Octane BOXX - 4 Radiators in a Corsair Air 540

[Mannimedia]

Octane Box

 

This build came into fruition after I realized that running 4 GPUs on air, in a rendering machine that is meant to run constantly for 24 hours at 80C was not a good idea!

 

Being that this is my first water cooling build there were a lot of challenges, the biggest one was, getting 4 radiators (3 x 240mm & 1 x 120mm) to fit inside my Corsair Air 540. I ended cutting out the drive trays at the bottom on the case with a dremel. Fortunately for me that was the most difficult part of this rig--everything else required just a bit of planning before executing, but it was intimidating.

 

 

System Components

 

Intel I7 4930K

ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition

32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1600MHz

4 x EVGA GTX 780 Ti

Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SSD

Corsair Carbide Air 540

Corsair AX1500i Titanium PSU

 

 

Cooling Components

 

EK D5 X-RES Top140 with D5 Pump

Tygon E-3603 1/4" ID 3/8" OD Tubing

Koolance 1/4" x 3/8" Compression Fittings

Phobya 1/4" x 3/8" Compression Fittings

Phobya 1/4" x 3/8" 90 Degree Compression Fittings

1 x XSPC EX120 Crossflow Radiator

3 x XSPC EX240 Crossflow Radiator

EK Supreme LTX CPU Block

EK-FC780 GTX Ti Waterblock

IandH Silver Kill Coil

 

 

 

I don't have much else to say, but if you have any questions feel free to ask. 

 

[Shd0w2]

HOLEEESHIT.

 

I require benchmarks and temps.

[FloRolf]

woah, thats the ugliest tubing i've ever seen way to small for me.

But still a pretty cool rig.

Q: What are your temps now?

[coen113]

looks like a nice build, very creative, a lot of rads.

[Mannimedia]

HOLEEESHIT.

 

I require benchmarks and temps.

[Mannimedia]

woah, thats the ugliest tubing i've ever seen way to small for me.

But still a pretty cool rig.

Q: What are your temps now?

To each is own, cause I really like the small tubing. I'm getting 37C max on the hottest GPU.

[Shd0w2]

yes

Can you adopt me?

[FloRolf]

To each is own, cause I really like the small tubing. I'm getting 37C max on the hottest GPU.

wow! thats amazing. How the CPU?

Oh and see you have a custom Bios on those 780ti's? Nice OC!

[darkspeedy26]

im always wondering... what could you possibly be rendering with this beast?

[Mannimedia]

I don't really do much gaming but you guys seem to be interested in benchmarks, so please list all the things you'd like for me to test and I'll get right on it.

 

Thanks

[Shd0w2]

I don't really do much gaming but you guys seem to be interested in benchmarks, so please list all the things you'd like for me to test and I'll get right on it.

 

Thanks

Whats the reason for this rig anyway?

[Mannimedia]

im always wondering... what could you possibly be rendering with this beast?

3D Scenes that require GPU rendering because a CPU would take far too long. 

[Mannimedia]

Whats the reason for this rig anyway?

It for rendering 3D scenes with a render engine called Octane. I'm also planning to start a render service where my GPUs will be rendering 24/7 so keeping these cards as cool as possible is very important to me. Plus I don't have to worry about them dying when running at 37C instead of 80C.

 

I'll be working on another build with (2 gpus), and use that as my main rig--while this build is constantly rendering.

 

[FloRolf]

-snip-

i hate you for that pic!

[Mannimedia]

i hate you for that pic!

Then I probably shouldn't tell you that I was just play Halo 1 PC in windowed mode 1280x1024 with 4 way sli enabled lol

[LukaP]

Then I probably shouldn't tell you that I was just play Halo 1 PC in windowed mode 1280x1024 with 4 way sli enabled lol

what are the frames

[purplepenguin202]

over 9000

[Monty007]

Really awesome rig you have. Just a couple of suggestions. You should look at redoing you tubing a bit. The tubing run from the top most GPU to the small 120 rad on the rear seems pretty kinked. I would adjust the angle of the 90 degree fitting to give a more natural and direct run to the rad. The fittings on the CPU block should also be changed. I would use a 45 degree on the bottom port and a 90 degree fitting on the top port.

My $0.02

[Prokart2000]

It for rendering 3D scenes with a render engine called Octane. I'm also planning to start a render service where my GPUs will be rendering 24/7 so keeping these cards as cool as possible is very important to me. Plus I don't have to worry about them dying when running at 37C instead of 80C.

 

I'll be working on another build with (2 gpus), and use that as my main rig--while this build is constantly rendering.

 

can i "borrow" one

[steffen_anywhere]

It for rendering 3D scenes with a render engine called Octane. I'm also planning to start a render service where my GPUs will be rendering 24/7 so keeping these cards as cool as possible is very important to me. Plus I don't have to worry about them dying when running at 37C instead of 80C.

 

I'll be working on another build with (2 gpus), and use that as my main rig--while this build is constantly rendering.

 

Fuck. 3600 dollars in one pic...

[cl_l-CaKe]

mother of .... 

 

i cant even afford one of them

 

 

 

nice build anyway

[nick99n]

ohhh my can i be your personal slave while using the pc when you dont need it?

[Wyzzy Moon]

this should have "holy Balls" stamped all over it!...

...
Holy balls!

[Tearass]

Holy balls!

[Nicktrance]

Holy balls, that's one tightly packed beast of a system

 

what are the frames

 

I think it's safe to say the CPU is the bottleneck... a 4930K...