i'll post a few of my past W/C rigs and my current one.
My first adventure into watercooling back in 2007. It was just starting to get mainstream but there weren't a whole lot of elegant solutions to mounting a radiator other than hanging it off the back. I went a lian li v2000 ($300 case
) and decided to hack the top out for a 320 rad and one cpu block. q6600 ran super hot so i wanted some head room. wire management was a nightmare in the case but i didn't really care that much at the time. Inverted ATX sucks imo but i made due.
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Q6600 Lapped 3.6 ghz
EVGA 680i mobo (AWFUL AWFUL BOARD)
EVGA GTX 8800
2x WD 150 gig raptors raid 0
Corsair Dominator 4gb 1066 mhz ?
Lian Li V2000 Case
Various WC components - i don't remember honestly
This build was supposed to be a budget second computer for the basement but it ended up being close to a $5000 dollar build at the time. i went a little overboard for a WOW box lol. I started with an Antec P280 case but i ended up getting rid of it for a CM HAF 932 for a little more room. The haf was completely dissembled rivets and all to be painted. I took my time with this build due to its complexity. I tried my best with wire management but i just had too much **** in this case for it to be show quality. by the end of the build i wanted function over form so...
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Intel 920 i7 OC'd to 4.2ghz
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=732100Asus P6T Deluxe V2
Corsair Dominator 8gig
2x PNY GTX 285
Corsair HX 1000 PSU
3x OCZ Agility 30 gig SSD in raid 0 - living dangerously
CM Haf 932
Heatkiller CPU and GPU Blocks
Bitspower Fittings
Fesser Monsta 340 Rad
Danger Den? 320 rad
2x Lian D5 pumps with EK pump heads
2x bitspower bay res's
I built this pretty cheaply. A lot of open box stuff from Microcenter.
i didn't take a lot of pictures for this build because it wasn't really anything custom going on. I didn't sleeve anything and it was an AIO W/C setup. Just a final picture
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Intel 3770k @ 4.7 ghz 1.3v
2x 8gb Corsair Dominator 1800 mhz
2x Nvidia branded 660 Ti 1200/6000
Samsung 840 SSD 256gb
WD 1TB Black
Corsair AX860 PSU
Corsair 650 D Case
Corsair H100i CPU Cooler
The sandy/ivy bridge cpus are so STUPIDLY easy to overclock. its like 3 settings in the bios and i had a stable system in like an hour haha. I big change from the old FSB days. getting a decent stable overclock always took me like 8 hours to get it perfect.