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It's been almost a year since I first built my new custom loop PC so it's probably a good time to start thinking about doing a little loop maintenance, clean it out and put in some new liquid. *Knock on wood* I have had zero issues with the loop so far. This got me thinking that it would also be a good time to upgrade my case. While I am mostly happy with my Corsair 5000D I didn't realize at the time I was limiting myself to a pair of slim 360mm radiators which don't seem to be quite doing the job of cooling my Ryzen 5 7600x and RTX 4080. Originally I was looking at the Hyte Y60 but I couldn't find a Canadian retailer to buy from for MSRP. Is that still a good option and what other cases should I look at, like the 5000D's big brother the 7000D?
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Motherboard: ASRock Rack TRX40D8-2N2T Cpu: AMD Threadripper 3970X Ram : 128gb G-Skill 3600 GPUs: 4 PNY 3090s & 4 Zotac 3090s on EKWB waterblocks Case: Custom design from Protocase PCIe backplanes: OneStop Systems PSUs: 2x 2000w FSP Canon & 2 500w FSP FlexATX Internal pump: Swiftech MCP35X Cooling System: Koolance ALR-4500C Performance: Desmond MD: 590 ns/day per card FAH: 44,000,000 PPD
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I'm tired of my PC sounding like it's going to take off every time I run a game. So I wanted to know which 6800XT is going to be the most silent. Currently the ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6800 XT looks good right now or am I wrong and is there a more silent third party card?
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Hello! I am currently working on a custom hard lined water loop with EKWB quantum reflection 2 for the Lian li 011D evo. (Inverted) I am struggling to find a fitting that is small enough to fit in between my distro plate and bottom fan. With my measurements I have roughly 3/4”(19mm) of space to get a 90 into. My EKWB rotary fittings won’t fit and I’m having trouble finding anything with less than a 20mm installed height. I’m hoping there is a rotary option out there because none rotary 90 fitting would looks horrible if it doesn’t happen to sit perfectly vertically when fully installed. I’m open to any suggestions from the water cooling veterans! Here is a picture to hopefully give a better idea of my situation. (P.S. 14mm hardline tubing)
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Time for my rebuild. I tend to build one every 4-6 years depending on how fast tech is moving. After my huge disaster last august I had to purchase new hardware and this year I decided to do a whole new rebuild. This time around going back to a case and ditching the desk. I’m moving to do all glass tubing this time and trying to keep it super neat. Build Specs : CPU : 5950X Motherboard : Gigabyte Arorus Extreme X570 Ram : Gskill NEO 32gb 4000mhz DDR4 GPU : Strix Asus RTX3090 with active backplate Power Supply : EVGA 1600T Storage : 3x Samsung 980 Pro 1tb NVME Case : Lian Li 011D XL Cooling : EKWB Quantum CPU Block EKWB Quantum GPU block w/ Active Backplate EKWB reflection distribution block Moonsoon 14mm Glass Tubing Bitspower 14mm OD Premium Matte Black Fitting Hardware Labs GTR Nemesis 3x120mm x2 Pictures :
