Defy Belief said:
Yeah it was pastel light grey, don't have it anymore gone itx

Aah nice. Are you on water with the itx build?

Defy Belief · 3 Jul 2020 at 22:26

teejay73 said:
Aah nice. Are you on water with the itx build?

So I've got a node 202 in the living room on air, currently building a wc loop for a case which by spec has no rad support, project log be coming soon

Carl_Bennetts · 6 Jul 2020 at 10:27

I updated my CPU Block and Res

pugheaven · 6 Jul 2020 at 10:45

Carl_Bennetts said:
I updated my CPU Block and Res

Absolutey loving this one, reallly neat! That rad is fantastic!

teejay73 · 7 Jul 2020 at 15:18

Had a little revamp on my rig - got a vertical gfx card mount and redone the tubing and installed some cablemod pro cables for my corsair psu. I'm thinking of ditching the distro board though, as I have fell in love with the new D5 front panel distro block from EK. The Byksi one I have now is a pain to get the cpu tubing lined up
when using an AMD 3700x. Specs as follows -

Asrock Taichi x570
Ryzen 3700x
32gb Corsair vengeance ddr4 3200
GTX 1080 Seahawk ek
1 x Sabrent 1tb nvme
1 x Sabrent 512gb nvme
Crucial 500gb ssd
Crucial 1tb ssd
2 x 4tb western digital blue in RAID 1
Lian Li 0ll dynamic XL
Byksi compression fittings
7 x Noctua redux 1700 rpm fans
1 x Bykski TN Slimline Triple 360mm rad
1 x Byksi 38mm triple 360mm rad
1 x Byksi distro plate

This is what it looked like before - I'm going to sell the LL120's as I've had my fill with RGB for now.

Golf1.6 · 7 Jul 2020 at 16:33

teejay73 said:

That's beautiful. I'm 36 now, I used to read computer mags since I was a schoolboy. I would always dream of building a watercooled gaming rig like this, but never had the time or money to do one. Sadly I don't play video games any more so I don't think that dream will ever be realised now.

teejay73 · 7 Jul 2020 at 16:36

Golf1.6 said:
That's beautiful. I'm 36 now, I used to read computer mags since I was a schoolboy. I would always dream of building a watercooled gaming rig like this, but never had the time or money to do one. Sadly I don't play video games any more so I don't think that dream will ever be realised now.

Thanks mate - tbh I rarely play games much either, I've just got the bug for building my rig, which I use for editing.

RedMogg · 9 Jul 2020 at 10:06

Excuse the awful photos - finished about 2am this morning.
Project "Let's see exactly how much stuff we can squeeze into a tiny space, before it bursts at the seams because you're too tight and stubborn to buy a bigger case" is 85% complete.

Just waiting on a GPU backplate & custom 24pin & 2× 8pin GPU cables (I have Carbon/Black extenders, but I couldn't fit the back panel on).
Case is a five year old Jonsbo W2, which was bought because it fits perfectly inside the IKEA Besta media units in our lounge. I'll change it for something larger and more suited to a full custom loop when we move. Actually very impressed by the Jonsbo W2 - I've squeezed a 240 & 280 rads inside, plus a Barrow SPG40A-X & 90ml Res.

3700X, 32Gb Ballistix 3600mhz, B550-M, 2080Ti, WD Black NVME, Team SSD, Seagate Barracuda 4Tb storage.

Defy Belief · 9 Jul 2020 at 10:10

RedMogg said:
Excuse the awful photos - finished about 2am this morning.
Project "Let's see exactly how much stuff we can squeeze into a tiny space, before it bursts at the seams because you're too tight and stubborn to buy a bigger case" is 85% complete.

Just waiting on a GPU backplate & custom 24pin & 2× 8pin GPU cables (I have Carbon/Black extenders, but I couldn't fit the back panel on).
Case is a five year old Jonsbo W2, which was bought because it fits perfectly inside the IKEA Besta media units in our lounge. I'll change it for something larger and more suited to a full custom loop when we move. Actually very impressed by the Jonsbo W2 - I've squeezed a 240 & 280 rads inside, plus a Barrow SPG40A-X & 90ml Res.

3700X, 32Gb Ballistix 3600mhz, B550-M, 2080Ti, WD Black NVME, Team SSD, Seagate Barracuda 4Tb storage.

Need to get rid of that kink on the bottom, probably a 90 degree off the gpu should work

RedMogg · 9 Jul 2020 at 11:31

Defy Belief said:
Need to get rid of that kink on the bottom, probably a 90 degree off the gpu should work

There's no kink - just an awkward angle and some air in the tube (I'd just got it home from my mate who drilled the holes for the res - I have a spinal cord injury, so lifting the case requires a bit of help)

Slightly better angle with the cable extensions in the way:

Defy Belief · 9 Jul 2020 at 11:37

RedMogg said:
There's no kink - just an awkward angle and some air in the tube (I'd just got it home from my mate who drilled the holes for the res - I have a spinal cord injury, so lifting the case requires a bit of help)

Slightly better angle with the cable extensions in the way:

Ah ok that’s good, coolant looks cool!

Jay85 · 9 Jul 2020 at 12:15

Current work in progress

eeek · 9 Jul 2020 at 12:16

I should really add mine in here - it's an O11 Dynamic with whatever parts I could find last month - which means it's a reservoir with a D5 Next pump as that was what was available and I can hear DCC pumps....

It's soft tubing as the original plan to locate the computer meant mounting a distribution plate on the front wasn't a sensible idea (it's since been moved to the other side of the office on a bookcase

The fans are ThermalTake Pure 12 which have a habit of turning blue rather than white so are usually left in Rainbow mode (see photo 1).

The GPU is the reason why it's water based - a watercooled 2080ti for £750 was too good to turn down - it's black so there is zero need to vertically mount the GPU, that can wait until the next set of upgrades.

teejay73 · 9 Jul 2020 at 15:59

Jay85 said:
Current work in progress

Looks like an interesting revamp in progress there Jay! Have you noticed any difference with your bottom fans pulling in and your top exhausting with regards to temps?