Project: Bad Kitty

Allnamestaken · 13 Dec 2013 at 17:03

Project: Bad Kitty

So..I am just putting this up as a place holder for tomorrow as I am THAT excited!!!

This will be my first ever fully custom water-cooled rig and I am aiming for a black and orange theme!

So for now here is the list of parts I will be using gosh its going to be a HUGE delivery.
You will notice the lack of a PSU - It has been taken off the website (dont know why) My power supply = Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Labs H2O Custom R9 290X 4096MB GDDR5 Watercooled Graphics Card £499.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X £89.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £263.99
1 x Avexir Core Extreme Orange Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-22800C12 2933MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3UH29331204G-2CIO) - Orange Light £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £152.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £137.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - XSPC D5 Vario Pump & XSPC Acrylic Tank Reservoir Value Combo £99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Nickel £52.99
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x XSPC EX240 Multiport Radiator £44.99
1 x Akasa FC. SIX Channel Fan Controller - Brushed aluminium - AK-FC-08BK £27.98
1 x Alpenföhn 140mm Wing Boost 2 Plus PWM Fan £13.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED20-WT 24x White LED Sleeve - 2m £13.99
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Pure Plus PWM - Black £9.95 (£49.75)
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
2 x Mayhems X1 Clear Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.98
1 x ModMyMachine Shoggy Sandwich V2 for your Watercooling Pump £6.98
6 x Monsoon 13/10mm (OD 1/2) Rotary 45° - Matte Black £6.95 (£41.70)
6 x Monsoon 13/10mm (OD 1/2) Rotary 90° - Matte Black £6.49 (£38.94)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Orange £5.99
2 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD, 15.9/11.1mm, 2m, Red/UV Orange £5.98 (£11.96)
10 x Monsoon 16/11mm (ID 7/16 OD 5/8) Free Center Compression Fitting - Matte Black £5.29 (£52.90)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved orange/black £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95 (£7.90)
Total : £2,107.48 (includes shipping : £22.20).

OMG UPDATE - 18/12/13 - Parts have arrived

follow thread for more pictures.

Allnamestaken · 13 Dec 2013 at 17:05

Thats how it is listed in the basket bud, the card plus WB costs £589 together but in the basket its split.

Allnamestaken · 13 Dec 2013 at 18:51

Wait holdon a minute

why are you guys glad your not building it

Is there an inside joke haha?

Allnamestaken · 13 Dec 2013 at 18:51

kefan77 said:
why are you buying custom WC card and EK waterblock too?

also that memory is too expensive for my liking. I'd just get 2400MHz for like 1/3 of the price.

To be honest I got it because its orange and has orange Led's...

Allnamestaken · 13 Dec 2013 at 18:57

kefan77 said:
I'm with you, but not sure those LEDs + bit of extra frequency would be worth paying £90 extra

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-TG

That orange is a bit to tacky for me, it was originally my first choice then I decided to be silly and opt for the more expencive ram purely on looks lol.

Allnamestaken · 13 Dec 2013 at 19:02

Haha Schizo

I will scream if I get stuck! Thanks bud IP4 huh Im right near the centre of town in IP2.

I will be posting all day tommorow if everything arrives as the OCUK gods hath promised.

I BETTER GET HARRIBO !!!!

Allnamestaken · 13 Dec 2013 at 19:25

wndzr said:
Looks like it's going to be a lovely build, but I always think one GPU on watercooled rigs looks a bit lonely.

The Overseer has put one more 290x On hold in the coming months

Quick question guys - Whats the best way to flush my radiators? I have no distilled water either.. any idea? I know I can use tap water and vinegar or soap. Or I can use just tap water but I was wondering whats the best method overall using home stuff.

Thanks for any help

Allnamestaken · 14 Dec 2013 at 18:38

Damnit guys

, the ocuk gods held my order back because one fitting was out of stock lol.. so its all going to arrive Monday.

I will update you all then!

