Sgt

Correct ^^'

Update :
 
Both 690 are now linked with the bridge.
 
Final assembly pictures :
 

 

 
~Sgt

Hello everyone, Sgt here.
 
I've been lurking here during around 2 months, and now, I've finally decided to come out of my cavern. 
I was thinking, which is the better way for me to introduce myself than doing a build log ? So lets do this :)
 
I'm sure i'll meet a lot of nice people here :)
 
I'm an huge fan of Portal games, so my idea with this build is to build something pure with a little touch of color here and there.
 
Here is the color scheme :
White, Orange, Light Blue, Black and Nickel
 
Luckily, all my hardware parts match to this color scheme, as well as my cooling parts.
 
Now you might want to know what's the parts list ? Well, here you go :)
 
Hardware List :
 
Case : CaseLabs STH10 White - Reversed ATX Layout
Motherboard : MSI Big Bang XPOWER II
CPU : Intel Core i7 3930k
GPU : EVGA GeForce GTX 690 - Quad SLI - 2 Cards
Memory : Corsair Dominator 1333Mhz - 32 Gb
PSU : Corsair AX1200w
SSDs : Intel 520 Cherryville 480Gb - 2 SSDs
HDD : Western Digital Caviar Black 2Tb
 
Cooling List :
 
Coolant : Mayhems X1 - Clear
Tubing : PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT - 10(ID) 16(OD)
Fittings : Monsoon 10(ID) 16(OD) - 6 White - 6 orange - 6 Blue
Adapter : Monsoon - w.i.p
Pumps : Laing D5 - 2 Pumps
Pumps Top : EK-D5 Dual TOP CSQ
Reservoir : Koolance 240mm 80mm(OD)
CPU Waterblock : EK-Supremacy - Full Nickel CSQ
GPU Waterblock : EK-FC690 - Acetal + Nickel CSQ - 2 blocks
GPU Backplate : EK-FC690 - Black CSQ
Ram Waterblock : EK-Ram Monarch - Acetal + Nickel CSQ - 2 blocks
Motherboard Waterblock : EK-Mosfet MSI Big Bang XPower II - Acetal + Nickel CSQ
Radiators : EK-CoolStream XT 480mm - 2 radiators
Fans : Corsair SP120 High Performance - 8 fans
 
Now...
 
Let the build begin !
 
Directly coming from the US to France (yes, I'm French), i present you my STH10 from CaseLabs !
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Hope you liked this little teaser of my build log :)
More to come soon !
 
Pictures are watermarked by myself to avoid a problem that James (remember the 900CSQ build ?) encountered here.
 
~Sgt

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He has a big panel of colors, and you can ask for custom length/color combination great quality and relatively cheap
 
Edit : his profile picture might help you

Check out this guy : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ensourced-Custom-Sleeved-Cables/351225731619723
 
He has a big panel of colors, and you can ask for custom length/color combination great quality and relatively cheap
 
Edit : his profile picture might help you

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inb4 but will it run crysis minecraft minesweeper
Cool story though TY for share

I've spent  $9,296.53 on computer stuff, however add like 800 or so from eBay as it only shows like the past 90 days and I've built 2 PC's off of used parts from there and then some
EDIT: No, no you guys misunderstood me  :(, that's like 15+ PC's I've for other people.  That is the total and here is the breakdown.
Newegg: 8079.91
Amazon: 211.41
NCIX: 608.37
SuperBiz: 101.69
ebay Confirmed: 295.15
 
About 95% of it was on my primary Newegg Account, about 600 was spread across like 3 other accounts used for first time discounts xD



 

The problem is not the performance AMD fanboys, the problem is the op has a tight budget. So its about MONEY. M-O-N-E-Y.

Sometimes I wonder if it is...

So I'm going to be receiving the majority of the parts for my new build tomorrow so I thought I'd start a build log.
 
Background
 
I've been building my own computers for a very long time (20 years or so) but I've never done a really high end build. By high end I don't necessarily mean the best performance or most expensive parts but more of a quality build I suppose, i've also never done a water cooling build before so this will be my first.
 
This build will be used for both work and gaming.
 
Due to work commitments I don't have a huge amount of time to work on this so this will be a reasonably long and ongoing build log.
 
Specs
 
Main Components
 
M/B: Maximus VI Formula (Arrived!)
CPU: Intel 4770K (Arrived!)
PSU: Corsair AX1200i (Arrived!)
OS Drive: 2 x Samsung 840 Pro SSD In RAID 0 (Arrived!)
Storage: 3 x WD Red 3Tb in RAID 5 (Arrived!)
GPU: EVGA GTX 780 (Arrived!)
RAM: 32Gb (4x8Gb) Corsiar Vengeance Pro 2133Mhz (Arrived!)
Sound: Asus Essence STX (Arrived!)
Case: CaseLabs TH-10 (Arrived!)
RAID Controller: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i (Arrived!)
 
 
Water Cooling
 
RADs: 3 x 480mm BlackIce SR-1 (1 x Arrived)
Pumps: 2 x Aquacomputer D5 Pump Motor with USB and Aquabus Interface (Arrived!)
Reservoir: Aqualis XT 450ml Reservoir with Fill Level Sensor, LED Holder & Nano Coating (Arrived!)
Tubing: Primochill Hard Acrylic (Arrived!)
Fans: 12 x NB eLoop B12-PS, 4 x NB eLoop B12-P (Arrived!)
Control: Aquaero 5 XT (Arrived!)
Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White
CPU Waterblock: EK Supremacy Nickel Clean CSQ (Arrived!)
GPU Waterblock: EK-FC Titan Nickel + EK-FC Titan backplate (Arrived!)
Filtering: To Be Decided
Thermal Paste: MX-4 (Arrived!)
 
 
Aesthetics
 
Custom wiring throughout with MDPC sleeving. I've got some nice plans for the lighting but I'll save that for later ;)
 
Thoughts
 
I'm sure there will likely be a number of comments about the spec's, so I'll address the likely ones now.
 
Why 32Gb RAM, nothing needs more than (insert figure here)?
 
I work in a number of areas of IT, the main one being enterprise software development. I run a local SQL Server and a number of Virtual server's so 32Gb of RAM will most certainly be used.
 
The AX1200i is overkill, you only need a 750w PSU
 
I'm planning on upgrading to Haswell-E 8 Core when it's launched next year along with a second GTX780 and i don't want to be changing the PSU so the AX1200i should last for quite some time.
 
The Maximus VI Formula has great onboard sound, why do you need a separate card?
 
I was originally looking at using the Maximus VI Extreme and ordered the STX before i'd changed my mind to the Formula.
 
 
 
So that's it so far, I'll post updates and photo's whenever I get a chance and I have some progress to report

Buy materials for a casemod looking like this:
 

 
 
PS: I will probably make this for my new case anyway

catalyst control, what did you expect ? to work ? 

Thats mean everything.

Just RMA it, Evga have the best customer support anyway. 
 
Oh and, putting a graphics card on what it seems (to me) a bed sheet, bad idea, Static electricity.

I do rude things all the time and I love it, the feeling you have when you open something by another part than the Tear Here part, is incredible.
 

Thats mean everything.