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the name of the PC i build will be called, "dreamin" a 4k gaming/ streaming/ editing workstation Budget (including currency): $10,000.00 USD (10k) Country: Murika' Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Resolve with 10 bit 4k video files, StreamLabs OBS, Crysis, borderlands, Diablo 2:R, C.O.D. Warzone Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): This is the newegg wish list: https://newegg.io/8509b5b MoBo - ASUS ROG Strix X299-E Gaming II RAM - G.SKILL Z Royal Elite 64GB (4 x 16GB) 3600 (CL 14) CPU - Intel Core i9-10980 XE (18c 32t ) AIO - Corsair H150i ELITE 360mm GPU - NVIDIA EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 HYBRID COPPER WC - CORSAIR Hydro X Series iCUE XH305i PSU - Seasonic SYNCRO 850w 80+ Platinum SSD - SAMSUNG 980 PRO 2 TB (boot) SSD - SAMSUNG 970 EVO+ 2 TB (media) SSD - SAMSUNG 870 EVO 4TB (storage) HDD - WD Black 8 TB (back-up) Sound Card - Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus Capture Card - Elgato 4k60 PRO Mk.2 PhysX Card - CORN GTX 750 CASE - Corsair 5000X RGB APC - APC BX1500M RGB - LIAN LI STRIMER PLUS 24 PIN Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut WIN X PRO Monitor - Samsung Odyssey G7 Headset - Logitech G Pro X Keyboard - Corsair K70 Mk.2 MX Speed Mouse - Mad Catz R.A.T. 8 Upgrading From A Dell Inspiron 7559S Notebook CPU - intel i7 4c4t @ 3ghz GPU - Nvidia 960m RAM - HyperX 16GB ddr3 2133mhz SSD - Samsung 860 Evo 1TB x2 Monitor - 16" 4k Touchscreen I am buying this next month and would like any advice is appreciated. i need to play games 1440p @ 240 FPS and edit 10-bit 4k up to 120 mins. I want to turn the case side panal into a LCD transparent screen eventually; is this possible?

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Legolas, a water cooled and wall mounted Mini-ITX build Picture coming up Introduction: It's been almost a year since I sold my desktop as I was going on a exchange in the states. Now that I'm back my Macbook Pro is not sufficient for my study needs nor my gaming needs. For many years I've wanted to make a water cooled system but it was always hard to justify the price and the case I was using at the time. Now with the PC-O5S I think there's no alternative to water cooling, even if the performance gains are negligible. To make it easier to justify the price of water cooling to myself, I've tried to get some of the components second hand. Now I haven't done that with every component, I want the case to be in perfect condition so that is ordered brand new. However, there is quite a lot to save looking at second hand storage, video cards and monitors, which is exactly what I did. My second hand items though, look like they just came out of their original packaging. You may wonder why I've a Noctua CPU cooler. I choose to get this as I'm not completely sure about what water cooling I'm going to get. So to be able to use my new computer while doing research I opted for this Noctua cooler, which later will be transferred to my beloved NAS. Every since I made my NAS in the Lian-Li PC-Q25B I've pretty much been obsessed with their cases, the brushed aluminium and the tempered glass. It's a pain to work with, to keep it perfect, but when you're done it's so rewarding. The name Legolas is of course from Lord of the Rings but it fits my intentions for this Mini-ITX build pretty good as well. I want to build a good looking build that is still capable of handling pretty much whatever you throws at it. From the very beginning I'm completely aware of potential bottlenecks in terms of temperaturs as the case will only fit a fairly slim radiator in the top. However, with power requirements of computer components constantly decreasing, I'm sure if it can handle my components now, today, I'm pretty confident it will be able to handle the components of tomorrow. Also, I forgot to mention the best part. The case is wall mountable, which I'm obviously going to utilise. Parts list: CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K (ordered) CPU cooler: Noctua NH-L9x65 (ordered) Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z270I Gaming (ordered) RAM: Cosair Vengeance LPX 1x16GB DDR4 2400MHz Black (ordered) Storage: Samsung 950 PRO NVMe M.2 512GB SSD (ordered) Video card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING (ordered) (arrived) Case: Lian-Li PC-O5SX (ordered) (arrived) Power supply: SilverStone SFX Series SX600-G (ordered) Monitor: ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q (ordered) (arrived) Other: GentleTyphoon D1225C12B5AP-15 (1,850 rpm) x 2 (ordered) (arrived) Other: Lian-Li O5-1X (ordered) Peripherals: Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei Raw Rubberised Mousepad: SteelSeries QcK Gaming Mousepad Keyboard: Ducky Mini Year of the Horse Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX Headphones stand: Just Mobile HeadStand Black Microphone: Blue Microphones Yeti Future purchases: PSU cables: Short cable to keep it nice and clean. Premade: CableMod. Yet to decide on the colour scheme. Custom Sleeving: MDPC-X Sleeving tools: Pin-remover Water cooling: This case is screaming for water cooling. AIO rad/res/pump unit + custom Full custom loop RGB lightning strip Fan splitter: Not complete sure what solution to go for yet. I will have a maximum of 3 fans in the case. I'm sure when building the system I will gain experience about what solution would be preferable. Pictures: All upcoming pictures will be added to this album. Updates: I will keep this post updated so you don't have to look around for it. I can't wait to get started but for now I have to wait until all the parts have arrived. Feedback and suggestions is more than welcome, especially in terms of the water cooling as it is where I'm more unsure and I lack some experience. Cheers Shaqalac.

