Lockdown PC setup

shaank · 15 Jan 2021 at 22:00

a 3090 founders edition appears....

shaank · 20 Jan 2021 at 11:16

Nitefly said:
Just a quick update to say I’ve ordered some cabinets and will doing a worktop job... thanks for the inspiration

Looking forward to seeing the results, make sure you post a wee pic here! Happy to have inspired

If you want any close up pics of any particular parts of the desk build let me know!

shaank · 23 Jan 2021 at 16:30

Roadrunner_668 said:
that is a fancy room but I think you need another 4 computer setups in there so you can have a little lan party ! looks like there is room !

i love the icue lighting too

LAN parties of old, I miss those. Every saturday / sunday mates would be over when we were kids, quake, warcraft 2, diablo, red alert, x-wing vs tie fighter..... oh man the memories!

shaank · 5 Mar 2021 at 01:55

OM3GA said:
Evga adapter on asus card is blasphemy .

I like to rock the boat

- however the card is now a 3090 (see more recent posts in this thread) and so no EVGA adapter anymore!

shaank · 17 Apr 2021 at 00:51

Alex Lambert said:
It's clear you've put a lot of time/effort/money into this!

What mount did you use for the monitor? Did you have to get a sparky to install power socket behind it? Is there a gap between desk and wall and hence Hue strips shining through?

Many thanks.

Just seen your comment now Alex. Monitor mount is just a cheapo one from the rainforest.... nothing fancy. And yup sparky added a power socket in behind the wall as I had hidden the cables, but it's obviously not cool to put a power cable back behind there

Re the hue strips, they are just stuck onto the back of the desk 'top' - there's a 1" gap all the way around.

shaank · 17 Apr 2021 at 00:51

Also rig update....

full watercooling all ordered up - annoyingly one part is on back order so patiently waiting for OCUK to get it and send it out

shaank · 24 Jun 2021 at 13:13

Just completed some more upgrades - full watercooling this time! Uploading all the pics now, first time having done this, some parts are scary lol

Mostly Corsair components, and an Alphacool GPU block for the 3090 FE.

Here we go:

3090 FE stripped down....

Test fitting parts

New thermal pads....

Test fit.....

Horrible cables

Radiator, CPU block and Pump fitted....

Some tubing....

Almost done!

And, other than some cable tidying and getting some more blanking plates so you can't see through the rear, I think it's done!