Old PC resurection on a budjet [Build Log] A watercooling thriller

[Defyant]

On 22/12/2017 at 11:47 AM, DJ46 said:

Wait till you see the Scythe Susanoo!

 

And OP, stunning progress so far. I love budget upgrades and the problem solving required. Great job!

Wow i remember those! and would be period suited too!

[DJ46]

Wow OP, this thing just keeps getting better everytime I see it!

 

Could you also run the single-core Cinebench test?

[MaratM]

2 hours ago, DJ46 said:

Wow OP, this thing just keeps getting better everytime I see it!

 

Could you also run the single-core Cinebench test?

Here it is 127 at 4.2 gHz 3.9volts

not great but good enough to run minesweeper?

I can probably boost it up to 4.6-4.7 gHz and get a higher score, but it becomes kind of unstable

[MaratM]

I was playing with overclocks today, managed to get above 1000 cinabench points at 4.5 gHz (1.45 volts)

However the whole system became really unstable and there was enough power to make one successfull cinebench run

In AIDA64 stress test it hit 100C and started to throttle so I went back to 4.2 at 1.39 volts

Looks like I did not have much luck with the silicon lottery

PS

I ve got a small black box in the mail a couple days ago.

 

[MaratM]

SSD UPGRADE (NVMe SSD)

Today I finally recieved pci-e to m.2 adapter and installed Samsung 950pro

The adapter board was with an aluminium adonised heatsink (I thought it was cupper)

To get it working I moved the USB3.0 to the lowest x8 slot (I had to unscrew the pci bracket) and the ssd adapter went into the top slot, the vertically mounted watercooled gpu does not make the upgrade path any easier (usb 3.0 controller is a held in place by the front panel cable (it will be changed then I have enough time to drain the loop and remove the GPU)

After it was installed the ssd was shown in both bios and windows (USB 3.0 also works)

so I run the Crystal disk benchmark

After that I cloned the old ssd to 950pro (using samsung software) unplugged the old one and changed the boot drive in bios.

Here is results of the old ssd

I have not notice a huge decrease in boot time (like change from spinning hdd to ssd), but it is deffinetly faster.

At idle it stays around 45c

[MaratM]

PSU Upgrade

The ancient Thermaltake PSU was great 10 years ago and proved to be reliable, however it is 10!!! Years old, it is semi-modular and it was loud even with the fan changed to new thermaltake riing

So I had enough of that power supply and decided to make an upgrade

The choice was between Corsair Rm850x and Be quiet straight power 10 (semi-modular) but after CES new straight power 11 (fully-modular) came out, so I’ve ordered one. There is no real peoples review about this PSU cause it is too new, but I took the gamble

After 3 weeks it has arrived from Germany as well as 2 140mm be quiet sw3. All of it was installed in the rig.

the psu installed (i might remove the sticker)

The bottom fan

The rear exhaust fan

Both psu and fan replacements gave me exactly that i wanted - a near silent PC

now I can hear the d5 pump (it is controlled by the only pwm cpu fan header and the speed of the fan is based on the cpu load (i’ll try a different fan profile)

But it looks like I will buy some pwm fan controller to control the pump probably an aquaero 5 (it is not that expensive nowdays)

[MaratM]

Keyboard and mouse

I’ve decided to upgrade mouse and keyboard. Really wanted to get all RGB stuff, but the RGB stuff is not that great if you apply price to performance ratio. It is heavily overpriced if it is not chinese noname stuff.

So the choice I’ve made was - wired corsair k63 keyboard and corsair Harpoon Rgb mouse

I’ve also placed K63 on my kitchen scale

1 kilo of corsair stuff, very impressive, probably the heaviest keyboard I ever had

 

[MaratM]

I’ve decided to upgrade my watercooling system and add some components:

EK PE-360 rad (around $50 second hand)

3 more Be quiet!! Silent wings 3 fans

North Bridge, South Bridge, VRM waterblocks

Aquaero 5 (it is cheapper than 6)

Acrilic waterblock for GPU (£20)

and some other minor improvements

Some of it second hand some are ordered from aliexpress and ebay and now i just wait for the post (Russian post is known for its "ultra fast" speed)

The first package arrived today

Chinese copy of Singularity Computers res mount, cost around $15 a pop including shipping instead of $53 AUS

I do not like “fake” products, but if I buy the real thing shipment costs up to twice the price

 

[MaratM]

MORE RAM

12 Gigs of RAM is good but it is not good enough, epecially then 2 or 3 people use the PC. The only way to increase the RAM was to change CORSAIR DOMINATOR 12 GB kit (6x2Gb) Thus I decided to add some more RAM

after searching ebay and other internet adds the choice was made

32 GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR3 2400mHz

The seller in USA did not send it internationally at first but finally agreed to send it to me

3 weeks later I've picked it up at the post office.

it was installed

The RAM did not want to start at 2400 mHz with DRAM BUS Voltage at 1.64 volts.

