Toms PC-08 Doom box

Hi guys

I saw doom 4 (due MAY) and had to build a new PC.

So far I have ordered..

Lian Li PC-O8SWX ATX Cube Case
Maximus VIII Formula Intel Z170
Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151
Dominator Platinum 16GB 4 x 4GB
BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 PSU Cable Kit - Red
Corsair HX1000i
Samsung 950 Pro 512GB M.2 PCI-e
EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel Water Block
Pipes and fittings
2 x Resivour Fitting
3 fan EK-Vardar F3-120
EK-Cable Y-Splitter 2 fan
PrimoChill Vortex - Clear PMMA Flow Indicator
EK-CoolStream XE 360 60mm
EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 240
3 x EK-Vardar F3-120
EK-Cable Y-Splitter 3 fan
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound


Some bits have turned up - awaiting delivery on some others...





Theme is going to be a mix of red/black/silver

I have yet to buy the reservoir for the system and pump but thinking along the lines of

EK-XRES 140 DDC 3.2 PWM Elite
coolant concentrate:EK-Ekoolant EVO Clear
EK-RES X4 250
EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) Vertical
EK-AF FillPort G1/4 - Nickel

Very nice choice of case! looking forward to seeing how it all comes together.

ok tried to install the Rad's last night the 400mm versions don't fit!

RMA'd and new ones out for delivery tomorrow followed by a

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980Ti Xtreme Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Heh, i remember Doom 1 which played on a 486DX2-80 and also Doom 2 on a Pentium P100 or AMD K5 I think with a 3DFX Voodoo 2 or a Geforce 2.

How times have changed.

nkata said:

Heh, i remember Doom 1 which played on a 486DX2-80 and also Doom 2 on a Pentium P100 or AMD K5 I think with a 3DFX Voodoo 2 or a Geforce 2.

How times have changed.

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yup showing our ages now!

Started work on the board

Liking the side-facing USB 3 header on that board. Does away with the untidy loop you get. Also nice to see they've committed to the black theme and not wrecked it.
EK waterblocks premounted on the VRMs are nice too - saves a lot of work! Are you planning to use them?

The RAM cooler is novel - not seen that one before. Are you planning to overclockers them massively? If not, the breeze from the Varder directly above it would probably have been quieter (if that's what you're after - that's my preference but not everyone's) and just as effective. My RAM doesn't get above the low 30s at stock of 3733MHz so I haven't done anything to cool it. SSDs were hotter at up to 60-odd degrees.

Looking tidy so far. Maybe some cable combs for the graphics power? Watercool it and you won't have the fans in the way so you can loop the power cables underneath it?

that's a fantastic little case.

Cheers guys

I'm looking to water cool the whole system but waiting for the new Nvidia Pascal cards to come out so I can buy 2 and SLI them with hard tubing for the custom loop.

The windforce is just something I brought to tide me over.

Lian Li PC-O8SWX ATX Cube Case
Maximus VIII Formula Intel Z170
Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151
Dominator Platinum 16GB 4 x 4GB
BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 PSU Cable Kit - Red
Corsair HX1000i
Samsung 950 Pro 512GB M.2 PCI-e
EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel Water Block
Pipes and fittings
2 x Resivour Fitting
3 fan EK-Vardar F3-120
EK-Cable Y-Splitter 2 fan
PrimoChill Vortex - Clear PMMA Flow Indicator
EK-CoolStream XE 360 60mm
EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 240 280 x 130 x 38mm
3 x EK-Vardar F3-120
EK-Cable Y-Splitter 3 fan
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Bose Compaion 50
EK Water Blocks EK-XTOP DDC 3.2 PWM Elite - Plexi
EK Water Block Ek-RES X4 250
EK Water Blocks EK-Ekoolant EVO Blood RED (premix 1L)
EK Water Blocks EK-UNI Holder 50-70
EK Water Blocks EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) Vertical
EK Water Blocks EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN)
Alchemy 3pin x3 Fan adaptor extension 60cm - Red


So far the build is and have the following on route to me this week.

