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1 minute ago, hihihi8 said:

Same age lol, but I do have access to a lot of tools and machinery, as well as the option to just send the design to a workshop and have them do it for me (a typical block would cost me 50-80 USD to get machined).

How unfair :P I just have acces to whatever's on my dad's desk (so a drill, every hand tool available and a dremmel c: I could probably get a different block (an Asetek OEM one) and make proper mounts for it and have that attached to the PCB and mount the heatplate to the Titan shroud and screw that whole assembly in c:

 

Anyway, enough thread derailing, I'd still vote for one or two 1070s, but if you insist on 3-way GPUs, the 480 really is the only option. 

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Hey guys! I'm planning this awesome new custom hardline watercooling build after completing my last one, and I've managed to get my hands on a second hand EVGA SR-X X79 Dual socket motherboard, as well as 2 XEON E5-2687W's (ES of course) for 16 core 32 threads.

I'm not much of a pro user, but this build is just the pinnacle of my enthusiast grade hardware that will act as a collectible piece.

 

Right now, I'm a bit stuck on the GPU selection, I was planning on getting 3 RX480's for the red and black theme, but they seem overpriced for the performance they offered, and I haven't been able to source 3 second hand ones. The Nvidia Side doesn't go up to 3 way anymore, 2 ways fine imo, but I'd like 3 cards since they look nice. So far heres the build:

 

Case: Complete Custom From-Scratch, with misty acrylic side panels that feature water channels and moving gears (pushed by flow)

Motherboard: EVGA SR-X Dual Socket X79 (C606)

CPUs: Intel Xeon E5-2687W (Engineering Samples) x2

RAM: DDR3 1600Mhz ECC-REG, 8GB x 12 (96GB Total)

WaterCooling Solution: CPU x2, GPU x2/3, Motherboard x1, RAM x4

Pumps: 2 D5 Vario's (In Series)

PSU: Cooler Master V1200 80Plus Platinum

Radiators: HWLabs Black Ice Nemesis GTS 240Rad*1, HWLabs Black Ice Nemesis GTS 360Rad*1 (You may doubt the Rad space, but I'm pretty confident it's enough to handle a typical non-overclocked high workload just fine, especially when my fans max out at 3000RPM)

Fans: Noctua Industrial PPC 3000RPM PWM *5 + Slim 15mm thick 120fan *1

Controller: Aquaero 5 LT along with flow meter, water temp sensors, fan speed control, etc

 

GPUs: (2-3 GPUs) This is the part I'm not sure about, it has to fit my 1200W limits, as well as run relatively cool (So something newer maybe, not for example, 3 GTX680's)

 

Now please don't ask me why, or tell me I'm wasting money on outdated hardware, because I honestly don't have a good explanation. I'm doing this build because I have a passion for DIY and modding, and would like to collect this rare motherboard in a more elegant way rather than letting it sit in a box. Also, the entire build except water cooling parts will feature used components (MB, CPUs, GPUs, PSU, etc)

 

Here are some pictures of the case so far, everything is done manually in AutoCAD (without using things like protocase's designer), then made at a workshop 

[img=i.imgur.com/0hjFTXD.jpg]
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Imagine the sides as being cloudy acrylic panels, with red coolant flowing through, pushing gears that spin (I know a guy who can do the flow calculations to make this happen). The pattern of flow is completely up to me, and I haven't finalized a design yet. I'll keep anyone interested posted on developments.

  

[img=i.imgur.com/0hjFTXD.jpg]

also, custom designed and milled mini-panel that goes inside the SR-X Logo in the front. The red coolant inside will light up with UV introduced through a light strip on the sides (light strip since I forgot to add holes for LED bulbs). 

 

ANYWAYS, I think i've gone off topic to showcase my plan instead of asking for advice. What GPU's does the LTT community think are worthy of this babe?

