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I know what you mean. Believe it or not, I had the exact same issue as you back in 2013. Got my hands on a 3770k and decided to retire my 2600k, but I quickly saw a huge temperature increase at lower voltages and speeds. In addition I noticed that my water temperature actually got reduced, which was a clear indicator that it wouldn't overclock well at all. I wasn't quite as comfortable with modding at that time as I am today, so I sold the Ivy and rolled back to my dear Sandy 2600k. 
 
If it had been today the Ivy would've gotten a delid without hesitation. The assembly of those chips are quite horrendous, and RMA is not an option when it's keeping below 85°c with stock cooler at stock speeds. The worst part is just as you describe. I got a friend with a 3770k, and that cpu gets to 4.6GHz with a Noctua NH-U12p, while my H100i couldn't manage 4.5GHz even at PnP @ 2500rpm. 
 
Be sure to not damage your motherboard by over tightening the block. With it tightened, can you wiggle the block by hand, or is it solid with the mobo?
 
 
 
I have the same exact pump, and with two rads and four blocks it gets around at the lowest speed setting(Dial set to 1) without any issues. At that speed my 3960x hottest core runs about 7°c/23°c Idle/Load over water temp, and my GPUs are pretty much the same. 7970 is a couple of degrees shorter, and the 7990 is a few higher vs the CPU.
 
The fact that the GPU is much cooler just enforces my suspicions. The 780 conducts over three times more energy in less than half the surface area vs the 3770k, which would mean that even if the CPU ran at similar temps as the GPUs, it would still raise a lot of suspicion. If the CPU would act as the GPU, the temps would be closer to the water temps than the GPU temps. 
 
I'm sorry, but with your temps and description it's very unlikely to be anything but the TIM in the CPU. Ivy can be a real hassle and disappointment without delid...

I'm sorry its not really a good picture. This one shows it better: http://i.imgur.com/SNGs67qh.jpg
I can't hide the reservoir  

Ok.. I'm thinking of flashing the stock-bios back on the asus one, as i dont really need that extra 3% when i already have 2 gpus anyway.
Thanks  

Are they attacking?

Amazing build! I really love straight tubing!!

Hey guys
I wanted to have a watercooled rig for a long time now, and now I finally started building one! This is my first buildlog ever, in which I wanted to share my experiences with you, because this is an awesome forum with even more awesome people. As I really love custom loops, I wanted to watercool my whole rig at once, so I went for a new case. My old one was the NZXT Phantom which really had plenty of room to put stuff in, but it was older and there weren’t that many rad-slots so I decided to get the Corsair Obsidian 900D, which is pretty much as big as it can get.
I’m really an esthetics-guy so the only choice for the reservoir was a tube-res. I chose the Phobya Balancer 250mm for, which I wanted to fill up with green liquid.
 
 
 
Hardware:
 
CPU: Intel 3770K
Mainboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77
RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB (2x4)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780
PSU: Corsair AX860i
SSD: Samsung 840 pro 128GB
HDD: 2x 1TB WD Cabiar Black in RAID0
 
I had to take the heatsink off the RAM, due to its ugly red color which would have just completely destroyed the green colorscheme. They really don’t look that bad without the heatsink, they’re just completely black.
 
Watercooling-Hardware:
 
CPU-block: Swiftech Apogee HD 4-port
GPU-block: Watercool Heatkiller GPU-X GTX780 “hole-edition”
Pump: Alphacool VPP655
Reservoir: Phobya Balancer 250mm
Rads: 2x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 480mm
Fans: 8x Silverstone AP121 – green 120mm
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D
Tubing: Masterkleer PVC 3/8’’
Fittings: Koolance G1/4 3/8’’ black
 
 
For the looks, I bought a GPU-backplate and the really sharp looking individually sleeved PSU-cables from Corsair.
 
