Xtreme water cooling

[AngryBadAss]

I am getting an 18000$ personal rig soon, it will have an 18 core extreme edition, and two 1080 ti's and have not water cooled in the past and I am confused on parts and was looking for some help.

[TheGlenlivet]

$18000 or $1800?  I'd start with Jay.  He is pretty well known for his watercooling builds and has videos from beginner to advanced.

 

[AngryBadAss]

1 minute ago, TheGlenlivet said:

$18000 or $1800?  I'd start with Jay.  He is pretty well known for his watercooling builds and has videos from beginner to advanced.

 

$18000... I've seen all those, I was wondering if anyone had any part suggestions, like wierd in a good way or something, or super clean like square fittings, my case is the meshify C White. And the plan is a sliver white and black rig with white light accents, or maybe cyan lights.any GPU backplates or nice pump res combos...

[stealth80]

Ok so Friday you wanted to overclock a 980ti to get more out of it and today you're building an 18k rig?

 

What was wrong with the answers here?

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/924695-18000-dollar-personal-setup/?tab=comments#comment-11320753

 

In all seriousness, buy a 5k rig, get 1080ti's with a nice 8700k and a good HDR Gsync monitor (inc 2 weeks) and put 13k in an account towards a house, otherwise you are literally this guy

 

 

 

[TheGlenlivet]

Just now, stealth80 said:

Ok so Friday you wanted to overclock a 980ti to get more out of it and today you're building an 18k rig?

 

What was wrong with the answers here?

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/924695-18000-dollar-personal-setup/?tab=comments#comment-11320753

 

Lockdown in 3....2.....1....

[AngryBadAss]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

Ok so Friday you wanted to overclock a 980ti to get more out of it and today you're building an 18k rig?

 

What was wrong with the answers here?

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/924695-18000-dollar-personal-setup/?tab=comments#comment-11320753

 

I will be getting my 18k rig around November 2018, while I'm saving, I want to use what I have to the best

[stealth80]

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Just now, AngryBadAss said:

I will be getting my 18k rig around November 2018, while I'm saving, I want to use what I have to the best

I added more to that response, it posted whilst i was still typing 

 

3 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

Ok so Friday you wanted to overclock a 980ti to get more out of it and today you're building an 18k rig?

 

What was wrong with the answers here?

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/924695-18000-dollar-personal-setup/?tab=comments#comment-11320753

 

In all seriousness, buy a 5k rig, get 1080ti's with a nice 8700k and a good HDR Gsync monitor (inc 2 weeks) and put 13k in an account towards a house, otherwise you are literally this guy

 

 

 

 

[AngryBadAss]

Just now, stealth80 said:

In

I added more to that response, it posted whilst i was still typing 

 

 

There is a 4k wallpaper TV in there as well...plus the price is high because on that list there are 2 starwars Titan xp's, I might get rid of the 10tb hd and stick with ssds

[TheGlenlivet]

1 minute ago, AngryBadAss said:

2 starwars Titan xp's

To go with your 1080tis...?

[AngryBadAss]

1 minute ago, TheGlenlivet said:

To go with your 1080tis...?

I was explaining the right price on my first post, if you look at the GPU argument, I changed to 1080ti's

[stealth80]

3 minutes ago, AngryBadAss said:

There is a 4k wallpaper TV in there as well...plus the price is high because on that list there are 2 starwars Titan xp's, I might get rid of the 10tb hd and stick with ssds

its a waste. The Titan Xp doesn't offer $500 more performance than a 1080ti, that and the fact 1180s should be here in July, so by November we could be looking at inc Titans based on Turing. 

 

Do you need a 10Tb hard drive? I mean really? Also, a  TV will not offer you a good experience for gaming, especially for the money you are spending - you would instantly notice the lag vs say a Gsync monitor - I do everytime I put my 4k tv on even with gaming mode, its horrible. 

 

Honestly if I had $18k now heres what I would go with:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($346.96 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($349.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($486.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($234.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate - Constellation ES.3 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($934.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($934.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Lian-Li - PC-O11DW ATX Full Tower Case  ($130.00)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($154.70 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus - ROG SWIFT PG348Q 34.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor  ($1177.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $5070.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-08 12:06 EDT-0400

 

Monitor is a placeholder for the 4K HDR Gsyncs that are coming in a couple of weeks 

1080ti placeholder for 1180s

8700K and board are place holders for Z390 and 8 Core Coffeelake

 

 

After that a nice loop, that Lian Li case can run 3x 360mm radiators

 

so go with 3x 360 Hardware Labs

 

go with a pump (i Prefer D5) with a pump top and external res

 

EK blocks for the GPU's and board/CPU

 

9x 120mm Fans - go high static - depends if you don't mind the bland looks of the Noctuas or prefer the bling of the Thermaltake RGB Premiums 

 

2 Fittings per component in the loop + 2 and a drain

[AngryBadAss]

13 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

its a waste. The Titan Xp doesn't offer $500 more performance than a 1080ti, that and the fact 1180s should be here in July, so by November we could be looking at inc Titans based on Turing. 

