Core p3, x99 budget Wall HTPC

[Nexmo]

My livingroom budget x99 HTPC

 

Specs:

5820k

X99 Krait

Gtx 780

16gb ballistix ddr4

XSPC 360mm rad

Corsair rgb 120mm fans

Ocz 120gb ssd

Corsair 600w sfx psu

 

I picked up this case for free when buying a used ultrawide monitor, it gave me the idea to make a wall mounted HTPC

 

I picked the x99 platform because I liked the balance of the ram, and was going to get a cheap xeon to go in it. I ended up getting a 5820k for 75$, it's not a great overclocker but meh.

 

Got a open box Krait mobo for $80 shipped.(eBay win) and that decided the mostly black/white color scheme.

 

The ram was 65$(last june) for the 16gb kit , 2400mhz ballistix sport. (open box again, but clearly used by the wear on the contacts) 

 

$20 for the radiator with some bent fins, cleaned it up and straightened then out. 

 

In one of the lots of stuff I got last summer was a set of Pacific RGB fittings, supremacy EVO, and other things. Dividing things up I value the fittings at 35$, and the ml120s were also in this lot, Val them at $25, for the rest of the fittings i bought eBay Olike revolver style fittings and only needed a few so 10$ there. 

 

The pump I'm using is actually a canibilized cooler master Seidon aio inside the case. Feeding through 3/8s poly tube and more John guest fittings. Shut off valves incase it dies, I need to replace it, or drain the loop.

 

An evga x99 i/o cover and some carbon vinyl to add some flair. 

 

18$ 290mm res off ebay. No complaints, but had to form a down spout kinda thing so air didn't get back up into the cpu block

 

Cut and modified the case to put the SFX psu INSIDE it, as much as possible at least. Made my own GPU bracket to pul that in closer to the mobo. (Case didn't come with riser, eBay again, shielded riser $17)

 

Had a hell of a time trying to cut down the supplied stand offs, 3 were actually hollow sleeves with lead inserts, found that out the hard way after trying to turn them on a lathe. 

1 solid one though just to throw me off.

A month emails and complaints with thermaltake and they sent me new ones... haven't had the guts too try and cut them yet, they seem chrome coated...or some crap...

 

But I like it enough without the stand offs anyways so it'll stay like this I think. Been debating white opaque fluid? 

 

This runs my 4k 120hz 60" vizio tv (not at 4k 120 with that gpu lol) 

[RollinLower]

Hardline loop, X99 and budget all in the same build, now that's quite the achievement!

 

it looks amazing tough! i love the implementation of that PSU. it looks so clean/compact now. also, those cables!  

[Nexmo]

6 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

Hardline loop, X99 and budget all in the same build, now that's quite the achievement!

 

it looks amazing tough! i love the implementation of that PSU. it looks so clean/compact now. also, those cables!  

Yeahhh yeah I know the cables are horrid. 6 fittings, 3 fans,3 different rgb elements on such a tight space. I kinda crammed it in there. Ssd is just floating too. Unless you meant the ones on the wall, I quite enjoy them, I got the green light to do it from my fiancee so I went with it!

[Nexmo]

15 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

Hardline loop, X99 and budget all in the same build, now that's quite the achievement!

 

it looks amazing tough! i love the implementation of that PSU. it looks so clean/compact now. also, those cables!  

Thanks for the compliments, I really hated the psu mounting solution, and the gpu bracket setup with 7 pcie slots or whatever was just obnoxious. And I'm really cheap I posted like 3 builds in the last couple hours of you wana check my other budget rigs ?

[Snapzz3]

No water block for the GPU?

[Nexmo]

 

Nah, a few reasons for it. 

I like the way the fans look to break it up

I like the way the water loop frames the machine.

The way I have the pump ghetto rigged would not have enough flow to be effective through another block/more fittings

And the gpu was free, so I'm not gona worry about spending money on getting a water block for it

8 hours ago, Snapzz3 said:

No water block for the GPU?

[Tech_Dreamer]

Looks awesome .

[Nexmo]

22 hours ago, Tech_Dreamer said:

Looks awesome .

Thanks! 

I'm picking up a 6800k today, for 180$ (i'll try to make a profit off the 5820k xD) and will take the opportunity to clean my loop as much as I can.

I had originally used Mayhems Aurora silver. looked like cool unicorn blood but fallout was very fast in this slow loop.

[Nexmo]

Yummy!

Some mayhem mayhem as I swapped the 6800k in, and removed the ecosystem that was growing, 8 months of tap water and mayhem aurora...science is fun!

 

Clocked the same 4.0ghz it score about 1100 higher in cinebench than the 5820k, I'm happy with it.

[Nexmo]

I guess I'm derping at this editing on mobile will fix when home

[Nexmo]

Update, I'm running the 6800k @4.4 now, 1.375v

And got a 1070 to replace the 780! 140$ score, expecting to sell the 780 for 100-120 so it should be a 20$ upgrade when all said and done