May i introduce you please, to a Blue and white Cheddar Cheese - H440 Build

Spursingham

Spursingham

Spursingham

Associate
Joined
17 Jan 2014
Posts
337
Hi Project logs!

Today have have bought the last remaining bits for my H440 Build.

Here are the specs:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Corsair AX760i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020036-UK) £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £125.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 100 £96.95
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - White £94.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light £89.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Nickel £85.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Nickel £52.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 360 (Triple) £49.99
1 x EK-EKoolants UV Blue £5.99
1 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - White £5.99
1 x Akasa AK-CB002 PWM Fan Splitter Cable £3.59
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Nickel £2.99
Total : £1,719.89 (includes shipping : £13.75).



I may have missed a few things out but that's the basic gist of it.
I've gone over budget by around £500. This was done by constantly saying to myself "well if I buy that, I might as well spend £XX extra and get that." Hopefully the girlfriend doesn't find out.

I honestly feel a little sick about spending this much on a PC but hey-ho. At least it'll be future Proof.

The plan is a Blue and white theme. I also want it to be silent as possible.
I'll upgrade the fans at some point if I feel the stock fans are not good enough.

Once everything has come in I'll take a picture of it all. I'll probably leave it until a free weekend before building.

Peace.
See you soon.
 
Shivy011 said:
Spend the extra for a UD3H/UD4H? Opens the possibility up of x16/x8 crossfire, but entirely your choice :)
Click to expand...

The Mobo was the first thing I bought. The PC was only meant to be some average gaming rig with a GTX 770/280. Then I got the taste of it all and ended up going a little nuts with watercooling, R9 290 and a digital Power supply.

Not too bothered by Crossfire just yet. Maybe when the Graphics prices come down a little in the future.


One thing i have noticed with my Specs is the Graphics.
I think I may have jumped into it a bit quick again.

The one I bought is the 11227-03-40G. The other one is 11227-00-40G.

Would anyone know if this is the same card, but just OC'd? I just realised the Waterblock is for the 11227-00.
 
I've mounted the CPU Block and screwed the Mobo into the case.

Not sure how I didn't realise this before hand but the Stock fans are not PWM. I have no idea why I thought they were. I'm going to try them out anyway.

More pictures to follow.
 
Few Pictures:

RWRWjXv.jpg

OWqoCq5.jpg

2zg6TFb.jpg

c7vS6Gp.jpg
I know, I'm no David Bailey.

Also, if anyone has any questions regarding the case. Info on measurements etc, then fire away. i'll answer what I can.


I'll throw up a few Pictures on here. Most Pics i'll upload to here: http://spursingham.imgur.com
 
Last edited:
TheyCallMeAndy said:
Whats your overall opinion on the space inside of the case im debating between this and the air 540 for a watercooling case so your opinion would be very valid to me :D
Click to expand...

I've not seen the Air 540 other than from what I've seen in pictures. Looks like there's plenty more space in the 540.

Picture here from inside the case:

nrLUmAI.jpg

That has the Rad and Fans on. I think the Rad I bought was pretty thin too. Not much room for much else there.

With the stock cooler, the graphics card would need to go under that top cage of the three. Without the cooler it would fit fine.

I plan to put the Pump on top of that third cage.

There are still two more spaces for 2.5" HDD or SSDs on top of the Power Supply Case and two underneath. There's also some nice cable management around the back of the case.

It is quite a tight case but it's definitely the tidier and better looking one of the two. I guess it depends how much you want to put inside.
 
Quick Update.

Haven't had much of a chance to do much in the last few days.
Yesterday I wanted to check out the Graphics on a mates computer before ripping it apart and voiding the pathetic Sapphire warranty.

Mate has a 5 Year old PC. Replaced his HD4800 with my Tri-X.
Heaven Benchmark got up to around 60FPS.
Tested the following games on the highest setting and they all looked great:
Spec Ops -The Line, Grid 2 and Empire - Total War.

Empire - Total War was on Ultra. Had 30+ ships battling it out and it ran smoothly.

Aiming to have the tubing and everything fitted before the weekend so I can leak test on Saturday.
 
So I've managed to Fit the GPU Block. Fit all the tubing etc. Looks alright. Would Anyone with Watercooling experience like to comment on my work?
For some reason I feel like i'll be surprised if it doesn't leak.

So here's how it went yesterday:

I started the work off with some fuel:
133ZCwD.jpg.png

Then I took apart my Graphics and added the WaterBlock:
lwI5liF.jpg
o07VacM.jpg
BdN3PTN.jpg

Started and Finished the Tubing:
rbAnAoV.jpg
Hw8YqqG.jpg
guiAFG0.jpg
F5TyzKQ.jpg
Now that's done, which eagle eye forum member would like to win a prize?

I have done something wrong. What is it?


More pictures Here: Spursingham.imgur.com
 
Danny75 said:
Just a guess - Should you have inserted the RAM before placing all the tubing? Or can it still be done without removing tubing?
Click to expand...

No, but that did end up being tricky. It was fine in the end.

The problem was I forgot to put the Blackplate on the Graphics card. Wasn't too much of a hassle though.

No one got the answer....does that mean I win a prize?
 
Update.

I started getting all the watercooling ready Saturday morning and started the leak test at around 11am.

After filling the water up I noticed some bubbles in the CPU and GPU blocks, and the sound of air bubbles in the Rad. After about an hour of twisting it upside down, side to side etc, it all went away. Left it running while I started my new project of grow some cat grass for my cats.

I left it running until around 7pm.
Outcome: NO LEAKS! Score!
Pretty surprised to be fair.

After that I plugged everything in and got the PC up and running.
Windows 8 installed in about 10 minutes.

I briefly started Crysis and Grid 2 to see how they run and it's flawless.

I was busy Saturday night and it was mothers day yesterday so I haven't had much of a chance to mess around with it properly.

I'd also like to point out that when the PC is on, I cannot hear a thing.
The stock fans going at 100% are dead quiet. Props for NZXT.
Also, the AX760i is a great buy. Doesn't make a sound on idle. Can't remember hearing it after starting a few games. I think I will end up buying the corsair SP210's so I can have some control over the speeds though.

Temps on the CPU and GPU on light use is around 35-40C. Is this right?
I thought it would be lower than this.

All in all I'm very happy.

Pictures to follow.
 
TheyCallMeAndy said:
Whats your overall opinion on the ability to watercool in here, reckon you could fit a nice tall tube res?
Click to expand...

I'd say it's quite tight. My res/pump is rested on one of the HDD cages on the right. If you removed a few of these you might be able to mount a long res along the front Fan spaces.

There's not much space underneath near the Power supply due to this being the place where all the cables get stuffed.

It's a great case for watercooling. I'd feel strange having stock cooling on all parts due to only having small vents on the top and front.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom