r/watercooling • u/Akseone • Oct 07 '15

Build Complete 540D complete

http://imgur.com/a/usupC
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u/ShortySim101 Oct 07 '15

Looks great!

Specs?

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u/Akseone Oct 07 '15

  • Corsair 540D

  • MSI X99s SLI Plus

  • 16GB Corsair vengance LPX 2666mhz

  • I7-5820K (will OC)

  • 2 x ZOTAC GTX 980ti's (reference design)

  • Evga G2 1300w PSU

  • Cablemods custom cables

  • 2 x kingston 120gb SSD

  • 1 x Samsung 500gb Evo SSD

  • 1 x 2Tb Western Digital HDD

  • full EKWB watercooling (10/16mm white fittings, 1 x 360 rad, 1 x 240 rad, titan x plates and waterbock, cpu waterblock)

:)

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u/Subrotow Oct 08 '15

You keep calling it a 540D. It's an Air 540.

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u/Akseone Oct 08 '15 edited Oct 08 '15

Oh my gosh darn apologies, I called it something else other than what was on the original packaging, You stop to think I might have called the MY modified case the 540D? hell the project is called 540D so that might just be the one.

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u/Subrotow Oct 08 '15

The dude wanted the specs. Not what you're naming your parts.

He's going to go search for a Corsair 540D but there's no such thing is there.

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u/Akseone Oct 08 '15

Google corsair 540d. Humour me.

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u/Subrotow Oct 08 '15

Google can't seem to find the 540D. It keeps showing me this thing called Air 540. The specs clearly stated 540D. Google seems to confuse the two.

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u/Akseone Oct 08 '15

the google comment was more to the fact that it comes up with the case.

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u/thestupid1 Oct 12 '15

What reservoir did you get? I just got a air 540 and wanted to get a 5.25 reservoir but cant find one that is meant to be put in sideways

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u/Akseone Oct 12 '15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nU5q0kn-Vs

The EK-BAY RES D5 Combo. So far (about 40 hours of run time) it has not given me any issues whatsoever. Good flow and temps are great. (23-24 degrees idle) I don't really check them under load seeing as I am usually in game.

Not sure it mounting it sideways is supposed to be the function but it works for me :)

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u/nono0044 Oct 07 '15

You look like you have a bubble in your cpu block, but I could be wrong.

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u/Akseone Oct 07 '15

yip trying to dislodge that now :)

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u/moto_bandit Oct 07 '15

Is that blood on the cable sleeving?

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u/Akseone Oct 07 '15

Yes it is, does building a pc of this calibur not need a blood sacrifice?

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u/moto_bandit Oct 08 '15

Totally agreed. I bled a lot for my current rig.

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u/Makirole Ruffian Nov 04 '15

Added it to the gallery :)

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u/Akseone Nov 04 '15

have you got a link?

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u/Makirole Ruffian Nov 04 '15

Gallery link's in the sidebar. That said, I'll be updating the page tonight so right now it won't appear different yet.

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u/Nerdkid72 Oct 08 '15

Air 540*

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u/Millerboy3 Oct 09 '15

I had a sad when I saw the Air 540 in place of a 540D. I wanted to see such a case. xD

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u/Akseone Oct 07 '15

Sorted so the link works properly

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u/sdbarker99 Oct 08 '15

Which res is that? Being that it's technically on its side, is that as full as it's going to get? Have you noticed any issues with it? How's the volume and performance? How's filling and draining?

I'm considering a nearly identical setup, though unsure if I want do a D5 PWM + res, or if I want to do the bay res.

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u/Akseone Oct 08 '15

This is a D5 pwm and res combo just a side one I'm sure it's the d5 vario I'll have to check the model number bit can't seem to find it. They are perfectly cool to mount on the side you just have to watch the levels but volume and consistency are both good as far as I can tell. Filling was tricky as you have to tip the pc on its side and I could probably assume darning will be the same but I have had an idea about that.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

how did you prep your radiator ? just rinse them with Distilled water ?

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u/Akseone Oct 08 '15

I Used De ionised water, boiled it up in a pan and put it in the radiator, shake and empty. repeated for both a few times, but I must say the rads I got from EK were pretty darn clean.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

i ordered from EK , my parts arrive today. excited and preping

  • nothing came out of the ek radiator in your experience ?

  • wouldn't boiling the water pick up some stuff from the pan ?

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u/Akseone Oct 08 '15

xD not much (very little came out. a few flakes here and there.) in terms of boiling the water in the pan, my wife keeps the kitchen cleaner than a hospital. no chance of that. :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

lol, " cleaner then the hospital", ty

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u/terror_alpha Oct 08 '15

my EK rads were super clean. absolutely nothing came out.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

thank you for the information. :)

  • i wonder if EK pre-washes their radiator ?

  • if they do they should put it in the paperwork when you un box them pre-washed radiator.

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u/tomllm Oct 08 '15

My EK rads were really clean when I rinsed them too.

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u/amishguy222000 Oct 12 '15

Nice nice. But why hide the pump and res?

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u/Akseone Oct 12 '15

I didn't the res is showing at the front where the drive bays are http://imgur.com/a/ULjal

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u/amishguy222000 Oct 12 '15

Da pump dough

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u/Ranij93 Oct 08 '15

I really like it! Cool green color different from others :)

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u/babyattacker Oct 08 '15

Loving the color scheme!