Posted April 25, 2013 Project Banana Phonez The computer has been finished and been in stable working condishion for the past month, I was going to post the build log a lot sooner but unforchantly soon after the build was finished i became unmotivated and very depressed to the point that I had to take time off work to help get better (still recovering). I have been working at Austin computers (a very popular retailer of computer components in Western Australia) as a Computer Technician for the last year and during my time I have only worked on 3 custom water cooled computers all of them only having the CPU water cooled. Eventually after watching TastyPC's Fractal Design Define XL R2 build time lapse i got the inspiration to water cool my own PC -------------- Components: -------------- Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K Motherboard: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z RAM: Red and Black Corsair Vengeance 16GB Total CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 SSD: 2x OCZ Vertex 4 120GB in Raid 0 PSU: Corsair AX860 GPU: Nvidia GTX Titan Sound card: ASUS Xonar D2X Fans: 7x Noctua NF-F12 painted black ---------------------- Water cooling stuff: ---------------------- Pump: Koolance PMP-450 12V Variable Speed Pump Pump Mod: Bitspower D5 Mod Kit black Finish CPU Block: EK Supremacy Acetal CPU Waterblock GPU Block: EK-FC Titan Acetal with back plate Radiators: Alphacool NexXxoS Monsta 240mm Dual Radiator Alphacool NexXxoS ST45 240mm Dual Radiator Coolant: EK Ekoolant Clear Premix Reservoir: XSPC Dual 5.25" Bay Reservoir Tubing: PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT Tubing Red 3/8ID 5/8OD Fittings: Bistpower Matte Black 3/8 ID 5/8 OD, lots --------------- Accessories: --------------- Microphone: Audio Technica AT2020 Mouse: 2x Razer Naga epic (one to charge the battery and the other to use) Keyboard: Razer Death Stalker Monitors: ASUS PB278Q 2x Acer V243HL color calibrator: Datacolor Spyder4PRO Headsets: Sennheiser RS 220 Razer Chimaera 5.1 Webcam: Logitech C525 NAS: Synology DS213 With 2x 3TB HDD's in raid 1 for mass storage Originally my plan was to go 2x 680 in SLI but during my testing stage of the build i had great difficulty getting the system to be stable and most of the time I found that the games i was playing actually did not benefit from SLI. in fact in more than three games I was getting less FPS in SLI compared to just 1 680. So I decided to go and just get a GTX Titan Out the back in the warehouse painting all of the sides of the Noctua fans and also 2 6990 water blocks for a different project. I only need to paint the sides of the Noctua fans and don't need to paint the fan blaids as i will be using Silverstone FF121B 120MM Fan Filters to cover them up as it is too difficult to paint the inside of the fan. I left the NexXxoS Monsta on the sales front counter and most of the customers that came in were commenting on it, eventually I had to put it away because people were picking it up and handling it without care. ooh shiny Gk110 making a mess on the sales floor On the back here you can see I have a corsair link with 2 Cooling Nodes attached to it, unforchantly i have since ripped this out and thrown them away due to a bug that would randomly stop all the fans and after investigating the problem I found that it is very common on the corsair forums and there was no fix at the time. due to this I cannot recommend the product to any of my customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 25, 2013 Author I have not connected any front panel connections other then the power button as i never use them and would rather have the minimal amount of cables being shown inside the case During the build there was water leaking out around the pump, turns out that I forgot to put the o-ring back that sits between the pump and reservoir. no damage was done but it was definitely a scary moment. Total build time of the system took the entire day from 9AM to 3AM the next morning with 2 other people helping me along the way. Applejack is best pony A panorama picture that i took of the final setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 25, 2013 Wow! Looks very good! This is probably my favorite of her builds and you've done an excellent job at redesigning it. Love the scheme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 25, 2013 Lol is that the Cannington store? I live in Perth too. Anyway I really like the red and black theme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 25, 2013 That video was just supposed to be a casual behind the scenes thing for a HardwareHeaven case review, Turns out it's probably my favorite video I've ever done. Kinda wish I'd taken it more seriously and got some watercooled GPUs in there, and maybe lost the cat ears :)Most painful thing is two days after making that video the rig had to be completely striped down. :(That's an epic rig you've built, with a very tidy loop. Nice to see you worked Noctua fans in there too, I had to get red fans in there so they had to go. What I would do for that titan.. lol :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2013 Awesome job i love the colors ! | Contact Information | My Teamspeak : Austs1.gameservers.com:9334 | Steam: Iamtictac456 | My other aliases include Scruffy and Scruffy Biggems :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2013 love it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2013 Great looking build, and that mic is a beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2013 Looks great. Lian Li | Silverstone | Corsair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2013 Gorgeous!