Makeup:
 
GPU-backplate: Watercool Heatkiller GPU backplate GTX 7X0
PSU-cables: Professional individually sleeved DC cable kit Type3
Liquid: Mayhems Pastel – mint green
 
 
 And now what you actually want to see
Pictures:

 

 
I had to take out the HD-bays in the bottom to fit my rad and the pump down there.
 

 
I was really impressed when the custom sleeved cables came in from Corsair. They look so beautiful and the green really seems to glow 
 

 

 

 

 
I mounted the Phobya Balancer to the HD-cages. This way I didn't had to drill holes myself, I was able to screw in between the rails for the hd-bays.

 
The Silverstone AP's just look so good at night. I took of the "side-panel" that covered the bottom part of the 900D for better airflow. If it would still be there, you wouldn't be able to see much of the glow at all.
 

 
When mounting the CPU-block I accidentally managed to bend one of the MB-pins  :unsure: But as lucky as I am, I was able to bend it back successfully without damaging it. But for a moment I was really scared 
 

 

 
The cables go perfectly with the black background from the 900D

 
Please just ignore the red SATA cable  I'll have to change it but at the moment, I had no other laying around.
 

 

 

 
The filling actually went smoother than I thought it would. I was frightened to actually fill the loop up, but it turned out to be the easiest part of the whole project 
 

 

 

 
The bleeding takes longer than I thought. I got the machine running now for about 2 weeks and when I turn it off, sometimes I still see small bubbles around some fittings.
 

 
 
 
Thats about how far I am at the moment. I'm still waiting for the LED-strips (green) to be delivered. I'll take some glamour-shots when I've really finished everything, but I'm interested in what you think about my rig and I'm looking forward to reading your comments.  :lol:
 
Thanks for reading

Hey guys
I wanted to have a watercooled rig for a long time now, and now I finally started building one! This is my first buildlog ever, in which I wanted to share my experiences with you, because this is an awesome forum with even more awesome people. As I really love custom loops, I wanted to watercool my whole rig at once, so I went for a new case. My old one was the NZXT Phantom which really had plenty of room to put stuff in, but it was older and there weren’t that many rad-slots so I decided to get the Corsair Obsidian 900D, which is pretty much as big as it can get.
I’m really an esthetics-guy so the only choice for the reservoir was a tube-res. I chose the Phobya Balancer 250mm for, which I wanted to fill up with green liquid.
 
 
 
Hardware:
 
CPU: Intel 3770K
Mainboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77
RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB (2x4)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780
PSU: Corsair AX860i
SSD: Samsung 840 pro 128GB
HDD: 2x 1TB WD Cabiar Black in RAID0
 
I had to take the heatsink off the RAM, due to its ugly red color which would have just completely destroyed the green colorscheme. They really don’t look that bad without the heatsink, they’re just completely black.
 
Watercooling-Hardware:
 
CPU-block: Swiftech Apogee HD 4-port
GPU-block: Watercool Heatkiller GPU-X GTX780 “hole-edition”
Pump: Alphacool VPP655
Reservoir: Phobya Balancer 250mm
Rads: 2x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 480mm
Fans: 8x Silverstone AP121 – green 120mm
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D
Tubing: Masterkleer PVC 3/8’’
Fittings: Koolance G1/4 3/8’’ black
 
 
For the looks, I bought a GPU-backplate and the really sharp looking individually sleeved PSU-cables from Corsair.
 
Makeup:
 
GPU-backplate: Watercool Heatkiller GPU backplate GTX 7X0
PSU-cables: Professional individually sleeved DC cable kit Type3
Liquid: Mayhems Pastel – mint green
 
 
 And now what you actually want to see
Pictures:

 

 
I had to take out the HD-bays in the bottom to fit my rad and the pump down there.
 

 
I was really impressed when the custom sleeved cables came in from Corsair. They look so beautiful and the green really seems to glow 
 

 

 

 

 
I mounted the Phobya Balancer to the HD-cages. This way I didn't had to drill holes myself, I was able to screw in between the rails for the hd-bays.

