[OcUK Staff Builds] Project USS: Your Boy

NathWraith

NathWraith

NathWraith

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System Spec
Motherboard: Gigabyte X58A-UD9
CPU: Intel Core i7 970
Memory: Dominator GT (6GB) 2000MHz C7
PSU: Undecided as of yet, it may change!
GFX: x3 GTX 480 1.5GB
Storage: undecided as of yet
Case: Lian Li PC-P80B

The plan is to effectively cool everything in a single loop whilst making it look win. The PC-P80 is suitable for this as its friggin huge and sweet looking. Just posted the minimal hardware specs to keep you boys at bay. The reason the log is being delayed so much is because Lian Li have failed to deliver (literally) and I'm sat here ready to go with the project!


Preparation:
The nice and shiney Fermi core ready to be blocked up!

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More pics to follow....


Goodies to tide you boys over.

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A nice "Lian Li failed to deliver and I couldn't wait" pic

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It has a "UD0" in it atm

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Soon to be replaced

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And the soon to be filled!

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All the fittings and such like are not final, well tbh none of it is final! Just having my rig in a temporary state is killing me! I can't wait till the case has arrived. Not just the case to arrive though ;)
 
Muel said:
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You're going to cool an i7 970, a UD9 and 3xGTX480s on a single loop? Ambitious. :p
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Gotta be ambitious or else it would be no fun. I am interested to see how much heat the UD9 will dump into the loop as the heatsinks get very very very hot, still not as hot as the REIII at least the UD9 has an excuse (NF200 chips lolz!)
 
anant_shah94 said:
Nath, I found that you posted this:



Are you sure? Is it a safe buy to get some ecoxp uv fluid? What fluid are you using in your build?

Thanks :)
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At the moment I am using FLuid XP Ultra LT (clear) which is working a charm and my previous green fluid was was Fluid XP something or other both been great!

madindehead said:
Sorry, I know what the blocks and backplate are, I meant the actual make of the card. Sorry, I didn't make it very clear as to what I meant.
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S'ok man, both are Inno3D :eek:
 
IT HAS ARRIVED!!!!!

Finally my case has arrived. Here is the obligatory front on picture. I ripped all the HDD bays and mid plates out straight away as I have no need for them.

Note the black external colour, this is not a permanent fixture.

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Now this is where the 480 SR1 rad will go, mounted in the 5.25" bays with EK UNI mounts, I will use 4 (8) in total. I have mounted the rad with 1(2) mount and 1 screw LOL just to show where the rad will end up being mounted.

Also the 360 SR1 will be mounted in the bottom of the case once I have got the rad mounts cut out for it!

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This pic shows the gap between the 2 rads which is the perfect size for the D5 with an EK top kit on it :D

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R.C.Anderson said:
Are there holes pre-drilled in the bottom of the case for the radiator, or is that something your doing yourself? Are there mounting holes on the front of the case for the 480 rad?

It's hard to tell in the picture, but it looks like the 480 rad takes up the whole space on the front, so no space for an optical drive? And HDD/SSD where are you mounting them? Are they going to be mounted behind the rad at the front?
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There are no holes for the 360 rad but I'm getting those cut in. Regarding the 480 rad, no mounting holes but with EK UNI rad mounts you can mount the rad easily in the 5.25 bays. However as youy said it will leave no space for HDDs/optical etc.

I plan to mount my SSD behind the motherboard tray with some velcro as it is small enough and being an SSD, has no moving partss and makes no noise. SSDs are really sweet when it comes to stuff like this. They will just go anywhere!
 
It's back!

After a little pruning and a few days down time maybe you have all calmed down abit :P

Some nice things arrived with me yesterday so I thought I would share!

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Shiney! These are ridiculously heavy blocks, my board is going to weigh the same as a small child with these puppies on it!
 
Muel said:
Lovely stuff Nath, shame the interior hasn't been coated aswell though!

Blocks look lovely, does the board bend much with those on though? I often wonder about the effect of adding all that extra weight onto them.
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People keep saying I should have got the interior done but I like the two tone effect!

The blocks are heavy but the UD9 is fairly heavy duty, not got them mounted yet so can't comment on any flex. Lets hope its minimal!
 
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