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- 30 Mar 2018
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Log Summary
Post 1 - General Summary of My Build Goal and Me Rambling
Post 2 - Complete listing of Parts and Tools (Reviews of parts in process)
Post 3 - Videos
Post 4 - Final Photos (Build not complete)
Hey all. I have been building PCs for about 20 years now. My builds have always been “best bang for your buck” builds with zero thought for looks other then trying to get a cool looking case. Over the summer, I was up for a new machine and decided to go big with a 1080ti and settled on the EVGA SC2 version. I quickly learned that graphics cards run a lot hotter and louder than before and really didn’t like the hover noise that they make when gaming. So, to find a quieter solution, I picked up one of EVGA’s hybrids and fell in love with the cool quiet running of water cooling . . . and I was bit by the water bug. While researching these I was exposed to the amazing custom watercooling culture and I am hooked. I both loved the beautiful machines that I saw as well as the the posts and videos that folks made while building them.
So, I decided to do the same. I want to build a beautiful monster gaming PC and I want to document my process to share with others to give back for all the great builds I got to enjoy seeing built. I will do that through photos (photography is a hobby) and through videos.
Some fun facts. I have never done a water loop before (and going to go with glass tubing), I have never done custom cables before, and I have never documented a process or shoot video before other than an iphone (focusing sucks on my canon 6d from what I can tell). So, I will be sharing my experiences with all of this as well. I hope to use this thread to document all parts, the process, and the results. I hope to add a post every few days as I work through the process. I am a public accountant and on the tail end of my busy season so please forgive my slower posts.
I am actually pretty far along with the getting parts process but I am missing my case, which is quoted at 4 weeks out. The computer is currently up and running as I wanted to ensure everything was stable before adding a water loop to it. Currently dealing with some BSOD with lightroom, ugh. But ideally it needs to be 100% before the waterloop goes on.
Still working on the color Combos
Only metal fans I could find.
Sucks pretty lights
Glad I got these monsters at MSRP
I hope every enjoys.
Cheers,
James
Post 1 - General Summary of My Build Goal and Me Rambling
Post 2 - Complete listing of Parts and Tools (Reviews of parts in process)
Post 3 - Videos
Post 4 - Final Photos (Build not complete)
Hey all. I have been building PCs for about 20 years now. My builds have always been “best bang for your buck” builds with zero thought for looks other then trying to get a cool looking case. Over the summer, I was up for a new machine and decided to go big with a 1080ti and settled on the EVGA SC2 version. I quickly learned that graphics cards run a lot hotter and louder than before and really didn’t like the hover noise that they make when gaming. So, to find a quieter solution, I picked up one of EVGA’s hybrids and fell in love with the cool quiet running of water cooling . . . and I was bit by the water bug. While researching these I was exposed to the amazing custom watercooling culture and I am hooked. I both loved the beautiful machines that I saw as well as the the posts and videos that folks made while building them.
So, I decided to do the same. I want to build a beautiful monster gaming PC and I want to document my process to share with others to give back for all the great builds I got to enjoy seeing built. I will do that through photos (photography is a hobby) and through videos.
Some fun facts. I have never done a water loop before (and going to go with glass tubing), I have never done custom cables before, and I have never documented a process or shoot video before other than an iphone (focusing sucks on my canon 6d from what I can tell). So, I will be sharing my experiences with all of this as well. I hope to use this thread to document all parts, the process, and the results. I hope to add a post every few days as I work through the process. I am a public accountant and on the tail end of my busy season so please forgive my slower posts.
I am actually pretty far along with the getting parts process but I am missing my case, which is quoted at 4 weeks out. The computer is currently up and running as I wanted to ensure everything was stable before adding a water loop to it. Currently dealing with some BSOD with lightroom, ugh. But ideally it needs to be 100% before the waterloop goes on.
Still working on the color Combos
Only metal fans I could find.
Sucks pretty lights
Glad I got these monsters at MSRP
I hope every enjoys.
Cheers,
James
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