Project Corsair 900D

Deathjester

Deathjester

Deathjester

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2 x Asus GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £799.99 (£1.00)
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £364.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case £299.99
1 x Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020008-UK) £264.98
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus 7.1 PCI-E Soundcard £185.98
2 x Corsair Dominator 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMP16GX3M4X1866C9) **SPECIAL** £139.99 (£279.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FB KIT SR-X - Acetal+Nickel £109.98
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Titan - Nickel Full Cover Waterblock £79.99 (£159.98)
2 x XSPC EX480 120mm Radiator - Black £66.95 (£133.90)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal + Nickel £56.99
1 x XSPC EX240 Crossflow Radiator £44.99
1 x XSPC EX140 Single Fan Radiator £39.95
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-RAM Monarch X4 - Acetal+Nickel CSQ £34.99 (£69.98)
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Titan Backplate - Black £24.95 (£49.90)
Total : £3,941.78 (includes shipping : £16.85).



10 Noctua NF-F12 Fans

Plus Bitspower Crystal Link fittings (unknown quantity)
2 Aquacomputer D5 USB / Aquabus Pumps
Aqua Computer Aquaero 5 LT USB Fan-Controller

Either Koolance RP-452X2 (rev 2) Reservoir
or
2 Bitspower 250mm Tube Reservoirs

Mayhem's Coolant (either pastel white + dye, or water + dye)

2 Corsair Force 3 (60GB) HDD's
1 2TB WD HDD
and a couple of other HDD's

I think that's everything.

Mods:
MDPC-X Sleeving
Rit Dye (for the Fans)

Again; I think that's it

I need the case (7th June)

I'm transferring everything except the res, graphics card blocks, pumps, and the crystal link from my current case (Thermaltake Level 10GT) As it doesn't have the space for 4 Rads + everything else.

However I will post some shots of my current case; Hopefully the sleeves will turn up soon so that I can start modding my cables.

But before I start, I have a few questions!

What colours should I choose? Black is certainally going to feature I've seen some really cool looking cabling in:

Black / White / Violet
(24 pin was 4 Black, 4 Violet, 8 White, 4 Violet, 4 Black)
Black / Red / White

Or another option?

Assuming a 3 colour cabling I'd use the other 2 colours other than black for the coolant.
(If i was using white i'd use Pastel coolant)
 
I already have most of the kit, it's just I don't have space in the level 10 GT for 4 Radiators!

If i was spending that much upfront I would indeed get the 3930k!

It's just the second loop, crystal link, and titan waterblocks I don't have. (And the Case)

Although there are several companies advertising it at the 30th of May release rather than the 7th of June...
 
Pretty much everything (other than the Crystal Link and annoyingly I forgot the Liquid) is on order now.

Hopefully everything other than the Case should be here in the next couple of days.

Build log will start once things start arriving
 
Yeah it is...

I bought all of my MDPC sleeving this evening...

Going for:
Black, Black, Violet, Violet, White, White, White, White, Violet, Violet, Black, Black
Black, Black, Violet, Violet, White, White, White, White, Violet, Violet, Black, Black

Across my 24 pin connectors and will probably require adding a fake pin to my loom to get it looking right

Running the same theme down my SATA; although I will need to change it up a little to do my Titans as they run 7 total cables (Which is really annoying for a 3 colour build)

I think most (if not all) of my molex's will be hidden in the bottom section of the build, and I think I'll sleeve all of the hidden cables in plain black; just doing the visible cabling (through the window) in the paterned sleeving.

As I'm doing custom looms I'll probably work on the wiring while other things are going on, so it might be a while before all of the wiring is completed.

I've ordered 3 litres (Which I hope should be enough) of the Mayhems Ice White Pastel coolant, and a bottle of purple dye, I'll connect up my pump to a jug and colour half of the coolant to match the violet sleeving.

I've spent the evening practicing my sleeving... The black I've got is reasonable quality, however the white and red is awful. Dispite that I'm pretty pleased with the evenings results.

I'll take some photos when the light is better and post them tomorrow evening. (I only sleeved a SATA / MOLEX connector, but I'm still pretty pleased.
 
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Currently still awaiting parts arrival:
Bitspower fittings:- back ordered
Case:- back ordered

*sigh*

Aqua computer pumps:- now shipped!! Yay

Although my reservoirs, coolant etc should be on the way soon!! Yay!!
 
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I hope that things should start arriving this week...

As soon as they do, pictures will be up!

And my 2 Aquacomputer D5 pumps with Aquabus have arrived in Gatwick, and my first OCUK order is "dispatched" although that was Saturday so it won't be picked up from them until tomorrow...

