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first build, water cooled, 980 SLI (need name)

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Hello all, my name is Aaron. I've been dreaming of building a PC for quite a while. Now that my life is stable and I make the money to support my new hobby I'm going all in. Need some ideas on a name for her. Will be updating but im working a lot so may be a few days after I receive everything.

PC Specs:

Intel Core i7-4790K

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK1

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC (2 way SLI)

CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) 1866

Intel 730 Series 240GB SSD

WD BLACK SERIES WD1003FZEX 1TB HHD

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2

Case: NZXT H440 Razer

Water cooling components

EK-Suprema​cy EVO - N​ickel (Ori​ginal CSQ)​ Nickel/Pl​exi

Alphacool ​NexXxoS XT​45 Full Co​pper 240mm

Alphacool ​VPP655 - G​1/4 IG com​plete with​ D5 HF Top

EK-ACF Com​pression F​itting 10/​13mm (3/8 ​x 1/2") - ​Black (X8)

PrimoFlex ​Advanced L​RT 10ft Tu​bing - 3/8​in. ID X 1​/2in. OD -​ Crystal C​lear

Ekoolant E​VO Liquid ​Coolant - ​UV LIME GR​EEN (premi​x 2 Liters)

Corsair Ai​r Series S​P120 Quiet​ Edition H​igh Static​ Pressure ​120mm Fan ​(2)

Bitspower ​Water Tank​ Z-Multi 1​50 - Full ​Clear Acry​lic Versio​n

Plan on water cooling the 980s in the near future.

Sorry about the quality of pictures. waiting on my cannon rebel to come in.

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Update*

I have to RMA my mark1, missing SLI bridge and io shield. Also still waiting on my water components from performance-pcs. They are waiting on more ek blocks.

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As a response to the title, most people don't have sponsored builds :)

 

Call it the Python?

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You could probably email Asus and tell them you didn't get the IO shield and SLI bridge instead of RMAing the whole thing

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Build Log here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/119926-yin-yang-prodigy-update-2-26-14/

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You could probably email Asus and tell them you didn't get the IO shield and SLI bridge instead of RMAing the whole thing

Its missing a lot of stuff all the documentation, driver disks, io shield, SLI bridge, and sata cables.

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“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

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So you need a name right? How about "Morelia viridis" ? It's a non-venomous snake from New Guinea. Looks pretty sick... hopefully like your future build ;)

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So you need a name right? How about "Morelia viridis" ? It's a non-venomous snake from New Guinea. Looks pretty sick... hopefully like your future build ;)

Green tree python right? I use to be a big snake fan had a few big girls. I like it tho. Thanks

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“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

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Successful boot into efci :-) :-) :-)

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“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

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this is dank.

 

Good luck on watercooling it all.  Linus has some videos giving lots of tips.

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Successful boot into efci :-) :-) :-)

 

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These pictures are great, but take a bit to load and scrolling through the thread is a pain. It would be nice if you put them in spoilers. Just use {spoiler='the title text'} <images> {/spoiler} where { and } are actually [ and ].

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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These pictures are great, but take a bit to load and scrolling through the thread is a pain. It would be nice if you put them in spoilers. Just use {spoiler='the title text'} <images> {/spoiler} where { and } are actually [ and ].

Thanks.

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“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

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this build deserves a really cool name (!!!) 

perhaps polar mustang? idk bc mustangs are fast and polar means cold 

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Have you considered using an EVGA SLI Pro bridge (http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=100-2W-0021-LR)? It will light up with GTX 980.

I would love to buy one. I'm worried that it wouldn't fit because the cards are pretty spaced out. And unfortunately not in stock.

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“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

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Its all here. Will be putting it together after work. Will post updates and pics when I get my camera in.

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“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

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I would love to buy one. I'm worried that it wouldn't fit because the cards are pretty spaced out. And unfortunately not in stock.

 

They have 3 sizes of bridge, see the first post in http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=1999556 for sizing details.

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They have 3 sizes of bridge, see the first post in http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=1999556 for sizing details.

Found one on amazon, it'll be here Wednesday.

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“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

Albert Einstein 14 December 1930

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Updated pics. Fully functional ordering the rest of the watercooling monday.

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Http://www.3dmark.com/fs/4309891

Http://www.3dmark.com/fs/4309971

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/4309935

<p>CPU: Intel i7 4790k(4.9GHz), Motherboard: ASUS sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 (2 way SLI) PSU: EVGA 850w G2 Storage: Intel 730 Series 240GB 2.5" SSD, Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Case: NZXT H440 Designed by Razer, EK,Alphacool,Bitspower custom loop.

“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

Albert Einstein 14 December 1930

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