I bought the S340 case and am planning a 7600k build in it soon. I have most of the parts picked and want to go AIO on the cpu cooler. Im just not sure which to look at, I was going to go kraken to match the case, but corsair is a little cheaper in canada. Also some youtube videos say the swifttech h220 x2 is good. Just looking for suggestions. Thanks for the help

I was just wondering about liquid cooling solutions for a rig with 4 titan gpu's I want to get extreme performance for 3D rendering, But I want to keep the 4 titans cooled well so they don't EVER hit 80C should I put individual blocks with their own water cooling & fans & have 4 exaust fans going out wherever? Or should I get water blocks that all connect to a single liquid cooling tank? Also, how would this effect SLI? Would the SLI connectors be covered up? And will each of these gpu's fit next to each other?

I have just ordered a new case and have taken my computer apart, after getting to taking off the bracket for my corsair h80i v2, I have found there to be one stand off that will not come off. I understand you can just leave it on but I would rather redo the entire build from the start for a multitude of reasons. I was wondering the best way to try to remove this stand off seen as I think it may have a damaged thread on either the standoff or the bracket (not sure). I have tried holding the bracket while turning the screwdriver however it hasn't worked. Thanks for any help that can be given, if you can't help I can always just put the other stand offs back on and just leave it anyhow!

Will a Palit GeForce GTX 1050 Ti KalmX fit in this Chassis? It's a passive cooled gpu and I'm concerned with vertical length. (from the pci interface to the gpu thumb screw point and beyond)

