The Rift

[Trimak]

Project Rift - In progress as parts arrive

 

No sponsors! (Wish I had some, still time before build begins   as if...)

 
 

About this Build:

 

Ok so short story, I just moved to Berlin from Australia. Sold my old rig there and it's time to start again right from zero, I am using a shitty $100 laptop and I need a real rig. At present this is just a bit of a working ground and a place to get input and ideas and tips from people before I confirm parts and the buying begins  
 
This whole thing is a work in progress because I am uncertain about some of the parts and i'm watching the parts horizon a bit. The rig is supposed to get me by as a computer before the rift arrives and be rift level powerful when it does arrive, hence the future-proofing of 3-way SLI/CF, potentially many hard drives and therefore 1250w PSU etc.

Color scheme: Base of black with acid green highlights
 

 

(FUTURE)

(ORDERED)

(ACQUIRED)

(ASSEMBLED)

(LOGGED)

 

On to the Components:
VR Headset: Oculus Rift (ORDERED)

CPU: 5820k (ASSEMBLED)

MOBO: MSI X99A SLI Plus (7885-023R) USB 3.1 (ASSEMBLED)

RAM: Kingston HyperX DIMM kit 16GB Fury (ASSEMBLED)

GPU: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 WindForce 2X (ASSEMBLED)
Case: ThermaltakeCore X9 (ASSEMBLED)

SSD: Have an 840 EVO which will probably be updated to a Samsung SM951 (FUTURE)
HDD: 5 x 3TB Seagate Barracuda (Looking to run a BTRFS raid) (ASSEMBLED)
PSU: XFX Pro 1250w Dead on arrival...
Fans: Candidates

• EKL Alpenföhn Wing Boost 120mm (ASSEMBLED)
   

Water Cooling Components:
CPU Block: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO (ASSEMBLED)
GPU Block: (FUTURE)
Radiators: EK Water Blocks EK-Coolstream PE 480 (ASSEMBLED)
Pump: EK-D5 Vario X-RES 140(ASSEMBLED)

Reservoir: EK X3 250 tube uprgade (ASSEMBLED)

Reservoir cover: Harbinger (FUTURE)
Coolant: Mayhems Booster silver and Mayhems UV Green Dye (ASSEMBLED)
Fittings: Koolance quick release QD3 16mm/10mm x 3 (ASSEMBLED)
Tubing: PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT Tube, 16 / 10mm, 300cm Clear (ASSEMBLED)
 
Peripherals:
Monitor: Perfect Pixel WASABI MANGO UHD420 4K HDMI 2.0 42" LG AH-IPS UHD (ASSEMBLED)

Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB keyboard w/ cherry MX Brown (ASSEMBLED)

Mouse:  (FUTURE)
Gamepad: Logitech G13 (FUTURE)
Mat: Razer Goliathus Extended Control Edition (FUTURE)
Headphones: (FUTURE)
Speakers: (FUTURE)
Webcam: Logitech c920c or Razer Stargazer

Mic: (FUTURE)

 
Misc:
Sleeved PSU cables: (FUTURE)

[Trimak]

Reserved

[Trimak]

reserved

[Trimak]

reserved

[Jintek]

reserved

 

get a 4790k or 4690k, and get a better gpu. 970's cant handle 4k well.

[The Pizza Thief]

Would you please be so kind to change the color to Automatic? I also suggest you follow your own topics @Trimak

 

[Futilemark23]

would go with r9 390 instead of 970 for better performance and quote on quote better future proofing because it has twice as much vram

[Trimak]

Holy cow you guys are fast

[Futilemark23]

Holy cow you guys are fast

if u are wanting a 4k display and want to game you would want two 390s or something like a 980 or 980ti

[Trimak]

get a 4790k or 4690k, and get a better gpu. 970's cant handle 4k well.

