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Snapped a couple pics today....
 

 

 

 

FINALLY got the EVGA Hydro Copper waterblock.  I'm still running my 7820x waiting to see if I am going to pull the trigger on the 9900x or just HODL.  I finally closed the loop and am currently leak testing.
 

 

 

 

EVGA 2080 TI FTW3 is here.  Just waiting on someone to make a block for it...
 
 

 

 

 

 

EVGA x299 Dark in, new tube made, and best of all...the 2080 ti FTW 3 is scheduled for delivery tomorrow.  Now the wait for a waterblock for it.
 

I've decided to change this build to x299.  I am ordering either a Asus Rampage VI Apex or a EVGA x299 Dark.  These are the factors that pushed me there.
 
1) I already have a delidded 7820x
2) the new Skylake x-chips look fun
3) I game at 3440x1440, I am never really CPU limited
4) 9900k is not quite what I hoped for
5) x299 will age better than z390
 
Plus, I feel like this amount of work and money into the loop deserves HEDT.

Extremely new here. Figured I'd show my last water cooled build...
MOBO: ASUS CROSSHAIR V-FORMULA Z
CPU: AMD FX-8350 BLACK
RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengence series
GPU: (2)NVIDIA GTX 650TI (SLI)
HDD: (2) CORSAIR SSD 250GB
(3) WD 1T BLACK
PSU: CORSAIR AX1200i 
 
It looks really trashy compared to most of y'all's builds!!! My next build will definitely feature hardlines!! Love em!!! And you guys have some amazingly beautiful setups!!! 
 

Not possible yet.
 
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/959545-hdmi-forum-releases-part-1-of-the-hdmi-21-cts/

Hi,
 
I finally finished my first custom loop. Basically it wasn't easy but enjoyed that work
 
Case - Fractal Design Meshify C
CPU - i7 8600K
GPU - EVGA SC2 GTX 1080Ti
RAM - 32GB Corsair Vengeance
WaterCoolig heart - EK equipment + bitspower fittings + 360 slim radiator + 3x Noctua NF-S12A
 
btw - workin on airbubbles and temperatures
 

I finished the other CPU run.  Now I wait on parts.  CPU/GPU should be here next week.
 
Good progress today.  Time for a drink.
 

you can cool your coffee down with it.

Except perhaps the fact that many games do not support SLi/CF setups, yes, some games and benchmarks support SLi/CF, and when it works, results can be quite good. But most of the time, the second card idles and the game is run on just one card. I had 2x R9 290X/2x GTX Titan/2x HD7950 rigs previously and have converted them to single powerful GPU rigs. Right now, I have an RTX 2080 Ti in my main rig, a GTX 1080 in my HTPC rig, and hoping to get a VEGA 56/64 at a good price should one turn up in the Garage section of the local tech forums.
 
There's really no reason to go SLi/CF unless one is into benchmarks, or is for certain games that do support SLi /CF @4K with max ingame setting and high framerates with Gsync/Freesync monitor. My HTPC is hooked up to a 4K TV, and with some tweaks with ingame setting, I can play many games at very good PQ and still get pretty damn good framerates. My main rig's hooked up to a 3440x1440 monitor and I can max out all the games I play on that rig. 
 
I do understand if someone buys a pair of used GTX 1080 Ti's which at, say, about the price of a single RTX 2080 Ti.....that'd make sense to me. I could have gone that route given the price I'd paid for my RTX 2080 Ti, but I'm tired of the lack of SLi/CF support. But when a games does support SLi/CF, the result can be quite spectacular with a pair of GTX 1080 Ti or a pair of VEGA 64's,

This card has an AIO its self contained its independent from the rest of your system and cannot be combined with other components as what a custom loop would allow you to do with fittings. Your fine to buy this.
 
The pump rad res and fluid are all in there.

In any RAID array, putting NVMe SSD in RAID will drop the random IOPS as you are adding latency (Whole point of NVMe is to reduce it).  Sequentials will go up though.
You will need to refer to your motherboard manual about the PCI-Express layout, but it is most likely they are both going through the PCH shared with USB and SATA drives.
When drives go into RAID many software solutions cannot see the drives individually, HWInfo is usually pretty good but never tried with NVMe drives.

This morning was pretty productive...
 

 

I have had the keyboard for over 2 years now and there have been no problems. All the backlighting and switches still work and the keycaps are still in pretty good condition considering the use i've put them through. 

My money's on it be being VERY simular to the z370 Apex.  I really need my MB before I can go much further.
 
The z390 ROG MAximus XI with the factory ek waterblock intrigues me.
 

I have been wanting to do a full custom loop for a long time and have decided to take the leap with this update/upgrade.  The EVGA 2080 ti FTW3 is on order, and the foundation is being laid.  Here is the parts list and progress thus far...
 
