First Water Project: The Mad Titan

Cenedd · 12 Sep 2016 at 10:55

Looking great. What's the splodge of purple near the bottom of the res in the last pic?
By "benching", I do hope you mean playing some games at unreasonable res and detail

Neutrino101 · 12 Sep 2016 at 11:04

I really like this build, and it is definitely looking better after you made the change to Titan X and all yellow coolant. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the lighting, about to sort some LEDs out for my build too.

Rasphelt · 12 Sep 2016 at 11:20

Cenedd said:
Looking great. What's the splodge of purple near the bottom of the res in the last pic?
By "benching", I do hope you mean playing some games at unreasonable res and detail

Yep, it's a purple air bubble!!! Only looking closely at it shows a purple tinge - even though I flushed like 5-6 times!! The discoloration has already begun!

Ah well I will just flush out again!!

I will through it at a few 3Dmark tests then I will get on to some 4K and 1440p gaming!

Cheers
Ras

Rasphelt · 12 Sep 2016 at 11:22

Neutrino101 said:
I really like this build, and it is definitely looking better after you made the change to Titan X and all yellow coolant. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the lighting, about to sort some LEDs out for my build too.

Thanks mate, I am much happier now too! It looks way better imho!

I can't stress how cool (pun intended) the led lit fans look... Really different!

Good luck with your lighting!

Cheers
Ras

Cenedd · 12 Sep 2016 at 11:24

The mark IN the res looks like the EK anti-cyclone thing just touching the side. I meant the purple just under the GPU power cables - could just be something behind the case showing through the cable hole.
Enjoy the gaming!

Rasphelt · 12 Sep 2016 at 11:35

Cenedd said:
The mark IN the res looks like the EK anti-cyclone thing just touching the side. I meant the purple just under the GPU power cables - could just be something behind the case showing through the cable hole.
Enjoy the gaming!

I'm not sure! I will have a closer look when I get back home! The splodge in the res is the EK AC with an air bubble between them but it does have a purple tinge and the yellow has darkened in that loop. No biggie though!

EDIT: Oh the second pic! That is the old acrylic propped up against the wall!! Good spot though!!

Cheers mate
Ras

killswitch73 · 13 Sep 2016 at 00:46

did you have any problems installing the Samsung 950 pro M.2 drive ?

I will be using 3x 980tis in slots 1.2,4 as i .my cpu is 5960x so i have 40 lanes and i know having the 3x cards i will only be getting 8x/8x/4x/8x (M.2 takes over PCIe 3 SLOT) also according to the manual its good that im doing the 8x8x8x in 1,2,4 slots as i can then have the M.2 at 4x as if i do it so it does 16x16x8x in 1,4,5 i would only get 2x on the m.2 and also a bit more difficult getting the cards in 1,4,5 due to limited choice of water terminal and 120mm (80mm+40mm) bridges and more money . i figured that 8x8x8x is not that much slower than 16x16x8x about 2-4fps if that .

i just wanted to know if you ran into problems with the godlike board installing the M.2 drive as read on the MSI forums that there had been problems of it only running at 2x speeds and getting bad random read and write speeds with folk only running 1 or 2 cards .

im also thinking of getting the PM961 which seems faster than the 950 pro on the reads anyway .

thanks

P.s your build is sweet .

whiterabbit · 13 Sep 2016 at 08:06

Rasphelt said:
Update: EVGA HB bridge arrived and fits like a glove with the EK Waterblocks and FC terminal

I was wondering if this was compatible. Thanks for sharing.

Rasphelt · 27 Sep 2016 at 06:11

Quick update: I have not posted for a while due to being in hospital since the 15th; I am on the mend though and will have her finished within a week of me being out!

Cheers
Ras

gary996 · 27 Sep 2016 at 16:48

get out of hospital and get benching

Cenedd · 27 Sep 2016 at 17:02

Glad to hear your on the mend regardless of progress!

Will Gill · 27 Sep 2016 at 17:59

wowsers

Rasphelt · 29 Sep 2016 at 09:19

Cenedd said:
Glad to hear your on the mend regardless of progress!

Thanks mate

I am sitting here in hospital trying to resist the urge to spend money on OCUK!

Cheers
Ras

Rasphelt · 29 Sep 2016 at 09:20

Will Gill said:
wowsers

Cheers!

Super overkill but that was kind of my objective!

Ras

Rasphelt · 29 Sep 2016 at 09:21

gary996 said:
get out of hospital and get benching

You know it!!

Hopefully I will be able to man up and get some results up soon!

Cheers
Ras

Cenedd · 29 Sep 2016 at 09:27

Rasphelt said:
I am sitting here in hospital trying to resist the urge to spend money on OCUK!

Don't fight the urge! Clearly it's part of the healing process and therefore perfectly reasonable to indulge

Rasphelt · 29 Sep 2016 at 10:22

Cenedd said:
Don't fight the urge! Clearly it's part of the healing process and therefore perfectly reasonable to indulge

Well I have just bought some DEMCIfilters lol

I am sure I will find some other stuff to buy!

Cheers
Ras

Rasphelt · 4 Oct 2016 at 16:35

Ok small update: Air filters arriving on Thursday and today, I have managed to strip her down completely to re-clean all the water cooling components in both loops as I was getting some discolouration.

I will be finishing the build hopefully by the end of the week!

Cheers
Ras

Rasphelt · 7 Oct 2016 at 18:55

Update: She is finished!!! Pictures to follow tomorrow!!

Cheers
Ras

Rasphelt · 8 Oct 2016 at 20:18

Here are a few quick potato pics:

I am so happy with how this has turned out - I have been through many changes and iterations on spec and modifications, and am actually still waiting on my ModOne feet(!) but for my first water build this is exactly what I wanted.

Obviously I will be filling the resevoirs up to the top (once I have finished tweaking the colour!) but I'm technically still leak testing!

Better pictures to follow once my camera has charged!

Cheers
Ras