I should this weekend therefore be able to create the custom loop and at least power the system up. Then wait for NVidia to release their new cards and SLI this baby up.

Not planning to OC the memory I just stuck the block on their as it has Red LED's LOL

Well, if it's just for the LEDs that's ok then!
You mean Nvidia are going to obsolete my 980ti before I finish building the case?!

Cenedd said:

Well, if it's just for the LEDs that's ok then!
You mean Nvidia are going to obsolete my 980ti before I finish building the case?!

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Yes do you not know about that?

They are announcing new GeForce 1080x or 180 cards on April 4-8th at the GDC conference.

Meant to be twice as powerful than the current 980Ti, google "NVidia Pascal"

That build looks fantastic so far, I'm crazy jealous!!!

Your username has peaked my interest though, are you the bodybuilder Tom Coleman haha

tomcoleman said:

Yes do you not know about that?

They are announcing new GeForce 1080x or 180 cards on April 4-8th at the GDC conference.

Meant to be twice as powerful than the current 980Ti, google "NVidia Pascal"

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Nope. Blissfully unaware. Nobody wants to know the next card is coming out and will be much better than the one they've just bought! My only consolation is that it's likely to be hideously out of my price range for a while! Can see why you're holding out for one though!

Jamesyboyjim said:

That build looks fantastic so far, I'm crazy jealous!!!

Your username has peaked my interest though, are you the bodybuilder Tom Coleman haha

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I don't think so

Cenedd said:

Nope. Blissfully unaware. Nobody wants to know the next card is coming out and will be much better than the one they've just bought! My only consolation is that it's likely to be hideously out of my price range for a while! Can see why you're holding out for one though!

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I had to buy a GFX so got the best I could for now, as soon as Pascal comes out in the next month or so i'll ebay this and do SLI

progress...

Mmm, Bose Companion 50's. I keep looking at those to replace my failing Creative Labs 6.1's that are down to 4.1 and falling. Should be good for music but not sure about positional sound for gaming. Any good?

Ikea desk. Check. Got mine in black.

Varders on the front. Nice. Got one of the furious ones as an exhaust fan for my understairs server cupboard. As good at 75% as the Pabst that preceeded it at full pelt plus some headroom.

Blood red coolant. That'll look very nice bleeding across that light desk! Hopefully you won't have that problem.
At least you've worked out how to plumb in your rad. All the possible ways of connecting mine and the problems killing each are keeping me awake at night!

Looking good though. Looking forward to the SLI Pascals!

Nice build so far!

I was under the impression that the enthusiast type pascal cards (i.e. the titan and 980ti type equivalent) would not be out for quite some time.

First one waits for pascal, then one waits for the flagship, then one waits for the Ti equivalent. For example the 980Ti came out a good 9 or more months after the first release of the maxwell cards. If you are waiting for reference design cards from third parties then potentially the wait is even longer. If they do manage to release the flagship pascal towards the beginning of 2nd half 2016 then perhaps we might see the Ti equivalent just before the end of the year? Of course if you are going balls out and just going for a dual flagship GP100 setup then perhaps you might have them by the summer (although "by 2H 2016" is sufficiently vague!).

There's always something new and better on the horizon... if, as is quite reasonable to expect, it's not far off a year or so until we see the 980ti equivalent of pascal, we'll then be talking about how Volta is only just around the corner in 2018 - and of course that looks set to destroy pascal.

At some point you just have to jump in and get the best that you can afford at that time and go enjoy it

With that said, I've already started saving for replacements for my two 980ti's - hopefully for me the hydrocopper pascal equivalents from EVGA won't arrive too soon and i'll actually have enough cash saved up by then lol.

I got excited this weekend with the release of the doom beta

took me many goes but kinda got it ok with the melting of PVC pipes LOL!!!

welcome to hell

So it leaked but you've fixed it? Otherwise, that's not the EK res that requires extensions they don't include in order not to leak is it?

I bet it was a joy to prime the pump and get it all filled!

Looks good too. Now all you need is a graphics card

I'm also planning to order a PC08 but don't plan to water cool it. Just gonna go with air (Noctua all around).

Yours looks awesome.