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BUDGET: · Desk: ~A$2,000 · Computer components: ~A$5,000 - A$6,000 PURCHASED COMPUTER COMPONENTS: · Lian Li Strimer Plus 24-Pin (https://amzn.to/3tXmEOX) · Lian Li Strimer Plus 8-Pin (https://amzn.to/3tTFy9h) · Lian Li UNI fan 3 pack white (https://amzn.to/3wQwyUg) · Lian Li 750W 80 plus Gold power supply white (https://amzn.to/3IWkumO) · EKWB 420 radiator (https://amzn.to/3741Zjd) · EKWB pump-reservoir combo (https://amzn.to/36LBVcz) PURCHASED DESK COMPONENTS: · Desk (Desk_1.png) · Desk-Fit Grommet (https://amzn.to/3wVGtbi) · 350mm x 350mm x 10mm tempered ultra-clear glass (ordered) · PC Case Dust Filter (https://amzn.to/3uCX0he) · Chassis Switch (https://amzn.to/3DwP45h) BUILD CONSTRAINTS: · White build · Custom hard-loop water cooling (CPU + GPU cooling) · AMD · DDR5 · Exclusively M.2 storage (preferably 2+) STORY: Hi all! I'm in the midst of designing and building a custom-loop water-cooled desk PC. I had been planning this build for a couple of years and was partially inspired by a build online (https://voltcave.com/setup/mamodified/). The plan is to have a clean looking white custom loop water-cooled system built into the left-top drawer (with false-bottom for cable management), the desk itself will be modified to include a viewing window cut into the wood above, back air outflow and flush USB port access (Desk_V1.9.skp). Earlier this year (2022) I stumbled across a (free) desk in need of restoration (Desk_1.png), after this discovery I decided to use it as my build's ‘bones’ and have since been using Google SketchUp to plan and iterate the design (Desk_V1.9.skp). I am still building the prototype (Drawer-Prototype_1.png) which has brought about multiple design changes (including a deeper drawer, different corners, etc.). Whilst I plan on this being a long build, especially as I have never (custom-loop) water cooled a system before, let alone built the case around it, I still plan on re-building the draw as many times as it takes before I purchase the final (more obsolete sensitive) parts (including the GPU, Motherboard, Ram, and CPU.) Below you can find some of the pictures from the build, the most recent SketchUp file and PUPPY as promised (Support-Puppy.png) Desk_V1.9.skp Desk_V1.9 - Copy.skp Desk_1.png Desk_2.png Desk_3.png Desk-Designs_1.png Desk-Designs_2.png Desk-Designs_3.png Drawer-Prototype_1.png Drawer-Prototype_2.png Drawer-Prototype_3.png Drawer-Prototype_4.png Drawer-Prototype_5.png Drawer-Prototype_6.png Support-Puppy.png
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While I was going through EK's configurator, I noticed that it was always suggesting I use their slim 30mm radiator no matter what "cooling performance" option I chose to cool my RTX 4080 Eagle OC and Ryzen 5 7600x. Is this a sign of "bad" radiator support that I didn't know about when purchasing my case, or am I just over estimating how much radiator I need considering I am going for two 360 rads? -
Hello great people of the internet I have been chasing down a problem with my 2080ti’s all year. It started when I water cooled my graphics cards I have 2 2080Ti cards I installed the EKWB water blocks on them my self with the help of a friend after installing the cards in the computer and going to boot up I came to the login screen and then black screened. Since then I have replaced motherboard,CPU,Ram and nothing seemed to fix the problem. I did get to the point where I can login to the computer and run a game but it plays like shit skipping around getting like 2 FPS, I have since then ran 3DMark test on the cards and the few times I have got them to finish a Time Spy without black screening. I have got a score of like 1,200 when I should be getting results in the area of 10,000. Today I installed my old 980Ti in the build and ran a time spy and got a result of 5,508 so at this point I am certain I have a graphics card issue. I have no clue where to go from here or what next to do please let me know if you have any advice for me.