 
The Silverstone AP's just look so good at night. I took of the "side-panel" that covered the bottom part of the 900D for better airflow. If it would still be there, you wouldn't be able to see much of the glow at all.
 

 
When mounting the CPU-block I accidentally managed to bend one of the MB-pins  :unsure: But as lucky as I am, I was able to bend it back successfully without damaging it. But for a moment I was really scared 
 

 

 
The cables go perfectly with the black background from the 900D

 
Please just ignore the red SATA cable  I'll have to change it but at the moment, I had no other laying around.
 

 

 

 
The filling actually went smoother than I thought it would. I was frightened to actually fill the loop up, but it turned out to be the easiest part of the whole project 
 

 

 

 
The bleeding takes longer than I thought. I got the machine running now for about 2 weeks and when I turn it off, sometimes I still see small bubbles around some fittings.
 

 
 
 
Thats about how far I am at the moment. I'm still waiting for the LED-strips (green) to be delivered. I'll take some glamour-shots when I've really finished everything, but I'm interested in what you think about my rig and I'm looking forward to reading your comments.  :lol:
 
Thanks for reading

Hey guys
I wanted to have a watercooled rig for a long time now, and now I finally started building one! This is my first buildlog ever, in which I wanted to share my experiences with you, because this is an awesome forum with even more awesome people. As I really love custom loops, I wanted to watercool my whole rig at once, so I went for a new case. My old one was the NZXT Phantom which really had plenty of room to put stuff in, but it was older and there weren’t that many rad-slots so I decided to get the Corsair Obsidian 900D, which is pretty much as big as it can get.
I’m really an esthetics-guy so the only choice for the reservoir was a tube-res. I chose the Phobya Balancer 250mm for, which I wanted to fill up with green liquid.
 
 
 
Hardware:
 
CPU: Intel 3770K
Mainboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77
RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB (2x4)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780
PSU: Corsair AX860i
SSD: Samsung 840 pro 128GB
HDD: 2x 1TB WD Cabiar Black in RAID0
 
I had to take the heatsink off the RAM, due to its ugly red color which would have just completely destroyed the green colorscheme. They really don’t look that bad without the heatsink, they’re just completely black.
 
Watercooling-Hardware:
 
CPU-block: Swiftech Apogee HD 4-port
GPU-block: Watercool Heatkiller GPU-X GTX780 “hole-edition”
Pump: Alphacool VPP655
Reservoir: Phobya Balancer 250mm
Rads: 2x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 480mm
Fans: 8x Silverstone AP121 – green 120mm
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D
Tubing: Masterkleer PVC 3/8’’
Fittings: Koolance G1/4 3/8’’ black
 
 
For the looks, I bought a GPU-backplate and the really sharp looking individually sleeved PSU-cables from Corsair.
 
Makeup:
 
GPU-backplate: Watercool Heatkiller GPU backplate GTX 7X0
PSU-cables: Professional individually sleeved DC cable kit Type3
Liquid: Mayhems Pastel – mint green
 
 
 And now what you actually want to see
Pictures:

 

 
I had to take out the HD-bays in the bottom to fit my rad and the pump down there.
 

 
I was really impressed when the custom sleeved cables came in from Corsair. They look so beautiful and the green really seems to glow 
 

 

 

 

 
I mounted the Phobya Balancer to the HD-cages. This way I didn't had to drill holes myself, I was able to screw in between the rails for the hd-bays.

 
The Silverstone AP's just look so good at night. I took of the "side-panel" that covered the bottom part of the 900D for better airflow. If it would still be there, you wouldn't be able to see much of the glow at all.
 

 
When mounting the CPU-block I accidentally managed to bend one of the MB-pins  :unsure: But as lucky as I am, I was able to bend it back successfully without damaging it. But for a moment I was really scared 
 

 

 
The cables go perfectly with the black background from the 900D

 
Please just ignore the red SATA cable  I'll have to change it but at the moment, I had no other laying around.
 