 

Do you need a 10Tb hard drive? I mean really? Also, a  TV will not offer you a good experience for gaming, especially for the money you are spending - you would instantly notice the lag vs say a Gsync monitor - I do everytime I put my 4k tv on even with gaming mode, its horrible. 

 

Honestly if I had $18k now heres what I would go with:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($346.96 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($349.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($486.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($234.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate - Constellation ES.3 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($934.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($934.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Lian-Li - PC-O11DW ATX Full Tower Case  ($130.00)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($154.70 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus - ROG SWIFT PG348Q 34.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor  ($1177.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $5070.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-08 12:06 EDT-0400

 

Monitor is a placeholder for the 4K HDR Gsyncs that are coming in a couple of weeks 

1080ti placeholder for 1180s

8700K and board are place holders for Z390 and 8 Core Coffeelake

 

 

After that a nice loop, that Lian Li case can run 3x 360mm radiators

 

so go with 3x 360 Hardware Labs

 

go with a pump (i Prefer D5) with a pump top and external res

 

EK blocks for the GPU's and board/CPU

 

9x 120mm Fans - go high static - depends if you don't mind the bland looks of the Noctuas or prefer the bling of the Thermaltake RGB Premiums 

 

2 Fittings per component in the loop + 2 and a drain

The 4k tv is for media alone, and thank you for the advice

[For Science!]

1 hour ago, AngryBadAss said:

The 4k tv is for media alone, and thank you for the advice

I recently did a quad-1080Ti build (which was about $12.5k when converted from the Swedish retail price [which is higher than US I believe], so 18K must include expensive peripherals). You can have a look at the build log as to what is kind of involved.

 

 

 

[aezakmi]

Go for 2066 or wait for the X 8th gen CPUs

SSDs are only for the OS and some games, don't get rid of HDDs, you'll need them for downloads and storage and those will usually last for 10x more time than a SSD

 

I'd sell my house and I still wouldn't have 18k USD lol

 

 

[For Science!]

Inicidentally, if you really had 18K to spend on a system, you can literally get it professionally made with software installed. I just took the liberty to go to maingear and just maxed out almost all the settings and got this:

 

1 RUSH INTEL X299 SUPERSTOCK (SYSTEM-RUSH-INTEL-X299-SUPERSTOCK)  -  $17,828.00

Spoiler

Chassis: MAINGEAR RUSH Chassis with Tempered Glass Sides (chassis-909)
Exterior Finish: [Automotive Paint] Custom Color Matte or Glossy (ext-custom-notebook)
Interior Finish: [Automotive Paint] Custom Color Matte or Glossy (ext-custom-notebook)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME X299 (MB-asus-x299-extreme)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i9 7980XE 18-core 2.0GHz/4.2GHz Turbo 24.75MB L3 Cache w/ HyperThreading (cpu-intel-i9-7980XE-slx)
Processor Cooling: Premium Nickel Plated Copper CPU Cooling Block (cooler-cpu- premium)
Heat Exchanger Array: Premium Copper Core Radiators- 240 (2x120mm) + 360 (3x120mm) copper core solderless radiator with high airflow fans (rad-240mm+360mmAQ)
BiTurbo Pump Array: BiTurbo Dual Laing DDC Vario Pumps (biturbo-laingx2-ddc)
Reservoir: Dual Reservoir- 400mL Bitspower Oversized Reservoir and Redundant Backup Reservoir (reservoir-Dual)
Tubing: SUPERSTOCK Metal Hardline Tubing- hand-cut nickel plated metal tubing with chrome fittings (tube-hard-metal-rush)
Coolant: [CLEAR] EKoolant extra pure, distilled, and deionized water (coolant-Ekoolant)
Enhanced Thermal Interface Material: [FREE UPGRADE] Premium Thermal Interface Material (tim-premium)
MAINGEAR Redline Overclocking Service: YES! - Redline Overclock My System! (redline-yes)
Memory: 128GB HyperX FURY DDR4-2666(8x16GB) (mem-desktop-kingston-128GB-8x16GB-2666)
Graphics Card: Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5x [SLI] with G-SYNC (gpu-1080ti-2x)
GPU Redline Overclocking Service: Yes! Redline® overclock my GPUs for improved 3D performance in games! (gpu-redline)
GPU Liquid Cooling: Dual Card EK Supremacy - Nickel (cooler-gpu-ek-supremacy- dual)
Capture Cards: Elgato 4K60 Pro (Internal PCIe) (elgato-4k60-pro-pcie)
Power Supply: 1600W EVGA® SuperNOVA P2 80 Plus PLATINUM Certified Fully Modular PSU (psu-evga-1600)
Power Supply Sleeving: Power Supply Sleeving - WHITE (psu-sleeving-white)
Operating System Drive: [M.2 NVME SSD] 2TB Samsung® 960 Pro [3,500MB/s Sequential Reads] (hdd-samsung-960Pro-2tb)
Hard Drive Bay Two: [SSD] 4TB Samsung® 860 EVO [550MB/s Sequential Reads] (hdd-samsung-860evo-4tb)
Hard Drive Bay Three: [SSD] 2TB Samsung® 860 EVO [550MB/s Sequential Reads] (hdd-samsung-860evo-2tb)
RAID: RAID 0 - Increase and speed up your storage array (requires 2 or more identical drives) (raid-0)
Optical Drive One: 16X Asus® Blu-ray Burner External USB 2.0 (optical-blu-ray-asus-BW-12D1S-U)
Audio: On Board High Definition 8-Channel Audio (audio-integrated)
Ethernet Adapter: On-board Gigabit Ethernet (nic-onboard)
Wireless Network Adapter: ASUS PCE-AC68 Dual-band PCI-E Wireless-AC1900 (nic-asus-ac1900)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home - 64-bit - OEM (os-windows-10)
Security Software: Free 1 Year Subscription! McAfee AntiVirus Plus (security-mcafee)
Productivity Software: Office Home & Business 2016 - Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote (productivity-office-business-2016)
The Final Finesse: Designed and Supported in the USA - Flawless Craftsmanship and Wire Management (maingearfiness)
Angelic Service Warranty: Lifetime Angelic Service Labor and Phone Support with 1 Year Comprehensive Warranty (warranty-1yearstandard)