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Hi, I've been watching a bunch of vids on youtube and have been reading on Plex's website, but im still a bit uncertain about what would be the right setup. Use: 1 user 1/4k direct play to a TV connected to my computer (When I buy a new TV would could I connect the Plex server directly to the TV through ethernet?) Some direct stream to smartphone / tablet (dont think I will be streaming much outside of my home network) Im looking for a CPU and motherboard. Is the GPU good enough for hardware transcoding? I would be great to be able to use my 8T external HDD since all the media is on that drive already. Im not sure about OS, I would like to learn Linux but I know almost nothing about it, never tested it out yet. If this server could be used for Plex, NAS & back up that would be awesome! I will list several of the options I have to buy used CPUs (9-49 USD) at the bottom. Hardware I already had: HDD: WD 200 + 250 GB older SATA HDDs I have laying around. I have a 1 TB WD I havent gotten to work yet for some reason.. External HDD: 8TB Seagate I use for media and backups with my laptop today. Cabels and 4x120mm + 5x80mm fans etc Water cooling radiators 120+360mm, CPU block, pump (Need to buy tubing and thermal paste) Hardware I bought used: PSU: 450W Lenovo AcBel 80 Plus Bronze ($29 no shipping) SSD: Samsung 128 GB 2,5" SSD (CM871 Series, MZ-YLF1280, TLC SATA 6Gbps) ($27 inkluded shipping) CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz) https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/52214/intel-core-i7-2600k-processor-8m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz.html RAM: 16 GB DDR3, 1333 Motherboard: Acer ipisb-vr rev 1.01 http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/acer-ipisb-vr-rev-1-01/ Hardware I got for free (when helping upgrading a gaming PC) PC case GPU: EVGA GeForece GTX 1060, 3GB GDDR5 SC GAMING, ACX 2.0, Single Fan, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC), 03G-P4-6162-KR Kingston 2x4 GB KVR24N17S8K2/8 DDR4 8GB (4GB 1Rx8 512M x 64-Bit x 2 pcs.) PC4-2400 CL17 288-Pin DIMM Kit Link to PDF: https://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/KVR24N17S8K2_8.pdf- 21 replies
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About the project For "falqoon one" I wanted to do an open chassis build. Making every hardware part of the build completely visible. I'm a hardware enthusiast, so I like to really like to look at it. I've designed the base of the build, and the rest will take shape while building. The downside of this, that everything of the build needs to be very tidy! While everything is visible, the cables, or at least the middle section of every cable will be hidden inside the 3cm thick frame. I also designed this build not specifically for this hardware. Meaning, that I can swap the motherboard, gpu etc without effecting the cable routing etc for these parts. The motherboard will have 1cm standoffs, so all the motherboard cables will go underneath so routing will be always as tidy as possible. It's not my idea to make Christmas out of it, so it will not be a fully RGB build. In the end it may have some lighting, but only to complement the build. Hardware Current hardware list for this build: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AMD Radeon 5700 ASRock B450M Pro4 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT Kingston A2000 1TB Corsair AX860i pci-e 3.0 x16 riser cable * red is still needed/wanted Water cooling Current water cooling list for this build: Corsair SP 120 fans (4x) Alphacool NexXxos ST30 240 radiator (2x) Alphacool NexXxos XP cpu waterblock Alphacool compression fittings Alphacool VPP655T pump AMD Radeon 5700 waterblock Reservoir (tube / pump top combi) Flex tubing Hard tubing Hard tubing fittings Other fans * red is still needed/wanted Materials The most of the build will consist of aluminium. I will use aluminium square tubes for the frame, and aluminium sheets for the motherboard tray / back. Besides aluminium, a friend of mine has made his 3D printer available to me. This means that I will try to design some cool 3d printed parts as well, and try to make them look factory made by sanding them down and spray painting them. Sponsors Currently, this build is not sponsored yet, but I'm definitely open for a partnership. Photography As my biggest hobby is Photography, it will play a big role in this build as well. However, product photography is new to me, my usual shots are about motorsport and landscape. I'll try to do my best for you guys! The camera and lenses that i will use for this build is as following: Nikon D500 Tokina 11-20mm 2.8 Nikon 50mm 1.8 D Studio At the end of the build (or maybe even in between) I will do the final shoot in the studio. While I don't have a studio, I will turn my living room upside down, set up the studio lights etc.