 

 

 
The filling actually went smoother than I thought it would. I was frightened to actually fill the loop up, but it turned out to be the easiest part of the whole project 
 

 

 

 
The bleeding takes longer than I thought. I got the machine running now for about 2 weeks and when I turn it off, sometimes I still see small bubbles around some fittings.
 

 
 
 
Thats about how far I am at the moment. I'm still waiting for the LED-strips (green) to be delivered. I'll take some glamour-shots when I've really finished everything, but I'm interested in what you think about my rig and I'm looking forward to reading your comments.  :lol:
 
Thanks for reading

Hey guys
I wanted to have a watercooled rig for a long time now, and now I finally started building one! This is my first buildlog ever, in which I wanted to share my experiences with you, because this is an awesome forum with even more awesome people. As I really love custom loops, I wanted to watercool my whole rig at once, so I went for a new case. My old one was the NZXT Phantom which really had plenty of room to put stuff in, but it was older and there weren’t that many rad-slots so I decided to get the Corsair Obsidian 900D, which is pretty much as big as it can get.
I’m really an esthetics-guy so the only choice for the reservoir was a tube-res. I chose the Phobya Balancer 250mm for, which I wanted to fill up with green liquid.
 
 
 
Hardware:
 
CPU: Intel 3770K
Mainboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77
RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB (2x4)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780
PSU: Corsair AX860i
SSD: Samsung 840 pro 128GB
HDD: 2x 1TB WD Cabiar Black in RAID0
 
I had to take the heatsink off the RAM, due to its ugly red color which would have just completely destroyed the green colorscheme. They really don’t look that bad without the heatsink, they’re just completely black.
 
Watercooling-Hardware:
 
CPU-block: Swiftech Apogee HD 4-port
GPU-block: Watercool Heatkiller GPU-X GTX780 “hole-edition”
Pump: Alphacool VPP655
Reservoir: Phobya Balancer 250mm
Rads: 2x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 480mm
Fans: 8x Silverstone AP121 – green 120mm
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D
Tubing: Masterkleer PVC 3/8’’
Fittings: Koolance G1/4 3/8’’ black
 
 
For the looks, I bought a GPU-backplate and the really sharp looking individually sleeved PSU-cables from Corsair.
 
Makeup:
 
GPU-backplate: Watercool Heatkiller GPU backplate GTX 7X0
PSU-cables: Professional individually sleeved DC cable kit Type3
Liquid: Mayhems Pastel – mint green
 
 
 And now what you actually want to see
Pictures:

 

 
I had to take out the HD-bays in the bottom to fit my rad and the pump down there.
 

 
I was really impressed when the custom sleeved cables came in from Corsair. They look so beautiful and the green really seems to glow 
 

 

 

 

 
I mounted the Phobya Balancer to the HD-cages. This way I didn't had to drill holes myself, I was able to screw in between the rails for the hd-bays.

 
The Silverstone AP's just look so good at night. I took of the "side-panel" that covered the bottom part of the 900D for better airflow. If it would still be there, you wouldn't be able to see much of the glow at all.
 

 
When mounting the CPU-block I accidentally managed to bend one of the MB-pins  :unsure: But as lucky as I am, I was able to bend it back successfully without damaging it. But for a moment I was really scared 
 

 

 
The cables go perfectly with the black background from the 900D

 
Please just ignore the red SATA cable  I'll have to change it but at the moment, I had no other laying around.
 

 

 

 
The filling actually went smoother than I thought it would. I was frightened to actually fill the loop up, but it turned out to be the easiest part of the whole project 
 

 

 

 
The bleeding takes longer than I thought. I got the machine running now for about 2 weeks and when I turn it off, sometimes I still see small bubbles around some fittings.
 

