Core P5 Build - "Dark Side"

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Update (7/10/2016):  Build finished.  See posts below for progress pics.

 

Build list (Updated 7/10/2016)

• Case:  Thermaltake Core P5
• Motherboard:  MSI X99 "Godlike" (got a pretty decent deal on this on Newegg where they threw in 16 gigs of RAM (which I'm currently using) and a 256 gig SSD for free)
• CPU:  Intel i7 5930k OC'd to 4.5ghz
• RAM:  Adata DDR4 2800 OC'd to 3,000mhz.  Got some Corsair RAM coolers.
• Video Card:  Nvidia GTX 1080
• VGA Waterblock:  EK GTX 1080 plexi front w/ matching back plate
• SSD:  512GB Samsung 850 Pro
• HDD:  Seagate 2TB
• PSU:  Thermaltake DPS G RGB 1250w Titanium
• Pump/Res:  Thermaltake Pacific PR22-D5
• CPU Waterblock:  XSPC Raystorm Pro
• Radiator:  Alphacool UT-60 480mm
• Fittings:  Almost all XSPC with a few Alphacool as well.

To-do List: (Updated 7/10/2016)

• The soft tubing is temporary; I'm holding off on doing hardline tubing until I get my GPU situation figured out.  Hard tubing done.  Used PETG over acrylic.
• I'm going to probably be using Mayhems Pastel Red.  Any other suggestions for an opaque, matte red fluid?  Went with Thermaltake C1000 Red coolant instead.
• The GPU needs to be replaced, as I mentioned before.  Holding out for Pascal and/or Polaris.  Went with a GTX 1080 w/ an EK water block and back plate.
• Need to get some cable combs.
• I want to get cooler looking RAM (and more of it).  Avexir Red Tesla looks tempting.  Kept the same RAM because it was performing well.  Got some RAM coolers for them and OC'd.
• Looking to procure a Samsung 950 Pro to use as a boot drive.
• Need to clean up the cabling on the front once everything is in place.

 

Just running a test to make sure everything works:

 

 

Okay, time to start putting everything together for reals!

 

Almost done!

 

Success!  Here's where it's at right now (more pics to come as I finish the build):

 

 

[mikat]

subbed!

nice build

[ChrisCross]

nice! you could get some 90° fittings so the tubing would be shorter

[19_blackie_73]

definetly go with hard tubing, it will improve the appearence by 300%

[Cobcanon]

Superb

Also lol, i just bought an r7 370 to wait for polaris as well

[Hexxus]

Thanks!

 

But yeah, I hate the soft tubing.  There's only a couple of months until the new generation of GPUs, so I'll just take care of everything, including buying the appropriate GPU waterblock for whatever I get and doing the hard tubing, in one fell swoop then.  

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It's almost done!

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Okee, here's some additional build pics.

 

Originally I had hoped to do a vertical orientation with the GPU (that's kind of the whole point of this case), but I couldn't get it to work quite right with the PCI-E riser.  I went through a few of them.  All produced strange screen artifacts.  Oh well.

 

I tried to drill a couple of 3mm holes for some red LEDs go go behind the SSD...  It doesn't show up very well, but the under-glow is visible if you look.

 

Changed the GPU orientation.  Made a couple of extra tubing pieces, so if I ever decide to try the vertical orientation again, I'll still have the tubing for it.  Doing some leak testing in this pic.

 

 

Everything looked good, so I drained the loop and added in my Thermaltake C1000 Red coolant.  I was having major issues with the PSU I was using before (OCZ Fatal1ty 1000w).  It was originally made by OCZ but apparently they went out of business, so RMA work is being done through FirePower/PC Power and Cooling.  I've had a very poor experience with them; repeatedly defective replacements, 1-2 week delay between sending them a message and getting a response, etc.  Eventually said "screw it" and decided to get a better power supply.  Went with a Thermaltake 1250w Titanium RGB unit.  It has worked marvelously.

 

Side note, I'm not endorsed by Thermaltake in any way, lol.  I just ended up using a lot of components from them for this build.

 

 

Did a 12 hour leak test, everything worked fine.  Did the remainder of the wiring, did some other finishing touches, and popped the acrylic front panel on, etc.

 

 

 

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Some better photos.

 

Probably just going to sell it and start a new project next!

[mikat]

looks nice

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6 minutes ago, mikat said:

looks nice

Thank you!!