 

[AngryBadAss]

8 hours ago, For Science! said:

Inicidentally, if you really had 18K to spend on a system, you can literally get it professionally made with software installed. I just took the liberty to go to maingear and just maxed out almost all the settings and got this:

 

1 RUSH INTEL X299 SUPERSTOCK (SYSTEM-RUSH-INTEL-X299-SUPERSTOCK)  -  $17,828.00

Custom man...

 

8 hours ago, For Science! said:

I recently did a quad-1080Ti build (which was about $12.5k when converted from the Swedish retail price [which is higher than US I believe], so 18K must include expensive peripherals). You can have a look at the build log as to what is kind of involved.

Would that use power for games?

 

[For Science!]

32 minutes ago, AngryBadAss said:

Would that use power for games?

Yes. While I am very proud of my build, none of them have been able to reproducibly break the first law of thermodynamics. To play games, or even turn on for that matter, my systems do use power.

 

35 minutes ago, AngryBadAss said:

Custom man...

Still a custom loop even if you don't put it together yourself

[Christophe Corazza]

43 minutes ago, For Science! said:

none of them have been able to reproducibly break the first law of thermodynamics

Priceless 

[AngryBeaver]

3 hours ago, AngryBadAss said:

I will be getting my 18k rig around November 2018, while I'm saving, I want to use what I have to the best

Why in the world would you need an 18k rig.... Lets see where I come up with for a top notch build. Now I spent way too much time on this putting together the custom loop stuff. I also just went with expensive items instead of best items for the price... That being said..

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i9-7980XE 2.6GHz 18-Core Processor  ($1889.89 @ Amazon) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste  ($5.45 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME EATX LGA2066 Motherboard  ($629.89 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4-3866 Memory  ($1994.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 2.0TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($799.99 @ Samsung) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($948.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($948.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Thermaltake - The Tower 900 ATX Full Tower Case  ($216.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake - Toughpower iRGB PLUS Platinum 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($269.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($129.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Asus - ROG SWIFT PG348Q 34.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor  ($1177.00 @ Amazon) 
Other: Ek D5/Pump combo ($179.99)
Other: Tubing ($25.00)
Other: EK GPU waterblock ($164.99)
Other:     EK GPU waterblock ($164.99)
Other: Ek Annihilator Cpu block ($159.99)
Other: Black Ice 360mm GTR Rad ($125.95)
Other: Black Ice 480mm GTR Rad ($159.50)
Total: $10164.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-08 15:32 EDT-0400

 

 

Now my point here is that this is STILL 8k short of what you are wanting to spend, which the above price is just stupid. Now if I wanted to be more sensible and actually spend some time picking proper components and working on a specific budget... then I am sure I could build the same system for 1000-2000 less. I mean 128g of memory at that speed is not really going to be used outside of a high VM environment. So if I dropped that down to say 64g the price magically drops by like 1200-1400 bucks. I can shave off another 400 on the motherboard pretty easy... so 1800 less now. There are also much better storage setups that would save money too... so lets say another 400 there or so... so now we are down to 2200 less... So ya, couldn't help myself just had to glance over it fast.  So that woiuld actually bring your total price into the 7.9k range.