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2013 Lol is that the Cannington store? I live in Perth too. Anyway I really like the red and black theme! Looks like the Bibra Lake store. Intel 3960X @ 4.6GHz | Corsair Dominator Platinum CMD64GX3M8A2133C9 64GB | ASUS Rampage IV Extreme | 2*ASUS PG279Q | EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X | 2*Corsair Force GT 256GB in R0 [OS Drive] | Samsung 850 Pro 1TB [secondary Drive] | Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 Raid 6 [8*4TB — Media Array] | PAN-UJ-235A Blu-Ray Slot Load | PAN-UJ-875A DVD Slot Load | Corsair AX1200i | Corsair H100i | Lian-Li PC-V2120X | LSI 9271-8i w/ Intel RES2SV240 | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit | Ducky Shine II [Cherry MX Brown / Blue LED] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 27, 2013 Author That video was just supposed to be a casual behind the scenes thing for a HardwareHeaven case review, Turns out it's probably my favorite video I've ever done. Kinda wish I'd taken it more seriously and got some watercooled GPUs in there, and maybe lost the cat ears :) Most painful thing is two days after making that video the rig had to be completely striped down. :( That's an epic rig you've built, with a very tidy loop. Nice to see you worked Noctua fans in there too, I had to get red fans in there so they had to go. What I would do for that titan.. lol :) Thanks for the feedback TastyPC if it wasn't for you're video the system would have looked a lot different and no where near as good as it looks now Looks like the Bibra Lake store. yeh this is the Bibra Lake store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 27, 2013 Wow! Holy spaghetti that color theme, custom waterloop and case, they look so cool! Also funny project name! Well you sir, you earned a like from me! Cheers ;) Watch out, there might be ninjas out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 27, 2013 Beast!!! Absolute beast!...good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 28, 2013 Hmm.... I'd have to say that Twi is best pony but Killer Rig! Once upon a time, Boxes of parts that now is my PC were on that exact bench in the exact store. That's where I got everything for my PC back in '09 Infact, I might be heading up to that store soon to buy a hard drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 28, 2013 Looks amazing :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 28, 2013 Epic build man. Love the Red and Black colour scheme as usual :3 Everything is neat and tidy and therefore brings a sense of peace to my OCDness. Thanks for sharing your build with us! Join the LinusTechTips Star Citizen Org :D ~ https://robertsspaceindustries.com/orgs/UOLTT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 28, 2013 That front radiator is beast, great build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 28, 2013 Awesome, congrats on getting on the live stream BOTW. I know exactly how you feel, I'm still so blown away that mine was featured. CONGRATS! awesome build Another +1 to the Aussies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 11, 2013 Nice work! Intel i5 3570k | MSI GTX 670 Power Edition/OC SLI | Asus Sabertooth Z77 | Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB | Fractal Design Newton R2 650W | NZXT Switch 810 SE Gun Metal | BenQ 24" XL2420T 120Hz | Corsair K90 | Logitech G500 / Logtitech Performance MX | Sennheiser PC 360 | Asus Xonar DGX | NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision 2 Wireless Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 11, 2013 Like this build, you did a REALLY tighty and clean build ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 12, 2013 like it looks vary clean and that water-cooled titan amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 12, 2013 That's fantastic, well done. Ryzen 5 1500x, Noctua NH-L9x65 SE-AM4, GA-AB350N, 16GB 1600Mhz, EVGA GTX 970, 250GB Samsung 960 Evo, 120GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB WD Green & 2TB Seagate Barracuda. 650w OCZ ZX & Cooler Master Elite 130. Acer CB241HQK 4K, LG IPS234V-PN 1080p, Ducky Zero Shine All Blue/Anne Pro Brown/SteelSeries Apex Pro & Razer Naga 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 25, 2013 Great looking build! Quote me to get a reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 25, 2013 Nice :D Harr, darr and a couple of....... plastic earings? LTC Wallet: LMiWdifKAN546FjyRspfhmfBWidyRPeEUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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