 
 
 
Thats about how far I am at the moment. I'm still waiting for the LED-strips (green) to be delivered. I'll take some glamour-shots when I've really finished everything, but I'm interested in what you think about my rig and I'm looking forward to reading your comments.  :lol:
 
Thanks for reading

Hey guys
I wanted to have a watercooled rig for a long time now, and now I finally started building one! This is my first buildlog ever, in which I wanted to share my experiences with you, because this is an awesome forum with even more awesome people. As I really love custom loops, I wanted to watercool my whole rig at once, so I went for a new case. My old one was the NZXT Phantom which really had plenty of room to put stuff in, but it was older and there weren’t that many rad-slots so I decided to get the Corsair Obsidian 900D, which is pretty much as big as it can get.
I’m really an esthetics-guy so the only choice for the reservoir was a tube-res. I chose the Phobya Balancer 250mm for, which I wanted to fill up with green liquid.
 
 
 
Hardware:
 
CPU: Intel 3770K
Mainboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77
RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB (2x4)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780
PSU: Corsair AX860i
SSD: Samsung 840 pro 128GB
HDD: 2x 1TB WD Cabiar Black in RAID0
 
I had to take the heatsink off the RAM, due to its ugly red color which would have just completely destroyed the green colorscheme. They really don’t look that bad without the heatsink, they’re just completely black.
 
Watercooling-Hardware:
 
CPU-block: Swiftech Apogee HD 4-port
GPU-block: Watercool Heatkiller GPU-X GTX780 “hole-edition”
Pump: Alphacool VPP655
Reservoir: Phobya Balancer 250mm
Rads: 2x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 480mm
Fans: 8x Silverstone AP121 – green 120mm
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D
Tubing: Masterkleer PVC 3/8’’
Fittings: Koolance G1/4 3/8’’ black
 
 
For the looks, I bought a GPU-backplate and the really sharp looking individually sleeved PSU-cables from Corsair.
 
Makeup:
 
GPU-backplate: Watercool Heatkiller GPU backplate GTX 7X0
PSU-cables: Professional individually sleeved DC cable kit Type3
Liquid: Mayhems Pastel – mint green
 
 
 And now what you actually want to see
Pictures:

 

 
I had to take out the HD-bays in the bottom to fit my rad and the pump down there.
 

 
I was really impressed when the custom sleeved cables came in from Corsair. They look so beautiful and the green really seems to glow 
 

 

 

 

 
I mounted the Phobya Balancer to the HD-cages. This way I didn't had to drill holes myself, I was able to screw in between the rails for the hd-bays.

 
The Silverstone AP's just look so good at night. I took of the "side-panel" that covered the bottom part of the 900D for better airflow. If it would still be there, you wouldn't be able to see much of the glow at all.
 

 
When mounting the CPU-block I accidentally managed to bend one of the MB-pins  :unsure: But as lucky as I am, I was able to bend it back successfully without damaging it. But for a moment I was really scared 
 

 

 
The cables go perfectly with the black background from the 900D

 
Please just ignore the red SATA cable  I'll have to change it but at the moment, I had no other laying around.
 

 

 

 
The filling actually went smoother than I thought it would. I was frightened to actually fill the loop up, but it turned out to be the easiest part of the whole project 
 

 

 

 
The bleeding takes longer than I thought. I got the machine running now for about 2 weeks and when I turn it off, sometimes I still see small bubbles around some fittings.
 

 
 
 
Thats about how far I am at the moment. I'm still waiting for the LED-strips (green) to be delivered. I'll take some glamour-shots when I've really finished everything, but I'm interested in what you think about my rig and I'm looking forward to reading your comments.  :lol:
 
Thanks for reading

Hey guys
I wanted to have a watercooled rig for a long time now, and now I finally started building one! This is my first buildlog ever, in which I wanted to share my experiences with you, because this is an awesome forum with even more awesome people. As I really love custom loops, I wanted to watercool my whole rig at once, so I went for a new case. My old one was the NZXT Phantom which really had plenty of room to put stuff in, but it was older and there weren’t that many rad-slots so I decided to get the Corsair Obsidian 900D, which is pretty much as big as it can get.
I’m really an esthetics-guy so the only choice for the reservoir was a tube-res. I chose the Phobya Balancer 250mm for, which I wanted to fill up with green liquid.
 
