HeretEK-An EK Vulture build

[X_Rated_Box]

noice!

[B NEGATIVE]

And an hour on the bench polisher later.....

 

 

CPU block has been rotated for the correct flow path and the tube has had all the cutting back and tweaking done. I wont need to do any more polishing because of the candy coat,if this was a full bore polish job then I would still be at it till the small hours.....

[B NEGATIVE]

Well,the candy coating of the tube went to pot,it looked so bad....the thinners rag was got out immediately and it was removed.....

You know that cheap chrome plated plastic for kids toys? Yeah..just like that. So..polished copper it is.

Sleeving this weekend and I cant wait to take finished pics of it.!

In the meantime...

 

 

[B NEGATIVE]

And done...just in time for the deadline. All wired and working,need to black vinyl the HDD tho and generally tidy up and dust out....

Final pics tomorrow!

In the meantime...have some fresh from the bench shots!

 

 

 

[X_Rated_Box]

... no words...

[Janssent11041]

Looking great!

[B NEGATIVE]

So.....final pics?

 

 

 

Many thanks to EK for giving me this chassis to work with,Crucial UK for providing the DDR4 kit and BeQuiet for the PSU.

Now for some fine weather for outdoor pics!

[X_Rated_Box]

yaz!

[TheDeadGhost]

At certain points in the log I wasn't sure how it would turn out but this looks absolutely amazing!

[Blackie Sheen]

This is just stunning. Nice work

[spwath]

That looks really nice.

I'm debating copper tubing my build, but it might be a little to compact

[B NEGATIVE]

Voting is open!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VultureVoting

[MrSuperb]

I have to say some of the competition is pretty epic as well, but you have my vote

[B NEGATIVE]

The competition may be over but the modding never stops...

Some final touches and the lighting,outdoor shots tomorrow!

 

 

 

Temps are good,Stock is 48c max on the CPU on OCCT and the GPU's dont go past 44c, not bad for a parallel full loop. Ambient is 24c

What is good is that the GPU temps dont have a knock on effect on the CPU other than equilibrium changes.

[skyress3000]

dang, did you manage to get that horizontal reservoir all the way full? that's impressive

[B NEGATIVE]

Photo for the Corsair link im using.

 

 

I have finished a quick 4.3@1.25v OC for a rough idea of what this chip will be like and to get an idea of the cooling potential of the setup,I had some initial concerns about flow rate and the low rad space.
That said,I am getting half decent results,nothing HWBot but I wasnt expecting that due to the much reduced flow to the CPU block.
Stress testing was done via x264 initially,it gives a good baseline before proceeding with more...athletic ....testing.

Ambient: 20c
58c on the hottest core,averages of around 49c

20 passes of that and we moved on to OCCT,not Linpack or P95 as I dont need that kind of furnace testing.

Temps went up but not terribly tho,hitting 74c on the hottest core,66 being the average.

For a fully parallel setup and restricted rad space,this is pretty good! I can see another D5 or dual 10w DDC going in  along with a EK XE 360 for good measure.

[B NEGATIVE]

Ok,got my 24/7 OC finished,not a screamer but more than enough for the hot summer ambients and limited rad space.

Just settling in for some Elite:Dangerous...

 

 

And core temps from a 1h OCCT run.

 

 

Amazingly,the Corsair Link has caused no problems.....doesnt give full control over speeds but knowing what Corsair specs their fans with PWM wise,im not surprised.

Lots of BIOS and in OS tinkering to get the USB working as it should tho.

[nmil]

Do you know when the winner will be announced? All the builds looked amazing. Well the case itself already looks killer...

[godsarmy]

Well this is sweet man!