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Excellent composition
Id give it a 9 could be a touch darker for me
 

 
 

Those are some massive reservoirs. I have one that size in my current rig and it just drinks down coolant like a german during Oktoberfest. In comparison my most recent build for my mom took less than a litre which really surprised me lol. Also interested in how you're planning on making the desk thinner, as I've had a few plans for a desk build myself where I basically switch over to blade-server components (EK server blocks and server PSUs plus a distro panel as my res). GLHF!
 
As a side note, im pretty jelly of that band saw you got there. I've been looking for a similar or larger band saw (at least 16" throat) myself for a while locally, but haven't been able to find anything that really caught my eye. There was an awesome 1952 Walker Turner MCB1160 that I was really disappointed to learn had already sold 😞

So I finally finished my setup and wanted to share. 
 
CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
GPU - Gigabyte Gaming OC 3080 RTX
MB - MSI B550 Tomahawk
RAM - Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 3600 Mhz CL18 64 GB
AIO - MSI Coreliquid 360r
PSU - Be Quiet  850W 80+ Platinum
CASE - Chieftech Stallion II (modded by myself for better airflow)
Monitors - 2x Gigabyte G27QC / curved / 1440p / 165hz 
Mouse - Razer Deathadder V2
Keyboard - Razer Blackwidow V3 Tenkeyless
Mousepad on desk - Razer Goliathus Extended Chroma
Mousepad on wall - Razer Firefly Hard edition
Headset - Razer Blackshark V2 Pro 
Controller - AimControllers PS4 Custom mod
RGB Cables - Lian Li Strimer Plus
 

 
Thanks for reading ! 

MSI MPG SEKIRA 100R Black Mid Tower Gaming Case
MSI MPG CORELIQUID K240 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler
2x CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600
MSI MPG A850GF 850W ATX 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
AMD RYZEN 9 3900X 12-Core 3.8 GHz
MSI MEG X570 ACE Gaming Motherboard
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6X
SAMSUNG 980 M.2 2280 1TB

The parts in this build come from what used to be my main rig, named Pinky. Then I upgraded and retired it.
 
Recently I've thrown it back together in a new case, with a new loop. I have a ton of watercooling parts that have just been lying around unused, so I figured I might as well put it all to use
 

The case is an InWin S-Frame that I recently acquired after a long search, just for collection purposes.
 
 

#190/500
 
 

Free Cell is what she usually plays.
 
 

The GPUs are custom modded to be watercooled as well, I wrote up a guide a couple years ago which can be found here. They are plumbed as parallel in this case (used to be set up series, redid the mod during the pre-build maintenance overhaul).
 
 

I was originally saving my brand new CSQ circle-square EK RAM waterblocks for my SR-X, but since that build has seen no progress in years, I went ahead and used them here. It's a shame they no longer make them in the classic circle-square pattern, since I prefer it to the flat acetal finish they have these days. Excuse the imperfect bend there, as it was a quick build and I ran out of tubing to redo it lol.
 
Now all that's left is for her to play solitaire on this thing until it no longer meets the minimum system requirements of the game!
 
 
Parts List:
- MSi X99A Godlike Gaming
- i7-5960x
- Nvidia 980ti *2 in SLI
- Nvidia 2-Way SLI Bridge Long
- G.Skill 64GB DDR4 2400 (forgot the model)
- Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB
- Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB
- InWin S-Frame #190/500
- Corsair HX850i
- Sleeved Cables are extensions only, as I was too cheap/lazy to buy/make some.
- Uphere ultra cheap red 120mm fans
- Airgoo RGB LED strip set to red wave
- Hellermann Tyton cable tie mounts (these are the jam, they never come off/apart)
 
Watercooling:
- Black Ice Nemesis 360GTS RAD
- Laing D5 Pump
- Barrow Pump Top
- 100mm Monsoon MMRS Res with black rods, red screws, and white CCFLs
- EK-VGA Supremacy CSQ *2 for 2*980ti
- EK Supremacy CSQ CPU block
- EK Monarch X4 CSQ Ram block *2
- Iceman DIMM cooling modules *8
- Custom sheet metal pump and reservoir mounting brackets so that I didn't have to drill any holes in my beloved case.
- 12mm OD 10mm ID PETG tubing
- A mix of Bitspower, Primochill, Barrow, and Monsoon fittings
- EK Cryofuel Blood Red Premix 750mL

The parts in this build come from what used to be my main rig, named Pinky. Then I upgraded and retired it.
 