 
 
Hardware:
 
CPU: Intel 3770K
Mainboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77
RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB (2x4)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780
PSU: Corsair AX860i
SSD: Samsung 840 pro 128GB
HDD: 2x 1TB WD Cabiar Black in RAID0
 
I had to take the heatsink off the RAM, due to its ugly red color which would have just completely destroyed the green colorscheme. They really don’t look that bad without the heatsink, they’re just completely black.
 
Watercooling-Hardware:
 
CPU-block: Swiftech Apogee HD 4-port
GPU-block: Watercool Heatkiller GPU-X GTX780 “hole-edition”
Pump: Alphacool VPP655
Reservoir: Phobya Balancer 250mm
Rads: 2x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 480mm
Fans: 8x Silverstone AP121 – green 120mm
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D
Tubing: Masterkleer PVC 3/8’’
Fittings: Koolance G1/4 3/8’’ black
 
 
For the looks, I bought a GPU-backplate and the really sharp looking individually sleeved PSU-cables from Corsair.
 
Makeup:
 
GPU-backplate: Watercool Heatkiller GPU backplate GTX 7X0
PSU-cables: Professional individually sleeved DC cable kit Type3
Liquid: Mayhems Pastel – mint green
 
 
 And now what you actually want to see
Pictures:

 

 
I had to take out the HD-bays in the bottom to fit my rad and the pump down there.
 

 
I was really impressed when the custom sleeved cables came in from Corsair. They look so beautiful and the green really seems to glow 
 

 

 

 

 
I mounted the Phobya Balancer to the HD-cages. This way I didn't had to drill holes myself, I was able to screw in between the rails for the hd-bays.

 
The Silverstone AP's just look so good at night. I took of the "side-panel" that covered the bottom part of the 900D for better airflow. If it would still be there, you wouldn't be able to see much of the glow at all.
 

 
When mounting the CPU-block I accidentally managed to bend one of the MB-pins  :unsure: But as lucky as I am, I was able to bend it back successfully without damaging it. But for a moment I was really scared 
 

 

 
The cables go perfectly with the black background from the 900D

 
Please just ignore the red SATA cable  I'll have to change it but at the moment, I had no other laying around.
 

 

 

 
The filling actually went smoother than I thought it would. I was frightened to actually fill the loop up, but it turned out to be the easiest part of the whole project 
 

 

 

 
The bleeding takes longer than I thought. I got the machine running now for about 2 weeks and when I turn it off, sometimes I still see small bubbles around some fittings.
 

 
 
 
Thats about how far I am at the moment. I'm still waiting for the LED-strips (green) to be delivered. I'll take some glamour-shots when I've really finished everything, but I'm interested in what you think about my rig and I'm looking forward to reading your comments.  :lol:
 
Thanks for reading

Hey guys
I wanted to have a watercooled rig for a long time now, and now I finally started building one! This is my first buildlog ever, in which I wanted to share my experiences with you, because this is an awesome forum with even more awesome people. As I really love custom loops, I wanted to watercool my whole rig at once, so I went for a new case. My old one was the NZXT Phantom which really had plenty of room to put stuff in, but it was older and there weren’t that many rad-slots so I decided to get the Corsair Obsidian 900D, which is pretty much as big as it can get.
I’m really an esthetics-guy so the only choice for the reservoir was a tube-res. I chose the Phobya Balancer 250mm for, which I wanted to fill up with green liquid.
 
 
 
Hardware:
 
CPU: Intel 3770K
Mainboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77
RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB (2x4)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780
PSU: Corsair AX860i
SSD: Samsung 840 pro 128GB
HDD: 2x 1TB WD Cabiar Black in RAID0
 
I had to take the heatsink off the RAM, due to its ugly red color which would have just completely destroyed the green colorscheme. They really don’t look that bad without the heatsink, they’re just completely black.
 