PC 0: Pinky 2.0

Ryzen 9 5950x — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 5 @3600Mhz CL14-13-13-28-288 — ROG Crosshair 8 Dark Hero — RX 6900 XT — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB — Samsung PM961 1TB — WD Blue 4TB HDD — Corsair AX1500i — Thermaltake Core P5 

 

PC 1: Pinky (Yes that is her name) Here's the build

Xeon E5-1680V3 — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Samsung 950Pro 512GB — Seagate 2TB HDD — Corsair RM1000 — Thermaltake Core P5

 

PC 1.1: Pinky (Mom Edition) Here's the build

i7-5960X — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB — Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB — Corsair HX850i — InWin S-Frame #190

 

PC 2: Red Box/Scarlet Overkill (Dual Xeon)

Xeon E5-2687W x2 — 96GB Kingston DDR3 ECC REG @1333Mhz — EVGA Classified SR-X Dual CPU — GTX 1070 SLI (2-WAY) —Hardline Loop — Samsung 750 EVO 256GB — Seagate 2TB 2.5" HDD x3 — Self-Built Case

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1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

A single (or two) MSI 1070s. Three way GPUs are a waste and don't offer as much performance as you think. 

3 Way looks nice :P Anyways, thanks for the reply! I'll look into modding them, as I'll probably go for a painted reference card with a custom water cooling solution if I go Nvidia

PC 0: Pinky 2.0

Ryzen 9 5950x — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 5 @3600Mhz CL14-13-13-28-288 — ROG Crosshair 8 Dark Hero — RX 6900 XT — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB — Samsung PM961 1TB — WD Blue 4TB HDD — Corsair AX1500i — Thermaltake Core P5 

 

PC 1: Pinky (Yes that is her name) Here's the build

Xeon E5-1680V3 — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Samsung 950Pro 512GB — Seagate 2TB HDD — Corsair RM1000 — Thermaltake Core P5

 

PC 1.1: Pinky (Mom Edition) Here's the build

i7-5960X — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB — Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB — Corsair HX850i — InWin S-Frame #190

 

PC 2: Red Box/Scarlet Overkill (Dual Xeon)

Xeon E5-2687W x2 — 96GB Kingston DDR3 ECC REG @1333Mhz — EVGA Classified SR-X Dual CPU — GTX 1070 SLI (2-WAY) —Hardline Loop — Samsung 750 EVO 256GB — Seagate 2TB 2.5" HDD x3 — Self-Built Case

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2 minutes ago, hihihi8 said:

3 Way looks nice :P Anyways, thanks for the reply! I'll look into modding them, as I'll probably go for a painted reference card with a custom water cooling solution if I go Nvidia

A universal waterblock and the original GPU shroud would look really nice :P

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5 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

A universal waterblock and the original GPU shroud would look really nice :P

My guide on how to do exactly that, check out the results :) 

 

Also, I might wait for the RX490 (If they plan on making it), and see how it fairs. But so far my tunnel vision has me set in the range of 1070/1080/RX480 x3.

PC 0: Pinky 2.0

Ryzen 9 5950x — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 5 @3600Mhz CL14-13-13-28-288 — ROG Crosshair 8 Dark Hero — RX 6900 XT — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB — Samsung PM961 1TB — WD Blue 4TB HDD — Corsair AX1500i — Thermaltake Core P5 

 

PC 1: Pinky (Yes that is her name) Here's the build

Xeon E5-1680V3 — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Samsung 950Pro 512GB — Seagate 2TB HDD — Corsair RM1000 — Thermaltake Core P5

 

PC 1.1: Pinky (Mom Edition) Here's the build

i7-5960X — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB — Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB — Corsair HX850i — InWin S-Frame #190

 

PC 2: Red Box/Scarlet Overkill (Dual Xeon)

Xeon E5-2687W x2 — 96GB Kingston DDR3 ECC REG @1333Mhz — EVGA Classified SR-X Dual CPU — GTX 1070 SLI (2-WAY) —Hardline Loop — Samsung 750 EVO 256GB — Seagate 2TB 2.5" HDD x3 — Self-Built Case

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2 minutes ago, hihihi8 said:

My guide on how to do exactly that, check out the results :) 

Now tha could be useful in the future :P I've actually already tried to mount an AiO to my R9 290 but it had a square block so it didn't work properly (still running it actually, but it sometimes overheats) and I'm still trying to mount a Titan shroud (the black one) to it :P

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13 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Now tha could be useful in the future :P I've actually already tried to mount an AiO to my R9 290 but it had a square block so it didn't work properly (still running it actually, but it sometimes overheats) and I'm still trying to mount a Titan shroud (the black one) to it :P

