Spec me EK-Supremacy + 2x Lightning waterblocks build

Nickolp1974

Nickolp1974

Nickolp1974

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Hi folks will show my basket for my build below i have included a WC setup to give an idea of budget, £482 (ex. fittings) and adding at a guess £180 for 2 lightning blocks so a total budget of £662(ex.fittings)

Just 2 must's which are a bay res(ideally white, but can be painted) and a red coolant which will match ROG red as close as possible oh and the ek lightning blocks and bridge and EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal

will be purchasing all components over the next 3 months(will be very busy at work and dont want to rush as this is first WC build) and hopefully get some on weekly offers to get the overall price down abit.

Thinking of mounting 240 on floor with 2 strong fans underneath and 360 in top with fans above pulling.

only one lightning in basket as i already have one.

Thanks for your time :)


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £419.99
1 x Hazro HZ27WC 8-Bit 27" LED Widescreen Professional Monitor - Black £359.99
1 x XSPC RayStorm D5 RX360 WaterCooling Kit £289.68
1 x Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £269.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Formula Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £249.98
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - White £149.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £101.99
1 x G.Skill TridentX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-2400C10D-8GTX) £99.95
1 x XSPC RX240 120mm Radiator - Black £65.98
1 x BitFenix Recon Internet-Connected Fan Controller £28.99
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 5400 RPM Cooling Fan, D1225C12BBAP-31 £19.99 (£39.98)
1 x FOXCONN NetDVD External DVD-Writer - White £19.99
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Light Red Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x EK-FC Bridge DUAL Serial CSQ £13.99
3 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1450 RPM - 3 Pin £13.99 (£41.97)
Total : £2,639.06 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
Firstly avoid those 5400rpm fans unless you want to go deaf, gt1850's will be fine.

Could save some on the memory by going for a nice set of 1600/1866Hz modules, even better grab some sammy greens and oc them. Could save a little on the psu by going for the xfx 1250w variant.

For the bay res I think one of the xspc bay res's has changeable facia, one of which being white.

Fan controller, if your not going to use the gimmick internet feature on the bitfenix recon then grab one by lamptron :)

Edit: if spending that much on mobo and cpu then go x79, gives you a future upgrade path.
 
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pgi947 said:
Firstly avoid those 5400rpm fans unless you want to go deaf, gt1850's will be fine.

Could save some on the memory by going for a nice set of 1600/1866Hz modules, even better grab some sammy greens and oc them. Could save a little on the psu by going for the xfx 1250w variant.

For the bay res I think one of the xspc bay res's has changeable facia, one of which being white.

Fan controller, if your not going to use the gimmick internet feature on the bitfenix recon then grab one by lamptron :)

Edit: if spending that much on mobo and cpu then go x79, gives you a future upgrade path.
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Obviously a newbie at this so with regards the faster fans thought they would shift a lot of air even when turned down a lot and make them quieter??
and the lamptron, dont they leave a thin gap in the facsia???
Know what your saying about the sammy's but those tridents would look the biz in there???
and i did look at x79 but my budget is probably stretched a bit with this and it would add a bit more to it. Is there much to be gainned in dual x16, crossfire will be my limit. And does the extra memory bandwidth help? and once this is built that will be it for at least 3-4 years.
oh and the psu would look the part and there saying its gonna be good but obviously will have to wait till its released to find out.
 
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The fast fans will only be better when they operate at higher RPMs

2 of the same fans operating at 600RPM will perform the same, that still goes even if one of the fans is 7,000,000,000 rpm and the other is only 900

What do you mean about the thin gap?

If you like the looks of the tridents, then go for them, as long as you know they're not great value :)

As for X79, Approx £30 more than your 1155 bundle:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Rampage IV Formula Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £278.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £239.99
Total : £530.38 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
If you look on customer reviews for the lamptron he says he had to fill a gap with sponge otherwise light shon through.

The lightning is not particully good value but i love the look.

Will need to do some reading on the 3820
 
Rads go with xspc rx or phobya gchanger, pump, you get a d5 (one of the best pumps) with that raystorm kit in your op.

The original spec looks fine with the exceptions me and cleee raised earlier.

Obviously if you want the supremacy block over the raystorm you will have to buy the contents individually.
 
pgi947 said:
Rads go with xspc rx or phobya gchanger, pump, you get a d5 (one of the best pumps) with that raystorm kit in your op.

The original spec looks fine with the exceptions me and cleee raised earlier.

Obviously if you want the supremacy block over the raystorm you will have to buy the contents individually.
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Do like the look of the raystorm block but the ek does look better once installed and it will tie in with the lightning.
I like the fact that the z77 formula has built in waterblock, does this make a differance when pushing to extremes?
And i would go x79 all the way but it would have to be the 3930, which would up the budget, unless i dont wc the gfx for now. :(
 
Nickolp1974 said:
And i would go x79 all the way but it would have to be the 3930, which would up the budget, unless i dont wc the gfx for now. :(
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The gfx have epic coolers on them, although they're too loud for me, they do a REALLY good job of keeping the card cool at 24/7 3D clocks on a hot summers day
 
Cleeecooo said:
The gfx have epic coolers on them, although they're too loud for me, they do a REALLY good job of keeping the card cool at 24/7 3D clocks on a hot summers day
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they certainly do, i just wanted to do all at the same time, spose just doing the cpu might be better for a first timer!!

and who knows they may get delayed again till xmas!!!!
 
can do this, but what connections would i need???? barbs, compression, drain????????

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £459.95
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £419.99
1 x Hazro HZ27WC 8-Bit 27" LED Widescreen Professional Monitor - Black £359.99
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £334.99
1 x Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £269.99
1 x G.Skill TridentX 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (F3-2400C10Q-16GTX) £179.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - White £149.99
1 x XSPC D5 Dual Bay Reservoir/Pump Combo £119.99
1 x XSPC RX360 120mm Radiator - Black £88.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £69.95
1 x EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £56.99
1 x BitFenix Recon Internet-Connected Fan Controller £28.99
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Light Red Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
3 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £14.98 (£44.94)
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 19/13mm (1/2ID) Clear 3.3m £12.70
Total : £2,824.02 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
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spixelspixel said:
An uber expensive 1200w psu for 1 7970? :S
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Already got 1 so there will be 2 in there, and from what i have read in previews there power delivery is gonna be ultra stable, so that maybe will help wring a few more Hz out, every little helps! Of course untill its released and reviewed, who knows.
And just say i have a clock of 5Ghz but its not stable on a "normal" psu but said one makes it happen, is it overkill??? And dont forget this thread is in the watercooling section, expensive-yes, overkill-yes, exotic-yes, bragging rights-most definately.
And on another note with it being platinum rated, over say 5 years wont it save money over bronze/gold, and whats saved may cover the differance on the premium.


The res/pump combo i have specced, can it be seperated?? Just thinking about future if pump packs up.
 
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Yeah i know 1kw is plenty but i'm thinking of 4+ years down the line, dont psu's degrade and lose power?? And who knows where gpu's will be in a few years.(im hoping not all energy saving)

To add your recommedation regarding the 3820, looking more suitable for me to be fair, just reading through a 100 page thread, looking good so far just wasn't keen on the locked multi. But 5+ is doable on water.
 
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Evek 1k is too much... 850 is more than enough enough for 7970 crossfire.

You would be surprised how little power your pc actually uses. I had a system with gtx 570 in SLI (which use more power than a 7970) and during stress testing the highest reading I ever saw from the wall was 550w ( My psu has about 85 percent efficiency so the actual load on the power supply is a mere 470w )

Using a power supply that is too big will give you bad efficiency at low loads.
 
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