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Hi fellas, I've recently started planning a new pc build. I'm pretty sure so far that i'm going for a ryzen 9 3950x for the cpu. I found a cooler for it that's recommended by AMD, namely this one from DEEPCOOL. My actual question is, if i buy the cooler first, will it work on my current setup? And if it does, where do i put the two fan headers and the pump one? I currently have an AMD FX 8350, my motherboard is an ASUS M5A97 Plus. I have a 750 watt seasonic focus, if it matters. I've never even seen a water cooler apart from those in ltt videos and the like. Thank you for reading -
Remember the old Apple Ad "I'm a Switcher"? Well after 40 years with Apple I'm Switcher from Apple to PC. Apple is now a phone company. This is my second build after the switch. First was a dual Xeon build with (4) 1080Ti's. I'm a retired Aerospace Engineer and did a lot of CAD and Graphics work during my career. I enjoyed it so much it's now my hobby in retirement. (Never did like to Golf). I use a lot of different software but currently Solidworks for modeling, Cinema 4D for modeling and animations & Redshift for rendering. This is my first build ever with an AMD CPU. All my career in engineering I used Xeon UNIX workstations as that is what they use in Aerospace. Very expensive boxes in the 70's and 80's. Like $70k per box and the CAD software I used was like $50k per seat annually. This new build of mine is 100's of times faster than those vintage boxes I used. Anyway, the main goal for this build was to build the strongest workstation possible inside a standard PC case. This workstation sits on my desk very close to me. I didn't want a mining rig, rack mounts or anything external like MoRa3's etc. My office is fully air conditioned and luckily I'm half deaf so fan noise is never an issue with me. Led Zeppelin blew out my left ear drum at a concert in 1974, indoor venue. I've never been able to hear from my left ear since that day. I feel lucky I didn't lose both. I dual boot this new build with Win 10 for Workstations and Linux Ubuntu. I still keep a Mac attached via a KVM switch but find myself using it less and less. Temps: After 1 hour Hybrid Render, CPU 64 cores @ 100% utilization, GPUs @ 95-99% utilization. CPU: 66-68c GPUs: 50-55c Water: 42c I don't do any gaming but I certainly could with this rig. It's insane fast. This build is actually more suited to Creating games. I modeled my custom Radiator Assembly to scale in Solidworks to insure it would fit in the space I had planned for it.
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Hi I recently bought an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240mm AIO and have been really impressed with the performance. But then this morning i booted up my system and got over 100 degrees in hwmonitor when the system turned off automatically. I then proceeded to reseat the AIO and booted into bios. The temperatures then started climbing from 35c to 70c i then turned off the system in fear of destroying something. I installed the AIO 10 days ago and used my system the evening before the problem began with no issues what so ever. English isn't my first language so sorry for any spelling errors. Specs: Ryzen 5 2600 (stock speed) Aegis DDR4 3000Mhz 16GB GTX 970 4GB Corsair VS650 PSU SanDisk 120GB m.2 sata Gigabyte B450m s2h
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hello i am locking to get 3 27" 1440p monitors a was wondering if 2 water cooled gtx 1080s can run them at 60 ish fps on high settings in modern games, also if a corsair ax 860i can provide the power too. my specs are if they help cpu-i7 5930k-4.3ghz ram-16gb gpu-r9 290x psu-corsair ax 860i thanks for the help.
