NeZz_DK

A small update to my system.
 
The original Lian Li BR Digital Aluminum fans had to go,
as their reliability was lagging to say the least,
two of them broke after a few months, within a couple of days of each other.
 
so I can't recommend buying Lian Li BR Digital Aluminum fans!
 
It's a bit of a bummer as I really liked the look of the aluminum on the fans.
 
But I switched them out with Corsair QL120 fans and added a Commander Pro and a partial RGB strip to light up the CPU cover.

I have used a bit of black foam to hide the strip on the top of the motherboard,
I will have to create a more permanent way to hide the strip at some point but it works for now.


 

Hi Guys
 
I wanted to share my new build with you guys, as I think it turned out great ?
I have been waiting to replace my old 3770k with something that acually gave a decent performance boost,
I decided to go AMD this time as I mostly do software development and the extra cores come in handy for docker containers and compiling code.
 
My old builds have been styled as a utility,
no lights just black/brown fans and black water cooling from OCOOL,
so this time I wanted to go full on RGB as we all know that RGB does make a computer about 10% faster ?

This was my first custom water cooling build so I went with EKWB parts, as they are know to be good quality and I wanted something that just works
I went with solid tubing as I like the aesthetics better than soft tubing.

Parts currently in the system:
CPU: Ryzen 9 3950x. Motherboard: ASRock X570 Aqua. GPU: Nvidia FE 1080ti (waiting for the next generation to arrive before upgrading) Memory: My old TridentZ 3200Mhz 14:14:14:34 32GB kit (I have been thinking of upgrading, but getting timings close to those on 3600Mhz kits is expensive). Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL Silver Editon as I thought it goes well into the color scheme of the motherboard. Powersupply: My old Corsair RM850 with a Cablemod kit I think the color is carbon. Harddrives/SSD's: Samsung NVMe 960 Evo 500GB , Samsung sata 860 Evo 1TB, Samsung sata 840 Evo 500GB Cooling:
Distro plate: EK-Classic DP Side PC-O11D G1 D-RGB + DDC 3.2 PWM Fittings: EK-Torque 12mm HTC with black rings Fans: 6x Lian Li BR Digital Aluminum, controlled via the motherboard GPU Block: EK-FC GeForce GTX FE RGB - Nickel + EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Backplate - Nickel + EK-FC1080 GTX Ti I/O Single Slot Bracket Radiators: 2x EK-CoolStream Classic PE 360 Lighting Extras:
Cheep splitter board for 5v adressable RGB bought on AliExpress, the lighting is controlled via the motherboard.  
Things I would like to change:
There are a few bends in the pipes I would like to redo at some point, It was a learning process, and I ended up figuring out that I like the extra bends to go towards the motherboard. I would like to inject light into the main CPU cover, as it doesn't have any light out of the box, but shining light into the plexiglass from the top of the motherboard does seem to make it light up Things I would like to upgrade:
I would like to get some 3600mhz RGB memory at some point with a aluminum colored head-spreader to match the build. The GPU will be upgraded when the next gen arrives. I would also like to get another NVMe drive at some point  
Give me your honest opinions and tell me what I could improve.

Check with GPUZ or Afterburner. Windows doesn't accurately report it, unless set to CUDA.
 
 

 

Task manager doesn't show utilization for this task correctly. Either choose one of the graphs to be CUDA or Compute_#, or use something like GPU-Z

Ahh CPU-Z looks a lot better
 

Solved!  Thank everyone!
Thanks NeZz_DK!
 
After looking carefully at the photo you linked, I realized that I need to take the fan out and rub it rigorously.
I was gently it rubbing it in place before and didn't want to damage it.
 
Got 91% rubbing alcohol at the corner store and vigorously rubbed it using a coarser cloth material like for 5 min straight.
It's not 100% gone gone, but gone enough that it's not annoying me! ?
 
See the result.  I'll take care of the other one once I can get 99% rubbing alcohol.
 
