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Update #1 - More Pictures and My Current PC
Update #2 - Motherboard ETA
Update #3 - New Monitor
Update #4 - Motherboard Ordered & GPU Waterblock Picture
Update #5 - Motherboard Finally Arrived!
Update #6 - Build Started
Update #7 - GPU Waterblocks
Update #8 - GPU Backplates and some Tubing
Update #9 - Leak Testing. Almost Done!
Update #10 - Finished! Pictures and Overclock
Update #11 - Finally added LED's to Waterblocks
 
Hey Guys,

So im building my new computer at the moment so I thought id let you all have a look. This is the first build ive done watercooled so it should be fun :)

System Spec:
Case: NZXT Phantom 820 CPU: i7-4770k Memory: 16Gb 1866Mhz Corsair Venegence Pro Ram (Red) Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Formula GPU: 2x GTX 780 PSU: Corsair AX860i with Corsair Individually sleeved Cables (Red) SSD: OCZ Agility 3 480GB (Taken from my current computer) Cooling:
Fan Controler: Corsair Link Thermal Paste: Arctic MX-4 CPU: XSPC Raystorm GPU: XSPC GTX Titan/780 Waterblock (Full Cover) Radiators: 1x XSPC RX360 Radiator (Top) 1x XSPC RX240 Radiator (Bottom) Fans: 5x Corsair SP120 PWM Fans 1x Corsair AF140 1x NZXT 200mm Fan Reservoir: XSPC Dual Bay Res Pump: XSPC Laing D5 Vario Fittings: XSPC Black Chrome Compression Fittings Tubing: Masterkleer Dark Red UV So Im currently still waiting for the Asus Maximus VI Formula to be released. Ill order it as soon as I can! The GPU waterblocks are out of stock so waiting for them. Other than that I have everything.







Ill update this post as I make progress. Im going to be test fitting the radiators today so hopefully all goes well.

So I upgraded my build today and I figured I would share. I am thinking about painting the Corsair fans gold, not sure though, it kind of matches my sound card and I need to put the heatspreaders back on my g.skill Tridents.

They reviewed a usb 3.0 version of this case...

Just found this video, prove that the 5ghz cpu is coming.
In computex, gigabyte is showing board that "support amd next generation of am3+ 5ghz fx series processor"...
(i think the video is in turkish)
 
http://www.donanimhaber.com/islemci/haberleri/AMDnin-5GHzde-calisan-FX-islemcisi-resmiyet-kazandi-Ozel-Video.htm

Inwin @ computex 2013, showed off the kingsize H-Frame Case.
 
-support ATX, EATX, HPTX, XL-ATX, SSI-EEB, SSI-CEB motherboard
-a 5.25-inch drive bay
-internal drive cage with SATA back-planes that can be configured to offer six 3.5-inch bays, or a combination of four 3.5-inch and two 2.5-inch bays
-11 expansion slot bays
-8 USB 3.0 ports (six on the front, two on the top, all with standard headers)
-a 3.5-inch hot-plug SATA bay-
-enough room for graphics cards up to 42 cm long
-two 140 mm front intakes, a 140 mm rear exhaust, and two 140 mm bottom intakes
 
 
 
 
 

http://www.techpowerup.com/184971/in-win-also-shows-off-kingsize-h-frame-case.html
 

Lian Li has announced a new double wide chassis with plenty of room for a watercooling loop.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pN4NHYH6KZc
 
Features
-9 5.25 bays
-7 3.5 bays
-6 2.5 bays
-side window
-8 expansion slots
-4 usb 3.0 front io
 
cons
-PSU not behind motherboard tray
-no paint on internals
 
Rad support
front- 2x120
top- 1x120 or 1x180
back right 1x120
back left 3x120
 
No price yet, but this is Lian Li were talking about so $$$
 
Source- http://www.tweaktown.com/news/30737/lian-li-unveils-massive-pc-d600-pc-chassis/index.html
Source- http://www.tomshardware.com/news/lian-li-pc-d600-dual-compartment-eatx,24263.html

I think they will release the new 8000 series in computex. Yesterday Intel did a late night launch of Hawsell in Japan, and had a booth set up in Akihabara, showcasing new motherboards and systems from Japanese pc builder. Two of these systems were provided with hd 8770, and they will be available for purchase @ mid-june. Thus I believe AMD would release new cards in computex.
 
Lesance DT GS7000-LCi7-GTM, one of the systems that found with hd8770
 
 
 

 

 

 
http://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/news/20130602_601950.html (in Japanese)

VR-Zone Chinese release an review of the Asus ROG RAIDR EXPRESS pcie ssd.The ssd consist of LSI SandForce SF-2281 and Toshiba 19nm MLC. It is a pcie-4x card, and it could support application like RAMDISK or HybriDisk. Interesting it had a switch onboard, that could switch from supporting UEFI BIOS to legacy BIOS.  In the review they reported there is a ~10 seconds difference in boot time between UEFI BIOS and legacy BIOS.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
for the full review, please go to  http://chinese.vr-zone.com/62325/asus-pcie-ssd-rog-raidr-express-240gb-hand-on-review-05072013/ (in Chinese)

Nvidia is currently holding a Geforce eSPORTS event @ Shanghai on  the 18th and 19th of May. On the first day of the event, they held a conference, showing their products and technology, like Nvidia SHIELD, Nvidia Experience, UNREAL Engine 4. On the same event they showed the coming gtx 780, but no detail of the card was released.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Article from VR-Zone (in Chinese)
http://chinese.vr-zone.com/63961/nvidia-geforce-e-sports-with-gtx-780-at-shanghai-05182013/
 
English translation via Google Translation is available here:
http://translate.google.com.hk/translate?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=zh-TW&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fchinese.vr-zone.com%2F63961%2Fnvidia-geforce-e-sports-with-gtx-780-at-shanghai-05182013%2F