 

In that scenario you should just put that 10k towards something else or even in savings. On top of that depending on your usage an 18c cpu is overkill.

[AngryBadAss]

8 hours ago, AngryBeaver said:

Why in the world would you need an 18k rig.... Lets see where I come up with for a top notch build. Now I spent way too much time on this putting together the custom loop stuff. I also just went with expensive items instead of best items for the price... That being said..

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i9-7980XE 2.6GHz 18-Core Processor  ($1889.89 @ Amazon) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste  ($5.45 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME EATX LGA2066 Motherboard  ($629.89 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4-3866 Memory  ($1994.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 2.0TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($799.99 @ Samsung) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($948.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($948.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Thermaltake - The Tower 900 ATX Full Tower Case  ($216.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake - Toughpower iRGB PLUS Platinum 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($269.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($129.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.64 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Asus - ROG SWIFT PG348Q 34.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor  ($1177.00 @ Amazon) 
Other: Ek D5/Pump combo ($179.99)
Other: Tubing ($25.00)
Other: EK GPU waterblock ($164.99)
Other:     EK GPU waterblock ($164.99)
Other: Ek Annihilator Cpu block ($159.99)
Other: Black Ice 360mm GTR Rad ($125.95)
Other: Black Ice 480mm GTR Rad ($159.50)
Total: $10164.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-08 15:32 EDT-0400

 

 

Now my point here is that this is STILL 8k short of what you are wanting to spend, which the above price is just stupid. Now if I wanted to be more sensible and actually spend some time picking proper components and working on a specific budget... then I am sure I could build the same system for 1000-2000 less. I mean 128g of memory at that speed is not really going to be used outside of a high VM environment. So if I dropped that down to say 64g the price magically drops by like 1200-1400 bucks. I can shave off another 400 on the motherboard pretty easy... so 1800 less now. There are also much better storage setups that would save money too... so lets say another 400 there or so... so now we are down to 2200 less... So ya, couldn't help myself just had to glance over it fast.  So that woiuld actually bring your total price into the 7.9k range.

 

In that scenario you should just put that 10k towards something else or even in savings. On top of that depending on your usage an 18c cpu is overkill.

OMG, love the help dude... Any chance these would work with atx, ie new mob, I've got my heart set on the meshify, best looking case I've seen, clean yet stylish

[AngryBadAss]

9 hours ago, For Science! said:

Yes. While I am very proud of my build, none of them have been able to reproducibly break the first law of thermodynamics. To play games, or even turn on for that matter, my systems do use power.

 

Still a custom loop even if you don't put it together yourself

I neant without sli, would the power of the card be used in game?

[Dschijn]

Best way? External radiator: Mo-Ra3 420 with 4x 200mm Noctua fans. Will cool any setup.

[AngryBeaver]

9 hours ago, AngryBadAss said:

OMG, love the help dude... Any chance these would work with atx, ie new mob, I've got my heart set on the meshify, best looking case I've seen, clean yet stylish

I mean this is by no means a thorough breakdown or an optimized build. I was just throwing together some expensive components to show why 18k was not needed. So yes, this build could definitely be modified to work with the meshify. The only real components that would need to change are potentially the radiator setup, but if the meshify can fit a 480 and 360 then it would be fine. I just chose the tower because of all of the space and nice ways it has to do some wire management and hide certain components.

 

3 hours ago, Dschijn said:

Best way? External radiator: Mo-Ra3 420 with 4x 200mm Noctua fans. Will cool any setup.

This does offer a lot of cooling power, but the problem is it kills the aesthetics and makes moving the system around a pain in the arse. I mean you could use quick disconnects, but you still have this giant wart of a radiator hanging out in your room. Also having too much excess rad space doesn't really do much to improve deltaT or temps after a certain point (diminishing returns). Then we have the fact that I could probably build a system that could over saturate the 1260mm of rad space this system does have. It just wouldn't be a machine most people would use, but a Dual Xeon setup with 3-5 gpu's could actually put a hurting on that system. Then you could throw in VRM cooling, Ram cooling, Drive cooling, etc... and add some more heat to it. So I wouldn't conclude it could cool ANY setup.  Chances are it will just be overkill for most builds. I mean depending on the case you can fix 3 420's or the equivalent in it... so why go external at all.

[For Science!]

9 hours ago, AngryBadAss said:

I neant without sli, would the power of the card be used in game?

I would have thought that if you were picking up an 18 core CPU, your purpose of the workstation was not games. You will get much better performance from a 8700K than a 7980XE.

 

But nonetheless, depending on the game, you do not need an SLI bridge to use multiple resources. Also to add, while in the photo there is no bridge, I actually do have one if I just wanted to get a firestrike score for pure bragging nonsense.

 

But my scientific calculations are not SLI compatible, and i only use the bridge for structural rigidity.