Mounting a Titan X shroud to a 290 custom PCB would be difficult. However, with the exact measurements, you can easily design a mount-plate for it, where a 5-8mm thick aluminum/copper slab would be milled precisely to fit over components (You can measure a full cover block from EK to get the important measurements for VRM cooling and component clearance), Your mount plate would have threaded holes correctly positioned for the custom PCB, and would also have holes to screw into the Titan shroud. After that, drill some heatsink mounting holes on the titan shroud to match your PCB's hole pattern, and screw your PCB into the mount plate. It sounds complicated but is basically GPU-->Mountplate-->Titan Shroud. If your card is taller/longer than a Titan shroud, you'll have to work some magic with the mountplate to make it less obvious (like painting or anodize+dying it).Just remember to sink the holes for screwing the mount-plate to the shroud, so they don't touch and short something out.

 

Note that it will make your card 5-8mm thicker than a 2-slot card, meaning adjacent cards have to be moved.

PC 0: Pinky 2.0

Ryzen 9 5950x — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 5 @3600Mhz CL14-13-13-28-288 — ROG Crosshair 8 Dark Hero — RX 6900 XT — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB — Samsung PM961 1TB — WD Blue 4TB HDD — Corsair AX1500i — Thermaltake Core P5 

 

PC 1: Pinky (Yes that is her name) Here's the build

Xeon E5-1680V3 — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Samsung 950Pro 512GB — Seagate 2TB HDD — Corsair RM1000 — Thermaltake Core P5

 

PC 1.1: Pinky (Mom Edition) Here's the build

i7-5960X — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB — Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB — Corsair HX850i — InWin S-Frame #190

 

PC 2: Red Box/Scarlet Overkill (Dual Xeon)

Xeon E5-2687W x2 — 96GB Kingston DDR3 ECC REG @1333Mhz — EVGA Classified SR-X Dual CPU — GTX 1070 SLI (2-WAY) —Hardline Loop — Samsung 750 EVO 256GB — Seagate 2TB 2.5" HDD x3 — Self-Built Case

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Just now, hihihi8 said:

Mounting a Titan X shroud to a 290 custom PCB would be difficult. However, with the exact measurements, you can easily design a mount-plate for it, where a 5-8mm thick aluminum/copper slab would be milled precisely to fit over components (You can measure a full cover block from EK to get the important measurements for VRM cooling and component clearance), Your mount plate would have holes correctly positioned for the custom PCB, and would also have holes to screw into the Titan shroud. After that, drill some heatsink mounting holes on the titan shroud to match your PCB's hole pattern, and screw your PCB into the mount plate. It sounds complicated but is basically GPU-->Mountplate-->Titan Shroud. If your card is taller/longer than a Titan shroud, you'll have to work some magic with the mountplate to make it less obvious (like painting or anodize+dying it).

Considering I'm only 15.8 years old, I don't exactly have the machinery to do that :c But I can try anyway :D I've a reference PCB 290 and I've already separated the heatplate from the heatsink of my Sapphire Tri-X cooler. I'm using said heatplate and a fan to cool the VRMs and VRAM c:

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Considering I'm only 15.8 years old, I don't exactly have the machinery to do that :c But I can try anyway :D I've a reference PCB 290 and I've already separated the heatplate from the heatsink of my Sapphire Tri-X cooler. I'm using said heatplate and a fan to cool the VRMs and VRAM c:

Same age lol, but I do have access to a lot of tools and machinery, as well as the option to just send the design to a workshop and have them do it for me (a typical block would cost me 50-80 USD to get machined).

PC 0: Pinky 2.0

Ryzen 9 5950x — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 5 @3600Mhz CL14-13-13-28-288 — ROG Crosshair 8 Dark Hero — RX 6900 XT — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB — Samsung PM961 1TB — WD Blue 4TB HDD — Corsair AX1500i — Thermaltake Core P5 

 

PC 1: Pinky (Yes that is her name) Here's the build

Xeon E5-1680V3 — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Samsung 950Pro 512GB — Seagate 2TB HDD — Corsair RM1000 — Thermaltake Core P5

 

PC 1.1: Pinky (Mom Edition) Here's the build

i7-5960X — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB — Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB — Corsair HX850i — InWin S-Frame #190

 

PC 2: Red Box/Scarlet Overkill (Dual Xeon)

Xeon E5-2687W x2 — 96GB Kingston DDR3 ECC REG @1333Mhz — EVGA Classified SR-X Dual CPU — GTX 1070 SLI (2-WAY) —Hardline Loop — Samsung 750 EVO 256GB — Seagate 2TB 2.5" HDD x3 — Self-Built Case

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Same age lol, but I do have access to a lot of tools and machinery, as well as the option to just send the design to a workshop and have them do it for me (a typical block would cost me 50-80 USD to get machined).

