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Hi there. I have tried many Tools for tracking the hardware. I am still looking for the very best. Have Tried Aida 64 already. At the moment my bets are on the aquasuite from Aquacomputer but that is licensed and i can only use it because i use an Acuacomputer fancontroller as well. There is my example in the Spoiler. Are there other suggestions?

hello, i am looking to water cool a vega 64. the choices for water blocks are pretty slim. i can get an EK block for $130, and an aquacomputer block for $140. which is far more than i want to spend on a block. but i can also get a barrow block for about $85. therein lies my dilemma. any thoughts?

This has been my main rig for about 3 years, running everyday without changing liquid (not a very good idea) but about a month ago I decided it was about time to do some small upgrades to it and I ordered new fluid, new hoses and got my hands on a second GPU which I was planning on watercooling but that plan has been put on hold due to lack of waterblocks that fit. On a side note I do have a spare waterblock for a Refrence desing GTX 570 if anyone needs it! So Specs.. here's the full list Case: Modded Coolermaster Kandalf LCS Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair Formula Z CPU: AMD FX-9590 @ 4.9 ghz RAM: 16gb Corsair Vengeance 1600 mhz Disks: Intel 180gb 520 series SSD (OS), Western digital 1tb HDD, Western digital 1,5 tb HDD PSU: Mist 1000W GPU's: 2 x Asus ENGTX 570 DCII 1280MB Cooling blocks: 1 EK-FC580 (GPU), 1 EK Supremacy XLT (CPU) Pump: Aquacomputer Aquastream XT Ultra USB with external flow sensor (painted black) Radiator: Standard kandalf 360 mm, came with case. Will be replaced soon Fans: Generic, will be replaced with Noctua fans soon Tank: Aquacomputer Aquabox Pro (Painted front bezle) Fittings: Mostly Blitzpower with some generic 90 degree plastic bends Keyboard: Mad Catz C.Y.B.O.R.G V5 Mouse: Mad Catz R.A.T.7 Monitors: 1 Samsung full HD led, 1 BenQ crap monitor(to be replaced) I'll post picture of the build next, just need to find all of them and sort them:) Here is the only "before" picture I have found

