Hey guys,
Well it was about that time with 2011-3 out and even though I have had this system up and running for a while now I have no had chance to put up this project log... but here is is now
Parts arrived... hurrah, there was a lot, and well the delivery guy had seen better days
Here is the part list:
2 - GALAX GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (98NQH6DHXXXX)
1 - Intel 5960X Extreme 3.00GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75960X)
1 - Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit (CMD32GX4M4A2666C16)
1 - Asus X99-E WS Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Workstation Motherboard
1 - Samsung 512GB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-7KE512BW)
1 - Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case
2 - EK Water Blocks EK-FC980 GTX - Acetal+Nickel
1 - Creative Sound Blaster ZxR PCI-Express High Performance Sound Card - Retail (70SB151000001)
1 - OCZ RevoDrive350 480GB PCI-E SSD with Adaptor Card (RVD350-FHPX28-480G)
2 - Mayhems X1 UV Yellow/Green Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L
1 - XSPC Photon 270 Tube Reservoir
5 - Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin
1 - Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080
1 - XFX 1050W Black Edition Pro '80+ Gold' Certified Modular Power Supply
Right after the delivery I needed some fuel to build the rig without having to stop... so well... nom nom nom....
Right firstly onto fitting the waterblocking onto the 980s, can't wait to see how they perform under water....
Off with the cooler!
now lets make that GPU all shiney!!!
and on with the waterblocks!
Now onto the motherboard and CPU... I loved the P9X79 WS and how stable it was and so I went with its new brother the X99 WS which I think looks amazing and very professional, not loud which suits me
In with the CPU....
After putting in both Rads and also the motherboard I started on the tubing ensuring that it routed around the system without any issues but with the amazing Enthoo Primo.
Then in with the cards including the rapid Revo 350 drive!
The in with the RAM, on with the CPU waterblock and attaching the res to the side of the case... wasnt too sure about the positioning on the res but I really like it now looks really good in my opinion.
Filling the watercooling and ensuring that there are no leaks with the setup with leak testing for 4/5 hours...
After the leak testing the setup is complete and out with the tissues!!!
On with the LED in the res which just adds to the build I think...
Will try and get some better piccies but I dont have an SLR and will need to lend one... happy with the build though and will post benchies also
Would like to thanks RJK for his help with the speccing and also build of this (and also my panicking for which I did often)
Stelly
Well it was about that time with 2011-3 out and even though I have had this system up and running for a while now I have no had chance to put up this project log... but here is is now
Parts arrived... hurrah, there was a lot, and well the delivery guy had seen better days
Here is the part list:
2 - GALAX GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (98NQH6DHXXXX)
1 - Intel 5960X Extreme 3.00GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75960X)
1 - Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit (CMD32GX4M4A2666C16)
1 - Asus X99-E WS Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Workstation Motherboard
1 - Samsung 512GB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-7KE512BW)
1 - Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case
2 - EK Water Blocks EK-FC980 GTX - Acetal+Nickel
1 - Creative Sound Blaster ZxR PCI-Express High Performance Sound Card - Retail (70SB151000001)
1 - OCZ RevoDrive350 480GB PCI-E SSD with Adaptor Card (RVD350-FHPX28-480G)
2 - Mayhems X1 UV Yellow/Green Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L
1 - XSPC Photon 270 Tube Reservoir
5 - Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin
1 - Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080
1 - XFX 1050W Black Edition Pro '80+ Gold' Certified Modular Power Supply
Right after the delivery I needed some fuel to build the rig without having to stop... so well... nom nom nom....
Right firstly onto fitting the waterblocking onto the 980s, can't wait to see how they perform under water....
Off with the cooler!
now lets make that GPU all shiney!!!
and on with the waterblocks!
Now onto the motherboard and CPU... I loved the P9X79 WS and how stable it was and so I went with its new brother the X99 WS which I think looks amazing and very professional, not loud which suits me
In with the CPU....
After putting in both Rads and also the motherboard I started on the tubing ensuring that it routed around the system without any issues but with the amazing Enthoo Primo.
Then in with the cards including the rapid Revo 350 drive!
The in with the RAM, on with the CPU waterblock and attaching the res to the side of the case... wasnt too sure about the positioning on the res but I really like it now looks really good in my opinion.
Filling the watercooling and ensuring that there are no leaks with the setup with leak testing for 4/5 hours...
After the leak testing the setup is complete and out with the tissues!!!
On with the LED in the res which just adds to the build I think...
Will try and get some better piccies but I dont have an SLR and will need to lend one... happy with the build though and will post benchies also
Would like to thanks RJK for his help with the speccing and also build of this (and also my panicking for which I did often)
Stelly
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