But it booted at 2000 mHz with tighter timings with same voltage.

Is it OK to use 1.66 volts?

P.S. All aditional watercooling gear has arrived and waiting for install.

 

[MaratM]

I wanted to upgrade watercooling gear of this rig:

get some waterblocks on VRM's and Northbridge and Southbridge, in order to do so I've got an additional 360 rad, some waterblocks and fittings.

I've carefully planned all the case mod and got some aluminium sheets (0.8mm and 2mm thick). BUT at one point in time my step son desided to change the case of his rig to something a bit more modern, thus I've ordered a new case for X58 rig and my Thermaltake will go to him.

Just a teaser (picture is taken by a forwarding company)

Now I'll wait for it to arrive

P.S. Can you guess the case?

[Cocco93]

The word "budget" in this title LOL 

I like your project though. And I especially like your "Barrow" fittings 

[MaratM]

On 13.07.2018 at 4:37 PM, Cocco93 said:

The word "budget" in this title LOL 

I like your project though. And I especially like your "Barrow" fittings 

The budget is gone a bit out of control))) but it started as a budget upgrade

It was the same with my car

All started with a simple clutch change, the next one was the gearbox and the turbo, a few years later it ended up like this

[MaratM]

Finally after one month after I placed my order at CaseKing I've got tha new case in the mail.

I think it will be an interesting and challenging case swap

[MaratM]

The build has began

setting up some waterblocks on the motherboard

VRM ones from EK kit for Asus rampage 2

SN & NB are from aliexpress (China)

Fittings are installed need to bend some tubes

The pumps and rads are installed

 

 

[8uhbbhu8]

Oooo I like this build! It's great to see it still getting better.

[MaratM]

The build is slowly getting done, a few bents were made and DIY P6T watercooling kit is getting some leaktesting done. The pump is running at full speed. No leaks detected)

[MaratM]

I am slowly working on the build

testing Phanteks halos and be quiet SW3 in its all RGB glory)

[MaratM]

It is slowly getting to the final stage of tube bending.

But befor final assembly I had to test all the lighting

[MaratM]

The drain port is installed

Fans cable managment is done. It was not that easy each rad got 3 fans and 3 phanteks halos frames. 6 cables to hide

The top tad EK-PE 360+3 SW3

The side rad HWlabs 360gts + SW3

All the bolts on all rads are changed to stainless steel hex top M4

The bottom rad HWlabs 360gts + SW3

 

[MaratM]

It is almost done!!! All the tubes are bent, all is left is just to add some water and pray to watercooling god 

“dear lord there shell be no leaks”

 

[Zammin]

Great work fitting all three radiators in there! I saw a pic of this over on OCN and wanted to check it out in more detail.

 

I'm keen to know how you managed to fit the HWlabs 360GTS in the second chamber with its 133mm overall width! I saw in a different setup that someone else filed down the back of the USB plugs to get more clearance. I couldn't fit anything wider than my XSPC EX360 with an overall width of 121mm in the second chamber on my 011-Dynamic due to anything wider fouling on the back of the front IO panel. I originally purchased an EK PE 360 for the second chamber and was super bummed when it didn't fit.

[MaratM]

1 hour ago, Zammin said:

Great work fitting all three radiators in there! I saw a pic of this over on OCN and wanted to check it out in more detail.

 

I'm keen to know how you managed to fit the HWlabs 360GTS in the second chamber with its 133mm overall width! I saw in a different setup that someone else filed down the back of the USB plugs to get more clearance. I couldn't fit anything wider than my XSPC EX360 with an overall width of 121mm in the second chamber on my 011-Dynamic due to anything wider fouling on the back of the front IO panel. I originally purchased an EK PE 360 for the second chamber and was super bummed when it didn't fit.

I cut some of the plastic off usb3 and usbC connectors with a knife and turned usb3 180 degrees, it gave me just enough clearance to fit a slim HWLabs gts with help of some force

PE might fit, but I can not be bothered to try it out.

It is also possible to fit PE if you dremmel out some of the rad frame it is aluminium and removable.

ps might add some pictures later

 

[Zammin]

That doesn't look too bad actually, next time I have my system apart I might see if I can do that and get my PE 360 in there. The PE 360 is 3mm narrower than the GTS, but 10mm thicker. I'd be stoked if I can use it. Guess we'll see. Thanks a lot! 

[MaratM]

8 minutes ago, Zammin said:

That doesn't look too bad actually, next time I have my system apart I might see if I can do that and get my PE 360 in there. The PE 360 is 3mm narrower than the GTS, but 10mm thicker. I'd be stoked if I can use it. Guess we'll see. Thanks a lot! 

Have to do it very carefull, a mm at the time, if the knife is sharp enough it will cut the wires like butter)

[Jsunn]

Excellent build!