 

Not enough PCI-E lanes, I need 8 each for teh GPU's and 4 for the PCI-E SSD

 

Would you please be so kind to change the color to Automatic? I also suggest you follow your own topics @Trimak

 

 

Done

 

would go with r9 390 instead of 970 for better performance and quote on quote better future proofing because it has twice as much vram

 

I'll look into that, thanks

[Futilemark23]

the corsair air flow edition led fans look great and are relatively quiet and come in red leds

[Jintek]

Not enough PCI-E lanes, I need 8 each for teh GPU's and 4 for the PCI-E SSD

 

 

Oh, I thought I only saw one 970. Sorry about that.

[Tagiau]

snip

whoa why is it darker than mine?

[Trimak]

Oh, I thought I only saw one 970. Sorry about that.

No I only wrote one GPU, edited, thanks

[Futilemark23]

No I only wrote one GPU, edited, thanks

oh ok i only saw one and was lik wait a minute might wanna go with dual titan xs if you can afford it luke did a video about them on 5k and they did great

[Trimak]

Titans seem like some seriously bad price to performance? Am I missing something?

[byalexandr]

whoa why is it darker than mine?

[Watercooler970]

Get a Corsair K70 RGB keyboard. As an owner I have nothing bad to say about it. Awesome build quality and nice switches (mines are Cherry MX Reds).

[Trimak]

Woah that night theme is so... epic. As soon as you switch it on it's like a feeling of comfortability falls over you and yours eyes strain less. White websites to me are like when all computer towers were beige for years and then someone was like.... this is stupid let's try black. 

 

I'll give that keyboard a look, my problem is I have never used a mech keyboard before so I know nothing about how the switches feel

 

Anyone know which rads 3 x 140 and 4 x 120 have aluminium fins? I am getting that purely because of fin strength, I mod and mess around a lot and the fins get bent if they are copper haha 

[colinreay]

For the pump, no question, you'll want a D5. You can get a Swifttech MP655, an EK, etc. from performance PC. As far as tubing, many high profile water-cooling guys like JayzTwoCents and PaulsHardware recommend Hardline tubing, even for the first time. I suggest Primochill PETG. As for fins, it might actually be a good idea to go copper, mixed metals like Aluminum and Copper can lead to some issues I think. I'm not an expert by any means, but JayzTwoCents and Choosemypc have excellent articles on these. Many people like Ek, Alphacool, and Hardwarelabs.

[Trimak]

Are there different D5's? I read some pump stuff and was a bit confused. My last rig had an XSPC dual bay pump res combo so never looked into it.

 

Also yeah I know about the whole mixing metals thing but i'm still liking the idea of aluminium until it seems like a bad one

[colinreay]

There are different D5's, but they are all pretty much the same. As long as you get one from EK, Swifttech, Aquacomputer or Alphacool, you should be good to go. The most popular is the Swifttech I believe...

[Trimak]

Cheers, anyone know of aluminium fin rads in 120 x 4 or 140 x 3?

[Trimak]

AND so it begins...

 

 

This was the current state of my PC for weeks  :mellow:

 

 

 

And then lonely fan got a friend, a BIG friend.

 

 

 

The another big friend came along.

 

 

 

Get a Corsair K70 RGB keyboard. As an owner I have nothing bad to say about it. Awesome build quality and nice switches (mines are Cherry MX Reds).

 Just got my K95 RGB

 

And proceeded to slowly undress...

 

 

 

Oooh lala~!

 

 

Then biggest friend began to undress 0.0

 

 

 

 

Before long it was a party

 

 

 

And this party quickly turned into an orgy

 

 

 

And now we wait OVER THE WEEKEND for the next batch of goodies to arrive

 

Naughty 4k is caught up in customs for 2 days now

[The Pizza Thief]

AND so it begins...

 

And now we wait OVER THE WEEKEND for the next batch of goodies to arrive

 

Naughty 4k is caught up in customs for 2 days now

 

Nice! Only thing I would suggest is use a different camera some better lightning, it makes a world of difference. Subbed.