Watercooling-Hardware:
 
CPU-block: Swiftech Apogee HD 4-port
GPU-block: Watercool Heatkiller GPU-X GTX780 “hole-edition”
Pump: Alphacool VPP655
Reservoir: Phobya Balancer 250mm
Rads: 2x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 480mm
Fans: 8x Silverstone AP121 – green 120mm
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D
Tubing: Masterkleer PVC 3/8’’
Fittings: Koolance G1/4 3/8’’ black
 
 
For the looks, I bought a GPU-backplate and the really sharp looking individually sleeved PSU-cables from Corsair.
 
Makeup:
 
GPU-backplate: Watercool Heatkiller GPU backplate GTX 7X0
PSU-cables: Professional individually sleeved DC cable kit Type3
Liquid: Mayhems Pastel – mint green
 
 
 And now what you actually want to see
Pictures:

 

 
I had to take out the HD-bays in the bottom to fit my rad and the pump down there.
 

 
I was really impressed when the custom sleeved cables came in from Corsair. They look so beautiful and the green really seems to glow 
 

 

 

 

 
I mounted the Phobya Balancer to the HD-cages. This way I didn't had to drill holes myself, I was able to screw in between the rails for the hd-bays.

 
The Silverstone AP's just look so good at night. I took of the "side-panel" that covered the bottom part of the 900D for better airflow. If it would still be there, you wouldn't be able to see much of the glow at all.
 

 
When mounting the CPU-block I accidentally managed to bend one of the MB-pins  :unsure: But as lucky as I am, I was able to bend it back successfully without damaging it. But for a moment I was really scared 
 

 

 
The cables go perfectly with the black background from the 900D

 
Please just ignore the red SATA cable  I'll have to change it but at the moment, I had no other laying around.
 

 

 

 
The filling actually went smoother than I thought it would. I was frightened to actually fill the loop up, but it turned out to be the easiest part of the whole project 
 

 

 

 
The bleeding takes longer than I thought. I got the machine running now for about 2 weeks and when I turn it off, sometimes I still see small bubbles around some fittings.
 

 
 
 
Thats about how far I am at the moment. I'm still waiting for the LED-strips (green) to be delivered. I'll take some glamour-shots when I've really finished everything, but I'm interested in what you think about my rig and I'm looking forward to reading your comments.  :lol:
 
Thanks for reading

Hey guys
I wanted to have a watercooled rig for a long time now, and now I finally started building one! This is my first buildlog ever, in which I wanted to share my experiences with you, because this is an awesome forum with even more awesome people. As I really love custom loops, I wanted to watercool my whole rig at once, so I went for a new case. My old one was the NZXT Phantom which really had plenty of room to put stuff in, but it was older and there weren’t that many rad-slots so I decided to get the Corsair Obsidian 900D, which is pretty much as big as it can get.
I’m really an esthetics-guy so the only choice for the reservoir was a tube-res. I chose the Phobya Balancer 250mm for, which I wanted to fill up with green liquid.
 
 
 
Hardware:
 
CPU: Intel 3770K
Mainboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77
RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB (2x4)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780
PSU: Corsair AX860i
SSD: Samsung 840 pro 128GB
HDD: 2x 1TB WD Cabiar Black in RAID0
 
I had to take the heatsink off the RAM, due to its ugly red color which would have just completely destroyed the green colorscheme. They really don’t look that bad without the heatsink, they’re just completely black.
 
Watercooling-Hardware:
 
CPU-block: Swiftech Apogee HD 4-port
GPU-block: Watercool Heatkiller GPU-X GTX780 “hole-edition”
Pump: Alphacool VPP655
Reservoir: Phobya Balancer 250mm
Rads: 2x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 480mm
Fans: 8x Silverstone AP121 – green 120mm
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D
Tubing: Masterkleer PVC 3/8’’
Fittings: Koolance G1/4 3/8’’ black
 
 
For the looks, I bought a GPU-backplate and the really sharp looking individually sleeved PSU-cables from Corsair.
 
