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Envy MK II - Caselabs Mercury S8! Featured Build Log!

the pokemon kid
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Hi Guys,

I have decided to make a separate thread for this second build of Envy!

 

My previous build log was getting a little disjointed and messy! So time to clean it up with a new thread!

 

Parts list:
CPU: Intel i7 4770k at 4.6ghz
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z87
Ram: 4 x 8gb 1600mhz Kingston Hyper Beast (At 2200mhz)
Graphics cards: 2 x Nvidia Palit GTX 770 and EVGA Sli bridge
PSU: Corsair AX1200i with Custom cables from SHAKMOD
SSD: 2 x 256gb Crucial M550
HDD: Western Digital 3tb green
Case: CaseLabs Mercury S8
Fans: 5x Phobia E-Loops, 2x Corsair AF120's
Cables: Custom braided cables from SHAKMOD's

 

Watercooling parts:

CPU block: EK supremacy EVO clean CSQ
GPU block: 2x EK FC clean CSQ and back plates

RAM block: EK Dominator RAM block
Reservoir: EK x3 250

Pump: EK vario D5 x2 with EK clean CSQ dual top
Front radiator: Alphacool NexXox Monsta 360mm
Front radiator: Alphacool NexXxos Monsta 240mm

Tubing: Primochill 13mm Rigid Acrylic
Fittings: Primochill Revolver and EK 45/90 degree fittings.

 

If anyone wants some kick ass cables like the ones I have in my system. Get in contact with the guys at Shakmods.co.uk. They did a brilliant job and when one of the cables was too long, they changed it for me right away! Brilliant service and great cables!

 

 

The Photos are now here!!!

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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]Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Envy by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

Leviathan - CaseLabs Mercury S8 Build Log 

Betsy - NCase M1 Media/ LAN Build Log

Bertha - 12TB  NAS Build Log

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Caselabs and other stuff by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Caselabs and other stuff by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Caselabs and other stuff by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

 

Here is the rest of the parts! Cant wait to put the rigid acrylic into this!

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Caselabs and other stuff by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

 

Unfortunately, right after this final photo my cat jumped up and pulled the monsta rad off the desktop while I was putting the stuff into a safe spot!

 

It hit the floor hard and dented the end. Unfortunately it split the cap on it...  :(  :(  :(

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Dead monsta by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

Well while I wait for the new radiator... I have mounted the reservoir to the back of the case!

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Reservoir Mounting by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Reservoir Mounting by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

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Reservoir Mounting by Mat Teague, on Flickr

Leviathan - CaseLabs Mercury S8 Build Log 

Betsy - NCase M1 Media/ LAN Build Log

Bertha - 12TB  NAS Build Log

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Ooh, more BLs to sub to.

 

And damn, that case. It's gr8 m8 I r8 8/8. But seriously, it looks nice.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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sounds like something I wanna follow :) Two questions though, why a 1200W PSU and why an EVGA SLi Bridge?

5.1GHz 4770k

My Specs

Intel i7-4770K @ 4.7GHz | Corsair H105 w/ SP120 | Asus Gene VI | 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP | 2x GTX 780Ti| Corsair 750D | OCZ Agility 3 | Samsung 840/850 | Sandisk SSD | 3TB WD RED | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Corsair RM850 | ASUS PB278Q | SyncMaster 2370HD | SyncMaster P2450
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sounds like something I wanna follow :) Two questions though, why a 1200W PSU and why an EVGA SLi Bridge?

I got the 1200w at the same price as the Corsair 860i. So I could not say no...

There is also no nice SLI bridges except for this I find. It looks so sexy!

Leviathan - CaseLabs Mercury S8 Build Log 

Betsy - NCase M1 Media/ LAN Build Log

Bertha - 12TB  NAS Build Log

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I got the 1200w at the same price as the Corsair 860i. So I could not say no...

There is also no nice SLI bridges except for this I find. It looks so sexy!

damn that's a good deal!

 

Also, I never knew there were "aftermarket" SLi Bridges. 

