Hi LTT forum
It has been a while since I posted on the forum so I decided to post my christmas build for my father who has been using an old laptop for gaming and work and I wanted him to have something better. I wanted to watercool a bitfenix prodigy but not custom watercooling since I am busy and don't have the time for that. So what I decided on doing was to watercool the GPU with the kraken g10 bracket. Let me remind you this is not supposed to work since the g10 makes your GPU a triple slot and the prodigy only supports a double slot card. Anyway these are the specs real quick:
Asrock H87i-Itx-ac
8gb kingston ram
reference r9 290
I5 4570
h55 , h75 , kraken x30 , kraken g10
various fans
64gb kingston ssd (i know it is not a lot)
500gb laptop hdd
bitfenix prodigy
I wanted to have a red and black color scheme for this build so i got red ram, fans, case, kraken g10 and gpu.
Some problems that i ran into were:
the r9 290 broke and had to be RMAd-i got the refund and a better card (r9 290 DCUII)
then there was the g10 fitting into the case.
At first i removed the window from the sidepanel completely after finally replacing it and kind of managing the tubes behind the bracket so that they don't push against the sidepanel.
And it was overall a big pain to manage all of the cables and fit the radiators into the case.
The psu was really crammed so i used some mobo standoffs to give it some extra space
Now some pictures:
PS: i apologize for low res pictures
All of the parts:
Attatching kraken g10
H55 attatched to the CPU
Final pictures:
Results:
CPU temps with H55:
Idle 32-33
Load 54-61
VRM temps with heatsinks:
61-72
GPU temps:
Idle 30-35
Load 53-63
Overall I'm really pleased with this especially with that I actually made everything fit and how the temps are lower than I actually anticipated.
Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year!
JOhannes