8pack Supernova - build log!

[Shawy]

Thats amazing service, stop tempting me!!

Woah, epic system all in! Are they the 1440p screens?

Just 1080p. I say just, it's still 5760x1080!

Haven't posted any pictures for a few days, still working on the system. 8pack has been overclocking/benchmarking the system for a few days now and we're still trying to get more from the system.

Here's an action shot:

Obviously, I'm not gonna show you pictures of the overclocked settings.

And the results of todays session..


That's over 1200W.

 

[Shawy]

Is that while benchmarking at full whack??

About half whack. We had to bring the big guns out for this build.

 

[Shawy]

Half whack?? How much will this beast of a PSU be pushed?

It pulled around 1350W once overclocked to the max.

And here's a little teaser for the cables to come..

 

[Shawy]

Haha, yes those cables were a troll..

But speaking of the Hypercube...



Coming soon.

 

[Shawy]

Mines very similar build and pulls just over 1350w when gunning for it too.

Those gpus need volt control

My 1200w plat runs mine just fine though. 1500w seems a little excessive for Blacks.

Custom BIOS's enable better overclocks. The 1200W platinum was limiting the overclocks.

 

[Shawy]

I use a BIOS from Ed over on OCN. Even with all three running 1300 core and over 2050 memory at 1.212v, DRAM 1.7 VCCSA at 1.2v VTT at 1.2v and vcore at 1.43v the psu didn't give any signs of kicking out

I know these systems are all about pushing to the limits but that's pretty much all you'll get out of 3 Blacks give or take a few mhz.

If you're looking at running those settings or higher 24/7 then kudos. Also disappointed you're not going with that colour scheme

Sounds pretty similar. We spent ages trying to sort out the issue when the system kept crashing in games even though everything was stable when tested individually. Then we brought out the power draw meter and found the problem straight away. We even tried another 1200w platinum, which is why we didn't spot it was a power issue straight away.

 

[Shawy]

Here it is guys.. the moment you've all been waiting for..

It's finished!

And I'm just gonna let the pictures do the talking this time.

Enjoy!









































The customer asked 8pack to sign this one.






Rag it!

Time to pack the monster in it's own flight case


Lots of expanding foam bags needed in this huge case




And finally the 8pack welcome pack that comes with all test results, user guides, and 8packs contact details for advice/support!



Hope you guys have enjoyed this build log! If you did, keep your eyes peeled for the next one that'll be coming in the next couple of weeks...

Also keep an eye on this thread for some bonus pictures of the customer's set up!

 

[Shawy]

LOL only way to see how good it performs is to spend 10k expensive question. nice 2/3 of a build log


you guys didn't even colour match the LG player?

Or you could ask me nicely to upload the benchmark results...

We plastidipped the back of the bluray drive so there's not a huge silver box inside the case.

 

[Shawy]

The only thing I'd change - make the window bigggaaaa

They do have a bigger version, but there's not much going on to the right of the motherboard. You can see the res when looking straight on and any larger window would be looking at plain black. I couldn't get a picture straight on because you'd just get a reflection of my mug covering everything lol.

I can only imagine how much shipping would have cost, that's one massive hard case too- Pelican?

I also want to know how you did that lit up flexbay solid cover in the bottom if you don't mind sharing.

Great work all round!

Shipping is not cheap with these systems, especially when you send 2 members of staff to Ireland to install the system and Emperor chair!

The cover is laser cut for us along with the fan grills. Then a piece of frosted plexi is glued to it and lit up with an LED strip.

Pretty please?

Go on then

XTU: 1,445 marks
Cinebench: 1,281 cb
Super PI 32M: 6m59s
Heaven X: 6,155.505
3DMark11 Performance: 31,758
3DMark11 Extreme: 16,448
3DMark Fire Strike: 20,817
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme: 13,376

XTU:

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Cinebench:

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Super PI:


Heaven:


3DMark11 P:


3DMark11 X:


3DMark Fire Strike:


3DMark Fire Strike Extreme:

 

[Shawy]

Awesome only 5k off my firestrike score

Any clues as to what clocks thats running? If I had to guess I'd say 2400c9 and 4.8 cpu. Pretty balls to wall for 24/7 but wanted to know what GPU clocks are.

