Name the build..

[Cocco93]

Hi guys, I started a few days ago a build and I'm currently wainting on some parts to arrive. 

Long story short I was just looking through the build logs in this forum and here I am.. 

 

I first wanted to build an X58 system with a nice Xeon and water cooling for the cpu, northbridge and the vrm modules. I actually did start the build but then I got some nice deals on X79 parts.

 

Here the configuration:

 

Asus Rampage IV Black Edition (E-ATX and part of another story )

Intel Xeon E5 2680 v2 (10 Cores, 20 threads and decent frequencies) (Also part of another story)

8x8GB DDR-3 1333Mhz ECC memory, because it was so damn cheap (around 100 USD)

Radeon R9 290X (will upgrade it probably once the new Nvidia cards release and it came already with the block)

180GB Intel SSD, 2TB Samsung HDD

500W BeQuiet Strainght Power PSU (80 Plus Gold)

 

Now to the first story that made me go crazy. The motherboard is an E-ATX board. I however use a Fractal Meshify C case that only has support for up to ATX motherboards. That wouldn't have been a problem if I didn't decide to upgrade the board from a P9X79 Pro to this one. But I really didn't wanna have anything blue in my system.... so here we are.. . I took the dremel and cut some parts out of the case to make it fit.

 

Then the Xeon, I saw a video on Level1Techs by Wendell and it really got me think. He compared a Xeon E5 2680 (Sandybridge-E CPU) to the new Skylake X 10 core CPU and the Xeon somehow did really, really well. Probably thanks to its massive cache and the ringbus architecture. 

I decided to go with the Xeon E5 2680 v2. It is a bit more expensive but gives you 2 more cores and 4 more threads, higher clocks and the newer Ivybridge architecture. I'm really curious on how this Xeon is going to perform. You can actually also enable the "Multicore Enhancement" Setting in the Asus Bios which alows the Xeon to clock higher on all cores in Turbo boost.

 

I'm still going with the water cooling setup because I already ordered it from China. I'm Swiss and let me tell you that PC parts and water cooling parts aren't cheap here. So it really makes sense to go with second hand and used PC parts. And I always had good experience with Chinese water cooling stuff. You just have to search for the right things (D5 pumps etc.).

 

The fluid is going to be red (Mayhems X1) because I still have concentrate lying around.

 

 

I don't really have a name for the build and I'm interested to see what kind of names you come up with.

[Guest]

My vote is for Sexify-C

Or Green PCBeast

[Cocco93]

6 minutes ago, Legendarypoet said:

My vote is for Sexify-C

Or Green PCBeast

"Green PCBeast" haha 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Cocco93 said:

"Green PCBeast" haha 

Admittedly, it would work better if there were more green PCBs, but the ram really sticks out.

[Cocco93]

Just now, Legendarypoet said:

Admittedly, it would work better if there were more green PCBs, but the ram really sticks out.

Yes it does but I'm wondering how much it will stick out when the build is finished. Let's say it has.. character

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Cocco93 said:

Yes it does but I'm wondering how much it will stick out when the build is finished. Let's say it has.. character

Yes, and wisdom. The RGB whippersnappers are too flashy and have no common sense, lol.

[flibberdipper]

For some reason I saw the first pic and immediately Black Knight slapped me in the face like a freightliner.

[Cocco93]

Made some progress today! I'm still waiting on the pump though.

[Hiya!]

Danny phantom i mean if the fluid is also green

[3 Lions]

On 14/01/2018 at 5:09 PM, Cocco93 said:

I don't really have a name for the build and I'm interested to see what kind of names you come up with.

I have a few suggestions...

 

1) Moonlight Shadow (taken from the song by Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly) 

 

2) La cascata (Italian for 'The Waterfall')

 

3) Inneal aislingean (Scottish Gaelic for 'Machine of dreams') 

Edited January 20, 2018 by LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo