Creating a machine

Jacob Gardiner · 9 May 2012 at 12:27

Hello,

I have planned purchasing the following equipment for a ESXi/High spec machine build. Will I need any other cabling with this configuration? Will I need any further tubing to be able to watercool two Graphics cards, Motherboard and a CPU? Also will the SLI Bridge that comes with the Motherboard be compatiable with a Two way SLI configuration?

UPS - Will the UPS Need to be a higher voltage as i will be running a 1250W power supply and also may be running a router on the UPS also?

What would be the best configuration for the watercooling? Will I need two loops or one loop? Will I need any additional fans with the case? Does anyone have any Guides or posts that can assist with cable management? I want to make this machine as perfect as possible.

Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £649.99 (£779.99)
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-512G) £466.66(£559.99)
OcUK Tech Lab H2O GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 Nickel Acetal [N680GTX-PM2D2GD5] £441.65 (£529.98) £883.30 (£1,059.96)
OcUK Tech Lab - Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Watercooled with EK Full Cover Waterblocks £399.99 (£479.99)
G.Skill TridentX 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (F3-2400C10Q-32GTX) £299.99(£359.99) £599.98 (£719.98)
OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooled Case - Coolermaster HAF X £262.50(£315.00)
Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 10000RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1000DHTZ) £216.66 (£259.99) £433.32(£519.98)
OCZ ZX Series 1250W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £137.49(£164.99)
APC Back-UPS ES 700VA 230V UPS (BE700G-UK) £67.49(£80.99)
LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £66.65(£79.98) )
Lamptron FC Touch Fan Controller - Black £41.66(£49.99)
OcUK Professional 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor Plate - Black £4.16(£4.99)
OcUK Professional Cat6 RJ45 5m Network Cable - Grey (B6-505) £3.32(£3.98)
EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel £2.29(£2.75) £9.16(£11.00)
OcUK Value SATA-II 45cm Red Data Cable (NLRB-302LOCK) £2.16(£2.59) £6.48(£7.77)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CP-393-IN - CPU
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=2104&subcat= - GPU x 2
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=WC-001-AS - Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MY-083-GS - RAM x2
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=WC-036-OE - Case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HD-385-WD HDD's x 2
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CA-054-OC - Power Supply
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=UP-017-AP - UPS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CD-107-LG - BluRay Drive
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=BB-004-LP - Fan Controller
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HD-002-OP - 2.5" to 3.5" Bay
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CB-002-OE - Ethernet Cable
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=WC-123-EK - Watercooling Compression Fittings x 6
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CB-035-OK - SATA Cables x 3

Thanks In advance and please let me know If you have any further queries/suggestions that may help towards the build. If I have anything else that i need to ask I will open a further reply to this post.

Kind regards

Jacob

Avathar77 · 9 May 2012 at 12:46

None of the links are working for me

EDIT:
It is a beast of a machine! Why don't you do a custom loop?

Kyzou · 9 May 2012 at 12:49

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=21872630

Thread already here.

Jacob Gardiner · 9 May 2012 at 12:51

Avathar77 · 9 May 2012 at 12:57

Well I ALWAYS suggest research before any kind of watercooling project!

Richard2012 · 9 May 2012 at 13:01

if I was u I wouldn't get the water cooled haf x case as a whole , u better off buying case and building up a better loop with better components, would prolly recommend a different case also, even though haf x is a big case it does get pretty cramped inside pretty quickly so maybe get a bigger case, (don't know much about the other cases so having others recommend one would be good)

EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £55.99
OcUK Tech Lab - D5 Vario Pump & EK D5 X-Top V2 Value Combo £89.98
Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 360 £69.98
Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 120 £41.99
EK Multioption Reservoir X2 250 Advanced £38.99 or 1 of the other ek ones
Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin x 4 £15,98 each

tubing and fittings etc as needed , something along those items should be decent cooling

Richard2012 · 9 May 2012 at 13:04

agree with avathar do your research take your time, always does seem scary to do your 1st build but as long as u do your research and don't rush when building it u'll be supprise how easy it is and it doesn't take that long to do

doing the research will give u the confidance when it comes to building it

Jacob Gardiner · 9 May 2012 at 13:08

Would you not say It would be easier with that case because I would have the pre-watercooling set up? I could then simply add two radiators? How would you say I should set up the configuration? I will be cooling a motherboard, two GPU's and a CPU. Would you say what you've suggested would be the best setup? Would this case definetly not be the best for this setup?

