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[Build Log] - Aurora Frost

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Hello,

 

Im Daren,New to this site but year's in experience with building rig's.Customizing thing's is one of my favorite hobbies,My old rig from 2008 was really outdated,link here ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUpz77DD-L4&feature=youtube_gdata_player...So i save up an build me a new beast with full watercooled dual loops,first time using acrylic tubes so i did enough research before i did my loops. The general theme of this is the Asus ROG color scheme of black/red/white with midplate. I love the ASUS Maximus VI Formula an I had to have it,with the nice armor plate an water block.

Part list:
Case:NZXT  Phantom 820  (Received).

Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Formula (Received)
CPU: Intel i7 4770k (Received) overclock to 4.7ghz
RAM: G.Skill Trident X 16GB 2400mhz..( Received)
HDDs: 2x Samsung 840 pro 128 Gb SSDs in Raid 0(Received)1
GPUs: 2x EVGA GTX 760s(Received)
PSU: Enermax Revolution 85+ 850w(Received)from last build

 

Watercooling Part list:

Water blocks: EK Supremacy HF + XSPC Razor GTX670 +Bitspower Ram block 4 slot.( GPU blocks fit the 760 no problem)
Radiators: EK 240 an XSPC 480 (Received)
Fittings/tubes: Primochill Rigid Ghost fitting an Acrylic tubes,Bitspower fitting,crystal links for gpu..
Pump/Res: 2xEK DCP 2.2 , 2xBitspower 240 res (Received)
Fan Controller: NXZT case controller/ Bitfenix Recon + 10x Bitfenix Spectro pro 120mm white fans.

Coolant:Mayhems Aurora Tharsis red an Pastel Black Concentrare mix with Mayhems Ultra pure H20

 

Mod list:

Remove all drive bays (done)

Make Midplate from Acrylic Sheet's (done)

Make sideplate with 4x 120mm fan (done)

Make pump an res Backplate with Acrylic sheet (done)

Make GPC backplate's (done)

Replace side panel window with big nicer one (not done)

 

 

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absolutely epic, and welcome to the fourm

And then you realize your shoes are filled with peanut butter, what then?! >:L

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Love it but personally would've added a bit more for a 780 but that's just me. Epic build mate.

My Gaming Rig;  Motherboard - ASUS Maximus VI Hero | CPU - Intel i5 4670k @4.5Ghz 1.25v | GPU - GIGABYTE GTX 980 @Stock | RAM -  16GB Corsair Vengeance @1866Mhz | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i | Storage #1 - Samsung 840 Basic 250GB SSD | Storage #2 - Sandisk II 480GB SSD | Storage #3 - 2TB 7200rpm 64mb HDD | PSU - Corsair HX750 | Case - Fractal Design R4 |

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Absolutely beautiful. Welcome to the forums, and mind me asking. Why 2 GTX 760s in lieu of a GTX 780?

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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Absolutely beautiful. Welcome to the forums, and mind me asking. Why 2 GTX 760s in lieu of a GTX 780?

 

 

Love it but personally would've added a bit more for a 780 but that's just me. Epic build mate.

 

 

absolutely epic, and welcome to the fourm

Thank you guy's for welcoming me, i wanted to go 780 but 250$ is my limit an a sinlge gpu. i play all my games at Max setting's.

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Overclocking my 4770K to 4.7 ,20 with normal use,at 100% load i max out at 58 degree's 24hr test sables

 

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And I am a failure. Ignore me.

Awesome man. Great build. I love the Black/Red/White look. And I especially like acrylic tubing. :D

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And I am a failure. Ignore me.

Awesome man. Great build. I love the Black/Red/White look. And I especially like acrylic tubing. :D

ty man

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Overclocking my 4770K to 4.7 ,20 with normal use,at 100% load i max out at 58 degree's 24hr test sables

 

 

got a good chip there then!

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Too much sexyness in 1 case :o

6600K  |  16GB HYPERX  |  GTX1070 FE  |  Z170X-UD3  |  AIR540

Respect the past, Embrace the future.

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Sweet build, mate!

Two SLI bridges, though. Why? xD

just for look's i want one of those evga one's but they been out of stock for month's

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those gpus look a bit small :P 

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough it will be believed.

-Adolf Hitler 

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Tiny vid cards lol..Look's like SLI sound cards..

lol .when i took the fans of i was like ,where the other half at. my only gtx 275 are double the size.

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Why use the EK pump?

 

You should have gone with a Laing one.

Feel free to PM for any water-cooling questions. Check out my profile for more ways to contact me.

 

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wow that looks sweet!

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Looks really nice I liek what you did with the tubing. 

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Amazing build! Those GPU backplates are acrylic too? does the static charge that can build from acrylic worry you at all?

-Tony

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