How unfair :P I just have acces to whatever's on my dad's desk (so a drill, every hand tool available and a dremmel c: I could probably get a different block (an Asetek OEM one) and make proper mounts for it and have that attached to the PCB and mount the heatplate to the Titan shroud and screw that whole assembly in c:

 

Anyway, enough thread derailing, I'd still vote for one or two 1070s, but if you insist on 3-way GPUs, the 480 really is the only option. 

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1 hour ago, TheRandomness said:

How unfair :P I just have acces to whatever's on my dad's desk (so a drill, every hand tool available and a dremmel c: I could probably get a different block (an Asetek OEM one) and make proper mounts for it and have that attached to the PCB and mount the heatplate to the Titan shroud and screw that whole assembly in c:

 

Anyway, enough thread derailing, I'd still vote for one or two 1070s, but if you insist on 3-way GPUs, the 480 really is the only option. 

:o just thought of one! What about 2 R9 295x2's? I know they're outdated, but those things are sexy! I'd have to get another PSU though, to compensate the ridiculous wattage they'd draw

PC 0: Pinky 2.0

Ryzen 9 5950x — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 5 @3600Mhz CL14-13-13-28-288 — ROG Crosshair 8 Dark Hero — RX 6900 XT — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB — Samsung PM961 1TB — WD Blue 4TB HDD — Corsair AX1500i — Thermaltake Core P5 

 

PC 1: Pinky (Yes that is her name) Here's the build

Xeon E5-1680V3 — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Samsung 950Pro 512GB — Seagate 2TB HDD — Corsair RM1000 — Thermaltake Core P5

 

PC 1.1: Pinky (Mom Edition) Here's the build

i7-5960X — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB — Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB — Corsair HX850i — InWin S-Frame #190

 

PC 2: Red Box/Scarlet Overkill (Dual Xeon)

Xeon E5-2687W x2 — 96GB Kingston DDR3 ECC REG @1333Mhz — EVGA Classified SR-X Dual CPU — GTX 1070 SLI (2-WAY) —Hardline Loop — Samsung 750 EVO 256GB — Seagate 2TB 2.5" HDD x3 — Self-Built Case

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4 minutes ago, hihihi8 said:

:o just thought of one! What about 2 R9 295x2's? I know they're outdated, but those things are sexy! I'd have to get another PSU though, to compensate the ridiculous wattage they'd draw

Wow... nah... did a quick estimation, came out at 1800W+ load wattage, my mom would kill me before I managed to install windows

PC 0: Pinky 2.0

Ryzen 9 5950x — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 5 @3600Mhz CL14-13-13-28-288 — ROG Crosshair 8 Dark Hero — RX 6900 XT — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB — Samsung PM961 1TB — WD Blue 4TB HDD — Corsair AX1500i — Thermaltake Core P5 

 

PC 1: Pinky (Yes that is her name) Here's the build

Xeon E5-1680V3 — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Samsung 950Pro 512GB — Seagate 2TB HDD — Corsair RM1000 — Thermaltake Core P5

 

PC 1.1: Pinky (Mom Edition) Here's the build

i7-5960X — 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 @2400Mhz — MSi X99A Godlike Gaming — GTX 980Ti SLI (2-WAY) — Hardline Loop — Sabrent Rocket 3 1TB — Samsung Q 870 Evo 4TB — Corsair HX850i — InWin S-Frame #190

 

PC 2: Red Box/Scarlet Overkill (Dual Xeon)

Xeon E5-2687W x2 — 96GB Kingston DDR3 ECC REG @1333Mhz — EVGA Classified SR-X Dual CPU — GTX 1070 SLI (2-WAY) —Hardline Loop — Samsung 750 EVO 256GB — Seagate 2TB 2.5" HDD x3 — Self-Built Case

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2 hours ago, hihihi8 said:

Wow... nah... did a quick estimation, came out at 1800W+ load wattage, my mom would kill me before I managed to install windows

Just get a Super Flower 2000W PSU :P

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