Kind regards

Jacob

Jacob Gardiner · 9 May 2012 at 13:09

Yeah exsacly I have been watching video's on Youtube to try and teach myself how this should all be set up correctly. I will be setting this all up and will be confident with this.

Richard2012 · 9 May 2012 at 13:15

I have the case myself and does get cramped inside , that's why I recommend a bigger case and looked on the store page at the items in the water cooled case and imo u better doing your own custom loop with specially a stronger pump, the d5 pump which I posted earlier thread is very good pump ,expensive but worth it

Jacob Gardiner · 9 May 2012 at 13:25

Ah okay, what watercooling set up do you currently have? To be honest I love the look of that case and I will be Going for a black and red theme Inside my case. WIll everything fit Inside the case? I really wanted to Get the pre-setup one so It will be easier, Should I maybe do that and then upgrade the certain parts?

Kind regards

Jacob

Richard2012 · 9 May 2012 at 13:32

don't think the stuff in that case would be strong enuff to cool everything u need its only really basic stuff and betime u stripped it down to use your parts in it , it would be just as easy to do a custom loop yourself and u'll get much better cooling from it , the case is nice still though but if u want that case buy it separate and add the custom loop and u'll be rewarded with overall better cooling from the better parts

Jacob Gardiner · 9 May 2012 at 13:38

Would the pricing be better aswell? I suppose I could teach myself and set up a better cooling setup. Would this all fit In the HAF X? How many radiators would you say that I would need? How long would you say this would take to set up?

Thanks

Kind regards

Jacob

Richard2012 · 9 May 2012 at 13:47

360rad up top and 120 rad connected to rear fan I think would be minimum u'd have to have, look on youtube and will give u ideas for layouts etc , as for building it few hours taking your time, then depending on how confidant u are with the leak testing few hours for that, me myself I used 1/2 inch barbs and 7/16 tubing so nice tight fit so I only did 5 mins leak testing and never had a leak since, if u using compression fittings I prolly would do longer leak testing to be sure.

Jacob Gardiner · 9 May 2012 at 13:52

So would that be outside the case? Will I still be able to put fans at the top of the case? How many radiators would you suggest? Would you suggest the Items you said earlier for a whole build?

EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £55.99
OcUK Tech Lab - D5 Vario Pump & EK D5 X-Top V2 Value Combo £89.98
Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 360 £69.98
Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 120 £41.99
EK Multioption Reservoir X2 250 Advanced £38.99 or 1 of the other ek ones
Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin x 4 £15,98 each

How much cabling and what connectors would you suggest?

Isn't this Going to be much more expensive than Just purchasing the pre-watercooled case and then putting In upgrades?

Kind regards

Jacob

Richard2012 · 9 May 2012 at 14:00

look at stuff like this on youtube, gives u ideas and in your own mind gives u ideas of wot u need and look at the build logs on the forums

Jacob Gardiner · 9 May 2012 at 14:08

The setup you have suggested look's very powerful, Would this be the best bet to set this all up?

Kind regards

Jacob

Richard2012 · 9 May 2012 at 14:14

another completely different option would be going down the external rad route and using a phobya 1080 rad , prolly set u back 200 quid for the rad stand and 4 fans (

) either way u look at it with the system u want , u not gonna be able to water cool it all on the cheap.

Avathar77 · 9 May 2012 at 14:22

If you like the looks of a HAF-X have a look at THIS

Plenty of space for even bigger RADs

Jacob Gardiner · 9 May 2012 at 14:42

To be honest I'd rather stick with the HAF X - Can anyone suggest a full watercooling solution for watercooling a CPU, Two GPU's and a Motherboard That will Fit In to that case?

Kind regards

Jacob