Recently I've thrown it back together in a new case, with a new loop. I have a ton of watercooling parts that have just been lying around unused, so I figured I might as well put it all to use
 

The case is an InWin S-Frame that I recently acquired after a long search, just for collection purposes.
 
 

#190/500
 
 

Free Cell is what she usually plays.
 
 

The GPUs are custom modded to be watercooled as well, I wrote up a guide a couple years ago which can be found here. They are plumbed as parallel in this case (used to be set up series, redid the mod during the pre-build maintenance overhaul).
 
 

I was originally saving my brand new CSQ circle-square EK RAM waterblocks for my SR-X, but since that build has seen no progress in years, I went ahead and used them here. It's a shame they no longer make them in the classic circle-square pattern, since I prefer it to the flat acetal finish they have these days. Excuse the imperfect bend there, as it was a quick build and I ran out of tubing to redo it lol.
 
Now all that's left is for her to play solitaire on this thing until it no longer meets the minimum system requirements of the game!
 
 
Parts List:
- MSi X99A Godlike Gaming
- i7-5960x
- Nvidia 980ti *2 in SLI
- Nvidia 2-Way SLI Bridge Long
- G.Skill 64GB DDR4 2400 (forgot the model)
- Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB
- Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB
- InWin S-Frame #190/500
- Corsair HX850i
- Sleeved Cables are extensions only, as I was too cheap/lazy to buy/make some.
- Uphere ultra cheap red 120mm fans
- Airgoo RGB LED strip set to red wave
- Hellermann Tyton cable tie mounts (these are the jam, they never come off/apart)
 
Watercooling:
- Black Ice Nemesis 360GTS RAD
- Laing D5 Pump
- Barrow Pump Top
- 100mm Monsoon MMRS Res with black rods, red screws, and white CCFLs
- EK-VGA Supremacy CSQ *2 for 2*980ti
- EK Supremacy CSQ CPU block
- EK Monarch X4 CSQ Ram block *2
- Iceman DIMM cooling modules *8
- Custom sheet metal pump and reservoir mounting brackets so that I didn't have to drill any holes in my beloved case.
- 12mm OD 10mm ID PETG tubing
- A mix of Bitspower, Primochill, Barrow, and Monsoon fittings
- EK Cryofuel Blood Red Premix 750mL

The parts in this build come from what used to be my main rig, named Pinky. Then I upgraded and retired it.
 
Recently I've thrown it back together in a new case, with a new loop. I have a ton of watercooling parts that have just been lying around unused, so I figured I might as well put it all to use
 

The case is an InWin S-Frame that I recently acquired after a long search, just for collection purposes.
 
 

#190/500
 
 

Free Cell is what she usually plays.
 
 

The GPUs are custom modded to be watercooled as well, I wrote up a guide a couple years ago which can be found here. They are plumbed as parallel in this case (used to be set up series, redid the mod during the pre-build maintenance overhaul).
 
 

I was originally saving my brand new CSQ circle-square EK RAM waterblocks for my SR-X, but since that build has seen no progress in years, I went ahead and used them here. It's a shame they no longer make them in the classic circle-square pattern, since I prefer it to the flat acetal finish they have these days. Excuse the imperfect bend there, as it was a quick build and I ran out of tubing to redo it lol.
 
Now all that's left is for her to play solitaire on this thing until it no longer meets the minimum system requirements of the game!
 
 
Parts List:
- MSi X99A Godlike Gaming
- i7-5960x
- Nvidia 980ti *2 in SLI
- Nvidia 2-Way SLI Bridge Long
- G.Skill 64GB DDR4 2400 (forgot the model)
- Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB
- Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB
- InWin S-Frame #190/500
- Corsair HX850i
- Sleeved Cables are extensions only, as I was too cheap/lazy to buy/make some.
- Uphere ultra cheap red 120mm fans
- Airgoo RGB LED strip set to red wave
- Hellermann Tyton cable tie mounts (these are the jam, they never come off/apart)
 
