I've only stalked this thread about a year ago, fantasizing about building a WC setup... then, when I finally decided to do it... got so hooked into and forgotten about this little place.

Someone reminded me of this place and it's funny to see some interesting post and trends sprouting

Anyways, after a lot of wasted tubings, leaks and blistered fingers... I present to you my 'Mistress'



I've got a couple more shots, but camera with missus... wait la ha... ok

This post has been edited by kencjl: Jul 28 2010, 03:29 PM

OK Ok.. but have to wait ah... camera taken by other half.. pics inside

and I just realized my noob E7600 compared to all i7's hahahaha....

OK.. since i'm so free and not working today, I've got some time to spam something here.
Here's some 'learning-in-progress' setups that I've been thru... hopefully, this will give some heads up to beginners (i am one still ok !!!)

Here's #1:
Before this, I was using CM Aquagate... well, nothing bad about it for me. It looks nice and performance is acceptable. But but but but... i've got no space to hook everything up as I need to sacrifice either some drive bay space and etc... anyways, long story short, I then switched to custom kits... and got poisoned very badly.

Here's what I first came up with...


Here's #2:


Here's #3:


Here's #4:


Here #5:


The rest will have to wait till I get my pictures... and yes, in the midst of all this, I was poisoned by sleeving as well... don't ask ok! Thanks to someone here.

Until then, sorry to make u guys read this loong grand mother story...

OK.. here are some shots that are usable.. a lot went to recycle bin
Some appeared washedout coz my noob lightings

also, with a cleaner version of the first shot i posted.

Enjoy:



This post has been edited by kencjl: Jul 29 2010, 12:11 PM

Not necessary to have a great camera.... this is shot only with a G11

The most important thing is to have passion in what we do. You can give a RM5k camera to someone that doesn't enjoy photography, also = crap

Oh yes... OC that baby higher... my old dog can reach 3.9ghz, so yours must go higher

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Added on July 29, 2010, 8:58 pmcouldn't agree more... lighting plus a proper setup is more important than a super duper camera... that's my personal opinion...
OK, enough about photography... trolling this thread already


This post has been edited by kencjl: Jul 29 2010, 08:58 PM

nice 1 rzs77!!!

those ppl @ SS sure knows how to make good casings!!!

Bro... for your tubing not being to be completely full, here's a tip that I use.
Very basic is to understand the physics of air/ water/ gravity, this is especially helpful when you wanted to drain your tubes in the future.

So, from the looks of it, if you can try to mount your reservoir higher, you will be able to fill up the tubes... what's happening now (I THINK) is because your radiator too very high up vs. your reservoir and inlet is coming from top. To see if my theory make sense, try tilting you casing sideways and see how the tube fills up itself...

As for your rad, you can mount it outside of your exhaust fan and check how much temp is affected... I expect not too much, and will make your overall loop much cleaner.

just my two cents

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Added on August 3, 2010, 10:30 pmOooh.. you're too kind rzs77

My next build will definately be a silverstone.. FTW man!!!

This post has been edited by kencjl: Aug 3 2010, 10:30 PM

lol... target sighted.... 07.... hahahah.

but it's not easy to get in my part of the world.... waiting for me next trip back to KL

apa la.. become Health thread pula ahahahha

Here's something to share:


notice anything different??? I've got some white LED's

This post has been edited by kencjl: Aug 5 2010, 04:22 PM

No la.. didn't change tubes.. just add the LED's. WHite LED's good for photo

**Trolling.. sorry **
eh, if u're on battle.net, go ahead and add me. need practice kaki....

character id:398
Nickname: MrNutz

I found those SMD LED strips here in the forum (seller = chtan82), and mounting = heavy duty double tapes, and it'll all be fine...
Very easy to work with if you don't mind the soldering work.

Although it's concealed, I suggest that you sleeve them wires, otherwise, will mess up your rig

Ah.. I smell photos coming soon...

awesome dude....

lol... kaka.. cables... tak boleh macam tu!

owikh.. what he said, i was about to say the same. equilibrium reached.

Same thing happened with my rig, i used to have 1x240mm... then 2x240mm... then I switched to 1x240mm + 1x120mm.. all yielding same result via the same block.

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Added on August 12, 2010, 3:56 pmI think a lot of ppl gave u good suggestions already

But yeah, it looks like ur 8pin is a bit short. get extender or if u like a challenge and make things look nicer, extender the wires yourself and sleeve the PSU.. and then route them like how everyone suggested... FTW!!! memang chun after that...

This post has been edited by kencjl: Aug 12 2010, 03:56 PM

AHah...i know I might kena tembak kaw kaw after this.. but here's my opinion, from an ex-Aquagate Max user.

Performance wise of course our custom kits are better, but to be frank I'm noticing very slight improvements on my single CPU loop, which my vcore is @ 1.45 (on a very old E7600 ). Again this is very subjective as by MY definitition of slight improvements = 3c - 5c. In an Aircond room, probably around 5c - 6c lower temps. I dun have my bench test anymore, but it's somewhere like idle 36 - 39/ load 69 - 72c on ambient temp of 35 - 38c. Sabah damn hot ok!!!. So now, i'm like idle 34c/ load 66c. Hmmm... maybe something wrong but I dunno la.. feel free to comment.

I bought the kit early this year @ about RM550, and I will say I am quite OK with it... BUT the only reason I'm not satisfied with it is how it looks overall, because I'm a visual whore you see and also because the components it comes with are not really space friendly.

So, my summary is (comparing Aquagate vs Custom)
1. Default components (res, pump and rad) doesn't provide flexibility and takes up a lot of space.
2. Tubing not so nice, quality is questionable
3. Fittings are plastic

Yeah... so.... if you ONLY have RM550 - 600 to spare, and doesn't care how your rig will end up looking (or if u really like the Aquagate look) you can go for it.

This post has been edited by kencjl: Aug 20 2010, 08:06 AM

That's correcy Bro Alan. like I said, I decided to switch coz it doesn't suit my taste visually

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Added on August 20, 2010, 11:41 amLichyetan... you words are too kind. My rig is just a humble one

This post has been edited by kencjl: Aug 20 2010, 11:41 AM

Tu... see my siggy.. EK Supreme LT.


Also, here are some new shots, testing out some settings with my little cam, don't remember if I posted here or not.. either way, here I spam again


This post has been edited by kencjl: Aug 20 2010, 01:57 PM

Been away from this thread for soooooo freakin' long... how's it hanging!
Seen some wicked stuff ever since I last came in

Alvin still poisoning ppl???