ir_cow Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 decided to make another computer desk but this time with watercooling. I'm only part way done. Few weeks left Just the table dropped it in made some adjustments for support getting close.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Looking forward to seeing the finished product! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire_Medic Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Looking good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted February 8, 2016 Posted February 8, 2016 Making progress. Finally got the desk built and in place. Now I just need some more water cooling parts. So expensive! I have everything but a MB block and a rez/d5 combo unit. Don't need either but it would look cleaner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Finally got around to setting up the water. Had to order about $130 of extra parts I didn't have laying around. So far CPU is 50C under Prime95 and the GPU is 34c looping Heaven Bench. On air cooling before the tear down removing the heatsink for the 780Ti Cleaned off the GPU! Thermal pads! All together now I think a bomb went off! Leak testing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryu Hayabusa Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 I've been thinking about building something like this. Is that just pine for the legs and 2x4s for the structure? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted April 12, 2016 Posted April 12, 2016 Yeah I just went to Lowes and got 2x8s, some planks and cut them up. Made it 28~x44" so the plexi would fit without cutting it. I didn't draw it out first so I ran into a lot of problems to solve after the fact. Like how low will the shelf be? do I have room to fit everything on? I ended up making another smaller shelf below the big one for the power supply. I didn't measure so the hard drive cage won't fit.. Took an old case and punched out the rivets. Still had issues with it being straight. Better off to make custom standoff if I thought of it first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhenKittensATK Posted April 14, 2016 Posted April 14, 2016 Looking good. I've been thinking of making another desk or modifying my current one when I move out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted June 25, 2016 Posted June 25, 2016 Decided to add a motherboard water block after having to keep a fan on the VRM heatsink. Seemed like it defeated the purpose of watercooling if you have air cool it anyways. After installing the block, I realized it was a big hassle. I should have bought one of those motherboard/cpu monoblocks because of spacing issues. My original idea of the connectors was completely different and I was forced to have it setup the way it is :/ I also initially forgot to look closely at the cpu block since it came used from ebay. Well...I found a bunch of gunk inside the block. Took it apart and cleaned it up, it should drop the temps a few more degrees. So when you buy used stuff on ebay, make a note to take apart anyways even if you think its not necessary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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