[Build Log] White SG09 with Power and Watercooling

So, I have actually been rather busy these days.
First of a lot more painting. Got the rads finished uo quite nicely:

But also some smaller stuff in the build.
And also a more challanging one; the motherboard.
First taping all the useable parts in (socket, RAM, PCI and so on).
Then getting the worst dust away with some compressed air.
Bought some Platisk 70 and got going with it (insulation) and after that the non conductive paint.
Here is the first look:

Then off with the tape and on with a Little CPU cooler, and only one RAM stick.
AND WE HAVE BOOT
Then one with a GPU to test aswell (didn't want to kill that if the board went on fire. I had some Water ready to kill out any flames :eek:)
BUT BOOT aswell:

The with all the RAM and two GPU, and still with at BOOT.
I haven't went into Windows just yet. Only to the UEFI on the board, but everything seemed fine, SSDs detected
Hopefully it will stay that way.

But still having some red spots on the motherboard, I began the many hour long proces for painting green.

I have also manage to get some sleeving done (CPU and ATX). And I have got a lot of it installed in the case.

BUT enough talk, hope you enjoy:

And YES, that is two beautiful monsoon fittings you are spotting.
Many more are right beside me, just waiting to get installed
I just had to take some shots of them:

Back to the build, I went away with my first idea of the D5 pumps, and over to the Swiftech PWM controlled DDC and the EKWB res. First I would lay it Down horisontal, but a test showed that the Water wasn't flowing that great in that position (which EKWB also tells to leave it vertikal). So up it goes.

The change from D5 pumps and res on the PSU is due to room. With two reservoirs on the PSU, I would have had to use some low profile RAM with no Watercooling. But this changed that so now the RAM get's watercooled aswell. Also thinks the EKWB res looks awesome in White (still need the paint the rings green)

To the right of the pump (in the open Space up front), three Intel X25-M 160gb will get installed. Filling up the Space and looking good (will also get some paint)
Also getting great cooling from that 80mm fan that will get installed behind them.

Next up is to paint the snowflake on the PSU green, install a White filter in the front and install radiators. Then to figure out how the loop should run.

My time the next three and a half weeks is limited due to exams, so only small Things will get done on this project.
BUT im stilling looking for a great name.
Best right now is "Green Ice Cube"

Hi Guys, sorry it have been such a long time since my last update, but due to Holidays it have been more difficult to get the last parts (which isn't even here yet).

But I got some new information to share;
First of to those who questioned the painted motherboard;

I had it out of the case and tested the board with a H100 and the GPU's on air along the RAM and sleeved PSU.
And it worked just fine, even in stress tests and I did game in quite some time that night

Other than that I got the two radiators installed as well;

(not the best picture, sorry for that)

Once again the Moonson fittings just fits perfectly with the green and white colors :thumb:

Other than that, I waiting on some parts to get shipped.
The motherboard and CPU will get upgraded to an I7 3930k and Rampage IV Gene (will also get colored white and green).
This upgrade is due to the low bandwidth on the current card (only PCI-e 2.0 x8) which is a bottleneck with the 3xU2711 resolution.

GPU power will also get upgraded, which cards and who many is still in question.
I will update you once again, when new parts arrive

OOH, also, I am looking at building a waterchiller from some 380w TEC (not final yet)
And the CPU it self will also get a TEC to cool it to even lower temps to get higher OC

Hi, I'm sorry that I haven't posted for some time, but there haven't been that much to post about, since my time have been very limited, and the free time have been used to get another "chilling" project up and running with some TECs.

You can se more of that here, and since the chiller will be used on this build, there will also be some smaller updates in here (but the main info and question will be in the other thread, thanks
http://www.sweclockers.com/forum/143-projektloggar/1251220-ex...

The following was planed for the SG09 build long ago to get some lower temps when at home, but still able to travel with the case without this big side show

And yes, that is a Phobya External Radiator "Bench edition" stand, along with a D5 pump in a EKWB X-RES 140mm housing that have been spray painted white.
The stand only comes in black, and I ran out of paint on a Saturday, and haven't come much further since
BUT it will get painted just as white as all the rest
Then pump will also get a slap of paint. Not sure if I should go green on it or white like the rest.
(what do you think?)