 
This parts list will be continually updated as the build continues:
Be Quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Rev. 2
HWLabs Black Ice Nemesis 420GTX
HWLabs Black Ice Nemesis 280GTX
EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 RGB PWM Pump
8 x Noctua NF-A14 PWN chromax
Bitspower Silver Shining Fittings
Bitspower PETG 16mm OD Tube
EK-UNI Pump Bracke
XSPC LCD Temperature Display 
Aquacomputer G1/4" Inline Temperature Sensor, Female to Male
Monsoon Hardline All Pro Deluxe Bender Kit 16mm
 
Current:
i7-7820x @ 4.8GHz under EKWB Velocity
EVGA 2080 ti FTW3 Hydrocopper
EVGA x299 Dark
4x8gb g.Skill TridentZ 3600MHz  CL16
Samsung 970 pro 1gb
Samsung 860 evo 2tb
EVGA Supernova 1200w P2
Bitfinex White sleeved cables
 
Parts to install:  
i9-9900k (dellided with Copper IHS) under Heatkiller IV Pro
2x8gb g.Skill TridentZ RGB 4400MHz CL18
EVGA z390 Dark
 

 
 

 

 

Definitely a GPU upgrade, a GTX 1080 Ti or RTX 2080/2080 Ti would be the ideal replacement for the RX 580. I'd just gotten a replacement card for my 2x R9 290X rig, yes, it has a dated CPU in the Sandy-E 3960X but I feel the CPU can still keep up in games. So, for an immediate improvement in terms of framerates and eye candy on a 3440x1440 screen resolution when I game, I'd gotten a Palit RTX 2080 Ti GamingPro OC and will install it in my 3960X rig tomorrow or Sunday.

Never owned any products from them but knew of them for a long time.

A number of months ago LMG uploaded a video discussing a product that was marketed as an alternative cooling solution to traditional thermal compound. The product showed to be promising yielding temperature results that were within margin of error identical to a high-end thermal paste.
For the use in a computer application it was noticed by a user on Reddit that the price tag (currently $9.99 for 30mm x 30mm and $12.99 for 40mm x 40mm) for one of these pads exceeded what it was really worth considering alternatives within the graphite sheet market itself. They discussed a cheaper bulk alternative that could be purchased off a website called Mouser Electronics.
Noticing in the post that they didn't discuss if they actually went through and test the product or not and the fact that I personally was very interested in switching my systems over to this graphite pad material but kept neglecting to get around to doing it made me want to look into this when a number of members here on the forum brought this information to my attention (Densetsu, TopHatProductions115, & James Evens).
 
I went to Mouser and looked at this particular listing: Panasonic EYG-S0612ZLWF
The datasheet on the product can be found here: Datasheet
 
The IC Graphite™ pad has an advertised performance of 35W/mK in the Z axis and 800W/mK in the X&Y. The Panasonic bulk material according to it's datasheet is only capable of 28W/mK in the Z axis and 400W/mK in the X&Y. Although lower it is still significantly higher than any thermal paste which could overcome the lack of filling in micro cracks thermal paste traditionally does. The temperature specs are also not as extreme but for most users it's not a problem.
 
So I bought it and it showed up later that week and it looked like this:

60mm x 120mm.
 
I decided to conduct a series of experiments by seeing if using different sizes made any real impact. The tests were conducted on a non-OC'd 5960X. The cooling system was a 2x 480mm x 60mm thick radiator with Noctua NF-F12's. Temps should be ever slightly elevated because 2x R9 290X's are in the loop.
 
These were the results using arctic silver compound as my control:
 
Arctic Silver 5 99% pure silver compound: 32°C idle, 48°C max
Panasonic Graphite sheet 30mm x 30mm: 31.5°C idle, 46.5°C max
Panasonic Graphite sheet 30mm x 60mm: 31°C idle, 49°C max
Panasonic Graphite sheet 60mm x 60mm: 32°C idle, 48.5°C max
 
The results were identical. Not only between the thermal compound and the thermal pad but between pad sizes as well. 30mm x 30mm is as large as it needs to be for a 5960X.
 
After all calculated costs including tax & shipping I paid $21.04 & after making my final cut I was able to make six 30mm x 30mm squares with some off cuts left over for potentially laptop processors or other small die processors.
Which means I paid $3.51 for an identically performant product that I would have otherwise spent $10 or more on.
 
Not only that but with other sizes available and the ability to cut to size you could easily create a pad to cover all of a processor like TR or TR2 which could benefit when having 2 or 4 separate dies producing heat. If you have many computers you want to install graphite sheets in this is a much more cost effective solution.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FWR4Gf   
 
 
what u guys say about this build