Watercooling:
- Black Ice Nemesis 360GTS RAD
- Laing D5 Pump
- Barrow Pump Top
- 100mm Monsoon MMRS Res with black rods, red screws, and white CCFLs
- EK-VGA Supremacy CSQ *2 for 2*980ti
- EK Supremacy CSQ CPU block
- EK Monarch X4 CSQ Ram block *2
- Iceman DIMM cooling modules *8
- Custom sheet metal pump and reservoir mounting brackets so that I didn't have to drill any holes in my beloved case.
- 12mm OD 10mm ID PETG tubing
- A mix of Bitspower, Primochill, Barrow, and Monsoon fittings
- EK Cryofuel Blood Red Premix 750mL

The parts in this build come from what used to be my main rig, named Pinky. Then I upgraded and retired it.
 
Recently I've thrown it back together in a new case, with a new loop. I have a ton of watercooling parts that have just been lying around unused, so I figured I might as well put it all to use
 

The case is an InWin S-Frame that I recently acquired after a long search, just for collection purposes.
 
 

#190/500
 
 

Free Cell is what she usually plays.
 
 

The GPUs are custom modded to be watercooled as well, I wrote up a guide a couple years ago which can be found here. They are plumbed as parallel in this case (used to be set up series, redid the mod during the pre-build maintenance overhaul).
 
 

I was originally saving my brand new CSQ circle-square EK RAM waterblocks for my SR-X, but since that build has seen no progress in years, I went ahead and used them here. It's a shame they no longer make them in the classic circle-square pattern, since I prefer it to the flat acetal finish they have these days. Excuse the imperfect bend there, as it was a quick build and I ran out of tubing to redo it lol.
 
Now all that's left is for her to play solitaire on this thing until it no longer meets the minimum system requirements of the game!
 
 
Parts List:
- MSi X99A Godlike Gaming
- i7-5960x
- Nvidia 980ti *2 in SLI
- Nvidia 2-Way SLI Bridge Long
- G.Skill 64GB DDR4 2400 (forgot the model)
- Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB
- Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB
- InWin S-Frame #190/500
- Corsair HX850i
- Sleeved Cables are extensions only, as I was too cheap/lazy to buy/make some.
- Uphere ultra cheap red 120mm fans
- Airgoo RGB LED strip set to red wave
- Hellermann Tyton cable tie mounts (these are the jam, they never come off/apart)
 
Watercooling:
- Black Ice Nemesis 360GTS RAD
- Laing D5 Pump
- Barrow Pump Top
- 100mm Monsoon MMRS Res with black rods, red screws, and white CCFLs
- EK-VGA Supremacy CSQ *2 for 2*980ti
- EK Supremacy CSQ CPU block
- EK Monarch X4 CSQ Ram block *2
- Iceman DIMM cooling modules *8
- Custom sheet metal pump and reservoir mounting brackets so that I didn't have to drill any holes in my beloved case.
- 12mm OD 10mm ID PETG tubing
- A mix of Bitspower, Primochill, Barrow, and Monsoon fittings
- EK Cryofuel Blood Red Premix 750mL

Usually the fans being max speed is a dead cpu.

ugh... at least now my SR-X has an older brother to play with.

wireless internet. if you have decent wifi and dont want to connect an cable for internet, i'd say get wifi. If you dont have wifi on your mobo you can always get a wifi expansion card later on.

After months of hunting, I have found and acquired one.

Mehh... line it up as best you can and apply an extra 5Nm torque to the mounting screws! 
 

I have a reference 6900XT that i've set (via moar powa tool) to draw 370W right now. temperatures peaked at only 51c after 15 minutes of furmark.
 
The PCIe power cables are only slightly warm to the touch (Two 18AWG 8pins, and no i'm not using the single that splits into dual-8pins). I read somewhere that these 8 pins should be good for 300W each, but molex set the standard to 150W due to concerns over cheap PSUs using cheap cable material.
 
Would it be safe to go higher on the power limit, or would I damage something? The card in a big custom loop hence the low temps, voltage has not been messed with, only power limit so far.

My recent upgrade also involved a loop rebuild, during which pretty much overhauled the entire loop. My old loop used deionized with a silver kill coil, and I never had any real issues with it worth mentioning - coolant stayed clean and temps were good.
 
