[Build Log] Define R6 TG Black Edition "Purple Reign"

[Qu1ckset]

Purple Reign

Goals
My goals with "Purple Reign" is to be a very clean minimalistic build while achieving optimal cooling. I plan to keep it a mostly black theme with the purple coolant giving it a good contrast!

Hardware list
CPU: Intel i7 4790K
MOBO: Asus Z97 Maximus VII Hero
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 2133mhz C9
GPU: EVGA GTX 980 Classified
STORAGE: 1x Samsung Evo 1Tb SSD's / 1x Kingston Hyper X M.2 256Gb SSD
CASE: Fractal Define R6 Blackout TG
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 850w G2

Water cooling parts
CPU: EK Supremacy Evo Acetal
MOBO: Ek-Mosfet Asus M7G Acetal+Nickel
GPU: EK-FC980 GTX Classy
Rads: EK-CoolStream PE 360 + EK-CoolStream SE 240
Fans: 3x EK Vardar F4-120ER Black + 2x EK-Vardar EVO 120ER Black
Pump/Res: EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 + EK-RES X3 - TUBE 250 Upgrade
Tubing: Mayhems Ultra Clear Tubing
Coolant: Mayhems Purple Pastel
Fittings: All compression Fittings and Angled rotaries will be Barrow in Black Matte

[Qu1ckset]

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Here is a bunch of pics of the water-cooling parts

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Mosfet Block and Cpu Block Install!

[Qu1ckset]

Case gutted, mobo installed and wired up!

[Qu1ckset]

EK-CoolStream PE 360, Fans, Res, pump, and videocard installed!

[nass]

looks nice, like all the black

[Qu1ckset]

My original plan for this build was to put a EK-Coolstream SE 280 Radiator with two EK-Vardar F3-140ER Fans but fitment issues with my ram and top port of my mobo mosfet has put my build on hold till I can replace the 280 rad and fans with a 240 rad with 120mm fans which won't have clearance issues like the 280.

[Qu1ckset]

looks nice, like all the black

Thanks Man!

[Hooded]

to the forum.
Builds looking great.
Cable combs would be a nice touch on those GPU wires.
Train them up real sweet.

[Qu1ckset]

to the forum.
Builds looking great.
Cable combs would be a nice touch on those GPU wires.
Train them up real sweet.

I’m not done yet cleaning up the cables , back side is still a mess as well waiting on some stuff so I can wire everything and then work on cable manament! , I think I can train those wires without combs but will probably order a few anyways!

[Qu1ckset]

Well I finished up designing my tube runs for my build, I think this route is the cleanest out the available options I been looking at. Probably ordering fittings tomorrow!

[wattermain]

Hey Qu1ckset. Great build and case. You've probably gone over it a million times but would it be an option to mount the 360 in the top and the 280 in the front? Seeings how you already have them. And just saying, if you don't use the rad and fans in this build, you might in the next one. $120 is half a night at the ripper bar. That rad and those fans are forever.

[Qu1ckset]

Hey Qu1ckset. Great build and case. You've probably gone over it a million times but would it be an option to mount the 360 in the top and the 280 in the front? Seeings how you already have them. And just saying, if you don't use the rad and fans in this build, you might in the next one. $120 is half a night at the ripper bar. That rad and those fans are forever.

I’m very picky with looks and I fine the R6 looks funny when you don’t have that front section filled.

On top of that , I’m already running into headaches trying to figure out what fittings I need for the top mosfet port to Cpu due to clearance with a slim rad up top , adding my thicker PE360 rad up top would make the problem worse.

Honestly this mosfet is suck a pain in the ass with a ran up top and running two 90s straight to each other is complicated with the top left cpu mount post there haha

But ya I thought of your idea, I can run a slim 240 or 360 rad up top , thicker is worse and honestly doesn’t look as nice

[Hooded]

So the way the loop is drawn is your going from Pump to Front Rad to Top Rad to the OUT port of your CPU Block to your VRM Block to your GPU Block.

You don't want to flow into the output port of the CPU block. Or you have mixed up you pumps' input port and output port sides