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Hi all,
Firstly i hope this is in the right place. If not sorry.
My aim is to have a fairly decent Gaming/editing PC that isn't constantly stressed by being on the edge of it's limits.
So after changing a few components around in my old system, i decided i'd just start a whole new build. This has taken place over the last few weeks, with a couple of minor niggles to sort out.
After using a X58 Gigabyte board (Guerilla G1) i decided i had to have another G1 board, so i went for the G1 Sniper 3 this time, Z77. 4 PCI-e slots (2x 16x and 2x 8x plus a few more too)
The CPU i chose is the familiar 3770K, which handles everything i need easily.
I was using a Noctua NH-U12P SE2, very good air cooler and kept my chip in check at 31'c idle, not sure on loaded as i never really stressed it.
Ram is 16GB of Kingston Hyper X 1600mhz XMP. A bit overkill, but got it at a good price when on offer.
GPU's come in the form of 2 x Gainward Phantom GTX 680 4GB.
Storage is sorted by 2 x 1tb WD HDD's and the operating system runs on a Corsair 360gb GS SSD.
The case is the Cooler master Cosmos 2. (yes it's bloody huge). Lots of room and easy to work inside.
Monitor is a Asus VG278H 27" 120hz 3D @ 1920x1080p. It's a res i like and don't want anything bigger really.
Anyway here's some pictures of the progress....
First up a picture just before i decided to water cool it.
Stripped out ready to install water blocks etc..
GPU's ready for the chop lol, very nervous about taking them apart as they aren't that old.
Fan section removed.
Stripped open. heatsink visible.
The bit that makes it go
New XSPC waterblock ready to go on...
And the bottom side too...
Radiators used are XSPC EX360 and RX240.
Close up so you can see the difference in the fin structure...EX on the right.
After fitting a few more bits, XSPC dual bay res/pump routing the tubes and fitting the CPU block, (EK supremacy full Nickel)
I was ready for some leak testing....(eek, very scared in case i missed something)
All went well and managed to get rid of the bubbles too...
And the nearly finished rig.
The fan controller is in the bottom for now, as i don't have anywhere for it to live until i think of something.
Temps are much cooler too, CPU idles between 22'c and 27'c and the GPU's sit around 24'c @Idle. I'll do some tests soon to see what they are loaded.
As this is my first ever water cooled pc, what do you think of it? Have i missed anything?
Firstly i hope this is in the right place. If not sorry.
My aim is to have a fairly decent Gaming/editing PC that isn't constantly stressed by being on the edge of it's limits.
So after changing a few components around in my old system, i decided i'd just start a whole new build. This has taken place over the last few weeks, with a couple of minor niggles to sort out.
After using a X58 Gigabyte board (Guerilla G1) i decided i had to have another G1 board, so i went for the G1 Sniper 3 this time, Z77. 4 PCI-e slots (2x 16x and 2x 8x plus a few more too)
The CPU i chose is the familiar 3770K, which handles everything i need easily.
I was using a Noctua NH-U12P SE2, very good air cooler and kept my chip in check at 31'c idle, not sure on loaded as i never really stressed it.
Ram is 16GB of Kingston Hyper X 1600mhz XMP. A bit overkill, but got it at a good price when on offer.
GPU's come in the form of 2 x Gainward Phantom GTX 680 4GB.
Storage is sorted by 2 x 1tb WD HDD's and the operating system runs on a Corsair 360gb GS SSD.
The case is the Cooler master Cosmos 2. (yes it's bloody huge). Lots of room and easy to work inside.
Monitor is a Asus VG278H 27" 120hz 3D @ 1920x1080p. It's a res i like and don't want anything bigger really.
Anyway here's some pictures of the progress....
First up a picture just before i decided to water cool it.
Stripped out ready to install water blocks etc..
GPU's ready for the chop lol, very nervous about taking them apart as they aren't that old.
Fan section removed.
Stripped open. heatsink visible.
The bit that makes it go
New XSPC waterblock ready to go on...
And the bottom side too...
Radiators used are XSPC EX360 and RX240.
Close up so you can see the difference in the fin structure...EX on the right.
After fitting a few more bits, XSPC dual bay res/pump routing the tubes and fitting the CPU block, (EK supremacy full Nickel)
I was ready for some leak testing....(eek, very scared in case i missed something)
All went well and managed to get rid of the bubbles too...
And the nearly finished rig.
The fan controller is in the bottom for now, as i don't have anywhere for it to live until i think of something.
Temps are much cooler too, CPU idles between 22'c and 27'c and the GPU's sit around 24'c @Idle. I'll do some tests soon to see what they are loaded.
As this is my first ever water cooled pc, what do you think of it? Have i missed anything?