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Hi all! Edit: 24-10-2018 For the previous text see below. New parts: Asus RTX 2080 Turbo 8G EK Vector RTX 2080 Copper + Acetal EK Vector RTX 2080 Backplate - Black Crucial MX500 1TB (for games) The plan I just bought the Asus Turbo RTX 2080 which I'm going to put in my system this weekend, the EK waterblock and backplate are already in my possession. Unfortunately, the backplate is too long. As can be seen from the last pictures below, I placed my PSU in the lower end of the case which prevents me from using a GPU longer than 270mm. According to the specifications the GPU is 268mm long which should fit. But apparently the EK backplate is longer than that, whereas the waterblock itself does fit. The solution will be to create new tapped holes in order to move the GPU i/o a couple of millimeters back and I might be able to shift the PSU a bit to the front. I also want to try and do some improved cable managment, but it's relatively hard in this case. The old Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB is going to be a Linux boot system in case I want to do some programming again. Hopefully this won't be too much of an effort but if history has anything to say about it, it will.... I'll try to post as many pictures as possible, so stay tuned! Reason for RTX2080 I've chosen the Asus Turbo over the FE card because the Asus Turbo only has 2 DP port instead of 3. This allows to make it a single slot card. Plus, thinking long term here, once I upgrade again I can use the Asus Turbo in my HTPC which is in a Fractal Node 202 case. I didn't get a 1080ti because the price difference isn't worth it for me to buy an older gen card. Cheers! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old text ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So I'm going to build a new pc using the Lian Li PC-O6SX It will be water cooled build from which the parts should start arriving at the end of this week. The theme will be black and white and I might throw in some gold, not sure about this yet. For now just let me tell the parts that will be used. PcPartPicker (hardware only): https://be.pcpartpicker.com/list/R4NnM8 CASE: Lian Li PC-O6SX MB: Asus Strix Z270G Gaming CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 3000MHz 32GB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD (from current build, might buy 1080Ti when (if) it comes) PSU: Corsair HXi Series HX1000i (from current system if it fits, otherwise the SilverStone SST-SX800-LTI) Storage: Samsung 960 EVO MZ-V6E500BW + Samsung 850 Pro Series MZ-7KE256BW + WD Red 4TB 5400RPM The water cooling components will be from EK and Barrows, might buy some Bitspower parts but we'll see. Custom sleeving will also be part of the build, though it will be a slow process since it will only by my second time custom sleeving cables.. Note that I know this system might run somewhat hot, I do not mind this. I'm building this build purely for aesthetics. My current system can be seen here: And I also have a small Linux pc which is here: This is it for now and I hope you will enjoy it.
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After 3 years of repairing and collecting PC's from recycling plants, I finally saved up enough to buy a super high end PC for editing, running lots of VMS, audio editing, Ang all kinds of gaming. I'm fairly happy with my build, but would love some input. Mostly, I just wanna know if I'm missing anything. Thanks! https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Watermace/saved/dznFTW
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Hi guys, earlier this year I transferred my old build into an IN WIN 303 from a Thermaltake Core X9, due to size constraints and it's impact on desk choices. At the time I re-used my 4790k, Asus Z97 Ranger, Hyper X DDR3 Ram and added a Palit 1080 GTX Gamerock Premium, a 5" TFT screen for temp monitoring and a Crucial MX525gb SSD, before finishing it off with a Corsair K65 RGB Lux. So here's the plan: Today I ordered Ryzen 1700 Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 5 Motherboard 16gb 3200 Trident Z RGB (CAS 16 - I aint paying + 33% for CAS 14!!) 2 Litres Mayhems Pastel Blue A New Temporal Snow label Blue and silver sleeving and PINs 20 x 3mm Blue LED (to replaced the Red LED's in the current Thermaltake Riing 12 fans) Heres what it currently looks like (ish, I'm flushing the red out of the loop!) So, as you may have guessed, I'm moving this from a red and white theme to a blue and white them. It was only ever the RoG board that had me move down this route, my preferred build colours have always been blue on white and purple + green on black. The first thing I'm going to do is post some benchmark results (which has also been requested - @ericchaipc) from my rig as it currently is as basis to show against the new system once it's complete. I expect some trading blows and am not really doing this from a gaming perspective, more of a platform update perspective, aka my m.2 drive sits around 780mb/s as the boards m.2 is PCIE 2.0 x2, I will also gain USB 3.1 and 4 extra cores!! So here goes 4790k @ 4.7ghz and Stock 1080 GTX (around 2050mhz on my card) Firestrike 18129 23607 Physics - 13073 Graphics http://www.3dmark.com/fs/12141523 The rest are ran @ 4.6Ghz and ram at 2.1ghz with the 1080GTX again at 2050mhz (I'm not overclocking the CPU as it is 20 hours away from selling on Ebay and I know how my luck is!!!) and are all ran at 1440P - Yes I know that the CPU's real strength is shown at 1080P, but as I own a 1440P panel, that is where my concern lays. Amazing I have deleted every game I own with a benchmark utility, all except Gear of War 4 and GTA V - so the benchies will roll in slowly through out the evening at they re-download Deus EX: Mankind Divided DX11 Ultra + 2x MSAA - 42 FPS Deus EX: Mankind Divided DX12 Ultra + 2x MSAA - 42.3 FPS Gears of War 4 - 103.6 FPS GTA V Rise of the Tomb Raider DX11 Ultra - 94.09 FPS Rise of the Tomb Raider DX12 Ultra - 94.96 FPS The Division DX11 Ultra SMAA x1 - 90.2 FPS The Division DX12 Ultra SMAA x1 - 88.4 FPS