Main PC Parts CPU: i7 5960x Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX4 4g Motherboard: MSI Godlike x99 Case: Case-Labs S8S (Standard Window (Left & Right) | Ventilated Flex-Bay | USB 3.0 Addon | PSU Mount | 120.2 Flex-Bay Addon Ram: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB 2800MHz C14 Harddrives: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 1TB | 4x Western Digital Green 6TB Graphics Card: MSI Nvidia GTX 980 Ti Fans: 2x BeQuiet Silent Wings 2 120mm PWM Drive: LG Blu-Ray 16x With USB 3.0 Enclosure Network: ASUS Dual-Band Wireless-AC1900 PCI-E Adapter OS: Windows 10 Home Cable: 6x Darkside Braided Sata Cables (45cm) Cable: Darkside PWM Fan extension cable (50 & 70 cm) PSU: EVGA SuperNova 1000w P2 PSU Cable: CableMod Sleeving - Black + Cablemod Combs (Black) PSU Other: Case-Labs PSU Mount Lighting: x4 Darkside Rigid RGB 30cm + Darkside RGB Controller with Remote + x4 RGB extension cable (50cm + 30cm) Capture Card: Elgato HD60 Pro Other: Gorilla Tape + Zipties WaterCooling Parts Aquacomputer Front Faceplate for Aquaero 5/6 XT Aluminium - Black (New Version) Bitspower Matte Black Rotary Fitting "Q" PLUS - 360 Degree Water Cooling Accessory Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Dual Rotary Angle IG1/4" Extender Bitspower Premium G1/4" Matte Black Stop Fitting Aquacomputer Passive Heatsink for Aquaero 6 - Black Bitspower G1/4" Black Matte Compression Fitting CC3 Ultimate for ID 3/8" OD 5/8 Bitspower G 1/4" Matte Black Temperature Sensor Stop Fitting Aquacomputer Aquaero 6 XT Blue USB Fan-Controller, Graphic-LCD, Touch Control, IR Remote Control Alphacool Eisbecher D5 150mm Acetal Swiftech MCP655 Series 12 VDC D5 Water Pumps - With Speed Control EK-FC980 GTX TF5 Backplate Rev. 2 - Black EK-FC980 GTX Ti TF5 - Acetal+Nickel Bitspower Matt Black T-Block With Triple IG1/4" Bitspower BP-MVV-MBK Mini-Valve - Matte Black DEMCiflex 120mm Magnetic Fan Dust Filter - Black Bitspower Premium G1/4" Matte Black Stop Fitting Bitspower Flow Indicator (BP-FI-CLBKMBK) - Clear/Black/Matte Black Bitspower G1/4" Matte Black Male to Male Rotary Adapter Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Rotary Compression Fitting-ID 3/8" OD 5/8" - V3 Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Dual Rotary 60-Degree Compression Fitting-ID 3/8" OD 5/8" - V3 Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Dual Rotary 90-Degree Compression Fitting Ultimate-ID 3/8" OD 5/8" - V3 Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Dual Rotary 45-Degree Compression Fitting-ID 3/8" OD 5/8" - V3 Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Dual Rotary Angle IG1/4" Extender HardwareLabs Black Ice Nemesis 360GTS - Black Carbon HardwareLabs Black Ice Nemesis 360GTS - Black Carbon HardwareLabs Black Ice SR-2 240 MP HardwareLabs Black Ice SR-2 120 MP Bitspower Allot of fittings for 3/8 x 5/8 and G1/4 Flexible Tube 3/8″ ID, 5/8″ OD (10/16mm) -Blue UV DazMode Protector GELID Extreme Thermal Compound GC-Extreme Distilled Water x3 Gallons S8 and S8S Drop-in Top Radiator Mounts (Style: 120.3 (360) S8S Top Covers (S8S Top Cover Style: 36mm Extended Ventilated ) Gentle Typhoon Performance Radiator Fan (550-1850rpm) 58cfm - Black Edition PWM Theirs been some changes since these picture were taken.

Just order all my watercooling Parts for my first attempt at Watercooling, Is their anything else I need? Is the Swiftech MCP655 (With Speed control) Pump any good? I was debating between Swiftech MCP655 Series, Alphacool vpp655 and Aquacomputer D5 Pump Core with Speed Control. Also with Distilled Water and Dazmode Protector whats the longest time I can run my PC for? I don't have any kind of dyes in the system if that matters. Aquacomputer Front Faceplate for Aquaero 5/6 XT Aluminium - Black (New Version) Bitspower Matte Black Rotary Fitting "Q" PLUS - 360 Degree Water Cooling Accessory Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Dual Rotary Angle IG1/4" Extender Bitspower Premium G1/4" Matte Black Stop Fitting Aquacomputer Passive Heatsink for Aquaero 6 - Black Bitspower G1/4" Black Matte Compression Fitting CC3 Ultimate for ID 3/8" OD 5/8 Bitspower G 1/4" Matte Black Temperature Sensor Stop Fitting Aquacomputer Aquaero 6 XT Blue USB Fan-Controller, Graphic-LCD, Touch Control, IR Remote Control Alphacool Eisbecher D5 150mm Acetal Swiftech MCP655 Series 12 VDC D5 Water Pumps - With Speed Control EK-FC980 GTX TF5 Backplate Rev. 2 - Black EK-FC980 GTX Ti TF5 - Acetal+Nickel Bitspower Matt Black T-Block With Triple IG1/4" Bitspower BP-MVV-MBK Mini-Valve - Matte Black DEMCiflex 120mm Magnetic Fan Dust Filter - Black Bitspower Premium G1/4" Matte Black Stop Fitting Bitspower Flow Indicator (BP-FI-CLBKMBK) - Clear/Black/Matte Black Bitspower G1/4" Matte Black Male to Male Rotary Adapter Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Rotary Compression Fitting-ID 3/8" OD 5/8" - V3 Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Dual Rotary 60-Degree Compression Fitting-ID 3/8" OD 5/8" - V3 Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Dual Rotary 90-Degree Compression Fitting Ultimate-ID 3/8" OD 5/8" - V3 Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Dual Rotary 45-Degree Compression Fitting-ID 3/8" OD 5/8" - V3 Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Dual Rotary Angle IG1/4" Extender Black Ice Nemesis 360GTS® Ultra Stealth U-Flow Low Profile Radiator - Black Carbon Bitspower G1/4" Black Matte Compression Fitting CC3 Ultimate for ID 3/8" OD 5/8" Flexible Tube 3/8″ ID, 5/8″ OD (10/16mm) -Blue UV DazMode Protector GELID Extreme Thermal Compound GC-Extreme Distilled Water x2 Gallons S8 and S8S Drop-in Top Radiator Mounts (Style: 2 x 120.3 (360) S8S Top Covers (S8S Top Cover Style: 36mm Extended Ventilated ) Gentle Typhoon Performance Radiator Fan (550-1850rpm) 58cfm - Black Edition PWM