Thank you!  Much appreciate your help!
 

Are you sure the rubbing alcohol you tested was strong enough?
 
I found this thread on reddit: with one that succeded in removing them with robbing alcohol: 
 

Hi Guys
 
I wanted to share my new build with you guys, as I think it turned out great ?
I have been waiting to replace my old 3770k with something that acually gave a decent performance boost,
I decided to go AMD this time as I mostly do software development and the extra cores come in handy for docker containers and compiling code.
 
My old builds have been styled as a utility,
no lights just black/brown fans and black water cooling from OCOOL,
so this time I wanted to go full on RGB as we all know that RGB does make a computer about 10% faster ?

This was my first custom water cooling build so I went with EKWB parts, as they are know to be good quality and I wanted something that just works
I went with solid tubing as I like the aesthetics better than soft tubing.

Parts currently in the system:
CPU: Ryzen 9 3950x. Motherboard: ASRock X570 Aqua. GPU: Nvidia FE 1080ti (waiting for the next generation to arrive before upgrading) Memory: My old TridentZ 3200Mhz 14:14:14:34 32GB kit (I have been thinking of upgrading, but getting timings close to those on 3600Mhz kits is expensive). Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL Silver Editon as I thought it goes well into the color scheme of the motherboard. Powersupply: My old Corsair RM850 with a Cablemod kit I think the color is carbon. Harddrives/SSD's: Samsung NVMe 960 Evo 500GB , Samsung sata 860 Evo 1TB, Samsung sata 840 Evo 500GB Cooling:
Distro plate: EK-Classic DP Side PC-O11D G1 D-RGB + DDC 3.2 PWM Fittings: EK-Torque 12mm HTC with black rings Fans: 6x Lian Li BR Digital Aluminum, controlled via the motherboard GPU Block: EK-FC GeForce GTX FE RGB - Nickel + EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Backplate - Nickel + EK-FC1080 GTX Ti I/O Single Slot Bracket Radiators: 2x EK-CoolStream Classic PE 360 Lighting Extras:
Cheep splitter board for 5v adressable RGB bought on AliExpress, the lighting is controlled via the motherboard.  
Things I would like to change:
There are a few bends in the pipes I would like to redo at some point, It was a learning process, and I ended up figuring out that I like the extra bends to go towards the motherboard. I would like to inject light into the main CPU cover, as it doesn't have any light out of the box, but shining light into the plexiglass from the top of the motherboard does seem to make it light up Things I would like to upgrade:
I would like to get some 3600mhz RGB memory at some point with a aluminum colored head-spreader to match the build. The GPU will be upgraded when the next gen arrives. I would also like to get another NVMe drive at some point  
Give me your honest opinions and tell me what I could improve.

Are there attached cables to both of the required power connectors?

And is the power button connected to the two pins circled in the bottom of the motherboard?

Ok, I'll try a stronger version.  One that I used was at 70%.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Hi Guys
 
I wanted to share my new build with you guys, as I think it turned out great ?
I have been waiting to replace my old 3770k with something that acually gave a decent performance boost,
I decided to go AMD this time as I mostly do software development and the extra cores come in handy for docker containers and compiling code.
 
My old builds have been styled as a utility,
no lights just black/brown fans and black water cooling from OCOOL,
so this time I wanted to go full on RGB as we all know that RGB does make a computer about 10% faster ?

This was my first custom water cooling build so I went with EKWB parts, as they are know to be good quality and I wanted something that just works
I went with solid tubing as I like the aesthetics better than soft tubing.

