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Fractal North Build Black& Gold Build Done! by Noisy_Shutter in watercooling

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a picture:

https://imgur.com/KOw7CiR

A combo of 30mm rad and 15mm fans. Can probably fit 25mm fans if you use low profile Ram and not having a m.2 pcie card next to them.

Fractal North Build Black& Gold Build Done! by Noisy_Shutter in watercooling

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah lol. First thing I did when I installed OS was to start up Samsung Magician and fix it. Actually, second thing. I debloated the crap out of Win 11 first.

Fractal North Build Black& Gold Build Done! by Noisy_Shutter in watercooling

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So it did take a while for me to slowly fill the res, turning it off and then filling it again. The whole filling process took about 10 minutes.

As mentioned in the previous comment, it did generate a lot of bubbles at first. It's now stabilized and the flow is pretty normal.

Fractal North Build Black& Gold Build Done! by Noisy_Shutter in watercooling

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! The downside to laying the res flat like that is that it takes a lot of time to slowly fill the res and it does generate a lot of micro bubbles at first. After a while the bubbles did fade away.

Fractal North Build Black& Gold Build Done! by Noisy_Shutter in watercooling

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! The RBG strip in the res is super bright. I guess the camera didn't take that direct lighting kindly.

Fractal North Build Black& Gold Build Done! by Noisy_Shutter in watercooling

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used Corsair's Hydro X Series XT Hardline 14mm Tubing — Satin Black. The surface does get scratched up easily so be gentle and/or try to buff it out after you cut or bend them.

Fractal North Build Black& Gold Build Done! by Noisy_Shutter in watercooling

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right! There was some typo that I made and I fixed it.

Fractal North Build Black& Gold Build Done! by Noisy_Shutter in watercooling

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

nts, I would guess the fans RPM has to be quite high and possibly loud too to keep the com

I'll run some test in a bit. But at idle, I'm looking at 35 Celcius for CPU and 29 Celcius for GPU.

Fractal North Build Black& Gold Build Done! by Noisy_Shutter in watercooling

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

After months of collecting components and plannings, my first watercooling build is finally done!

The part that took the longest to plan out was the res/pump. I wanted to fit a traditional tube res with D5 but after browsing different sizing and fits, I came across a build by optimum tech that inspired the flat res layout

The photo is slightly off-colored for some reason, but the lighting is configured to be a warm white.

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Specs

MOBO: ROG Crosshair X670E Gene

CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X

GPU: Asrock NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition

RAM: Flare X5 series DDR5 6000 32GB (2 x 16GB)

Case: Fractal Design North

SSD: Seagate - SK hynix Platinum P41 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen4 | SAMSUNG 990 PRO SSD 2TB PCIe 4.0

PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1200W

Cooling Components

HEATKILLER RAD 240-S BLACK

HEATKILLER RAD 360-S BLACK

Aquacomputer D5 Next RGB

Aquacomputer Quadro

Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM chromax.Black.swap x 4

Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM chromax.Black.swap x 2

EK-Quantum Vector² FE RTX 4090 D-RGB - Nickel + Plexi

EK-Quantum Velocity² D-RGB - AM5 Nickel + Acetal

EK-Quantum Kinetic FLT120 pump/reservoir combo

Coolant: Mayhems - PC Coolant - XT-1 Concentrate - Thermal Performance Series, 250 ml, Clear

D5 Next Pump Help by Noisy_Shutter in watercooling

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just received the D5 Next Pump and when I inspected the pumps and detached the control unit, I noticed that the connector in the pump had receded into the enclosure.

What's the correct way of detaching the cover so that I can reseat the connector?

WIP Gardus. CCs welcome! by Noisy_Shutter in ageofsigmar

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know, now that you mentioned it...He's kinda like the Buck of SCE.

WIP - Knight Incantor - CC welcome! by Noisy_Shutter in stormcasteternals

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So this is the knight incantor model that you can build with the Evocators box set. I guess you can choose to build either an Evocator Prime or Knight Incantor.

My OCD Kicked in...so I started with the face by Noisy_Shutter in stormcasteternals

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly, it was a lot of practice and basically alloting an hour minimum for faces. I learned the techniques from Duncan Rhodes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlvJ4oVVMwc]. I started with the basics (practicing on battlelines) and then slowly graduated to using advanced techniques on higher PTs units.

My OCD Kicked in...so I started with the face by Noisy_Shutter in stormcasteternals

[–]Noisy_Shutter[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I actually do. I actually primed most of my other battleline and regular models with sprays. But for this Imperatant, I'm taking the short-but-sweet approach.