The description says that the Aquacomputer Poweradjust 3 USB can control 9 fans but only has one power out so does that mean they are all on one header? I'm looking to control 6 120mm Noctua fans for an upgrade that I'm slowing putting together. I don't have any 5.25" bays for a fan controller and I want finer control than is granted by my mobo so I was hoping this would work. If you know of a different solution I'm all ears. Best thing would be if Corsair still sold their link command mini station but so far I've only seen it in stock in an Australian store and they don't ship overseas

I finally set up my watercooling rig, and it features a Swifttech MCP655 pump hooked up to an AquaComputer PowerAdjust 2 module, which controls the speed of the pump through software. I dialed the pump down to 8.0V, which is the minimum for this pump, but it is still very loud, and it's running at 3600RPM. This pump should be able to run at 1800rpm according to websites. Any ideas on how to reduce the speed? I also tried turning the voltage further down, but anything below 7.7V makes the pump stop completely.

Hello everyone! Finally I'm done with it after doing it for 1 year. :) I will be posting later on the worklog for this build. for the mean time please enjoy the photos I posted :) Thanks!

Hurro! So,as you would expect,this is another build log but this time (for a long time) its for me for a change! I am working away on a scratch build in the ITX flavour but got held up trying to get stuff actually made up,so i decided to do a build anyway while im ironing out the wrinkles in it. You can see my scratch design here So i started looking at cases,nothing really caught my eye until i saw the S3 from Caselabs.......well,it ticked all my boxes and,even though its not cheap once its imported,I was sold on it. No expense spared on the naming as usual. The basic hardware will be as follows: Asus IMPACT Z87 ITX mobo,on pre order.....still waiting. i5 or i7...not sure yet as this will be a LAN box/daily driver while the SR2 gets its upgrade,i7 is a bit overkill for this purpose. Plus im delidding it,i5 is a bit less of a hit if my hands of meat ruin it. 780 of some description... Corsair Platinum 2400 ram,Scan have a good deal on this right now. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-%282x4gb%29-corsair-ddr3-dominator-platinum-pc3-19200-%282400%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-10-12-12-31-dhx- Couple of SSDs...The new Samsung EVO drives look a bit tasty. WD Caviar Black for the pron and pizza pics. Obviously wasserkooled,this time acrylic rather than my standard copper tubing (I dont think Magoo would let anything else happen tbh) So,shall we have a mooch around the case? I went for the full fat S3 with pedestal,windows all round and the vented IO panels I bought the pedestal as a precaution in case my cunning plan doesnt work out like i want,i did mention its going R-ITX rather than horizon right? No? Sorry.......= ) The finish is in primer grey as its having a custom paint job......airbrush work not done by myself so it should look good! Whats in the box Mr Parker? Instructions...thrown away....Im asserting my manliness today. All the nicely wrapped panels in a pile.this is the case bit,the pedestal is an entirely different pile.... First panel and the one that is not being used in the mod (R-ITX remember? Im making my own) I did mention to Caselabs about selling front and back blanks and it was well received so maybe I wont have to make one....... Base panel. A bent piece.....nothing a pair of pliers cant sort tho. And the 2 panels fixed up. Another piece im no likely to use...except the mounts for the SSD and HDD Pick of it inside.[...before it all gets hit with the mod stick. Front panel. Nice mesh. More assembly...... And panels on. Thats all im doing today,the light is going and my hand hurts,tomorrow i will be assembling the ped and then showing roughly what im doing inside before breaking it all down again. If you were wondering how easy is it to build this case...... Im doing it one handed....