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Components: Case: Corsair 900D PSU: Corsair AX1200i Motherboard: Asus Rampage V Extreme X99 CPU: Intel Core i7 5960x RAM: Corsair 32GB Dominator Platinum 2666Mhz GPU: 2 Asus Gtx 1080 Strix OC in SLI Storage: 2 256GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD in Raid 0 2 WD Black 2TB in Raid 0 Cooling Components: CPU Block: EK Supremacy EVO Nickle X99 GPU Block: 2 EK-FC1080 GTX Strix Nickel GPU Backplate: 2 EK-FC1080 GTX Strix Black Pump: 2 EX-XTOP Revo D5 PWM Reservoir: 2 EK-RES X3 250 Radiators: 2 EK-CoolStream XE 480 Quad 1 EK-CoolStream PE 240 Dual Fans: 10 Linus Tech Tips Edition NF-F12 PWM 3 Linus Tech Tips Edition NF-A14 PWM Tubing: Bitspower None Chamfer PETG 12mm OD 1000mm Coolant: 3 X1 Red 100ml Concentrate Fittings: 18 Compression EK-HDC 12mm G1/4 Nickel 14 EK-AF Angled 90 Degree G1/4 Nickel 2 EK-AF Angled 45 Degree G1/4 Nickel 2 EK-AF T-Splitter 3F G1/4 Nickel 2 EK-AF Ball Valve 10mm G1/4 Nickel 1 EK-AF Extender 6mm M-M G1/4 Nickel 3 EK-AF Extender 20mm M-F G1/4 Nickel 1 EK-AF Extender 30mm M-F G1/4 Nickel 1 EK-AF Extender 50mm M-F G1/4 Nickel 5 EK-AF Extender Rotary M-M G1/4 Nickel Other: Lighting: 2 ModMyToys Acrylic LED G1/4 Plug White 3 XSPC Twin 3mm LED Wire White 2 BitFenix Alchemy Connect 30 LED Light Strip 600mm Accessories: Noctua NA-SAVP1 Chromax Anti-Vibration Fan Mount Red CableMod C-Series AXi Cable Kit Red/Black 3 Silverstone PWM Fan Hubs Nvidia 4 Slot HB SLI Bridge

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Project BoomBerryPi The thing just might explode with all of that water.. also thanks to @Den-Fi for the name ! Oh yeah, it's that time of year again ! Come, have a seat, and join me on this new Raspberry Pi custom case project ! As some might recall, this is not my first Pi case. My previous project the ThinkPI is currently on hold due to part unavailability. This Pi project however, is merely the start of a new bigger project : Project Radinator (Build log to come). This project will mostly serve as a prototype for it. Link to Level1Techs version of this build log : https://forum.level1techs.com/t/boomberrypi-new-chassis-new-tricks/153771 So, what is it ? It's a custom case with intergrated watercooling.. For a Raspberry Pi I know this makes little sense for a Pi, but it makes a lot more sense for the full case. the water cooling here is just for fun. Enjoy most likely the most overkill Raspberry Pi case out there Entire cost (excluding the Pi) should be under 200$ Now that might sound like a lot, but that's because I have yet to get a quote for the case. (I estimate 100$ cad but I doubt it's gonna be anywhere close to that, more like 50$ tops) Components : Raspberry Pi 3b+ Noctua NF-A4x10 (x2) Alphacool DC-LT (and likely top) or this Copper tubing (4mm OD) Aluminium welding rods Aluminium for the case (duh) Link to the updates : Updates to come.. The plan : So, the plan is to draw up the case in 3D (photos below) and to have it laser cut out of 1mm aluminium sheets. the sheets will have holes in them (they're 1cm wide, the holes are 4mm in diameter) for the copper tubing to go through. There will be a spacer between each fin, however I am still undecided on how to hold them all together (I'd want to avoid welding, considering the size) Here are some design renders as of today : The side I/O (as seen by the top opening) will be routed to the back on the other side of the panel. I will probably end up with either another metal plate or a 3d printed block. Now, here's the (slightly) troubling part.. For the copper tubing to go through to the front radiator fins, I have to cut a hole in 2 of the fans (in and out).. Owell Featuring a double 90* bend : For some help understanding how the copper goes through the fins, have a look at the bigger case : Note that there will not be anything on the top for the pi, only the front : Note that there will be a side panel like on the bigger version : Oh and speaking of the bigger version.. here's a size comparison The left is holding an E-ATX motherboard.. more on that later That's all for now. I hope to have some news soon !

