The Utterly Imbalanced CaseLabs TX10-D build(s)!

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(hopefully people here are old enough for this reference)

"Come back one year!"

Edit: one of the best episodes of the entire series (have watched every episode at least once...).

[VSG]

Yup!

 

I got a Haswell family portrait done: 2 core, 4 core and 8 core

 

 

 

 

 

Here's big daddy:

 

[Norman_the_Owl]

holy balls, it really is massive...

[SAV1OUR]

you should have gotten a 6 core as well so you could have have gone 2 4 6 8 :c 

[VSG]

Doubling the core count was enough for my poor wallet.

[L.E.D]

Doubling the core count was enough for my poor wallet.

 

I bet holy shit... theres a lot of money sitting there haha. When do you think there will be an update on the big build?

[VSG]

I bet holy shit... theres a lot of money sitting there haha. When do you think there will be an update on the big build?

Huh? I thought this was the big build!

[L.E.D]

Huh? I thought this was the big build!

 

You were doing two builds, I meant this one haha

[Toxiclegend]

It's huge. It's beast. It's love.

[Hanoverfist]

Hmm..I've seen this somewhere. Different User name?? Strange

[VSG]

Hmm..I've seen this somewhere. Different User name?? Strange

 

If you see my user title on OCN, things will make more sense

[Focux]

will quit this forum if you don't defecate gold..

[VSG]

Sadly no   

 

Update time (although probably not one you were expecting since I have not yet finalized on my x99 motherboard and RAM):

 

Another sponsor? I must be the luckiest guy in the world:

 

 

I was speaking to Will, the CEO/CTO at Hardware Labs, about a few things in general and then realized my hotbox would be a great place to test out radiators. One email later, he had 2 of his new Nemesis radiators on the way to me:

 

 

A GTX 560 (No, not an old Nvidia GPU) and a GTS 480. We had previously agreed on a GTX 480 and a GTX 560 but he was extremely confident on the GTS 480 being able to beat out other 480/560mm radiators and sent this as an intended replacement for my SR 1 560 radiator. The few reviews out there all seem to agree that these rads pull a lot of weight in performance compared to larger radiators so I am pretty eager to test these out soon.

 

Here's a look at the GTS 480 (GTX 560 barely fit in my light box):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonus- A terrible video looking at the two rads stacked:

 

 

 

I will do a full review soon.

[L.E.D]

I hate to be a buzz kill but... gtx 480 lol I am just poking fun, this is great its still an update!

[VSG]

I hate to be a buzz kill but... gtx 480 lol I am just poking fun, this is great its still an update!

 

GTX 560 you mean 

[L.E.D]

GTX 560 you mean 

 

 

 

 

 

A GTX 560 (No, not an old Nvidia GPU) and a GTS 480. We had previously agreed on a GTX 480 and a GTX 560 but he was extremely confident on the GTS 480 being able to beat out other 480/560mm radiators and sent this as an intended replacement for my SR 1 560 radiator. The few reviews out there all seem to agree that these rads pull a lot of weight in performance compared to larger radiators so I am pretty eager to test these out soon.

 

Here's a look at the GTS 480 (GTX 560 barely fit in my light box):

 

 

just pointing that out

[VSG]

Oh you 

 

Fair enough. I got another 480mm rad coming in so it will be a decent test. Nothing like what guys like Martin or Bundy do but I try! Tomorrow is Ice Modz day, I got a few hardline fittings to go along with his tubing so I want to get opinions from people on what looks best. 

[L.E.D]

Oh you 

 

Fair enough. I got another 480mm rad coming in so it will be a decent test. Nothing like what guys like Martin or Bundy do but I try! Tomorrow is Ice Modz day, I got a few hardline fittings to go along with his tubing so I want to get opinions from people on what looks best. 

 

I am always anticipating posts from you, and I will gladly give my opinion on fittings lol

[VSG]

Now thanks to Mundi from Ice Modz, I obtained 5 meters of some really nice 10/12mm acrylic tubing. So of course I got a few 10/12 fittings to see how they are before I decide on getting them in bulk. In all likelihood this will be for Side 2:

 

 

 

First up the EK HDC fittings:

 

 

The finish on these is nice but I would have liked a little more on the "barb" end to grip on to when securing/removing the tubing. Next up, Bitspower Enhanced multilinks:

 

 

No wonder I have a ton of BP fittings, the finish is great on both parts here. The tubing needs to be near perfect though else it won't fit in fully- I ended up cracking one of the ends on my tubing because of this. I also got the EK fittings in red as previously seen with the Supremacy Evo. Perhaps it is from the anodization but the compression ring is much coarser than the nickel finish HDC here and feels somewhat cheaper to me personally.

 

Oh, I also got a section of the new Alphacool plated copper tubing (10/13mm) and 2 of their fittings to try out:

 

 

The 10/12mm fittings definitely don't fit. The tubing is quite hefty as expected and the finish isn't bad (I made a mistake and got the black chrome version instead). It is also a fingerprint magnet and, as per James Walt, can actually bend without the finish crazing. I will get a bender and check for myself.

 

 

 

 

Here are the fittings opened:

 

 

 

 

 

Now a size comparison:

 

 

 

 

So far I am leaning towards getting the BP fittings for the 10/12mm tubing although the EK nickel HDC is also pretty good. Nothing finalized just yet.

 

Mundi also sent along some of his lighting that he is known for:

 

 

Here is 1 set:

 

 

You can connect these as long as you want and the only limitation is the amps on the PSU rail powering the cable. I got the RGB kit with wireless controller because he is a pretty darn amazing guy. The default color when hooked up is blue:

 

 

 

Very easy to cycle through the colors and brightness, here are a few examples:

 

 

 

 

 

There are various modes and brightness levels to play with as with most RGB wireless controllers.

 

Finally, he also sent 2 of his sleeved wires at my request. Other than lighting, he makes custom extensions at a very reasonable price (inclusive of shipping worldwide) so I asked for 1 each of a 16 and 18 AWG wire in different colors:

 

 

 

 

The sleeving is heatshrinkless, even for 16 AWG, and looks very well done. If any of the lighting or sleeving shown here sounds interesting, do go visit his website: http://www.icemodz.com/

[Frownwarrior]

nice led  where can i get them

[VSG]

http://www.icemodz.com/webshop/#!/LEDs-Controllers-&-LED-Accessories/c/5346676/offset=0&sort=normal

[Frownwarrior]

http://www.icemodz.com/webshop/#!/LEDs-Controllers-&-LED-Accessories/c/5346676/offset=0&sort=normal

thank you very much

[VSG]

No problem, if it helps you (and Mundi) then I am glad to have helped out.

[Toxiclegend]

That sleeving is sexy.

 

Also your photo box is working quite well.

[VSG]

It is, isn't it? It has it's limitations but I figure I can get a sheet of seamless photo paper so I can use it instead of having to deal with the folded wrinkles in the current backgrounds that don't go away no matter what I do.

 

On a side note for those on the Haswell-E platform:

 

We have updated our EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO installation manual. Please use Insert 2 (I2) with Jet J1 (0.25mm) for best results on Intel LGA-2011-V3 series Core i7 58xx/59xx CPUs. We never stop - we are fine tuning the performance even further.