Adamski Mod Facebook Page Rig Noobies THE CASE COOLER MASTER STORM TROOPER "Storm Trooper. Join the mobile infantry." Specifications: Case: CM Storm Trooper PSU: CM V series 850W Motherboard: Asus Maximus Formula VI CPU: Intel i7-4770k GPU: SLI GTX 780 RAM: Corsair vengeance PRO 16GB SSD: Samsung 830 256GB Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling I'm finally back again with a new case mod project! Some of you may know me already after my first project where I won the OCN's March 2013 MOTM. Now is the time for new project on the CoolerMaster CM Storm Trooper Case. Key Features: 1. Custom Reservoir 2. Hard clear tubing 3. Neat cable management 4. Windowed Side Panels 5. New Front Design 6. And couple surprises! Previous/ongoing mods : Project Prodigious - OCN's March 2013 MOTM Other components will be added as I go through with the project. Comments, questions, critiques, and ideas are all welcome! Btw, not all the hardware to be used is final. Sponsors: Cooler Master AquaComputer

Hi, So I am updating my PC. Old specs: Xigmatek Elysium Case i5 2500k 8gb Corsair Vengeance 1600 Asus Z77 Sabertooth Gigabyte GTX 680 + EK CSQ Block Palit GTX 680 + EK CSQ Block Corsair Force GT 120gb [OS] Samsung 830 256gb [Games] Samsung 840 EVO 120gb [OpenSUSE] Corsair AX850 Alphacool D5 + Pumpblockmountythingywhatever Phobya Balancer 250mm Tube res Phobya G.Charger 360x60mm Rad [3x Phobya G.Silent Fans] Alphacool Nexxos Monsta 360x80mm [6x Phobya G.Silent Fans] Masterkleer 1/2" Tubing Mayhems Pastel Light Red Updates: Xigmatek Elysium Case i5 2500k 8gb Corsair Vengeance 1600 Kingston HyperX Beast 2133 16gb Asus Z77 Sabertooth Gigabyte GTX 680 + EK CSQ Block Palit GTX 680 + EK CSQ Block Gigabyte R9 290x + Aquacomputer Kryographics Hawaii ASUS Xonar Essence STX Corsair Force GT 120gb [OS] [May switch it for a 850 pro / Hyper X SSD (depends on price.) as Force GT is a horrible SSD. Getting slower as we speak] Samsung 830 256gb [Games] Samsung 840 EVO 120gb [OpenSUSE] Corsair AX850 Alphacool D5 + Pumpblockmountythingywhatever Phobya Balancer 250mm Tube res Phobya G.Charger 360x60mm Rad [3x Phobya G.Silent Fans] Alphacool Nexxos Monsta 360x80mm [6x Phobya G.Silent Fans] 6x Noctua NF-F12 3/rad 1x Noctua NF-P14 FLX as exhaust [will be turned for intake] 2x Noctua 40mm fans for Sabertooth [for the shitz and giggles] Masterkleer 1/2" Tubing Masterkeel 1/2" White Tubing Mayhems Pastel Light Red Deionised Water + Mayhems Biocide Additional: 2x Phobya 120cm LED Strip [White] Sound dampening matts [set for my tower, won't use all... Window and so on ;D] DemCiFlex 420, 560, 140 magnetic Fanfilters Pictures will follow [Gotta shrink em, SGS4 Pics too big to upload here ^^]

