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I have been considering making some changes to the water loop layout as well. Consideration #1: Splitting up dual D5's to two separate D5's and having each power just one block of the game machine (one for CPU, one for GPU.) My plan has originally been to dedicate a dual pump top of the two...

So, With my status now being "waiting for my radiator to flush" as well as "waiting for several things I ordered to show up" and "saying '****' as I remember things I forgot to order that will delay me even further, I wasn't sure what I was going to accomplish on the project today. Then my...

The next part is a little tricky. I scoured the manual, but nowhere in that thing did I find the actual measurement of the space between the two brackets. Since all of these pieces are loose (when not mounted) and don't stay in place, it was rather difficult to measure the hole spacing for...

Alright, so due to Setback #1, I still don't have a flushed radiator that is ready, but that doesn't mean I can't start measuring and drilling holes to attach the mounting brackets. The brackets are designed to mount vertically to your wall, being screwed in place through two holes, one at the...

So, while the flushing continues due to setback #1, I started working on a solution for setback #3, and it involves more amateur metal work! I measured the distance between the rails and the panel as 1-1/4", so I went to Home Depot to the plumbing aisle and bought myself an 18" length of 0.5"...

Alright, so to the setbacks. Setback #1 This is a real facepalm one. Remember my fancy filtered radiator flushing system from several posts up? Well, I didn't actually check that I was getting any flow. It turns out that a 0.5micron filter followed by a 0.1micron filter are just too much...

Sliger offers to sell you Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM fans with your case, but given that this rack is out of earshot and I cant hear it anyway, I wanted something with a little bit more power. After some brief research (and this thread) I landed on the Silverstone FHS 120X. They are 38mm thick...

Also, before getting tot eh setbacks, I have ordered the case I am going to use for the workstation. Instead of the 4U Sliger CX4150a I mentioned in my plans, I decided to step it up a couple of sizes to the larger 4U Sliger CX4200a, entirely because upon reading the detailed specs, my existing...

Alrighty, since my last updates I have had some setbacks, and come up with some solutions, but first the positive news: Despite DHL seemingly trying their hardest to derail my project, the replacement cover from Watercool arrived in one piece, due in no small part to the Watercool shipping...

I am now caught up. From here on out I intend to simultaneously update the build log here and on the hardforums

Oh, and to follow up on the dented radiator. Watercool demonstrated some excellent customer service. They replied to my email as soon as it was business hours in Germany, and asked if it was OK if they shipped me a new cover for me to install myself. I said that would be ideal, as shipping...

Some very loud noises, and flying sparks later, the cuts were good and straight, but I wound up with some serious burrs. I decided to take the burrs off, and dull off those sharp edges with my Dremel, as I know if I don't I am going to cut myself on them later... They wound up maybe not...

We had an audit at work this week, which pretty much sucked up all of my time, but having passed with with flying colors by midday Thursday, I decided to take Friday off, and while I mostly caught up on sleep, I had a little time to make progress on the project. Having had to lift and move...

Meanwhile, I moved on to the next radiator. I took it out of the packaging and it looks fine. In another thread Hardforum user cpufrost recommended a flushing method I had never thought of, that sure might save on water and effort. Essentially, get a couple of household water filters, and...

So, I decided to take out one of the radiators and start to flush it today. When I did? Bummer. The first one I opened had quite a dent on it. Not quite sure how transatlantic RMA works, especially on something this big, but I guess I am about to find out. I'm not sure how easily that...

Thank you sir! I had just noticed that all of a sudden everything was working, and I had wondered if you were tinkering while I was testing ?

Some Prepwork I spent some time looking at the rack a few days ago, and noticed that the side panel I was planning on hanging everything from is really only held on by some plastic latch handles: Those two little black handles, and a wimpy lock (for which I do not have the key) are what...

Arrival of the Radiators: These came on December 23rd. I originally ordered them in early November, but the wall mounts were back-ordered (and there was no mention of this on the Watercool store page). Eventually they transited the Atlantic and arrived at my house. The holidays being a...

Never mind. It turns out I am not actually having an issue uploading encoded jpeg's of any size (that I have tested yet). It is when copying and pasting image data into the graphical editor it sometimes rejects images for being too large (and other times does not) Not quite sure what is...

Hey @David_Schroth, I have a quick question for you. I'm about to start uploading a metric ton of pictures for a build thread. To save me the trial and error of manipulating resolution and file size limits and repeatedly uploading until the software sops telling me it is too large, are any...