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Hey guys! I am brand new to this forum and I came here based on a recommendation from my friend. My question is which graphics card would give me the best performance to cooling ratio. The specs of my build are: 6th gen i5 6600 Asus b150i pro Wifi/gaming/aura mother board Corsair rm850x power supply 1 TB samsung 850 Evo SSD Cryorig C1 Cpu cooler Phanteks Enthoo Evolv itx case Should I go with a water cooled card or something with three fans or so? I'm leaning toward a 1080 or 1080 ti for future proofing, but I'm open to all recommendations. I plan to play a lot of doom, as well as the Destiny 2 in September, and mass effect Andromeda. Those are the three games I will probably play the most. Thanks for the help in advance!
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It is finally time for me to start my first modding project, feels very exciting. I have spent many months reading forums and reviews trying to decide on what case to base my build on. That case decision outlines all other hardware, specially my custom water loop components as the case defines the dimensions available. To make the project even more exciting and challenging I decided to not only do my first mod, but also to build my very first water cooled computer and go all in with full loop and hard lines. I hope I can inspire someone with this build, but happy as I finally found my passion – building and modding computers. Basic concept I wanted to create a computer that could pass only for a piece of furniture. First idea was to convert a 300mm wide kitchen cabinet that is part of my location built gaming desk, but abandoned that idea early. Instead the concept of a Scandinavian inspired design theme that would work as a design piece inspired by a furniture was born. Black, white and grey quickly formed the colour theme and strict and clean lines with light surfaces formed around the Scandinavian theme. Light wood was out of the loop from start This foundation has formed all my choices when picking components as well. Keep true to the theme, colours and concept. This theme also made it easy not to jump on the RGB train. This is an unsponsored project, except from my amazing girlfriend, that is my biggest sponsor. Sponsors I want to thank my sponsor that joined mid this project - be quiet! I'm both humble and proud. Thank you so much for your trust! Hardware Case: Be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 black Motherboard: ASUS Z270 ROG MAXIMUS IX HERO Processor: Intel Core i7 7700K 4,2GHz Socket 1151 Ram: G.Skill Trident Z Black/White DDR4 PC25600/3200MHz CL16 4x8GB PSU: be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 GPU: ASUS GTX 1080 Ti Founders edition 3M di-noc carbon fiber, black and white Water cooling components Radiator: Hardwarelabs Black Ice Nemesis Radiator GTS 420 X-Flow CPU waterblock: EKWB EK-FB ASUS M9H Monoblock – Nickel GPU waterblock: EKWB EK-FC1080 GTX Ti – Nickel Pump: EKWB EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM plexi Reservoir: Aquacomputer aqualis PRO 880 ml with nano coating and LED holder Fans for radiator: 3 x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 PWM 140mm Fans for chassi: 4 x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 PWM 140mm Fan for PSU cover: 1 x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 PWM 140mm Fittings: Alphacool Eiszapfen 13mm HardTube compression fitting G1/4 deep black Pass through fittings: EKWB 13/10mm G1/4 black Tube: Alphacool HardTube 13/10mm PETG clear 80cm Product images Oliver the modder dog He will be joining me through the project. He is very meticulous about sniffing, drewling and adding fur on all components and surfaces. Very friendly and helpful! -
Hey all, very new user here. Title really says it all, after scouring YouTube I've found some neat builds with watercooling the processor in a node 202 with AIO coolers paired with cards like an r9 nano to make room for the rad and fan in the space freed up with the smaller card. I'm planning to build with a budget between $1500-$1700 USD. Still unsure of the motherboard and there for memory. The catch with this build lies in the fact that I travel between my home and office very frequently and have an aversion to laptops. By trade I am a graphic designer and love gaming so I'm aiming for an i5 with at least a 1070 or maybe a 1080 budget allowing. The overall goal is to think of different ways to water cool at least the processor, if not both the card and cpu. Does anyone know of a way this could work? I plan on using a single ssd for storage relying on external drive or a NAS. Thoughts? Are there any other cases that would be better suited to this build? Id like to stay with the "slim itx" style htpc cases instead of going for the easier "shoe box" style to fit better in a large chrome messenger bag. I'll post the pc part picker list later tonight.