Allnamestaken · 14 Dec 2013 at 19:38

a66as said:
If i were you i'd test all the components beforehand, don't wanna put all that together and figure out theres a fault

but looks like a beast in the making, good luck

I intend to run on air first

while flushing the rads. Install windows run some tests then start installing the parts into the case after that.

Allnamestaken · 15 Dec 2013 at 01:24

So I rang today and was told the entire order was ready to go and would be pushed through for Monday delivery after the order being held back.

Look at my messages in the support forum now lol and all of a sudden another message saying that my water blocks have caused my order to be put on hold.. I ordered this like a week ago how can stuff keep going out of stock -_-

May not even get delivery on monday!! :mad:

Curses!!

Ugh.

Allnamestaken · 16 Dec 2013 at 09:49

I have changed the Pump/Res to the
(EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-RES 140 (incl. pump) https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-411-EK

This was mainly due to the tank for the D5 combo being out of stock, either way I think Ive picked something a little nicer Opinions?

I may mount this on the front of the case instead of the rear im not sure lol. Also changed the waterblock on the graphics card as the one I originally ordered was out of stock :eek:

Finally getting somewhere I should receive my order tuesday or wednesday! a week later but better late then never.

Allnamestaken · 17 Dec 2013 at 18:53

Parts all arrive tomorrow morning direct to my work place! Im going to be skittish all day wanting to get them home hehe.

This is my first ever custom loop JCX50

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Allnamestaken · 18 Dec 2013 at 13:56

Got my delivery this morning hehe.

Here is a teaser as I won't get to build till tonight.
Oh the compressions fittings didn't come With the monsoon tool lol it find a way I guess.

Omg can't wait.

Allnamestaken · 18 Dec 2013 at 14:24

Thanks bud

OMG CANT WAIT TO GET IT ALL HOME

Allnamestaken · 18 Dec 2013 at 14:25

cahonis said:
Use a 2p or 5p coin

Hey bud the fittings all came with the O rings off I can guess that one o ring goes under the barb were it screws in and Im guessing that the second O ring is a spare?

Allnamestaken · 18 Dec 2013 at 14:28

Hmm just noticed that there is no caps for the threads on the waterblock so when I have the in out fitted there will be two open ports on the graphics card block.

I have not looked in the box but I assume the stop caps are in the waterblock box?

Hmm

Allnamestaken · 18 Dec 2013 at 20:33

Update for you all

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So here are all the parts minus the case lol...

Uff look at this botherboard

Got everything unboxed and have just installed windows running some tests on the cpu and ram. EWWWW Intel stock cooler and 8800GT ewww.. The card is blocked so im not going to do that till the card is in the loop. Do you guys have any suggestions regarding test programs for stress testing?

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Last but not least some ghetto Radiator flushing haha.

Will post more pics in the next hour or so

my hope is that I may be able to plan my loop tonight if I push it late I may be able to install it but I may just setup on air for tonight.

Allnamestaken · 18 Dec 2013 at 21:08

I think I made a booboo guys I bought a multi port radiator lol.

I have no stop caps O_O other then the ones for my pump and gpu >_>
Any ideas lol? These plastic ones will obv leak.

Allnamestaken · 19 Dec 2013 at 01:05

Update -

Spent most of the evening testing my hardware flushing the rad then to find I had a multi port rad with no stop fittings! so what im doing at the moment is setting up the case and planning the loop minus the 240 untill friday.

Mmmm EK waterblocks

Mounted lol

Rad in and graphics card to see my clearance.

Heres one of the orientations i tried out before i settled for a standard compression and a 60 degree turn for the cpu to gpu run.

Here is my first piece of hose fitted ( just a mock run but might keep it like that.

I really want to continue but I think I may pickup where I left off tomorrow.

PS - that bottom section on the rad is precarious lol ended up going for a 60 degree fitting and may go for a 90 on the gpu out.

Hmm ideas?

Allnamestaken · 19 Dec 2013 at 01:27

Definitely going to retire for tonight im so spent!