Parts currently in the system:
CPU: Ryzen 9 3950x. Motherboard: ASRock X570 Aqua. GPU: Nvidia FE 1080ti (waiting for the next generation to arrive before upgrading) Memory: My old TridentZ 3200Mhz 14:14:14:34 32GB kit (I have been thinking of upgrading, but getting timings close to those on 3600Mhz kits is expensive). Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL Silver Editon as I thought it goes well into the color scheme of the motherboard. Powersupply: My old Corsair RM850 with a Cablemod kit I think the color is carbon. Harddrives/SSD's: Samsung NVMe 960 Evo 500GB , Samsung sata 860 Evo 1TB, Samsung sata 840 Evo 500GB Cooling:
Distro plate: EK-Classic DP Side PC-O11D G1 D-RGB + DDC 3.2 PWM Fittings: EK-Torque 12mm HTC with black rings Fans: 6x Lian Li BR Digital Aluminum, controlled via the motherboard GPU Block: EK-FC GeForce GTX FE RGB - Nickel + EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Backplate - Nickel + EK-FC1080 GTX Ti I/O Single Slot Bracket Radiators: 2x EK-CoolStream Classic PE 360 Lighting Extras:
Cheep splitter board for 5v adressable RGB bought on AliExpress, the lighting is controlled via the motherboard.  
Things I would like to change:
There are a few bends in the pipes I would like to redo at some point, It was a learning process, and I ended up figuring out that I like the extra bends to go towards the motherboard. I would like to inject light into the main CPU cover, as it doesn't have any light out of the box, but shining light into the plexiglass from the top of the motherboard does seem to make it light up Things I would like to upgrade:
I would like to get some 3600mhz RGB memory at some point with a aluminum colored head-spreader to match the build. The GPU will be upgraded when the next gen arrives. I would also like to get another NVMe drive at some point  
Give me your honest opinions and tell me what I could improve.

Hi Guys
 
I wanted to share my new build with you guys, as I think it turned out great ?
I have been waiting to replace my old 3770k with something that acually gave a decent performance boost,
I decided to go AMD this time as I mostly do software development and the extra cores come in handy for docker containers and compiling code.
 
My old builds have been styled as a utility,
no lights just black/brown fans and black water cooling from OCOOL,
so this time I wanted to go full on RGB as we all know that RGB does make a computer about 10% faster ?

This was my first custom water cooling build so I went with EKWB parts, as they are know to be good quality and I wanted something that just works
I went with solid tubing as I like the aesthetics better than soft tubing.

Parts currently in the system:
CPU: Ryzen 9 3950x. Motherboard: ASRock X570 Aqua. GPU: Nvidia FE 1080ti (waiting for the next generation to arrive before upgrading) Memory: My old TridentZ 3200Mhz 14:14:14:34 32GB kit (I have been thinking of upgrading, but getting timings close to those on 3600Mhz kits is expensive). Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL Silver Editon as I thought it goes well into the color scheme of the motherboard. Powersupply: My old Corsair RM850 with a Cablemod kit I think the color is carbon. Harddrives/SSD's: Samsung NVMe 960 Evo 500GB , Samsung sata 860 Evo 1TB, Samsung sata 840 Evo 500GB Cooling:
Distro plate: EK-Classic DP Side PC-O11D G1 D-RGB + DDC 3.2 PWM Fittings: EK-Torque 12mm HTC with black rings Fans: 6x Lian Li BR Digital Aluminum, controlled via the motherboard GPU Block: EK-FC GeForce GTX FE RGB - Nickel + EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Backplate - Nickel + EK-FC1080 GTX Ti I/O Single Slot Bracket Radiators: 2x EK-CoolStream Classic PE 360 Lighting Extras:
Cheep splitter board for 5v adressable RGB bought on AliExpress, the lighting is controlled via the motherboard.  
Things I would like to change:
There are a few bends in the pipes I would like to redo at some point, It was a learning process, and I ended up figuring out that I like the extra bends to go towards the motherboard. I would like to inject light into the main CPU cover, as it doesn't have any light out of the box, but shining light into the plexiglass from the top of the motherboard does seem to make it light up Things I would like to upgrade:
I would like to get some 3600mhz RGB memory at some point with a aluminum colored head-spreader to match the build. The GPU will be upgraded when the next gen arrives. I would also like to get another NVMe drive at some point  
Give me your honest opinions and tell me what I could improve.