Its been a long time coming but here it is, Project Ice Station
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TheLysol_27 [OP]
illuminerdi
That is a very nice and clean build. I'm loving the subtle, understated nature of your loop and props for the white rad instead of black.
I feel like every lots of posts here are "OMG LOOK AT MY 15 LED FANS", and while that may be what the majority of /r/watercooling likes, I much prefer few/understated LED accents compared to lighting every fan.
Well done!
IatemyPetRock
“HEY LOOK AT MT NEW CROATIA THEMED PC!”
Croatia loses
Opens up Asus Aura
“Hey look at my new France themes PC!”
TheLysol_27 [OP]
thank you very much my dude.
remotely_here
Beautiful, I'm a sucker for parallel runs.
TheLysol_27 [OP]
thanks my guy. and same
MetamorphicFirefly
add an ice dispenser
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Philooch
Do you have a cover on the motherboard or is that how the mb looks regularly ? If its a mod it makes it look very clean.
TheLysol_27 [OP]
that's how the motherboard comes. search up ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1.
Beirbones
How did you remove the hard drive bay?
TheLysol_27 [OP]
dremmel with a cutting blade and drill for the rivets.
Vir1lity
I've always been a sucker for the old 760T. Great job on those tubing runs!
TheLysol_27 [OP]
thanks my guy, the case has a lot of potential. and those runs took a while to perfect. especially those GPU and CPU runs
LookThereIsATree
Not possible to fit a 360 radiator in the front? The front looks odd with so much space on top of th radiator. Rest is awesome. :)
TheLysol_27 [OP]
It is but i would have to mod the front panel for airflow. The 760t could only do up to a 280mm rad at the front with its 5.25 drive bays. I liked the look of the 140mm fans so i went with a fully 140mm setup.
Also thanks man
BGNuke
This looks awesome, hope youll have a fun time with it
TheLysol_27 [OP]
You know it fam.
jamesthebard
Saw the pics on Discord, turned out great! Looks even better when you've got those lights on.
TheLysol_27 [OP]
Thanks man. I appreciate it.
jbo332
Nice build! How'd you go with the Bykski cpu block? Decent temps? And any advice on the fittings you chose? Was your choice of fittings based on more than aesthetics?
TheLysol_27 [OP]
The bykski cpu block i got off ebay when they had a 20% off everything sale and i was in the market at the time for a plexi block and i saw this because I was still using a black acetal block from XSPC.
I dont have my cpu and gpu pushed that hard so my temps are pretty good. I'll delid my cpu with my next build.
The primochill revolver fittings i used in this build were really easy to use and easy to mod by painting the tops of the fittings. (They can match any build with painting).
I mainly chose those fittings because of their appearance and modability and i did get them for a great price. Also the primochill 13mm petg is pretty cost effective.
liquidocean
How are the temps with everything in parallel? It looks awesome, but I'm scared to try it
TheLysol_27 [OP]
pretty good. im not running an extreme overclock so i'm doing just fine. my CPU(4790k) max temp was 57C with no delid at 4.6ghz and a max of 54C on the GPU(GTX 1080 FTW)
TheLysol_27 [OP]
More pics --> http://imgur.com/gallery/the1JjH
LogIN87
Love the colors, but what fluid are you using? That gpu block almost looks like its starting to form up some gunk.
TheLysol_27 [OP]
The GPU block has been like that since last year when I was using mayhems pastel white. the plexi isn't completely flat to the metal of the water block so some of the nanoparticles of primochill's VUE get stuck between there(i tried multiple times to clean that but my coolant always happens to get stuck there so i gave up on that). it doesn't impact performance and btw this is 7-month-old VUE in this build and I've had barely any issues with it surprisingly. I guess I got lucky with it but if I was using distilled water that wouldn't be there.
RedditIsDogShit
Watercooling noob here. is the device in the bottom right corner of the case a pump? why did you choose not to go for the pump/reservoir combo?
TheLysol_27 [OP]
yes, that is the pump at the front of the case. i liked the look of the separated pump and reservoir and it was done to fill up the case more. originally the 1st version of this had used a pump res combo.
RedditIsDogShit
thanks
Parts List
CPU - 4790k @ 4.6ghz 1.28v
GPU - GTX 1080 FTW
RAM - 16gb ADATA XPG V2 @1866mhz with uphere Ram heatsinks
MOBO - ASUS Z97 Sabertooth Mark 1
PSU - Corsair RM850x with cablemod white psu cables
CASE - Modded Corsair Graphite Series 760t
CPU Block - Bykski CPU-XPR-A-1
GPU block - Phanteks Glacier Series G1080 FTW
Top Rad - HWLBS GTS 420 XFLOW
Front rad - XSPC EX280
Tubing - Primochill petg
Res - EKWB X250
Pump - Thermaltake D5 pump with the EKWB XRES XTOP REVO D5 plexi top
Fittings - 15x Primochills Revolver SX Fittings with white painted tops, 5x 90 degree rotary fittings, ton of g1/4 extenders, Thermaltake Flow meter, XSPC ball valve fitting and barrow 5 way ball fitting.
Fans - 6x EK Vardar F4 140 ER all with Phanteks Halos on each fan
MISC - random lighting controllers, WiFi card and led strips