A special thanks to the following people for their inspiration and help in my endeavor Current status Assembling and waiting on parts in the mail Hello, and welcome. I'll be logging my entire process of building a computer case if anyone in the community is interested in how I made / making mine. I'm using 15x15 T Slot aluminum for my frame, Sheet steel for my side panel's and Acrylic for my interior panels, (possibly) tempered glass for my side window. The case is designed to have a basement and attic. The intake is on the bottom and the exhaust is on the top. I should have around 4,800 watts of cooling capacity 3 liters of coolant 2 reservoirs 2 pumps 30 fans (4) 64mm thick rads (3-480&1-360) Case dimensions are going to be about 630mmX230mmX1000mm Size is subject to change as I assemble the system. Original paint sketch Quick model of basement/attic panels made with my phone More designs in MS paint. More advanced design of the Acrylic basement/ attic panels. Finalized design (prototype) Assembling the frame- 2 liter for size comparison. Adding secondary supports for lower 480mm rad Designing motherboard frame supports and working on designing the acrylic motherboard mounting tray. Tubing mocked up with soft tubing for proof of concept.

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Water-cooled Gaming PC Ryzen 1700X GTX 1080 Core P1 Mini-ITX I built a silky smooth high-end RGB computer. If you are going to have a high end build it better look high end am I right? This is my first build ever and I am super proud of what I have accomplished. Many of these parts were painstakingly used to create what I believe is one of the most beautiful RGB full water cooling loop ever. The RGB lighting has many different features and can perform many types of RGB lighting patterns and colors. The 1080 is a 10 year anniversary ArticStorm by Zotac. I am enjoying the new RGB keyboard that I got. Never had a mechanical keyboard before and its an awesome experience. Will use this game for school and playing overwatch. Can't believe I built this correctly the first time. The computer stays super cool. I am overclocking the CPU to 3.8ghz and maintains 32C and 55C when under a stress test. To see the PCParts I used: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/gGHhP6 Video of some RGB goodness:

