Hi guys,
I have been overclocking computers as well as cars since the celeron and MMX days but had to take a break for a few years (some people call it a marriage I believe?), and but only recently got back into the whole benchmarking thing and having now found myself able to rank pretty well in the HWbot tables, decided it was time to build a new machine up with some watercooling headroom due to my spiraling CPU temperatures at high volts and GHZ, even with a H80 watercooler, so, for those of your interested in PC's... here goes my new trifire build with custom water cooling loop.

Case:
Corsair Obsidian 800D

Mobo:
Asus Maximus Extreme IV - Z

CPU:
Intel Core i7-2600K

GPU:
3 x Sapphire Radeon 7970's

RAM:
16GB of Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz

HDD:
2x OCZ Vertex 3 Sata 6 SSD
2x 1TB Western Digital Velociraptors

PSU:
XFX Pro 1250w Black gamer Edition

Optical:
Pioneer 12x Blu Ray Combo Drive

Monitor:
3 x Dell UltraSharp U2410 24" LCD

OS:
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit


Cooling & Monitoring

CPU Block:
EK Supreme HF Plexi EN

Radiator:
1 x EK Coolstream XT 360mm Copper Fins - Single Circuit

Reservoir:
XSPC Acrylic Dual 5.25 with pump inside

Pumps:
Alphacool VPP655 - D5 Pump

Fans:
3 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1850RPM - AP15s on the radiator.
3x Corsair 140mm fans around the chassis.

Fittings:
Bitspower compression fittings

Tubing:
Masterkleer 59117 3/8" in red.

Coolant:
Feser Aqua - Ultra Pure Water

Controller & Monitoring:
Aquacomputer Aquaero 5 Pro
Coolant temp monitored before and after radiator.

Lighting:
LED's and a UV inverter so far.


Basic hardware and case...


+ water cooling parts.


Case unwrapped..


Some parts unwrapped...


360mm radiator installed with 3x Scythe GT Ap15's


Temperature monitoring for radiator inlet and exhaust


Installing EK water block on the MOBO.




Some pipes, and mobo installed.


Sata hotswop bays are quite ingenius and lovely to wire up.


Then a cover makes it all neat and tidy.


Ready to power up...


Up and running...


Not yet fitted...



Additional Comment:

Sorry, thought I had taken far more pictures than that, will get some more tonight of pumps and reservoiur setup etc.

Comments on the above build are very much encouraged, good and bad.

Moving forward...
I want to deal with the following jobs...

• Install my Aquaero pro tonight
• Placement of the OCZ Vertex drives. (I think on the shelf below the 7970's would look wicked.)
• Add a drain port somehow. - ideas welcome
• Tidy up the wiring some more
• Purchase and install cooling items for GPU's.
• Figure out best way to fit a second rad for GPU's. (External is a viable option)
• Investigate and purchase better 140mm fans.
• Investigate wether chipset cooling is worthwhile on this MOBO
• Investigate and purchase better 140mm fans.

Comments and advice always very welcome.