[Build Log] < Maximus > | Custom Loop | 5.2GHz OC

[clarkmcc]

 

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This will be my first build with a custom water loop. I was lucky enough to pick up two rads, a 360MM and an 80MM thick 240M, along with a D5 pump, CPU waterblock and watercooling case (Can't remember the name at the moment) for $200.

 

The component specs are as follows:

• (Combo) AMD FX 8320 Clocked at 4.9 GHz but overclocked to 5.2GHz (http://valid.canardpc.com/52sht5)
• ($75) 8GB of HyperX Fury RAM (I think I'm going up to 16)
• ($120) R9 270X Toxic Edition
• ($70) 120GB Kingston SSD
• (Free) 2x 150GB Raptor drives in Raid 6 (I think, it's been a while since I did it)
• (Combo) ASRock 990fx Killer

I'm hoping to do a lot of work with plexi-glass on this build. I would be going with Acrylic but I have 5-10 sheets of plexi-glass left over from something else.

 

PICTURES will be coming later today of what I've got. Stay tuned.

 

SEMI FINAL PICTURES

[Suffokation]

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[Jerakl]

Too many <<<<< >>>>>>

 

Reminds me of

ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ raise your dongers ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ

[Mao_Zedong]

All of that watercooling gear for just $200? DAMN!

[ERSCreeper]

Subbed!

[GhostWindGamer]

I love a water cooled i3 subbed 

[TheKDub]

ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ Subbed ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ

[terrytek]

Subbed. Though you might want an unlocked i5 or even i7 in the future. Sorry if I burst your bubble, but there's no point in watercooling an i3.

[clarkmcc]

I love a water cooled i3 subbed 

 

 

Subbed. Though you might want an unlocked i5 or even i7 in the future. Sorry if I burst your bubble, but there's no point in watercooling an i3.

 

Yeah the only reason for an i3 is I have it from a previous build. But an unlocked processor is my end goal, just got to get it in a budget  :wacko:

[terrytek]

Yeah the only reason for an i3 is I have it from a previous build. But an unlocked processor is my end goal, just got to get it in a budget  :wacko:

OK. I mean, it's fine if you have if you have it temporarily, but eventually you might want to upgrade it.

[clarkmcc]

OK. I mean, it's fine if you have if you have it temporarily, but eventually you might want to upgrade it.

 

Diffidently that's the plan

 

All of that watercooling gear for just $200? DAMN!

 

Yes it was barely used in a friends miner and now it's collecting dust so I thought I'd take it off his hands! 

[clarkmcc]

UPDATE #1 - Radiators and pump

 

Okay so first update here. I installed my SP 120s (Performance Editions) onto my 360MM and 240MM rads. The 240MM rad is 80MM thick and will be used to cool the water coming out of the GPU.

 

Radiators out of box:

 

 

 

 

240MM x 80MM:

 

 

 

I went with Bitspower  B) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

360MM x Unknown (probably like 20-40  )

 

 

 

 

 

D5 Pump and Res

 

 

 

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[wii4ever]

If you're gonna get unlocked CPU in the future, like i5 or i7, you would definitely need a Z97 board though. But I'm still looking forward to see where this is going  

[clarkmcc]

If you're gonna get unlocked CPU in the future, like i5 or i7, you would definitely need a Z97 board though. But I'm still looking forward to see where this is going

 Yep, over the next little while everything is slowly going to be updated. The next thing will be a watercooled GPU though, then CPU and motherboard

[clarkmcc]

UPDATE #2 - New CPU and Motherboard

 

You guys will be happy to know that I acquired a Fatal1ty Killer with FX-8350 8 Core CPU @ 4GHz (4.2 Turbo) Coming later this week, expect to see some pictures!

 

If you're gonna get unlocked CPU in the future, like i5 or i7, you would definitely need a Z97 board though. But I'm still looking forward to see where this is going

 

 

Subbed. Though you might want an unlocked i5 or even i7 in the future. Sorry if I burst your bubble, but there's no point in watercooling an i3.

 

 

I love a water cooled i3 subbed 

[clarkmcc]

UPDATE #3 - CPU Overclocked

Hit 5.2 GHz today( http://valid.canardpc.com/52sht5 ) on custom water loop. Pictures coming soon.

[TheKDub]

Damn, congrats!

[Jumper118]

 

what is it bench stable upto? a few people on this forum have got over 5.2ghz with the amd 8 cores.

[clarkmcc]

what is it bench stable upto? a few people on this forum have got over 5.2ghz with the amd 8 cores.

 

Unfortunately I had to down to 4.8  to get a stable clock for video encoding running at 1.55V which is the highest my mobo will provide. I was also getting 65+ temps load on 4.9 which was a little high to be running constantly. Second radiator coming in soon.

[clarkmcc]

UPDATE #4 - Pictures of Custom Loop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[clarkmcc]

UPDATE #4 - GPU and CPU Loop

 

 

 

 

[clarkmcc]

I know that loop order doesnt matter. But what do I want to keep colder the GPU or CPU? Because you have the colder (relatively) water coming out of the rads right?

[HappyChubbs]

Dam, the thickness of that front radiator.  It sits very nicely under the drive bays.

 

I know that loop order doesnt matter. But what do I want to keep colder the GPU or CPU? Because you have the colder (relatively) water coming out of the rads right?

 

 

It really depends on what you want to keep from throttling.  Not sure at what point the CPU will throttle itself, but GPUs will start around 80 Celsius (My GPU at least).  The water will probably be colder coming out of the rads if the water speed was much slower.  Since a lot of water is being moved, water temperature should vary only a few degrees.

[clarkmcc]

 

Dam, the thickness of that front radiator.  It sits very nicely under the drive bays.

 

 

 

It really depends on what you want to keep from throttling.  Not sure at what point the CPU will throttle itself, but GPUs will start around 80 Celsius (My GPU at least).  The water will probably be colder coming out of the rads if the water speed was much slower.  Since a lot of water is being moved, water temperature should vary only a few degrees.

 

It's insanly thick! Yeah it bpokes above the bottom of the drive bays but its slanted so it fits just fine.

[tyson.b]

It's insanly thick! Yeah it bpokes above the bottom of the drive bays but its slanted so it fits just fine.

If you're insisting on running full AMD, underclock the cpu a little and let those GPUs soak in the cold water. Water coming out from rad should go straight into gpu, then to cpu in an amd loop. Nvidia, doesn't really matter.