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So I did this build almost a year ago, but I recently got into really overclocking it with (finally) a good BIOS for RAM speeds and figured I'd do a quick upload of it here. I have been custom watercooling my system since AMD's first phenoms came out, and this has followed all my builds with the eventual upgrade on the cooling system every time I'd upgrade the hardware. Previous hardware: MSI Z87 XPOWER Intel Core i7 4770K 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133MHz DDR3 2x AMD R9 290 reference (I think one XFX and one Sapphire) CoolerMaster Cosmos 2 with custom sidewindow 2x ADATA SX900 256GB 2.5" SSD's RAID 0 2x WD Blue 320GB 3.5" HDD's RAID 0 SeaSonic SS-1000XP 1000W Platinum PSU Previous watercooling: EK DCP 4.0 pump with reservoir added XSPC Z87 XPOWER Fullcover block Alphacool NexXxoS Monsta 120mm radiator HWLabs Black Ice GTS 240mm radiator XSPC Raystorm Intel CPU block 2x Aquacomputer Kryographics R9 290 block with active backplate FeserOne UV blue liquid Here is a picture of it before I touched the watercooling, but PSU got removed: So now it's time to clean. I didn't actually remove any dust from this in a very long time, neither did I service the watercooling. It actually looks pretty decent after such long time with no care. Now that looks a bit more like what I was expecting. Cables everywhere. And yes, I am using my kitchen for this. Best place in the house with wood floor. Draining the old loop... Cleaned and ready for a new platform. Not a lucky picture for my friend here And now for the new hardware: Gigabyte Z270X-Gaming 9 Intel Core i7 7700K 16GB G.Skill TridentZ RGB 4133MHz Finding a motherboard with a waterblock, or even one where a waterblock was made, was not easy. I ended up with this one because it already has a block and since I previous cooled my motherboard with water I would like to do that again. Expensive motherboard but I got a good deal on it, which is what allowed me to get some of these memory. Before I never really used any serious money on memory, i figured this time could be it. Of course I am not expecting to run 4133MHz, that requires a pretty good CPU and I haven't been very lucky in that department for a long time now. The CPU, something isn't quite right here... That's more like it... My CPU block seems to be known for being very plain, and after some search I got the idea that it wouldn't be half bad going without the IHS. I used Thermal Grizzly Kryonaught thermal paste here. On the picture is liquid metal though, ended up being too hard to handle and I got cold feet in the end. The CPU block is simply mounted on top of the CPU and it runs fine, no need to cut off some of the socket like I have seen some people do. CPU block mounted with tubing between the motherboard block and CPU block. Motherboard mounted in the case. So as I wrote earlier I usually add something to the watercooling when I do an upgrade. Ever since I got into watercooling I always wanted to cool the RAM with water, but I could never justify it since it won't really matter anyway other than for me it looks kinda cool. I went for it this time since I got expensive memory and figured I would go all in. I am not sure if it makes a lot of difference, but I still went with thermal paste on the new RAM heatsinks. On came the memory waterblock. I didn't feel the need to completely disassemble my watercooling, so both radiators are still together and mounted as a whole. At the top of the motherboard, where water exits the motherboard waterblock this happened entirely by luck. The two fittings from the motherboard block and the top 240mm radiator are just touching ever so slightly. The old motherboard didn't do this. It's in there snuck but it's okay. I am not good with cable management on this side of the case, but what you can't see can't hurt, eh? Some cables connected for the front I/O, SATA cables and some power cables. Some thinking of how to route the tubing had to be done to incorporate that new RAM cooler. The two graphics cards I also didn't feel the need to disassemble, I had great temperatures even towards the end with almost blocked radiators. Tubing still fits quite well. This new motherboard has the first PCIe x16 at the very top, where my old motherboard had a PCIe x1 there. That means the graphics cards move up one slot, and by pure luck there was exactly space for it. This was my lucky day indeed. Some more tubing done... All tubing is done and most cables are done too. A mess never to be seen... Filling and making sure it won't leak. No leakage was seen. That sweet, sweet RGB.. . I have my beloved NZXT touch fan controller, and my much needed DVD burner along with two temperature sensors. The left temperature on the display shows water temperature before entering the radiators, the one on the right shows water temperature just after exiting the radiators. These temperatures are usually up to 2 degrees different, with the right one being the lowest obviously. This just gives me a bit peace of mind knowing that the radiators are cooling and that my temperatures doesn't go haywire. I am cooling this on a small amount of radiator space so this gives me a bit of peace when looking at it. So what am I getting out of it? As an overclocker I had to try to push it. I am running on temperature in the low 70's on the CPU, and a maximum of 58 on both graphics cards, and this is with the overclock. Before I have had my graphics cards running at up to 1200MHz on the core, but I never pushed it beyond 1100MHz since life and girlfriend happened. The CPU can run 5GHz, but it needs an extremely high vcore, I had to push 1.5 to get a pass on Cinebench R15, which also shot CPU temperatures up to 85 - 90, so dialing down to 4.8GHz at 1.3 vcore seemed to be the better setting. As stated earlier I wasn't expecting 4133MHz on the RAM, but I was able to push it to 3000Mhz with the latest (at the time) stable BIOS. Going with the F6b beta BIOS gave me another 200MHz making the RAM run at 3200MHz @ 16-16-16-36 timings. Going lower seems possible with more tweaking, but for the sake of being fast that is where at ended at the time. Here is a 3Dmark Fire Strike pass: And here is a cinebench R15: Now to why I suddenly post this... Gigabyte released a new BIOS some time ago, but not before now I saw it and got it installed. Mostly because Gigabyte is hosting an overclocking competition on hwbot.org that this system is eligible for, and figured I could go for lucky draw or something. With those 8700K dominating (up to 6-core CPU's allowed, and maximum 5GHz) I don't think I will win anything though. This BIOS that I found allowed me to push the RAM actually pretty far. I didn't think it would change anything as I thought I was limited by the IMC in the CPU, turns out it may have been a BIOS limit. This is where I got to for now: 3466MHz and I actually managed to run 3500MHz with 32 tRAS. The 4.7GHz is simply because I ran into some instability and wanted to make sure it wasn't the core speed or the cache speed. Now it got really late and I hope I can spend some time in the weekend pushing the RAM speed. The XMP setting on the RAM is 4133MHz @ 19-19-19-39 so with 3500MHz @ 16-16-16-32 I may be pushing the RAM a bit and need looser timings. It seems like XTU is scaling well with RAM speed as I manage to go from 1074 to 1156 just by going from 3200MHz to 3500MHz RAM speed. If anyone has any tips on timings or clocks, or even voltages I would appreciate it. Would be nice to push it as far as possible now that I did spring for 4133MHz RAM.