On the other side we got a 9x120mm radiator that is 45mm thick, along the 120mm fans from Antec

I think that the plexi fans are looking really well with the rest, and I will look much better when the radiator stand will get all white.
The fans (there are 47 more of the) are towards the TEC experiment and was sponsored by Antec along some other stuff like a lot of thermal paste.
So a big thanks to Antec

Another package came this Friday including some of the best looking fittings right now (I do to think that acrylic tubing and fittings looks nice, but for me Monsoon fittings and their colors are stuff )
So thanks to Monsoon for sponsoring some fittings for the chiller project

If we take a closer look at the pump/reservoir, you can see that it's not normal water cooling water that is running round in the little loop.

I have always liked the way that some colorful crystals was floating around in a liquid up in chemistry lap.
But most of those crystals was either expensive or very toxic
So when I saw that Mayhems had made a similar product for watercooling, I new I had to have it.
The liquid is Mayhems Green Aurora.
(pump settings was "1" = the lowest)

But the Aurora is not ideally for this chiller experiment, so when that time comes, I will have found something more suitable.
The Aurora is for the looks in the SG09 build
Not sure if it will work as planed due to the may 90 degrees fittings, radiators and blocks, but I have to test right
Also to me it is a little to white, so I will properly get a green dye to make it a bit darker (if it works).

Doesn't those beautiful Monsoon fittings deserve a picture in focus?, I do believe so

Now before we end this update, some of you may think; "that painting will get you higher temps".
And yes, that is correct, BUT the SG09 builds hardware (it will maximum become two R9 290 and a I7 3930k) doesn't really require a radiator like that (I think the 180mm and 120mm rad should do the job), but I really like silence (or my girl does), so I got the radiator just to be sure (it will get quick release fittings so that when going for a Lan, it's easy to disconnect, and I think the two other rads will cool the setup just fine ).

As for the chiller, one of these is clearly not enough for the amount of heat I will put into that loop (properly around 4000W).
But more on that in the other thread

Next is to get a new PWM DDC pump (the other one burned on me) and get the things installed and hooked up to the loop (needs a few holes to drill) and get the plexi glass windows cut out and installed.
Also some sleeving needs to be done

Just as a closing picture (don't stare to long at it), the structure of the radiator stand and radiator in background:

Long time since, and a lot have been done

But pictures says more than words so here we go:

And this is how the water gets out of the case (I think it looks great ):

And a few shots of the inside. I do like how the colors comes together

The pictures and lightning is not perfect, due to my apartment is under reconstruction so my usually photo spot is filled up with boxes.
So it looks better in real life, especially the mayhems aurora looks really cool and still going strong even though there is many 90 degrees fittings.
May look after their new version 2.0 of the aurora.

I would have liked to have the whole build watercooled for you, but the EKWB waterblock + back plate for the GFX has been delayed a bit :-/
Even though the new EKWB back plates are plan simple, I will add the original CSQ circles to it to color them green like the GTX 670 from earlier.

So there is a lot of small stuff that needs to be fixed before it's done.
The PSU will get back in (used in a mining rig right now) and the last wires sleeved.
Some small spots needs to get repainted again and a few new things painted to.
Also some temperature sensors will get installed on top (green LED).
Pump may be changed to a D5 PWM pump instead if there is room for it

My original plan was to use a EKWB DDC X-res 100 under the PSU, but my measurements where 2mm of :-/
I then remembered a mod where the reservoir was on top the case, and thought that would look good with the aurora (which for me it does).
Though the reservoir could be 3 cm longer so that I could use 90 degrees fittings (more clean look), but the tube will be placed along the sides of the 180mm radiator with some clips to look more clean.

So I hope you like the looks so far, I believe it will become even better when the GFX will get watercooled and all the small stuff will get made
And perhaps a GFX more

(The other side with the big window is done, but cant be installed due to bad/low placement of the RM750 PSU power input).