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So I'm trying to start a pc building business as a part time hobby type thing to get some extra cash while in in high school, so I put up an add and today this guy msgs me telling me he has a mid range pc he wants built but doesn't want to do water cooling himself.... he sends me the build that he wants and it's this.....http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/bnDX4D

Go ahead and process that and tell me how mud range that is... yup..

He wants everything water cooled, mobo, cpu, gpu, 3 480 mm rads, the works, so here's my delete, this is my first water cooling build and this is a high end $$$ pc. My question is what can go wrong in the water cooled side, if I am super careful tale my time with fittings and cutting tubing, and such

I know how to build and fix pc's and would say hell yes bring it on if it was on air or aio but it's a custom loop and I'd be out lots of money if something happened, I'd do a leak test for probably 12 hours or more, no power to components, what could happen is some water leaked while there was no power ?

And should I take the job ? It would give me a hell of alot of experience and open some opportunities, gotta start somewhere right ? If I can do his I can do pretty much anything, he wants soft tube so thats a bit better for me.

He wants an answer by tonight so should I do it ? And how long should I expect the build to take ? Also what should I charge for this ? If I charge 5% of the build then I'd have myself about 800-900$

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Sorry for long paragraph but plz read before answering

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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

did you know we have a gun thread ? well we do 

 

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If water leaks with no power just rinse the components affected in a bath of isopropyl alcohol and make sure it's completely dry. Also, yeah, just take case when putting tubing in, handling the cards...etc :D

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If water leaks with no power just rinse the components affected in a bath of isopropyl alcohol and make sure it's completely dry. Also, yeah, just take case when putting tubing in, handling the cards...etc :D

umm ya I'll be full clean room, no carpet, socks and I'll be hooked up to anti static straps before I even think of putting those 4000$ cpus in, and hes Def gonna want gpu backplanes so would that stop the water from touchING the pcb or would I have to remove it and wipe behind it ?
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The Ninja (current gaming pc)  Case- h440 red/black cpu- i5-4690k@ 4.3ghz cooler- coolermaster hyper 212 evo moboGigabyte z97x-sli ram- adata xpg v.1 2x4gb 1600mhz gpu- asus strix gtx 970 hdd- wd blue 1tb ssd- kingston hyperx savage 240gb psu- evga 600b peripherals: mouse- razer death adder 2013 keyboard- corsair k70 with chery mx-reds headset- HyperX Cloud 2

my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

did you know we have a gun thread ? well we do 

 

and a car thread ! 

 

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Ask yourself if you want this build to be the one potential customers hear about. That seems too risky to me if you haven't done WC before.

ya that's why I'm kinda stressing, but if it gets pulled off then that's a really sweet showcase for my skill, I'm still very on the fence
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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

did you know we have a gun thread ? well we do 

 

and a car thread ! 

 

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umm ya I'll be full clean room, no carpet, socks and I'll be hooked up to anti static straps before I even think of putting those 4000$ cpus in, and hes Def gonna want gpu backplanes so would that stop the water from touchING the pc or would I have to remove it and wipe behind it ?

Backplates would help shield the GPUs but yeah get a PSU jumper and run the pump with that.

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Backplates would help shield the GPUs but yeah get a PSU jumper and run the pump with that.

ya I have one, and definetly I wouldn't dare to power that thing on without leak test in first.

In your opinion yay or nay on the thing ?

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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

did you know we have a gun thread ? well we do 

 

and a car thread ! 

 

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To think I went from picking up a pc in a crack den last night and getting offered to build a 20,000$ pc tonight, man its ridiculous

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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

did you know we have a gun thread ? well we do 

 

and a car thread ! 

 

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Nobody else ?

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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

did you know we have a gun thread ? well we do 

 

and a car thread ! 

 

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I say go for it. But remember, do not fuck up (or go to a pedo's house).

looking for the water blocks now, so far im at the gpu`s and cpu`s done and im at 600$, do you know if they make a waterblock for the asus z10pe-d16 dual cpu mobo ?

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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

did you know we have a gun thread ? well we do 

 

and a car thread ! 

 

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