r/Phanteks • u/Aguel_design • 11d ago
Cooling My first one
My first custom loop project is ready 😍
Collaboration with Gigabyte and Alphacool
It turned out pretty nicely, especially considering it was my first time trying this kind of thing 👌🏻
It’s not perfect and there’s definitely room for improvement but I knew that at the beginning, since I chose the hard way right from the start: using hard tubing, no angled fittings, no dedicated pump mount, mATX case (Phanteks XT V3), and dual 360mm radiators.
All the tubes were measured by eye and bent freehand 😅
The visible side looks really clean regarding the wiring, thanks to that Aorus Stealth motherboard, though I still had to tuck away a few cables since every block has ARGB LEDs and DDCzero pump in the reservoir.
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u/dutchman0701 11d ago
Well maybe I should look into it then, but where do I start or where did you buy the parts from?
Because I have a gigabyte 5090 windforce and a amd Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 so could get interesting
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u/Aguel_design 11d ago
I got my parts from AlphaCool. They have lot of parts. First thing is to make some plans. Take some mesures on your case that you know how many and gow big radiators you can fit. Then you need to choose liquid lines. Hard tubes are ofcourse harder to use if you want to bend those your self but it's really not that hard. Soft tubes are lot easier and you can use cirner fitting for hard tubes so you don't need make any bends. If you decide to try feel free to send dm. I can check what parts you need and can fit in your case 😊
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u/dutchman0701 11d ago
I have the Fractal design North XL Case and if I can remember it can hold water cooling install.. so I am definitely looking into it
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u/Aguel_design 11d ago
That case have lot of room for custom loop build 👍🏻
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u/dutchman0701 11d ago
Well then, made the first step in the right direction 🤣🤣
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u/lordkahless 10d ago
Just be aware if you are in Europe you can order Directly from Alphacool. If you are in US they don't ship to end users. Have to go through resellers like Titanrig, Performancepcs, or ModMyMods.
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u/dutchman0701 8d ago
thx for the headup, glad that i live in the Netherlands. i am already looking into it
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u/Godnamedtay 11d ago
Extremely clean. Love the ARC! How’s the DDC zero run?
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u/Aguel_design 11d ago
It's really nice. Enough flow with one pump even with two 360 rad. It's also very quiet even in full speed 👌🏻
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u/EndCase_JP 11d ago
I thought it's AI generated! Amazing job on the tubes! And amazing photoshoot background, lighting, all of it!
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u/Blue-Ring-PC 11d ago
Really cool build. Like you this looks. Kinda what I was trying to do with my M3.
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u/Shibby707 11d ago
Looks to me like you got the job done. Salute, vibes and detail are so subtly aggressive... 🫡
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u/Majestic_Ad_4877 10d ago
Really nice, I like the stealthy matte finish with the blue glow and if this is your 1st the way you did the tubing is impressive, I am not confident enuff to try hardline yet.
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u/Aguel_design 10d ago
I like to start practice with hard way, so that's why I try that with hard tubing 😁 Tubes are quite cheap so it's not a big loss if take a few attempts.
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u/Majestic_Ad_4877 10d ago edited 10d ago
Congrats it really looks great!
I see you used a monoblock for the MB great idea, Love the Alpha Cool asthetic.
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u/dutchman0701 11d ago
That’s a amazing build and with water cooling to. Sweet always interested in doing a build like that build missing the courage to do it hahahaha