According to this article, http://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/E/2002/0717/index.html , Hitachi made water cooled laptop back in Pentium 4 days. I would love to see it in LTT video review.

Will start building my PC soon, here's all the parts I've chosen already - I9-7980XE, 2x Nvidia GTX 1080 ti, Asus X299-E gaming, GSKILL Tridentz 64 gb Memory, 2x 3TB HDD, 1x 1TB SSD, 1x 256gb M.2 SSD, and I kind of don't have any idea about the case, the define r6 or the define s? Consider that - * I want to water cool this build with soft tuning, * I am building a PC for the first time! And I am really excited! * I want the best performance possible, * I will be using the PC for gaming, Streaming and video editing, * I know how to build a PC( have watched Linus building PCs a lot of times), *I am completely new to water cooling. Which case do you think will be best for water cooling? For the radiators I've got the the EKWB 360XE and the 360PE in my mind (heard that thicker rads give better cooling) with the vardar fans. I know about the EKWB water cooling kits, but they have a lower powered pumps and I would like to build one with a mono block (these kits have only cpu blocks and do not include gpu blocks) . I have used the EKWB custom loop configurator, and selected few of the water cooling parts from them and I think I will only rely on EKWB for the water cooling parts. *** I don't have any idea about the number and types of fittings I must choose! Anyways, here are the questions - 1. Which case would you suggest me to use out of the define r6 and the define s ( I like the look of these cases ! ) 2. Which radiators (and fans) must I use? 3. Should I consider changing any of the components of my "yet to build" PC? And would any other combination would perform better? 4. What types of fittings and how many of them would you suggest for an easy to maintain and best in performance cooling (for soft tubings) ? 5. Which pump must I use? You may even suggest all the parts required for the water loop (I am just a beginner ?).

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Hey Everyone! So I have had my EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid card for a few months now and I love the card, as those of you who have them know, they run very cool and really quiet. However because I'm insatiably looking for more performance and better overclocking, with less noise and yada yada. I was wondering if anyone out there has had any experience with replacing the stock AIO cooler on the card for an aftermarket cooler, perhaps a 240mm or 280mm radiator. I believe from the research I have done that it is a standard Asetek style pump and waterblock unit. But if anyone has experience with this it would be great to hear from you about your upgrade and if you had any issues with it. Please let me know how you did it and what temps and overclocks you were able to achieve! I won't be going custom loop until next gen cards arrive, which I know is probably fairly soon, but I still think this would be a 'cool' mod for the card I have. Thanks all, happy holidays!

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Hey guys, I am planning to build a very small mini itx computer. I want to use a gtx 1070 and an i5 6600k. Because of the space i will have to decide between waiting for an all in one watercooled 1070 and a low profile cpu cooler like the ar06 (in this case i wouldnt get a 6600k probably) or an air cooled 1070 and a watercooled cpu. Which component should i watercool?

Hello, I was thinking about doing custom liquid cooling loop in my computer. I currently have a corsair h100i gtx AIO, but I would like to try my hand at a custom loop. I was wondering what I would need, what some of the best quality parts are, and how much all of this would cost me?(**I'm not looking to break the bank either...***) Any and all help would be great , Thank you!

The Lumia 950 has been unveiled! What a fitting 500th post... Anyway, it features the following specs: As far as I can tell, there has been no clarification on what "liquid cooling" means. It seems like it's only on the 950XL, however. Looking forward to seeing this in-person, most likely my next phone. Sources: http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/6/9459581/microsoft-lumia-950-features http://www.tweaktown.com/news/47865/lumia-950-950xl-liquid-cooling-4k-video-octacore-cpu/index.html