- EK ROG CH8 Dark Hero Monoblock (new)
- EK Monarch X4 RAM blocks (reused but with full disassembly cleaning)
- EK 6900XT full-cover block (new)
- Alphacool NexXxos UT60 480 RAD (reused, thorough flushed, left to dry fully before being refilled)
- Primochill RSX Fittings
- Primochill Res (new 360mm, forgot exact model)
- D5 pump
 
With the rebuild, I moved from colored tubing and water to clear tubing and colored water. I'm definitely one of the "water is best" people, but I thought "hey, how bad can it be? plenty of youtubers use coolant," and went with a gallon of Primochill True Opaque in pink. Man was I wrong. Within 15 days I've been getting this white frost-like sediment that clings to the tubes and the "opaque" coolant is becoming visibly less opaque by the day.
 
And before anyone asks, no I am not mixing metals, at least nothing really bad. Nickel and copper in this loop, no aluminum. Primochill also advertises this coolant as corrosion and sludge inhibiting. The kill coil was also removed.
 
Pictures speak for themselves:

Not quite antique, but certainly rare: EVGA SR-X in a custom-built chassis (WIP on hiatus)

I know custom loops have existed for far long and there are people who have done way more than me but I just thought it was cool that its been 10yrs now and to see how my builds have evolved over time. The first loop in the Antec 1200 was the only case I added the loop as an after thought. Every case after that was picked specifically with watercooling in mind.

 

@DoctorNickNewest v3202. And yup, stock RAM hasn't crashed on me yet, but it's only been a few hours and the crashes happen randomly, so I'll keep an eye on it for the next few days. I did change 2 variables at once (HX850i + Stock RAM), so if I don't get any more crashes i'll try stock RAM+put my AX1500i back in.
 
The few similar cases I could find pointed in all sorts of directions, with some claiming new RAM fixed it, others concluding a faulty CPU, and some pointing to the Mobo since the power/reset buttons no longer worked.
 
Everything's new on this system so I have no idea at this point. The only known good I can test with it is my old RM1000 PSU.

Report 3:
Oh my! 1.5v didn't post and so in a leap of faith I did 1.55v on DRAM voltage and it posts! 3733Mhz 1866FCLK 14-13-13-33 timings!
 
Here're the exact details, many timing numbers of which I just copied and pasted from LTT's "ultra high end" test on their Ryzen RAM purchasing guide.
 
DRAM Freq: 3733MHz
FCLK Freq: 1866MHz
DRAM Voltage: 1.55v
CPU SOC Voltage: 1.2v
Primary DRAM Latencies: 14-13-13-13-33
Trc: 42
TrrdS: 4
TrrdL: 6
Tfaw: 24
TwtrS: 4
TwtrL: 12
Twr: 12
TrdrdScl: 3
TwrwrScl: 3
Trfc: 288Tcwl: 14
Trtp: 8
Cmd2T: 1T
Gear Down Mode: Enabled
Power Down Enable: Disable
CPU Current Capability: 110%
VDDSOC Phase Control: Extreme
DRAM Current Capability: 130%
DRAM Power Phase Control: Extreme
DRAM Switching Freq: 400KHz
PBO: Enabled

Two veteran cards retiring today. Though you did not participate in the most pivotal of battles, did not single handedly change history, did not die on the field of duty, your presence was felt and appreciated at all times, and will be missed. As the last generation of true SLI cards, you experienced levels of camaraderie your successors will rarely have the opportunity to partake in.
 

 
And lastly, a throwback to the glory days.

 
F.

Two veteran cards retiring today. Though you did not participate in the most pivotal of battles, did not single handedly change history, did not die on the field of duty, your presence was felt and appreciated at all times, and will be missed. As the last generation of true SLI cards, you experienced levels of camaraderie your successors will rarely have the opportunity to partake in.
 

 
And lastly, a throwback to the glory days.

 
F.

1250 usd

Waiting on the PSU – saw a deal for a never-used AX1500i that I simply could NOT pass up, even though the peak power draw of this system is only 850W-ish lol.
 
Will be air-cooled for the time being while I test it and finish up other stuff, but the stuff for the hardline loop already exists (from my old loop). 

Waiting on the PSU – saw a deal for a never-used AX1500i that I simply could NOT pass up, even though the peak power draw of this system is only 850W-ish lol.
 
Will be air-cooled for the time being while I test it and finish up other stuff, but the stuff for the hardline loop already exists (from my old loop). 

It's here