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  1. GettinBissi
    That build initially looked absolutely bada$$. Can't wait to see how the upgrade turns out.
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    Regardless how it came out, kudos for taking the plunge and doing a hard line loop. I'd just paint the red accents a matching green. Paining the mobo is actually easy, those red parts are all easily detachable. And while you have it apart, adjust the length in the runs in a way to get them all to be at right angles, parallel and perpendicular to each other etc.
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    I did some minor case mods on my Corsair 760t and upgraded the cooling loop. Specs: Don't laugh at the channel or video quality (or lack thereof). The channel and the videos are intended to be a place for me to share my geekly endeavors, not to be a professional production or anything. Why Plog when you can Vlog, right? Here is a photo log of the initial build before the upgrades: Btw: Plumber butt is not just limited to plumbers!
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    It looks fine to me. Typically though the copper corrodes the aluminum. Take a look around the inlets of the radiators.
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    Love the avatar! In regards to flow: yes folks will say that pump speed doesn't really matter and that is true to an extent but they are referring to D5 and equivilant pumps that have flow rates like this: And even then there is a difference of a couple of degrees between max and min pump speeds. In an SFF build the odds are already against you with airflow, then the poorer heat dissipation of aluminum radiators is another hit. Yeah, you could probably get away with it but you won't be happy with your temps, you'll have little or no room for overclocking and you'll end up redoing it again in the future. My point just is, if you're gonna go water, make it worth while. Otherwise you just have a system that cools like air but has the risks of water. Anymahoo that's my 2 cents and I still look forward to seeing this system come together!
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    Wow, that's really low flow. It makes a D5 look like a garden hose lol. Maybe one of these will fit? http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g30/c85/s1703/list/p1/Liquid_Cooling-Water_Blocks_CPU-CPU_BlockPump_Combo-Page1.html
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    I would. Better safe than sorry. EK only sells copper and brass based components, so I would bet that's what their coolants are geared for. A thought that comes to mind is using automotive coolant since you see a lot of cars with both aluminum and copper in the same system. Think old muscle cars with copper core radiators and aluminum heads on suped up engines, or more modern cars with aluminum everything but a copper heater core etc. I have never done a mixed loop and I am by no means a chemist, I just know that without some special considerations in the coolant, there will be corrosion problems with aluminum and copper in the same loop. Cars get away with it because of the coolants they use and AIOs get away with it because they use propylene glycol. Here is a good read that goes into it, in a bit more detail: http://www.overclockers.com/pc-water-coolant-chemistry-part-ii/.
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    I look forward to seeing this come together. I love seeing folks mod and improvise, especially when it comes to jamming things into SFF builds. The only consideration I would mention is to use some sort of propylene glycol coolant because most AIO coolers have aluminum radiators, so there will be a mix of aluminum and copper in the same loop. From my understanding that's the way the AIO OEMs get away with it.
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    Thanks!
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    That's one hell of a badass first build. Good job! How are you liking it so far?
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    The desk is a black Galant with chrome legs from Ikea. All the water cooling stuff is EK purchased from a local Micro Center. Much cooler. Before my 1080 would peak in the low to mid 80s with the default fan profile and my CPU would push up into the low 90s (at 4.4 GHz 1.26v). Now my GPU stays in the 40s and my CPU stays under 70 under full stress testing. Idle is way down too, the GPU idles at 31/32 and the CPU idles in the high 20s. And it does all that with a fan curve that peaks my Noctuas at a cap of 70%.
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    Thanks!
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    Here is the photo log of my upgrade to a full custom loop. Part 1 Part 2 - I decided to re-do the tube that was in front of the reservoir. The whole setup
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    That's my thought. My temps are low enough, I am just considering a dynamic multiplier with an offset or adaptive voltage to add some life to the chip.
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    Lol - the more feedback the better
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    Those of you with OCed Haswell-E and Haswell chips. Are you guys running a fixed multiplier with fixed voltage or fixed multiplier with adaptive/offset voltage or dynamic multiplier with adaptive/offset voltage? Currently I have my 5820k locked at a fixed 4.4GHz on a fixed 1.26v. It stays cool, like high 20s/low 30s at idle. Low 30s to low 40s when working. Low 50s when gaming and low to mid 60s when stress testing (depending on ambient of course). But I am wondering if going dynamic with an offset voltage might add life to the chip since it's on at least 10 hours a day and if the switching can actually have a negative effect. Thoughts?
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    I go with EVGA anytime it's an option because of their build quality, warranty and customer support but there are a few caveats here: The SC models are reference design, when the G1 is a fully customized PCB. According to Gigabyte the G1 is binned when EVGA makes no such claim on the SC models. That's not to say that the G1 will definitely be a better overclocker but it does help stack the odds. (See GPU Gauntlet here: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5916#kf ) I had a G1 GTX 1080 and although it was not the best overclocker (The bottleneck was power delivery, a single 8 pin was not enough for a high enough power limit) it was very quiet, very cool, seemed to be built well and despite it's looks is actually a pretty small card, in case your using a SF build etc.
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    Hm, very strange. AB is installing to Program Files (x86) as well? Have you tried more than one version of PrecisionX OC?
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    That is almost definitely a permissions issue with your Program Files (x86) folder. You should be able to verify this by running Precision as Admin. If that is the case you will need to reset the ACLs of the directory.
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    My first step would be checking the ground using a multimeter. Below is how you would check with a US outlet. Don't mind the bad plaster, it's an old building and that's under and an air conditioner.
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    If the 1060 is in your price range I'd get the 1060 over the RX 480 unless you play only Vulkan & DX12 games, which is unlikely or if you plan to add a second card down the road since the 1060 doesn't support SLI.
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    Neither one of those CPUs would be a bottleneck for a 1060, 1070 or 1080 even. So I think a better balanced gaming machine would be the 6500 & 1070.
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    I would never buy a Titan for gaming and anytime anyone does they are justifying the legitimacy of a $1200 GPU which further firms up the $700 price mark of an 80 series GPU. Not to even get into the price game they played with rebranding reference as Founders and charging a premium for a worse card motivating AIBs to easily exceed the MSRP. Rant aside, if I had that kind of money to throw into GPUs I'd buy two 1080s and dominate the majority of games I play that support SLI and not exactly rough in the few games I play that don't support it.
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    My previous setup with two overclocked MSI R9 390s scored nearly the same as my OCed FTW 1080 in benchmarks but bear in mind benchmarks scale perfectly and are not an accurate representation of real world gaming performance when it comes to multi GPU setups. That said though, IF you don't mind multi GPU setups and IF you know the game(s) you play scale well on a certain architecture with Crossfire/SLI it is a valid option. Heck you can buy 3 R9 390Xs now for only slightly more than one GTX 1080, like at a local Micro Center they have XFX and MSI R9 390Xs for $247.85 Here are my benchmarks from both setups. It's the same exact setup, the only difference being the graphics cards. x2 R9 390s Firestrike: 18,062 - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/13074289 3DMark 11: 22,117 - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/11382319 Timespy: 7,215 - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/13335973 1x GTX 1080 FTW Firestrike: 18,800 - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/14467374 3D Mark 11: 22,444 - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/11532485 Timespy: 7,046 - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/14486811
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    Excellent post, thank you D2ultima!
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