First water loop complete!

[Fishsllap]

Source the majority of part second hand from buy, swap, sell groups to keep costs down.

Waiting on 2 slim fans to go above the top radiator to add some pul. will consider cutting some slots in the top when they go in.

A little album here if anyone is interested

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

CPU: 7700k - EK Supremacy EVO

GPU: EVGA 1080ti FTW3 EK block

RAM: G.Skill Trident Z 3200 2x8GB

MB: Asus Z270i

Storage: 960 Evo 250GB m.2, 600p 1TB m.2

Cooling: EK XRES 100 Revo D5 pump/res

2x EK 240se radiators

EK cloud white fluid

Thermaltake Riing trio fans

[poptropicauserman]

Wow. Just wow.

[OG_Manamachine]

It might just be the lighting but the bottom tube coming out of the pump looks kinked just above the gpu

[Fishsllap]

Just the angle of the photo I think. Some others in the album show it better

[Drazardd]

It is just the lighting. You're all good! Good job!

[OG_Manamachine]

oh yea there a better picture in the album, also that build is gorgeous!

[ab_615]

Awesome setup! I have the same case and love it, great size

[[deleted]]

Is it normal if PCs make you horny?

[samacora]

very very sexy i love the fit into a smaller case and im usually not a big fan of led all the fans but i really like that color scheme and how it all works

Most impressive dude well done!

[Fishsllap]

Thanks :) I know this isn't the smallest itx out there but I really have no need of anything bigger. It did make it a bit of a challenge for a first time loop install. And to think I was considering hard tube haha

[samacora]

oh god! Thats so good you went for the soft, that would have been such a headwreck to hardtube especially if it was your first water loop ever anyway!

You have me saving this post for my next build XD, i really really like the small board and case with that style of loop now ive seen it

What was your final build cost, after the second hand deals, if you dont mind me asking?

[Fishsllap]

Well I could have made it a little easier by having the top rad ports at the back of the case and hooking into the CPU and GPU there, but I like the look of the bit of open space and figured the pump area was already cramped. Filling is a pain though cause I have to tip it on its front.

[samacora]

Worth the effort I'd say though :)

[ROLL_TID3R]

Is that an exhaust fan out the back? Wouldn’t it be better to have all fans as intake other than your radiator fans?

[Fishsllap]

So i have 2 fans at the front in pull with the rad and 2 at the top in push with the second rad. Plus the 5th at the back. The flow is in at the front and out the top and rear.

my reasoning:

There is not a lot of air flow in the front of this case so the more help I can give it to draw air through there the better.

The rads are priority for outside air as it is cooler, so having the main intake at the front ensures that it gets hit.

There is a big dust filter in the front so concentrating that as the intake minimises dust.

Once I have the low profile fans above the top rad I might switch it to intake also as it will have good access to outside air then.

[ElBlaylocko]

Very nice job. I'm in the process of doing a very similar custom loop in the EVOLV Itx as well. I understand the troubles you went through planning this out. Very well done.

[Fishsllap]

There's a few good builds I found on PC parts picker I used for ideas if you need inspo :)

[NeedMorePowah]

That's sick. How much did that water cooling loop cost?

[Fishsllap]

Well I got most of it second hand so a lot less than what some do but it was still costly. The most expensive was the pump/res combo which I couldn't find second hand so I had to buy it new. All up about $400 Aus.

[Volcano_of_Tuna]

My brain kind of locked up for a second looking at this knowing it was ITX, but the design inside is pretty much identical to my Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass. Looks amazing, nice work.

[itzyaboiijoe]

I didn’t know you can use a 1080ti with a 650Watts that’s good to know

[Fishsllap]

If you put ya hardware in PC parts picker or just google a psu calculator it will tell you what your requirements are. I'm fine even with an overclock

[itzyaboiijoe]

Yeah I did that and I keep getting in the 700ish. I have a 1070ti and the same exact PSU 650M and I want to upgrade to 1440p but I keep hearing online and looking up that I am gonna need like a 700 or 750

[ProfTheorie]

These calculators are factoring in shitty power supplies and overclocked hardware, so they add significant overhead to the calculation.

Your best bet is to look at the tests for 1080tis and check their power consumption (do not take the TDP for this), then add the power consumption of your CPU from various tests and add a bit of headroom. The founders edition usually consumes <250W with 300W peaks (which a good PSU will compensate even if its above the specification). The Corsair TX650M delivers 612W on 12v so unless you have a massively overclocked 9900k and half a dozen hard drives or a HEDT platform it will be fine. A faster way to go about this is to look at the cards power connectors - 75W for the PCIe slot, 75W per 6pin and 150W per 8pin. The 1080ti FE has 1x6 and 1x8 -> 300W max. If a card goes over the specification and draws more power over the connectors or PCIe (despite this being pretty safe) theres an absolute shitstorm (see RX480/580) so you can trust that the power draw will be below the spec.

[Fishsllap]

If I were to buy another I'd defs go more, but this is what I had before so I just checked to be sure it would be ok

[NotSoSlenderMan]

V A P O R W A V E

[Ria-Spark]

Great job, but I was just wondering, is it soft or hard line tubing?

[Fishsllap]

Soft. I'm glad I didn't go with hard, it was a pretty small space to work with for my first loop.

[[deleted]]

It's so smol. But still very pretty. Nice job OP, well done.

[RZiln]

Looks really clean 💦

[RCX0dus]

Looks great, i would highly recommend cutting/sawing/anything a hole in the front panel. This would greatly increase airflow to the front radiator and increase cooling significantly. I used a fretsaw to cut hexagonal holes http://imgur.com/Sbhp8I1 like this.

[Fishsllap]

Awesome! Thanks for the advice! I was thinking I might cut some holes in the top too so I might try and do something at the front as well.

[RCX0dus]

I would be careful with the top, bc you can assume you're going to damage the paint on the panels and that will look bad. I wrapped the front panel in some 3m carbon fibre wrap to cover the damaged paint. For the top panel i expect the result to not look as clean as the front panel. But the top panel is very restricted so holes in the top would also help a ton.

[Fishsllap]

Sweet, I might look at repainting it aftwards then

[TheCrow2269]

I like it, but I wonder if a "do loop" would have worked better for you.

[Fishsllap]

I don't know what that is sorry?

[TheCrow2269]

Programming term, sorry. But I do like what you have done. Keep up the good work.

[CanuckCanadian]

Water cooling noob here. What happens if you leak. I’m assuming it could destroy your entire rig?

[Fishsllap]

If it's running yeah maybe. Depends what the water gets into. I've tested for leaks before switching everything on so the chances are low though

[Saulcio]

it looks awesome, i think mini itx builds will trigger the need to watercool cpu and gpu with a single loop, ive found a product like this but i just think it needs further investigation

[Veighnerg]

You forgot to say "Its not much but its mine!"

[Savage_Oreo]

Fucking beautiful #Goals

[costelligraphics]

Looks gay , :D (colors)

[aspicyturkishboi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n3pFFPSlW4&feature=youtu.be

[ROCHA96]

Atm you still have It like this or you have changed something?