So the computer is actually together now and running. I am currently running a 15 hour burn on HCI MemTest to validate my settings.<br><br>

Earlier I talked about the issues with the fan filters you can see them here:<br><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089643/"><img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="3089643" data-type="61" src="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089643/width/350/height/700/flags/LL" style="; width: 350px; height: 467px"></a><br><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089644/"><img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="3089644" data-type="61" src="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089644/width/350/height/700/flags/LL" style="; width: 350px; height: 263px"></a><br><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089645/"><img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="3089645" data-type="61" src="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089645/width/350/height/700/flags/LL" style="; width: 350px; height: 263px"></a><br><br>

I used Velcro along the edges to keep it flush but the center screen bowed out and just hits the fans <img alt="frown.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.overclock.net/images/smilies/frown.gif"><br><br>

I thought I could use contact adhesive but it is way thicker than I thought so that it out. It looks like I will just need to buy a new filter now and mount it on the outside. I can no longer use this one because I cut it up too much for it to mount outside anymore. <img alt="mad.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.overclock.net/images/smilies/mad.gif"><br><br><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089647/"><img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="3089647" data-type="61" src="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089647/width/350/height/700/flags/LL" style="; width: 350px; height: 467px"></a><br><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089648/"><img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="3089648" data-type="61" src="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089648/width/350/height/700/flags/LL" style="; width: 350px; height: 467px"></a><br><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089649/"><img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="3089649" data-type="61" src="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089649/width/350/height/700/flags/LL" style="; width: 350px; height: 263px"></a><br><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089650/"><img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="3089650" data-type="61" src="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089650/width/350/height/700/flags/LL" style="; width: 350px; height: 263px"></a><br><br>

The system passed two pressure tests with the Dr. Drop but I still make sure I am protected when filling the system the first time because you never know. As you can see I have a QD at the top of my res so that I can easily access the fill port. By using a female QD I am also able to press down on it with my finger to open the seal to equalize the pressure in the system before I remove other QDs. An example would be if I wanted to remove my GPU I can simply press the res QD to equalize and then disconnect the GPU without needing the unscrew anything. Same thing for topping off I can just connect my fill tube which you can see above and easily top off the system.<br><br>

What I wish I knew earlier is that the pump has a deaeration mode, which is great at helping to remove bubbles from the system. Instead I manually turned the pump on an off, you know the drill. Well after a lot of bleeding I finally powered it up:<br><br><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089651/"><img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="3089651" data-type="61" src="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089651/width/350/height/700/flags/LL" style="; width: 350px; height: 467px"></a><br><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089652/"><img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="3089652" data-type="61" src="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089652/width/350/height/700/flags/LL" style="; width: 350px; height: 263px"></a><br><br><br>

Ultimately it has taken about 900ml of coolant thus far, I am going to top it off today again. From what I can see some bubbles like to get stuck in the down line going toward the cpu block. I go a low of shacking and putting the case on different sides to ensure I get every last bubble out! Also once I found the deaeration mode in the AQ settings it was a lot faster. I got more air out in 3 runs of that than the previous hours and hours of shaking the box.<br><br>

I am running at 4ghz on all cores and ram 3200 14 using just XPM mode and a 1.425V core setting with LLC set to 3. I ran Prime 95 Small FFTs for a few hours but forgot to screen shot. I do have a pic of the first run of MemTest:<br><br><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089655/"><img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="3089655" data-type="61" src="http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3089655/width/350/height/700/flags/LL" style="; width: 350px; height: 98px"></a><br><br><br>

Also yes I can maintain a Delta T (Coolant Temp - Ambient) of only 1.6 during this test with the fans up all the way. My flow rates are around .7 GPM which is around what I estimated based on the restriction of my parts and the curve for my pump that I looked up before my build. I have settled on a fan curve that will give me 3.5 Delta T on the high end. It now settles around 2.0 when idle with all the fans running around 400-500rpm. When testing the curve on BF1 all the fans will spin up to almost max but temps hold below 3.5 delta T and CPU never exceeds 50C and rests <45C when it settles.