Liquid Art: From Mini P180 to infinity...
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looks awesome there jay.
im going for a similar wc setup as you for my build, same motherboard but with a 2500k, 7970 and an arc mini
are you still thinking of sli?
look forward to your updates
im going for a similar wc setup as you for my build, same motherboard but with a 2500k, 7970 and an arc mini
are you still thinking of sli?
look forward to your updates
Thank you!
I am, will probably do it over christmas or just after. I'm hoping OCUK will hear my calls for a good offer on the Nvidia GTX 680 *hint* so i can buy one and go SLI. Problem is i'll have to wait another week for another backplate if i do from germany and with it being over christmas i'm not sure how long that will actually take!
The Arc mini was one of the cases i considered moving to, it has a ton of potential for watercooling if you remove the hdd caddies. What water cooling parts are you going to go for? Mix or a fixed brand?
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ill be going for a mixed, i selected the koolance 370 block you chose, before i saw it in your log, im thinking of going for 240 for the roof of the case and a thick 240 for the front. im going to remove the hdd caddies and place them on a custom mount next to the motherboard tray with the spare metal from a window im cutting into the side panel soon.
it will be a lot of work but its going to be fun
it will be a lot of work but its going to be fun
GPU for sure, new speakers and currently waiting for my ram to come back from RMA. I do have the cash to wc, but air seems as better deal
I think 120hz monitor would be a good buy since I play FPS games quite a lotYou'll be surprised with the results from the koolance block, its truly one of the best i've had. Would have liked the 380 block as said but i just cant wait lol. Are you going to do a project log for your mods? I like the sound of the hdd caddy! Would do one in mine if i had the room to.
GPU for sure, new speakers and currently waiting for my ram to come back from RMA. I do have the cash to wc, but air seems as better deal
What ram did you have? And are you considering 3D gaming with your 120mhz monitor?
Thanks a lot mate
, glad you like it. Keep an eye out cos theres still more to come after christmas. Just need to work through this busy period next few weeks so hopefully will get things going again once it's over.Have you got a build log of yours?
What's the Tj07 like to build in?
Creative SoundBlaster Z Sound Card!
I decided to go against gtx 680 SLI as it was just too much and i wouldn't be benefiting from it much unless i was going 3 way monitors. Instead i decided to invest in an expensive sound card to complete the system.
I just need to tidy up the bottom bays now and replace the SSD with a bigger one and possibly a more silent psu (seasonic X series sound good?)
Also got a new Corsair AF fan today to replace the Gelid fan supplied by the EK Rad i got ages ago.
Ontop of that i did a slight mod to the soundcard cos the LED's are just too damn bright and drowns out the rest of the lights in my system. Nothing like a bit of electrical tape to cover up one of the LED's to dim the lights abit lol. Anyway it's done the trick and now as you can it's much better.
The joys of having a reflective floor means i can see the window on the soundcard and see the actual processing chip
I decided to go against gtx 680 SLI as it was just too much and i wouldn't be benefiting from it much unless i was going 3 way monitors. Instead i decided to invest in an expensive sound card to complete the system.
I just need to tidy up the bottom bays now and replace the SSD with a bigger one and possibly a more silent psu (seasonic X series sound good?)
Also got a new Corsair AF fan today to replace the Gelid fan supplied by the EK Rad i got ages ago.
Ontop of that i did a slight mod to the soundcard cos the LED's are just too damn bright and drowns out the rest of the lights in my system. Nothing like a bit of electrical tape to cover up one of the LED's to dim the lights abit lol. Anyway it's done the trick and now as you can it's much better.
The joys of having a reflective floor means i can see the window on the soundcard and see the actual processing chip
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bloody gorgeous jay.
ive got a seasonic x850 and its fantastic. it runs fanless when not underload.
my only gripe is the cables, they dont look as nice as the stock corsair ones but if your using braided extensions then its not an issue
what do you do for an optical drive? do you have an external one or do you just not use one?
ive got a seasonic x850 and its fantastic. it runs fanless when not underload.
my only gripe is the cables, they dont look as nice as the stock corsair ones but if your using braided extensions then its not an issue
what do you do for an optical drive? do you have an external one or do you just not use one?
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I was looking at the Seasonic X750 but then noticed the X850 was only a little bit more but since i just got the soundcard it'll have to wait for now. Also like you say i use extension cable so it's not problem if the cables look ugly
.I use an external one which i just plug in when i need to use it. Dont really see the need for one unless im watching a movie in bed otherwise i just store the movies on my hard drive.
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how is the case for dust? do you run any filters?
I do, i run 2 filters which usually sit at the front of the case as intakes but they're off at the moment with the cold weather i dont need to turn the front fans on at all. I'm currently running the front radiators passively.
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Quick question as I have the same board.
Can you fit two gfx cards (watercooled) and a soundcard??
Can you fit two gfx cards (watercooled) and a soundcard??
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2 water cooled graphics cards and soundcard will be fine. air cooling on 2 gpus is very tight and wouldnt allow the sound card
you would have to have a single slot card though to fit the soundcard
you would have to have a single slot card though to fit the soundcard
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What SE said, if you run 2 gpu's one would need to be a single slot card to enable the sound card i/o to fit in. This pretty much rules out high end cards cos most are dual slot from what i have seen.
Alternatively maybe you could do a pcie extension using one of those slot extension cables but it would make your internals look ugly.
Do you use the mini pcie adapter at the top of your motherboard for anything like wifi or ssd?
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No - don't use it. Didn't even know there was one there!
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i had a look at the mini pcie adaptor for an msata ssd drive, ocuk sell crucial m4 msata ssd's so it could be worth a look but i think the msata connector on the board has limited bandwidth making the ssd redundant or somthing.
i havent seen anyone use one on this board yet except on a youtube reveiw video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZsEGXgrSJA
6:50
i havent seen anyone use one on this board yet except on a youtube reveiw video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZsEGXgrSJA
6:50
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Well you do now!
Would it? I mean surely a pcie slot would give much more bandwidth than what a sata connection could give due to the number of lanes? Even a mini pcie slot would give greater bandwidth i would imagine?
Will have to look out for some benchmarks.
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well looking at the msata ssd's that ocuk offer the crucial m4 msata can do 500mbs read so it should be a decent speed for the os. i wonder if you could raid 2 msata ssds on the little adaptor, wonder what performance that would get?