Evo XL - White

Matutu

Matutu

Matutu

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Well that time has come again for the end of year books to be done, figured I would upgrade rather that just spend more on Corp Tax :D, its all expenses.

Have all items now apart from the CPU as planning to use 14th Gen 14900K, however need to wait until the 17th October for this. So I might as well start getting the fiddly bits ready, the only items left to get now are the water cooling pipework/fittings, which I am still deciding to be Barrow or Alpha, I am just not a fan of the look of some of Alphas with the twists being patterned.

I get very little time so mainly will being do this over the next few weeks/months.


Started with the pump/res combo unit, which originally looked like this.


I stripped it down and also ordered all nice stainless screws.


Really pleased in the result at the end, have ordered a gromet, however once in position I might use a tad of sealant just to just finish it off nicely.


Next step will be fitting a radiator to see what fan screws I need to order in stainless steel etc.
 
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Have started to get all fittings etc now, also the nightmarish job of braiding all black cables to white.....

However thought I would flush a Alphacool rad to see if worth it, I was amazed how much came out! So i am going to have to flush them all now.


 
Got some more done yesterday, I cant tell you how tight some of these measurements are! I am going to have a really hard time I think piping this boy.




 
Bennehmaru said:
This build is looking really close to what I'm aiming for with mine, except not sure I can justify the custom loop at the moment. How come you went for the black version of the graphics card Matutu? Is that because you're stripping it down for the waterblock anyway?
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Yes it has a EK white waterblock on it now :D, didnt see the point in paying the extra £100 for the white version when stripping it anyway.

Hostile_18 said:
I mentioned it in the main thread, but the light strip has a fault on all Evo XLs where it won't remember it was syncing from the motherboard. Looks like IO panels will have to be replaced.
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Ah okay didn't see this, I was planning to sync the lights with the Lian Li L-connect controller, however currently wiring the Lian Li infinity fans etc is proving a challenge.
 
DJ_Bucho said:
The attention to detail on this build is spot on, Right up my street. Can't wait to see this fully finished and filled up. Keep up the superb work.
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Thanks!

Could have wrapped up the pipework last night, however was going to be about 5degree out, so waiting on some male to female extenders which are coming tomorrow :D

So started to do some wiring, hate this part.....

Not much more I can do now until tomorrow.



 
Wondering how long it would take lol

Bennehmaru said:
What PSU did you go for Matutu, is that the Revolt 1600? (Assuming it is as it's in black?) Would the 1200 be enough for that build, as having a black PSU in a white build would trigger something in me! :)
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No it is the 1200W at the time when I got all the items the black was only in stock and Phanteks/OC had no idea when the whites would be in stock. So I figured I wouldnt actually ever see it! So just closed my eyes and clicked the order button

I pretend its white
 
No problem, I went with "G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5 8200 MHz CL40 - White"

However from what I hear it comes very much down to the motherboard what speed you can achieve.
 
Okay well absolute nightmare...... thought I would just boot into Bios to check everything. Switch it on everything came to life, even all my RGB which I was amazed at considering a lot of changes to Lian Li system.

Then I noticed, no display!! Then I saw it....... CODE 00........................

Seems this is a major problem and could be a RMA, so already contancted Asus.

I have removed all items down the base board and even with no CPU or anything installed I still get the same code 00.
 
Well after I got a email back from Asus last night stating I had to go through the the RMA of who I brought it from, who was the damn ASUS store direct! I even gave them the order number.

I thought I would have a go at just stripping the system down and starting again. So this time I went a single component at a time, so inserted the CPU and switch it on (on/off switch on the MOBO is a game changer), successful boot to missing RAM error code. So I then went to insert the water block back plate, the contact frame, the RAM, each time I was switching it on to ensure a correct error code.

Until the entire system was back, I cant explain how relieved I was to at least get this far and it seem to be working okay. Next I went thought I would just check I could get into the Bios okay, so plugged a monitor in and booted...... No display, VGA error.... So again stripped this out and then tried without the riser cable and strimmer power cable, straight boot all green lights. Then I tried with the riser cable and all fine, then I plugged in the strimmer extension, No display..... So it was something with the strimmer extension, reading around I found that it seems to be the sensor cable pins can work out slightly, so after a lot of playing with the cable connections, BOOM! display to bios.

Therefore I have finished up the pipework and this is no on pressure test for a hour to check all okay, then ill get the wiring sorted and start a fill. Then final jobs of cleaning up, wiping all chrome, also fixing the pump grommet in place as I now know where I like the cable to route.





 
Well that could have been the worst 4 hours of my life. Was having an awful day with work, so thought take my mind off things, obviously not in the right frame of mind as been working since 2am.....

Filled the res and turned on the pump, started filling. However then I noticed I didnt connect the CPU return from when I was doing pressure test checking, so fluid spat all over the lower part of the motherboard and some of the GPU:(:(:(:(

After hitting myself for a good 10 minutes, I immediately stripped everything down, removed the MB, cleaned as much fluid as I could off and removed heatsinks etc, then doused in IPA and used 3 cans of compressed air to ensure it go under everything. Then left my big gym fan blowing over it for a hour while I sorted the case etc, luckily the blue is some bright its easy to clean up, but gets everywhere.

Then rebuilt the whole system, plugged it all in and then held my breath...... posted to Bios :D, I am not counting my chickens yet until its on and benchmarking but its a good sign. So now its filled and will be just leak testing for 12 hours with an insane amount of paper as I dont want to take any chances this time.

 
RedMogg said:
Stunning build - I'd love to see how you've routed the tubing behind the GPU & motherboard
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Thanks mate, I am awaiting the final cable from Cablemod for the USB-C Power slot, so when I open her back up ill snap some pics for you.

Really please how it turned out in the end and the performance is insane.

Even with the fans at 600RPM and whisper quiet, still keeping under 35c on water temps and under 50c on GPU.


Still need to sort cables out now.
 
Full specs


Intel 14900K
G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5 8200 MHz CL40 - White
Asus Apex Motherboard
Asus Strx 4090 OC
Phantek 1200W 3.1 PSU

Alphacool Rise Flat Reservoir D5 with VPP755 Pump
Alphacool 3x 420mm UT60 radiators
Alphacool Core 1 CPU Block
EK 4090 ASUS Strix GPU Block
Barrow fittings
EK Blue Coolant

Lian Li XL
Lian Li Riser Cable
Lian Li INF140 Fans x 12
 
Hey, I have all exhaust except for the top which is intake, however I run with the glass off.

The top is intake purely to assist in cooling my RAM as I run at DDR8200 and had to add a little baby fan to assist also just to keep below 55c

 
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