Watercooled R9 295x2 ITX Build!

[Awkward Turtle]

This build is going to be built specifically for 4K gaming in a tiny Hardline watercooled enclosure!

The build parts:

Corsair 250D case.

XFX R9 295x2 with EK waterblock.

Msi z97i - gaming ACK Mini ITX motherboard.

i7 4790k with EK supremacy Evo waterblock.

16gb Kingston HyperX fury 1866mhz Ram.

Alphacool ST30 240mm radiator

Alphacool UT 60 120mm radiator

Gelid Wings UV green 120mm x3

Gelid Wings UV Green 80mm x2

EK DDC pump with bitspower Magic cube/heat sink

EK 110/250 reseviour

Bitspower fittings

EK hardline Tube 16-13mm

EK Evo green coolant

Corsair HX1000i PSU with IceModz sleeved cables

WD 3TB green HDD

Samsung 250GB SSD

Just have to wait for the some of the parts to arrive first then I'll post first pics.

[Adreyu]

Hype Train.jpg

we are way passed hype, we've seen the benchmarks

[Awkward Turtle]

I've ordered Custom sleeved UV green/Black cables from IceModz today

Also I would like some opinions on which model 980ti would be better considering the build.

The Zotac Arctic Storm 980ti is a hybrid Air/Water card so I should probably get lower temps and I won't have to to buy a waterblock for it. The only downside is its a reference design PCB and a 6 phase power delivery.

Meanwhile the G1 Gaming from Gigabyte has a Custom PCB and an 8 phase power delivery which should yield a higher overclock but I'll then have to buy an EK waterblock/backplate

Opinions?!?

[alzh1991]

Go for gigabyte 

 

1. looks sexy as hell

2. POWAR ! 

[1Scotty1]

Go for gigabyte 

 

1. looks sexy as hell

2. POWAR ! 

Sorry, but that card is everything BUT sexy... but to each his own, I guess

[nmil]

I like the look of the Zotac. Or you could go with the ASUS Poseidon which looks way better.

 

[Sebastian]

I like the look of the Zotac card as well. That being said, for your purposes I think that the Gigabyte card will be better. Like you said, it's probably a bit better suited for overclocking, and putting an EK block on will really reduce its size, which is an important thing to consider for a mini ITX build...

[mwthomas10]

I like the look of the Zotac. Or you could go with the ASUS Poseidon which looks way better.

ASUS-ROG-Poseidon-GTX-980-Ti.jpg

I like this idea best.  It already has a water block built in over the gpu (I think thats how it works, do some research).

[Awkward Turtle]

So I've been looking up some things and I've seen that an R9 295x2 will fit inside a 250D with an EK Waterblock fitted

And it just so happens I have 1 lying around!

So this is now the Watercooled R9 295x2 Mini ITX Build

It saves me buying a 980ti so I can wait for The Pascel generation of GPU'S

I'll get more performance from this card than a 980ti at 4K I think.

With this build I'am also going to be modifying the side panels to have extra large windows to show off the insides!

[hearthofsin]

a full cover waterblock will give you better temps and look better. 
about the looks that is IMO tho ^^ but i still wouldn't go with the hybrid cards. 

[aamirilliyas123]

Is there like a specific name for this build?