Hello everyone. A new topic for a new project.
This time I'm going to work on an order. The work must be flawless.
Let's start with the presentation of the configuration I will torture.









Case: Corsair Carbide 540 Air
MB: Asus Rog Z97 Formula VII
CPU: Intel i7-4790k
RAM: 4x4Go Corsair Dominator GT 2133MHz
GC: SLI Asus ROG GeForce GTX980 Matrix Platinum
PSU: Corsair HX850






Dual loop CM/CPU + CG
* WB CPU: EK Supremacy Acetal-Nickel
* WB GPU: Bitspower Matrix VG-NGTX980AM Acrylic
* Pumps: 2x XSPC D5 Vario
* Rads: EK Coolstream PE360 + EK Coolstream XTX240 + XSPC EX140
* Rés: 2x EK-RES X3 110
* Liquid: Mayhems Pastel White
* Fittings: EK HDC 10/12mm
* Tubing: Acrylic rigid 10/12mm


Some pics:




























Work has already started.....




More than a PC, a Passion

How great is that! Another highly promising project from Babouk! Damn those waterblocks look good!

This one will be less crazy, less rework on the case. But there will be a big job on the watercooling.
The waterblocks are beautiful, it was hard to find waterblocks for Asus Matrix, and luckily Bitspower made them. I had to order directly with Bitspower Taïwan. More than a PC, a Passion

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Reading "less crazy" from you ... well

As far as I know, there are also some custom blocks form EK, aren't there?
And yeah, I fully agree, these blocks look insanely good!

EK will not make waterblocks for Matrix. Normally, this rig must be full EK (pumps, reservoirs, fittings, rads, wb-cpu). I thought EK will do the waterblocks for the cards, but after asking them, they said "no, no waterblocks for Matrix planned. More than a PC, a Passion

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Oh ... pity ... I didn't know that I guess I might want to have a chat with EK as well then ... I would like to know what happened. For the 780 Matrix I've sent them our review sample, so they could do the block. Maybe I'll do the same with the 980 Matrix.

We continue with the small DIY.
A bit of cutting, drilling, grind, painting, testing ...

To begin, a picture of one of the two pumps




Now DIY. To remain in the dominant white theme, and to cover the black background of the case, I made a white background which will be under the motherboard









Then some paint work that are ready








A small preview of rads in place into the case




to be continued... More than a PC, a Passion

This is going to be a very sleek build it seems!

A few more pictures, with some positioning tests to better estimate the additional changes to make more and make sure that everything "will fit" well.


Placing pumps, the orientation of the tops will be adjusted for connection to tubes.









On the opposite side, some positioning tests.
A support for the bottom reservoir will be done tomorrow.



More than a PC, a Passion

After a delay due to a shortage of parts, I'll be able to make the rigid tubing.
Meanwhile, I continued to work on the case.
To start, I made a support for the bottom reservoir










Then I made a small change in the positioning of the pumps.
With the pumps in the bottom, and power into place, I had no where to pass the tubes.
So I moved the pumps up.

To keep them aligned and stabilized, so I made a "coupling" between the two pumps holders.

















next step, rigid tubing....

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While doing the rigid tubing, some pics of the motherboard...







More than a PC, a Passion