Good guess! The cards are at 1300MHz, can't remember the memory clocks off the top of my head.

Sorry should have clarified I meant the front of the dvd drive that looks like brushed ally on the matt black case

Thanks for the performance tests its nice to see what sort of performance that type of money buys you

How many cards did you test before you got those guys? or is it only the ram and cpu that are cherry picked/binned?

You are a very talented builder I love the hidden tube rad, dont get me wrong its nice to have them featured at times but its nice to stealth things to

Ah, sorry. I see what you mean, but that's the best drive we do and the customer felt the need to include it. It would make things easier and look much better if it wasn't there at all.

The cards are clocked at the maximum Titan Blacks can get to without going sub zero - only made possible through custom BIOSs and extreme cooling. There would've been about 100 CPUs tested and we went through 3 sets of binned RAM in this build before 8pack was happy with the timings.

That really is awesome... Not a colour scheme I'd have gone for but does truly look phenomenal!
Only criticism is that it desperately needs to be plumbed up with acrylic.

You're in luck. There will be 2 more build logs when I get back off holiday, one a different colour, and the other will be the first ever acrylic build from OcUK!!

are those results 24/7 figures??? if they are thats impressive, if not next time call me!!

Good Job on the build

Yep, 24/7. I think there is also a little 5GHz balls to the wall overclock profile on there for temporary bench mark use.

 

[Shawy]

I see you never straightened out the kink in that piece of tubing. 1/5, terrible build, would not buy from OCUK again.

An awesome amount of hardware in there, if it were my machine though I'd be stripping it down as soon as I could to re-do that graphics card loop with acrylic tubing & fit the EK backplates to the GPU's

it does looks like the kinks in tubing has not been sorted. for just under 10,000
i would want better ,if it was me i would send it back

I think overall it looks great and it would be (more than) a fantastic system. However that being said I really wouldn't be happy myself with the bent tubes for the price.

Thanks for the feedback guys. Honestly, I'm not 100% happy with it either, but you can usually rework tubing straight after running warm water through it for a while. The only issue here is even with the fans turned off, the 8x120mm of radiator space was enough to keep the coolant temperatures down low enough to keep an ever so slight curve in the tubing.

On the bright side I'll be building OcUKs first ever acrylic build very soon - so hopefully we'll see a lot more of it in the next systems refresh.

Actually disappointed with the cable management there. You could have made that look a lot prettier than just cable ties.

Needs some cable combs and better management.

Otherwise sick build.

I bought combs for my own build. They suck.



I much prefer cable sewing.



Still trying to get the go ahead to bring this to our high end systems.

 

[Shawy]

Cable sewing looks so much better.

I really like that!

Glad I'm not alone in thinking that. Hopefully coming to OcUK builds in the future!

And here's one final update of the full Supernova set up:

 

[Shawy]

Jesus trampolining Christ, the size of that case... does it come up to your waist, Shawy?

Yup, I think. Never put the system down on the floor - it's too valuable!

 

[Shawy]

I really don't like lacing like you linked. Personally perfer it how ive done it in my build using black fishing line. Which lets you pull things really tight without worrying about snapping the line, also, personally prefer the "thin-ness" of finishing line over thicker alternatives.

While I do prefer the thinness, fishing line is too slippery and doesn't hold it's shape well, as shown in your pictures.

 

[Shawy]

Just read through the whole build log very impressed with the way its turned out does look awesome on site. I also hate cable ties in pc builds they are fugly, I do really like the cable sewing and id definetly give it a go in the future much more professional looking. With regards to cable combs there is a guy on facebook who does custom pc cables (I know I am not allowed to link it but sure some of you will know who I mean) who has been experimenting with 3d printed wires traps think they would look 100 times better than cable ties in these builds if sewing doesnt get the nod

I believe RJK is looking into a solution.