So that should arrive Wednesday.

That should be:

2 EK-D5 Acetal Pump tops
2 Bitspower Z-Multi tube res (250mm)
4l Pastel Ice White Coolant
10x 3wide Crystal Link
1x 4 4slot crystal link (all that was in stock)
and the parts for my drain ports (2x Black Sparkle taps, 2x "T" Fittings (the "q" style one), some plugs, some extenders, and some fittings spacers.

Some of this stuff can't come soon enough, my XSPC res is now leaking on setting 1 :(
 
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Well... it's all arrived today: Whoohooo!

Photos will be incomming once i get home this evening!

This evening is fitting the pump tops and testing the reservoir connections etc as a small loop, with a view to replacing my bay XSPC res (which is leaking) tomorrow.
 
No it hasn't :(

Bit this lot turned up:







And this:



Then I put the pumps, pump tops and reservoirs together and did some basic leak testing.....



(You didn't expect that did you?)


Following that I put one of the pumps and one of the reservoirs in my current build so I could RMA my old one (which is even worse that I thought it was (photo of that tomorrow))

I found that the reservoir (while it will be fine in the 900d, was far too big for my current case, so it's a bit f a hack and slash job to get it usable:



If you look close you can see my titans ;)
 
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Please note I couldn't be bothered to photo all 11 sets of crystal link (that can come later).

I also stupidly only bought 1 "T" fitting where I meant to get 2 of them... I'll sort that out later...
 
I know it makes sense...

I just want to get started (also my New SSD, 2xTitan Waterblocks, 2x 480mm Rads and my 11 Fans are bundled with the same order... So all are waiting on the Case)

Whooo they've released everything else for shipping today!

So I should be able to get started with a few bits once the fittings arrive from the neatherlands.
 
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hands up if you love fittings :)

(Just resizing the photos now)








I had to wait for this order to arrive before I could measure up for the height adjustments between the RAM blocks and the other Motherboard & CPU blocks.

Titan Waterblocks should arrive monday, so they'll probably get fitted tuesday. With the rest of the fittings turning up (hopefully) Wednesday. This should give me time to get the crystal links on the motherboard, and the blocks on the titans.

Also should have a chance to flush out the second loop (fittings / res / pump and 2 480mm Rads) before the case turns up next weekend.

So things are coming along nicely
 
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No-one said watercooling was cheap...

There's about 20 packs of Crystal Link that I haven't figured out how to photograph yet...

I'll photograph my PCI-E Cables tomorrow, as I've just finished sleeving the 3rd one...

(Only 2 more to go)

Still got my 24pin ATX, 8+4 MB, 4 & 5 pin power...

The more I think about it the more depressing it is!

On the other hand it looks really good!
 
Sooooo my new SSD arrived along with my Aquaero 5 LT, and my 11!!! fans...

I've taken pictures, then hooked them all up to the PWM fan controller on the Aquaero 5, and it runs them all like a dream!! EPIC!
I'll need to run extenders and things when the new case arrives... but that's irrelevant as I'm so happy I can run 10 fans off the PWM controller (the 140mm fan is only 3 pin :( ) But that will run off another fan header.

I think I'm going to pull one of my titans out tonight, and start fitting the waterblock & back plate.

Or my other option is to spend my evening re-installing windows (but I can't do that and watch Game of Thrones!!!)

I've also "installed" (temporarily) the 8 Fans on the 480mm radiators (to test them all).

As with everything I'm not planning on voiding the warranty on the fans until I've run them for a few weeks to make sure there are no issues.
(I need to void the warranties to dye them).

Although I've had a couple of issues with my XSPC Reservoir, these new Rads look and feel great. (photos with the Nocura NF-12's installed later this evening).
 
So close... I can almost taste it...

Sad times, I can't fit the Titan block tonight, I discovered I need a Torx-6 screwdriver which I don't have!

DOH! (Hardware store tomorrow I guess!)
 
Right, Update time:

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Toys!! (well Radiators, Fans, and Waterblocks....)

Fans fitted on to the 480mm Rads
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Close up (colours are a little off :/ )
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Torx-6 driver purchased: Waterblocks attached!....

As awesome as the stock Titan cooler is I just love this:
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I've only done the one titan, so I can still use my PC until I get my new case. When I do the next one I'll take some in progress pics!

I don't want to photograph my sleeved cables until I have the new case, because until they are taught and tied they just spread all over the place, and don't look as good as they could do.
 
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This evening should be full of updates as the last of my fittings has arrived.

So this evening will be filled with draining my loop and redoing the routing for the motherboard / RAM / CPU blocks.
 
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