Posted February 26, 2017 Author Checking out all the ekwb components Spoiler This fan/radiator bracket has proven to be extremely useful Let's go ahead and mount the reservoir Time to light things up Spoiler Oh yes I'll probably keep it at a more subtle glow in daily usage Definitely prefer the paracord to the nylon of the Corsair cables Spoiler So vibrant Water loop assembly incoming! Intel Core i7-7700K | EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW | ASUS ROG Strix Z270G Gaming | 32GB G-Skill TridentZ RGB DDR4-3200 | Corsair AX860i Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 3 | Samsung 950 Pro 256GB | Samsung 850 Evo 1TB | EKWB Custom Loop | Noctua NF-F12(x4)/NF-A14 LTT Special Edition Dell S2716DGR | Corsair K95 RGB Platinum (Cherry MX Brown) | Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | FiiO E17 DAC/Amp | Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 27, 2017 This is beautiful. Is this the first time installing a water loop? Is it difficult? I've been thinking about doing it for my next build but am worried I might leak liquid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 27, 2017 that i/o shroud looks great! makes a big difference. Good monitor choice too! I got a 2716dg a couple months ago and it's amazing! gamma is a little meh but the buttery smoothness is breathtaking LTT Community Standards Welcome!-A quick guide for new members to LTT Man's Machine- i7-7700k@5.0GHz / Asus M8H / GTX 1080Ti / 4x4gb Gskill 3000 CL15 / Custom loop / 240gb Intel SSD / 3tb HDD / Corsair RM1000x / Dell S2716DG The Lady's Rig- G3258@4.4GHz(1.39v) on Hyper 212 / Gigabyte GA-B85M / gtx750 / 8gb PNY xlr8 / 500gb seagate HDD / CS 450M / Asus PB277Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2017 Author On 2/26/2017 at 6:54 PM, d0p3t said: This is beautiful. Is this the first time installing a water loop? Is it difficult? I've been thinking about doing it for my next build but am worried I might leak liquid Yep, first time building a loop! It's really pretty straightforward, IMO if you can build a computer you can build a loop. Leaks aren't likely but are always a possibility. It's a risk you assume but as long as you take your time with the build process you shouldn't have major issues. 23 hours ago, 0ld_Chicken said: that i/o shroud looks great! makes a big difference. Good monitor choice too! I got a 2716dg a couple months ago and it's amazing! gamma is a little meh but the buttery smoothness is breathtaking Yes, G-Sync is treating me well so far, even just running Heaven lol. Can't wait to actually sit down and play some games now! Loop assembly time! I did go ahead and get that IO shield in metallic plastic Much nicer You might be wondering why I'm using the lower PCIe-8x slot instead of the 16x slot. Well, ASUS didn't exactly think this all the way through... Oh well, not gonna cry over the 3 FPS I'll lose dropping down to 8x Let's install blocks! Spoiler Spoiler Beautiful Cable management time! Spoiler Not bad No struggle whatsoever! Glad I no longer have to put my whole body weight into closing the side panel properly RGB cable's a bit awkward but it'll work Tubing time! Spoiler Gonna sneak this guy in here behind the PSU cables Can't forget the drain port Done! Leak testing time! Meh who needs a fancy jumper And we're off! Stay tuned to see it all come together! Intel Core i7-7700K | EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW | ASUS ROG Strix Z270G Gaming | 32GB G-Skill TridentZ RGB DDR4-3200 | Corsair AX860i Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 3 | Samsung 950 Pro 256GB | Samsung 850 Evo 1TB | EKWB Custom Loop | Noctua NF-F12(x4)/NF-A14 LTT Special Edition Dell S2716DGR | Corsair K95 RGB Platinum (Cherry MX Brown) | Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | FiiO E17 DAC/Amp | Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 4, 2017 Author Time for the real deal! Smells like a weird paint Yesss That looks stunning Powered up! Doing the best I can to get some glam shots with this One M8 lol Ya know I think I'm just fine with the soft tubing Man the memory gives the whole thing a fantastic vibrancy Still captivated by that tempered glass The whole setup So the build is complete! Well...sort of. There are couple of things I'll want to resolve. -The memory doesn't want to boot at 3200 MHz...guess that's what I get for buying two 16GB kits instead of one 32GB kit. I only did so because the 16GBs went up for preorder first haha. Oh well, I'll swap them out eventually. -CPU temps are...less than stellar. Coming from Sandy Bridge this is my first experience with Intel's not so awesome thermal paste between the die and the heatspreader, so delidding may be in order. I'm lazy so I might just ship it off to siliconlottery and have them take care of it. -The GPU has some nasty coil whine which for some reason I didn't notice with the ACX cooler on there but is loud and clear now. That's truly unfortunate because it's a fantastic performer, I bumped it up to 2125 MHz on the GPU clock effortlessly. Well I'll probably RMA that sooner or later and see if I get luckier on the second try. But for right now, I'm going to enjoy this thing and play some games, which I really haven't done regularly in quite a while. It looks truly gorgeous, so I'm very happy with that, and at least it's whisper quiet when web browsing and doing light tasks. Thanks everyone for following along! Intel Core i7-7700K | EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW | ASUS ROG Strix Z270G Gaming | 32GB G-Skill TridentZ RGB DDR4-3200 | Corsair AX860i Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 3 | Samsung 950 Pro 256GB | Samsung 850 Evo 1TB | EKWB Custom Loop | Noctua NF-F12(x4)/NF-A14 LTT Special Edition Dell S2716DGR | Corsair K95 RGB Platinum (Cherry MX Brown) | Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | FiiO E17 DAC/Amp | Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 4, 2017 Great build bro love the clean look. Unlike other soft tubing build. Ur build looks super slick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 24, 2017 Looks like a great build. I bought the IO Cover, and I'm really saddened that it blocks the upper GPU slot. Have you considered filing it down? How secure do you think it would be with a single upper screw? I'm pretty sure I'll be giving this mod a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 14, 2018 Hey smokin build local Texan. I tracked your post down through Asus by Asus on Shapeways from their I/O Cover. I've messaged Asus so many times over the past year year and a half about that poor design and finally I got a response. It's taken a little over 2 months but finally they re designed the cover. Mind you they haven't bothered to update the Shapeways page or their own 3d print file download page with the new design. So you would have to upload the 3 files to the 3d printing place of your choice should you wish to gain those 3 FPS back with the x16 slot. ;-) I myself got tired of waiting on them once I finally received a response 2 months ago and pulled the trigger on a damaged Z370E board and robbed it's I/O cover, removed the control board and cable, and installed a short RGB strip to the back of the I/O boxes to make the built in light have functioning RGB. (The connector they have on their circuit board is nothing like the onboard 5050 connectors) So there you have it. Again nice looking build man. Proper IO Cover Design.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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