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Arctic Frost I usually build a PC every few years, one more ridiculous that the last, and wanted to share my adventure though the process with the community. My last build was red with green, thinking it looked like a monster with green blood. It was over cramped with bad wire routing. It was so bad I couldn't get the panels on and it became what I wanted, a monster and unruly. Wanting to learn from my mistakes clean and ordered while being efficient are my lines I wont cross. My inspiration was ice, cool sometimes white and sometimes blue but always cold. The parts are added below and I will update them as I get them. As of right now I have the ones listed. This PC will be white and silver, the blue colored water cooling will be hard piped. 1 x AMD RYZEN 7 1700X 8-Core 3.4 GHz (3.8 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 95W YD170XBCAEWOF Desktop Processor 1 x MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM AM4 AMD X370 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI ATX Motherboards - AMD 1 x SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 500GB NVMe PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V6E500BW 1 x CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model 1 x SanDisk X400 2.5" 1TB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SD8SB8U-1T00-1122 1 x Seasonic Flagship PRIME TITANIUM 750 SSR-750TD Active PFC 80 PLUS Titanium 750W ATX 12V 135mm Fluid Dynamic 1 x Windows 10 Home - 64-bit - OEM Porthos (my cat) decided to make an appearance.
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Since I first saw the Dan A4 SFX case I was completely in love with it. However, I was wondering can it be water cooled? I know it wasn't designed for it, but I've put up a list of ideas how it can be done. I'm a beginner at water cooling so your advice will be appreciated. Note: All dimmensions are represented as LxHxW in mm. 1. Radiator I will address the elephant in the room: where will the radiator fit? The radiator and fans will be externally mounted on the top of the case - a 240x120mm radiator. It will ruin the case aesthetics but I'm willing to make that sacrifice. Example radiator: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-coolstream-se-240-slim-dual 2. Reservoir The reservoir can be placed on the GPU side of the case in the bottom right corner. There is space for a 100x40x40mm reservoir which will hold up to 160ml of liquid. Pretty decent. I haven't found a reseroir from EKWB that fits, but the closest one would be: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-res-x3-110 Here is a picture of its location. I will talk about cable management in the next section. 3. Pump The pump will be located under the PSU. The PSU must be an SFX one. Example: SX600-G. The modular PSU combined with custom cables allow for better cable management which provides enough space to fit the pump and the reservoir. Total free space for the pump - 110x60x65. Example pump: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xtop-revo-d5-pwm-incl-pump Also there is the option to fit a pump and reservoir combo. The total space availble for that is 100x40x40 There is also a possibility to use a combo pump + reservoir unit, that will span across both cpu and gpu sides of the case. I didn't find a fitting one from EKWB but I have yet to search other brands. Pump location picture 4. CPU block CPU blocks aren't an issue in this build. A wide range of blocks are compatible, the only restriction is, the block should be expandable to a custom loop. 5. GPU block Same as CPU blocks. Pick the right one for the video card, I don't see any the compatibility issues. 6. Custom loop Here are some rough sketches of the custom loop: What do you think of this build? Can it be achieved?
