ChristopherPenn1000

I'm a-comin fer that fancy 2080 ti with my lil old 1080's. This was so damn fun! Can't wait to squeeze more out of these. Benchmark: Time Spy 1.0 CPU: Core i7-8700k @ 5.3GHz GPU: 2x GTX 1080 GPU Core: 2,063 MHz GPU Memory: 1,341 MHz Score: 14428 3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/spy/5439060 Benchmark: Time Spy Extreme 1.0 CPU: Core i7-8700k @ 5.3GHz GPU: 2x GTX 1080 GPU Core: 2,076 MHz GPU Memory: 1,347 MHz Score: 6644 3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/spy/5342897 Benchmark: Fire Strike 1.1 CPU: Core i7-8700k @ 5.3GHz GPU: 2x GTX 1080 GPU Core: 2,063 MHz GPU Memory: 1,341 MHz Score: 32,041 3DMark Link: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/17473631 Benchmark: Fire Strike Extreme 1.1 CPU: Core i7-8700k @ 5.3GHz GPU: 2x GTX 1080 GPU Core: 2,063 MHz GPU Memory: 1,343 MHz Score: 19,316 3DMark Link: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/17474291

I didn't even know EVGA made cases. Damn! Right around $250 here

It woulda been pretty good. MSRP is listed on the Corsair site at $370 (pretty steep), but it's been discontinued for the 1000D. Wah-wah. Thanks though! EDIT: oh whoops I'm braindead. Yeah that would work, just a little pricey at $250. Thanks!

Wow, thar be monsters! The Yeon Yang site has some more up-to-date offerings as of now that are a little less hideous. Definitely would require paint and heavy ass mods, not to mention finding/adapting custom glass. Also I get the feeling a minimum quantity order on these server enclosures will be pretty large, since the site has a "inquire for price" button instead of a price. Maybe I could find used on ebay. Thanks for the rec! Damn sexy, yeah. I would say I could find one used but who the hell would sell something like that to upgrade? Plus, buing a used case with TG I could imagine involving scratches on the TG. Not sure how TG feels about surface grinding... But thanks anyway!

This is my first watercooled build in the NZXT H700 (full parts list at bottom). Indeed it is my first pc build, if you discount the ones I helped with in 1995 when I was 4. I crammed a 60mm x 360mm radiator in the front in push-pull, and a regular 30mm x 360mm in the top, also in push-pull. Frustratingly, push-pull clearance is not supported for any top rad unless you have clearance to have fans hanging down over your ram. The gSkill Trident-Z RGB's are 45mm tall, which may clear the fans here, but why even buy RGB ram if you can't see the damn thing. Your aesthetics go right out the window! In this build, the pull side of the fans on the top rad, outside of the case, protrude above the resting elevation of the top cover by 15mm (so the top cover is a no-go). This was an after-the-fact addition. I'm sure the rad would have performed just fine with just nf-f12's in push, however the airflow in the case suffered and thus the performance suffered on the monster 360 in the front, and thus the performance of the whole loop suffered, and it makes for a cranky first-time builder. That's why I added Arctic F12's in pull on top. The full-cover GPU blocks were bought at different times, and one was half-off, I assume because it was part of the last-gen phoenix modular-series thing that EK does (phoeniz MLC). I'm not buying a matching one for the nicer one! Performance note: I was able to overclock my delidded 8700k to 5400MHz on four cores and 5300MHz on the remaining two. AVX offset -3. Under non-avx Prime95, peak CPU core temps saturate to 75 C. Under avx Prime95, peak CPU core temps saturate to 86 C. P sweet. 1080's dont get very hot under gaming loads, however I am a computer science student and I do quite a bit of long-run machine learning stuff. Under extended loads I will not see over 45 C on these cards. PC Parts: MOBO: Asus Z370-E CPU: i7-8700K DDR4: 2x16GB GSkill 3200 and 2x16GB Teamgroup 3200 GPU: 2x GTX 1080 reference pcb (one is an msi aero oc, the other a founder's) DISK: Samsung 970 Pro 500GB (and 32GB optane, seen in pics, I'm not using it though I'm gonna take it out) DISK: Toshiba 1TB NVMe (the one that comes in a dell xps. Dunno the part number) PSU: Corsair HX1200i CASE: NZXT H700 Watercooling Parts: PUMP: 2x alphacool laing d5 rebrand (VPP655) in a EK-XTOP Revo Dual D5 Serial CPU/VRM: EK Asus Z370 Strix monoblock RADS: EK CoolStream XE 360; EK CoolStream SE 360 GPU: EK-FC Geforce GTX 1080 FE (Acetal); EK-FC Pheonix 1080 full-cover (Acetal) that used to ship with EK'sPhoenix thing, I don't think this one is the MLC version,I think this is last-gen RES: Alphacool Cape Corp Coolplex Pro 25 LT (250mm) TUBING: Mayhems FLUID: Mayhems pastel solid white FANS: 6x Noctua nf-f12's in push-pull on CoolStream XE 3x Noctua nf-f12's in push on CoolStream SE; 3x Arctic F12 PWM in pull on same 1x Noctua nf-a14 for exhaust FITTINGS: Alphacool; mixture of expensive Eiszapfen and regular-old cheap ones

I just completed my first watercooling build and need advice for the next one. I'm looking for cases that would support: Not looking like garbage (read: has TG) and isn't 900 friggin dollars! Specifically, under $200, if such a thing could be found. Two monster 60x360mm rads in push-pull, AND at least one additional 30x360mm rad. An additional 420+ would be even better. E-ATX mobo, like Asus ROG Zenith Extreme (or threadripper 2 E-ATX board) Room for two D5's using EK-XTOP serial D5 a must. For reference, the EK XE 60mm rads are 57mm thick, so in push-pull the whole thing is 107mm thick. Note that the define r6 does NOT support two monster 60x360mm rads in push-pull, and certainly not three 360's of any size. You can technically get one monster in the top, but it looks like crap because it covers a huge part of an ATX mobo. The closest thing to what I'm looking for was the thermaltake X71 TG. However I know (from experience) that thermaltake makes kinda cheap stuff, and as far as aesthetics it would need extensive modification (and paint, most likely) to look decent. I'm not adverse to some metalwork, short of welding, but less is more. I have gone spelunking on the sites of the major brands (jesus their sites suck), but I'm overwhelmed by the many smaler, poorly-advertised ones. Help!