Spec me: Watercooled workhorse

NoNameNoNumber · 14 Mar 2014 at 07:10

Morning, my brother is after a new rig. Just the tower but including all of the WC too, he likes the corsair 540 and would like to use a bay res if possible...

4770k
Z87 OC
780
16Gb RAM

Must be silent but extremely capable, for use in an office with Solidworks and Catia

Thanks

£1500 budget

Doomedspeed · 14 Mar 2014 at 11:45

No buget,

So lets go..

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £157.99
1 x Avexir Core Orange Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIO) - Orange Light £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
2 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99 (£239.98)
1 x XSPC D5 Dual Bay Reservoir/Pump Combo V2 £109.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Titan & 780 - Nickel (Original CSQ) £84.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Nickel £52.99
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £37.99
1 x Monsoon 16/10mm (ID 3/8 OD 5/8) Free Center Compression Fitting Six Pack - Black Chrome £27.95
3 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22.00 (£66.00)
1 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW) £14.99
2 x Mayhems Aurora - Orillia Orange Concentrate 250ml £11.99 (£23.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
6 x Monsoon 16/10mm (OD 5/8) Rotary 90° - Black Chrome £8.69 (£52.14)
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 3/8" ID, 5/8" OD, 16/10mm, 2m, Red/UV Orange £6.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Orange £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved orange/black £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x MTN 94 Spray Paint Fluorescent Orange - 400ml £4.99
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99 (£9.98)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Orange £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved orange/black £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £2,072.15 (includes shipping : £14.75).

The Only Beardy · 14 Mar 2014 at 12:27

Another version... I have opted for an acrylic loop and a GHz GPU

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x "GHz Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £157.99
1 x Avexir Core Orange Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIO) - Orange Light £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-BAY RES D5 Vario (incl. pump) £122.99
2 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99 (£239.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC780 GTX Classified - Nickel £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Nickel £52.99
1 x Monsoon Hardline Pro Bender Kit 1/2 x 5/8 (16mm) £49.99
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x XSPC EX240 Crossflow Radiator £44.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
2 x Mayhems Aurora - Orillia Orange Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-HD Tube 12/16mm 500mm (2 pcs) £11.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre PWM 140mm Fan Orange LED - Black £11.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
5 x BitFenix Spectre PWM 120mm Fan Orange LED - Black £7.99 (£39.95)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 4 x SATA power extension - Orange £6.98
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.98 (£13.96)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Orange £5.99
10 x EK Water Blocks HD Adapter 12/16mm - Nickel £3.70 (£37.00)
Total : £2,201.26 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Doomedspeed · 14 Mar 2014 at 12:28

Is the windforce a reference card?

ZXSpectrum · 14 Mar 2014 at 12:32

Didn't think you could use a bayres in these cases as the 5.25" optical drive bays are orientated vertically not horizontally?

davido_labido · 14 Mar 2014 at 12:33

ZXSpectrum said:
Didn't think you could use a bayres in these cases as the 5.25" optical drive bays are orientated vertically not horizontally?

you could depending on the rez. as long as it has a output at the bottom, it would be fine (and if its one that hasn't got an integrated pump)

NoNameNoNumber · 14 Mar 2014 at 13:08

Ah **** £1500 budget

The Only Beardy · 14 Mar 2014 at 13:34

I don't think your going to get 16GB of RAM, 4770k, 780 under a custom loop for under £1500... unless you want it to look ugly as sin

The Only Beardy · 14 Mar 2014 at 13:39

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £157.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
2 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99 (£111.98)
Total : £1,013.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).

This is the specific parts you want, at their cheapest... which means you have to get a PSU, HDD, SSD? and a custom loop for £500

The Only Beardy · 14 Mar 2014 at 13:40

I'm going to be proven wrong now aren't I...

NoNameNoNumber · 14 Mar 2014 at 14:24

I did wonder... I guess the best advice may be to build the system spec as above slap an old H100 on for now and collect WC parts as and when.

The Only Beardy · 14 Mar 2014 at 14:38

Imo, a custom loop for a GPU and CPU is going to need a quad radiator, and when I say that, I mean any configuration of radiators that make up 4 fans worth... which is looking at just under £100, then your pump/res thats another £100, then your heatsinks... GPU with cover is another £100 and CPU is £50... and then people don't realise that the fittings are likely to come to another £60-70... and then another £40 for fans... it soon adds up

NoNameNoNumber · 14 Mar 2014 at 14:44

Yeah that what I've got in my 540 with a 780 and 2500k @5GHz...

DaleTheWhale · 14 Mar 2014 at 15:04

GPU and CPU can be cooled fine under a 360mm RAD.

The Only Beardy · 14 Mar 2014 at 15:26

yer, but that extra space of rad is only adding another £20-30 with the price of the fan to the price of the loop...

Doomedspeed · 14 Mar 2014 at 15:34

Okay,

A few amendments.

No bling
Only Loop for CPU, can be extended for GPU as and when.
Green colour scheme
Less SSD's

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIG) - Green Light £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 100 £96.95
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x EK-Supreme LTX - Nickel CSQ Intel CPU Waterblock £32.99
1 x Monsoon 16/10mm (ID 3/8 OD 5/8) Free Center Compression Fitting Six Pack - Black Chrome £27.95
2 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22.00 (£44.00)
2 x Monsoon 16/10mm (OD 5/8) Rotary 90° - Black Chrome £8.69 (£17.38)
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 3/8" ID, 5/8" OD, 16/10mm, 2m, Green/UV Green £6.49
1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
Total : £1,509.98 (includes shipping : £17.85).

DaleTheWhale · 14 Mar 2014 at 16:26

The Only Beardy said:
yer, but that extra space of rad is only adding another £20-30 with the price of the fan to the price of the loop...

No-where to put a 480mm in the Corsair 540.

The Only Beardy · 14 Mar 2014 at 16:35

Yer I know that, but you could put in two double rads...

YOUR BASKET
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22.00
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Single Pack (CO-9050007-WW) £11.99
2 x Koolance Nozzle Single, *Black* Compression for 10mm x 13mm (3/8in x 1/2in) £3.95 (£7.90)
Total : £99.47 (includes shipping : £8.00).

VS

YOUR BASKET
2 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £37.99 (£75.98)
2 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22.00 (£44.00)
4 x Koolance Nozzle Single, *Black* Compression for 10mm x 13mm (3/8in x 1/2in) £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £145.37 (includes shipping : £8.00).

about £45 to add another fan...

NoNameNoNumber · 14 Mar 2014 at 19:36

Thanks for your input guys, I think a used 780 and a few WC parts off the MM should make this do-able

davido_labido · 16 Mar 2014 at 21:29

I've got a few bits and bobs you might be able to use man. I'll have a look when I get home