5.1GHz 4770k

My Specs

Intel i7-4770K @ 4.7GHz | Corsair H105 w/ SP120 | Asus Gene VI | 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP | 2x GTX 780Ti| Corsair 750D | OCZ Agility 3 | Samsung 840/850 | Sandisk SSD | 3TB WD RED | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Corsair RM850 | ASUS PB278Q | SyncMaster 2370HD | SyncMaster P2450
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Yeh, it is the best looking aftermarket SLI bridge IMO...

idk, personally I would prefer black over silver unless I was using reference coolers

5.1GHz 4770k

My Specs

Intel i7-4770K @ 4.7GHz | Corsair H105 w/ SP120 | Asus Gene VI | 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP | 2x GTX 780Ti| Corsair 750D | OCZ Agility 3 | Samsung 840/850 | Sandisk SSD | 3TB WD RED | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Corsair RM850 | ASUS PB278Q | SyncMaster 2370HD | SyncMaster P2450
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I like the silver as there is a few silver accents within my build which go nicely with it!

in that case.... :P

5.1GHz 4770k

My Specs

Intel i7-4770K @ 4.7GHz | Corsair H105 w/ SP120 | Asus Gene VI | 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP | 2x GTX 780Ti| Corsair 750D | OCZ Agility 3 | Samsung 840/850 | Sandisk SSD | 3TB WD RED | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Corsair RM850 | ASUS PB278Q | SyncMaster 2370HD | SyncMaster P2450
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Why do you use black text color :'(.. leave the original one so I can read in night theme :)

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k | CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 | Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z97 MARK 1 | Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB 1866MHz | GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Windforce


Storage: Samsung 840 EVO | PSU: CM Silent Pro 720W | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe | Headset: Corsair Vengeance 2100 | Keyboard: Logitech G710+ | Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma


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What do you mean sir? I haven't changed anything...

 

On your first post, the parts from your build have a black font color, not the default black probably.

I can just highlight them to read it but... WHY NOT ZOIDBERG '-'

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k | CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 | Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z97 MARK 1 | Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB 1866MHz | GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Windforce


Storage: Samsung 840 EVO | PSU: CM Silent Pro 720W | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe | Headset: Corsair Vengeance 2100 | Keyboard: Logitech G710+ | Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma


"You see, one can only be angry with those he respects." - R. Nixon

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Well I started a few more bits. 

Started taking the RAM apart.

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Computer build! by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

 

They came apart so much easier than I expected!

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Computer build! by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

They stick up a bit but that is because of how big the sticks of RAM are!

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Computer build! by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

Got the new radiator through and added the fans and fan filter to it and added it to the case!
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Computer build! by Mat Teague, on Flickr

 

I had to make a slight alteration to the case bracket as it was covering the ports on the radiator.
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Computer build! by Mat Teague, on Flickr

Leviathan - CaseLabs Mercury S8 Build Log 

Betsy - NCase M1 Media/ LAN Build Log

Bertha - 12TB  NAS Build Log

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Subed. 

                                                                                                                                                      

CPU: Intel I7-4790k | MOBO: Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 | Ram: Corsair Vengance 32GB 1600hz | GPU: EVGA GTX980 Reference

PSU: Corsair EVGA G2 850W  | SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB, Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB | HDD: WD Black 1TB

 CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 | Case: Corsair 760T (White) | Peripherals: (2)Asus VS247H-P, Corsair M65, Corsair K70 RGB w/ Brown Switches

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Nice, another s8 owner. I love my s8.

 

Interesting place for the res.  Where are you putting the pump?

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Nice, another s8 owner. I love my s8.

 

Interesting place for the res.  Where are you putting the pump?

It is going to be mounted onto the 240mm Radiator. I am running two pumps. Possibly thinking of having it next to the Hard drives...

Leviathan - CaseLabs Mercury S8 Build Log 

Betsy - NCase M1 Media/ LAN Build Log

Bertha - 12TB  NAS Build Log

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Cool, ill be following your build :)

 

Just was curious as you definitely want the res to directly go into the pump.

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Cool, ill be following your build :)

 

Just was curious as you definitely want the res to directly go into the pump.

 It will be, the reservoir will feed into the pump. and then go to the two radiators then into the ram block and other blocks before going back to the reservoir again.

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Bertha - 12TB  NAS Build Log

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Cool, excited to see your creation..

Thanks, I am excited to see how this goes!

I have a few things to RMA because the power went out and bricked some stuff, I am also waiting on a few things to turn up which I cant wait for!!

Leviathan - CaseLabs Mercury S8 Build Log 

Betsy - NCase M1 Media/ LAN Build Log

Bertha - 12TB  NAS Build Log

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Im happy that my 3 almost 4 month journey building mine is done for now and im enjoying getting some use out of it.  I am however in early stages of planning my next build. Its never ending addiction.

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Well the Primochill Vortex flow meter has arrived at home and so has the new 240mm Alphacool Monsta Rad!

 

When I get home from this Holiday there will be a lot of updates coming this way!

Leviathan - CaseLabs Mercury S8 Build Log 

Betsy - NCase M1 Media/ LAN Build Log

Bertha - 12TB  NAS Build Log

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