I've been thinking about water cooling for awhile now, but my case is so small I'll have to mount a rad externally. That's fine, but I'm concerned about situations where I'd have to move my computer around, in which case the external rad (I was thinking 3x120mm) would be a huge pain, so I'd like to have an easy way to disconnect the "main loop" and external rad while still being able to (less efficiently) cool my PC. For the CPU (I only have the stock air cooler on it now...) I'd like to get an Apogee XL. I was trying to find solutions for a sort of "custom" All-In-One so that if needed I could disconnect it from the main loop (with the large external rad) and instead connect it to a single 120mm rad mounted in the rear fan slot of the case. The CPU would be the only component connected to it in this configuration, so I'd think it should be able to handle cooling it fine. Unfortunately, this means that the 120mm rad would have to have an integrated pump (instead of pump on the CPU block like most AIOs) and I just can't find one in this size. I essentially want something just like the Swiftech H220-X but as a single 120mm unit. I've found an Aquacomputer radiator/pump single 140mm unit and I even saw that at one point Swiftech was considering an H220-X unit in a single 140mm size, but my case is very small and wouldn't even be able to fit a 140mm size unit in the back. I have no place/room to mount it in the top/front/bottom either, so that's really my only choice. Does anyone now of a single 120mm rad/pump unit or has anyone tried to make something similar on their own? Do you think I could cannibalize the Aquacomputer 140mm unit and replace the fan/rad with a 120mm one, or is it not able to come apart like that? However, both it and the H220X come with a beefy D5 pump, and I really don't think I'd need that for a single CPU so any sort of custom/Jerry-rigged solution could use a much cheaper/smaller pump. Any other suggetions? If I get something like this working, would it be worth it to connect it to the main loop when I'm using the "full" water cooling capabilitiy to give it a small "boost" in performance, or leave it as just a single D5 pump + 3x120mm external rad? Edit: Just found this Swiftech MCR-X20 dual/tri 120mm rad/pump unit - does anyone know if I could get that and attach the pump unit to a 120mm rad instead? For the GPU I'm really liking the idea of the Asus Poseidon which can be both air/water cooled - I could easily disconnect it from the water loop and it can still be air cooled without having to change anything out (though I probably would want to drain it out first, right?). In the US it seems that only the Poseidon 780 (Platinum?) - does anyone know if I could get that and attach the pump unit to a 120mm rad instead? For the GPU I'm really liking the idea of the Asus Poseidon which can be both air/water cooled - I could easily disconnect it from the water loop and it can still be air cooled without having to change anything out (though I probably would want to drain it out first, right?). In the US it seems that only the Poseidon 780 (Platinum?) has been released, but on Asus' website it also lists a Poseidon 770 (Platinum) version which I would be much more interested in, especially if I could get 2 for somwhere in the range of $300-400 for SLI. I have seen this for sale on a few UK sites (as well as Amazon UK) but with the exchange rate and shipping it'd be almost as much as the 780 so not worth it at all. Does anyone know if Asus is planning to release the Poseidon 770 in the US? Also, is it typical for Asus to only release certain products in certain regions like that? I'd never heard of that before for graphics cards. Edit 2: For those interested my case is a yellow Super Blade Color (also pictured in my current avatar). Its a Mid Tower (I think) case, so not very big, and some might think its a bit... gaudy, but I really wanted a predominantly yellow case (there really only a few out there) and I liked the look of the front panel. TL;DR in bold