High End Watercooled PC

[Sofronis Neofytou]

Hi all, for my first post here on Overclockers forums I wanted to show something special. I have been into building computers for the past 14 years, starting at the age of 12 as far as I remember with an old Q6600 processor which felt great at the time!

So here are the specifications and some renderings for my latest and best build so far; this is a build where no bends are allowed. The pc is made mostly for number crunching in large spreadsheets, and the occasional rendering and gaming. No RGB, but I can cope with less FPS because of this

Main components:
CPU: Ryzen 9 3900x
GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Ultra Gaming
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Ram: 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum @ 3200Mhz
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500gb
PSU: Corsair RM1000i
Case: Lian Li PC-011dynamic
Fans: Noctua Industrial Fan 2000rpm x6
Watercooling:
EK-Coolstream PE 360 x2
EK-Vector RTX 2080 block and backplate
EK-Quantum Kinetic FLT 240 D5 reservoir+pump combo
EK-Quantum MOmentum ROG Corsshair VIII Hero MonoBlock
A boat load of fittings and angled adapters to achieve no bends loops
Loop order for reference: PUMP->Bottom Radiator->GPU->Top Radiator->Monoblock->Pump

I hope you like it; I would love to hear your comments and any recommendations since this is my first attempt at rigid tubing water cooling, but sure as hell it shouldn't be a rocket science thing to do! I am still undecided on whether to go with acrylic or stainless tubing, both look equally pleasing to my eyes.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

looks good! thought about the Master board, slightly cheaper- beefier vrm and UK RMA. Also wifi as standard

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...4-x570-chipset-atx-motherboard-mb-57t-gi.html

look at sabrent rocket for NVMe storage or

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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 960GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F960GBMP510)= £104.99
• 1 x Gigabyte 1TB M.2 PCIe x4 NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive= £98.99
• 1 x TeamGroup MP34 1TB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive= £99.95

Total: £312.63 (includes shipping: £8.70)​

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slightly more but double the storage

 

[Sofronis Neofytou]

I have tried going with MSI only once in the past 14 years, and I had to RMA it, might be just tough luck, but I will stick to the overpriced ASUS once again! As for the SSD, I have tested the samsung ones for some time now, and anyway this wasn't a budget build so here we are! Thank you for the suggestions anyhow

Edit: Sorry this was a Gigabyte board you recommended. Unfortunately, ASUS Rog Hero and Strix Gaming-E were the only X570 with monoblocks available from EKWB, so the motherboard was an easy choice.

 

[Vidar]

That's sexy AF!!!!

I'd go with glass tubing if it was me but don't suppose it matters if there's no rgb lol

 

[Sofronis Neofytou]

Thanks a lot; greatly appreciate your feedback, I think I will go with acrylic for the tubing for now since it will be nice showing the solid white fluid that I plan on filling it with. Pictures of the actual build to follow tomorrow most likely, stay tuned!

 

[LePhuronn]

Beautiful renders, what did you use? Looks like Fusion 360.

 

[Sofronis Neofytou]

Modelled using sketchup, imported to Fusion 360 where the material allocation and rendering took place. The most convenient way I have found in rendering cases so far.

 

[LePhuronn]

Sick. I'm doing everything inside 360 and importing STEP files from GrabCAD for items I really don't want to model myself

 

[orbitalwalsh]

I have tried going with MSI only once in the past 14 years, and I had to RMA it, might be just tough luck, but I will stick to the overpriced ASUS once again! As for the SSD, I have tested the samsung ones for some time now, and anyway this wasn't a budget build so here we are! Thank you for the suggestions anyhow

Edit: Sorry this was a Gigabyte board you recommended. Unfortunately, ASUS Rog Hero and Strix Gaming-E were the only X570 with monoblocks available from EKWB, so the motherboard was an easy choice.

Bit power make a damn good Master mono block along with Asus line . Outs EKWB to shame But hard to get here

 

[Alan1969]

Looks good, nice and clean. I like the sound of no rgb, however nowadays that’s quite difficult to achieve.

 

[Sofronis Neofytou]

Update: Here is the finished build. I think it turned out pretty nice; let me know your thoughts !

 

[Jay85]

Very nice! Hoping to get mine somewhere like this shortly!!!

 

[Alan1969]

nice

 

[Sofronis Neofytou]

Will post benchmark and temperatures once all testing is done, including stable overclocking results.

 

[Tattysnuc]

An uncanny resemblance to the mock up! Great looking build - would love to have seen the build process, but hey ho.

 

[Sofronis Neofytou]

Thank you for your kind comments sir ! Indeed the resemblance turned out even better than I expected.

 

[Vidar]

I really like it... only one thing I'd say though is the brown corners on the fans take something away from it.

 

[paradigm]

I’d have curved the tubing rather than have relied on fittings for every corner, but it looks nice.

 

[Joelw291]

That build looks very aesthetically pleasing.

 

[Deleted member 209350]

Simply beautiful