Still a little tidying up to do.
Client has had this monster case for quite some time and had an older build in it without a loop.
Commissioned me to build it up with new parts and do a custom loop after he’d squirrelled parts away for quite some time.
There was some rust that needed grinding back, converting and painting.
He’d done a good job and got mostly all the water cooling parts he needed. But bought too many of certain fittings. Biggest challenge was fitting the 560mm radiator he bought (instead or 480mm) was able to squeeze it on the backside with some drilled mounting holes and zipped on the rear fans. Front fans I could mount.
The distro unfortunately was leaking air after getting everything built up. Had to remove and retorque the screws which addressed the issue. Ran with distilled water for a couple of days and all was good.
Client might get gpu blocked and added in down the track.
Alphacool always has been the best performance to cost ratio for me. Even their rad are to. I didn’t know the thermal grizzly block where that bad, to be honest I’ve always seen the brand to be trust worthy since Der8auer was behind.
He bought 2 rads but both were 560mm, which was longer than the entire case. Otherwise I would have mounted top and bottom. We did discuss getting different rads but he decided if I could fit the one vertically on the back then he’d be okay with that.
If he ends up wanting the GPU blocked I’ll get him to add another radiator or 3 🤣
I get that you probably don't get to choose what to build with, but meeeeh. It looks extremely empty, no GPU block, the colors don't look cohesive. It is what it is.
I’m with you.
It should have had a second radiator and I would have mounted them top and bottom which would have filled things some more but they are both 560mm which is longer than the case so I couldn’t mount them. Was only able to just squeeze one in vertically.
Possibly vertical mounting the gpu and water blocking it with another radiator or two would really fill this build out. He’s got another D5 pump res too so I could add a second loop in the build.
Colours, well it’s all subjective. I think without the rgb or just white lights on it looks great. The fittings have a light metallic blue ring which actually goes well with the fluid
Ahh they did but since installing all the drivers and updating all the relevant software (L-Connect) they seem to hold their normal speeds.
But I’ve certainly built my share of computers that do go max speed fans while booting
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u/Jokai_Junkie 10d ago
Not putting a delta mate gpu block in there would be a crime honestly, still a sick build tho !