Makeup:
 
GPU-backplate: Watercool Heatkiller GPU backplate GTX 7X0
PSU-cables: Professional individually sleeved DC cable kit Type3
Liquid: Mayhems Pastel – mint green
 
 
 And now what you actually want to see
Pictures:

 

 
I had to take out the HD-bays in the bottom to fit my rad and the pump down there.
 

 
I was really impressed when the custom sleeved cables came in from Corsair. They look so beautiful and the green really seems to glow 
 

 

 

 

 
I mounted the Phobya Balancer to the HD-cages. This way I didn't had to drill holes myself, I was able to screw in between the rails for the hd-bays.

 
The Silverstone AP's just look so good at night. I took of the "side-panel" that covered the bottom part of the 900D for better airflow. If it would still be there, you wouldn't be able to see much of the glow at all.
 

 
When mounting the CPU-block I accidentally managed to bend one of the MB-pins  :unsure: But as lucky as I am, I was able to bend it back successfully without damaging it. But for a moment I was really scared 
 

 

 
The cables go perfectly with the black background from the 900D

 
Please just ignore the red SATA cable  I'll have to change it but at the moment, I had no other laying around.
 

 

 

 
The filling actually went smoother than I thought it would. I was frightened to actually fill the loop up, but it turned out to be the easiest part of the whole project 
 

 

 

 
The bleeding takes longer than I thought. I got the machine running now for about 2 weeks and when I turn it off, sometimes I still see small bubbles around some fittings.
 

 
 
 
Thats about how far I am at the moment. I'm still waiting for the LED-strips (green) to be delivered. I'll take some glamour-shots when I've really finished everything, but I'm interested in what you think about my rig and I'm looking forward to reading your comments.  :lol:
 
Thanks for reading

As it only happens about once a month I cant really prove that it works. But in this case I trust the changelog so i'll just mark it as solved

Sounds like a firmware issue... just like every other razer keyboard.
 
Update them from razers site: http://drivers.razersupport.com//index.php?_m=downloads&_a=view&parentcategoryid=364&pcid=247&nav=0,77,241,247
The link was pretty hidden :P
 
GL

Not really a build log, but I thought I'd share anyway.

CPU: Intel Core i7-3820

CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Memory: 2x G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866

SSD: Crucial M4 128GB

Storage: 2x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM

Graphics card: EVGA GTX 780 SC

Case: Fractal Design Define R4

Fans: 5x Scythe Gentle Typhoon AP-15

Power Supply: Corsair AX750

Monitor: Asus PB278Q








 

Thanks very much

I have phantom 820, and i have alphacool xt45 rad in push, that is lax you can fit, to bottom you can fit alphacool 280 monsta rad.
Thick radiator is always better.

Nice paint :)

This community is honestly the nicest and most caring bunch of people I have ever interacted with on the internet. Every one of you that I've talked to has been nice, and always supportive. As dumb as that may sound it means a lot to me, because through all the shit I go through every day, it's nice to know that for part of my free time, I can enjoy communicating with others about things we have a passion about.
 
As for the title of the post, I say that because I keep trying to give Reddit the credit others think they deserve as a good community, but I've come to the conclusion that they aren't. I posted my computer build to the /r/BuildAPC subreddit and immediately got shit on the parts I chose and got not one, not two, but three different PMs telling me that I was "a dumbass faggot that doesn't know shit". I do know what I'm talking about, and I do have reason behind why I build the computers I build, but to the bunch of "nice" people that Reddit is supposed to be, they certainly do not care. What they do seem to care about though is bringing people down to a low. Now there is a few subreddits that seem actually nice, but for the remaining 99% not so much.
 
This is just my experience, and in no way did I mean to offend any of you that are on Reddit. I'm just venting essentially :p

I loved to play Metro Last Light <3, just love the whole metro series

Thats basically what i was trying to get at with my last answer. :D