ramthor's monster build

Below is the spec I have in mind right now.

The InWin Case is there just to mimic the price of the 2 Titan X's.

Also instead of the EK radiators it will be:
Black Ice SR2 Xtreme+ 560 MP Multi Port Radiator - Black Carbon
and
Black Ice Nemesis Radiator GTS 480 - Black

The plan is for just one rigid tube loop to start with and then after getting more experienced with watercooling to expand to 2 loops.

Since I decided to upgrade to 2 Titans instead of just one I thought I might as well upgrade the CPU to 6950X. Maybe not the smartest decision but when you go all-in you can't just leave the CPU out.

It is way over my initial budget and I'm still considering it, but there it is:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £8,438.56
(includes shipping: £25.20)
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Not enough fittings, for that configuration you need at least 14:

2 for CPU
2 for each GPU (4 total)
2 for pump
2 for each rad (4 total)
2 for reservoir

2 + 4 + 2 + 4 + 2 = 14

Plus I recommend picking up a couple of spares just in case... they tend to work fine, but if you happen to get one or two that leak... you'll be soooo annoying waiting to build it while you wait for some new fittings to arrive ;) That happened to me with the last system I built... one of the fittings was dodgy - but thanfully I had a spare so didn't have to wait. This time around I haven't had any leaky fittings.

I would also buy some more tubing for both practice and mistakes. It's not expensive, so well worth having some left over at the end. I was lucky that I managed to get everything right the first time... the "mistakes" I made turned out to work well.

Another tip... I have had both Samsung 950 Pro and Intel 750 SSDs and I think the Intels feel faster - even if the benchmarks show similar figures.

Fair enough if you prefer to use the M.2 slot for aesthetics, but I definitely prefer the Intel drive.

You also don't appear to have anything there for draining your loop... you only really need a two way splitter + ball valve + blanking plate... but a single flexi tubing fitting and 1m of flex hose would be very useful for both filling and draining.
 
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My count was based on using an EK-FC Terminal Dual Parallel 3-slot which I forgot to list. I think this the one I need for x16 x16 SLI on a Asus R5-E10?
I know I need more fittings though for the drain port I plan to install in one of the multiports of the 560 radiator, spares and maybe some 90 degrees.
 
ramthor said:
My count was based on using an EK-FC Terminal Dual Parallel 3-slot which I forgot to list. I think this the one I need for x16 x16 SLI on a Asus R5-E10?
I know I need more fittings though for the drain port I plan to install in one of the multiports of the 560 radiator, spares and maybe some 90 degrees.
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It's the 4-slot / 80mm one that you need.

You won't have the space to do anything with the extra ports on the 560. Personally, I would get the Nemesis GTX as it has a slightly (although marginal) better cooling capacity.

Although it's up to you... but with the space available you would only be able to have a blanking screw on there which means that as soon as you take the screw out, it'll empty straight away.

Whereas if you do it at a different point with a y-splitter & ball valve... then you have a lot more flexibility.

Also, if you are hard tubing everything, you won't be able to move the bottom radiator to get to any fill/drain port without disconnecting the tubing.

All the tubing in the basement of my case is soft tubing with enough spare in the runs that I can take either of the radiators out and lay it flat on a desk surface in case I need to do anything.


To throw extra annoying nomenclature into the mix... if you want to buy an EVGA high bandwidth sli bridge to go with it (don't get the nvidia one as it won't fit) then you need to buy the "2-slot" version of that... because they name it based upon the space between the cards, rather than a count of the number of PCI slots like EK and most other manufacturers do.

But 80mm is definitely the spacing that you need.

subbytna said:
The cases only come to the price of 1 titan X Pascal - two of the GPUs will be £2200 minimum.
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There are two cases in the basket listed above at a price of £1200 each, so that's added £2400 to the basket price.

The price you see next to the item is the per-item price, not the combined price if there is more than one added to the basket.
 
Your on crack man thats mad money like why not get a workstation board and 2 high clocked xeons if your spending this kinda money its mental.
 
Yeah it's a lot of money and still nothing like the best system you could build.

OP make sure to buy 10 of those monitors. Keep the best one and send the rest back. Be prepared to buy more too :p
 
crinkleshoes said:
It's the 4-slot / 80mm one that you need.

You won't have the space to do anything with the extra ports on the 560. Personally, I would get the Nemesis GTX as it has a slightly (although marginal) better cooling capacity.

Although it's up to you... but with the space available you would only be able to have a blanking screw on there which means that as soon as you take the screw out, it'll empty straight away.

Whereas if you do it at a different point with a y-splitter & ball valve... then you have a lot more flexibility.

Also, if you are hard tubing everything, you won't be able to move the bottom radiator to get to any fill/drain port without disconnecting the tubing.

All the tubing in the basement of my case is soft tubing with enough spare in the runs that I can take either of the radiators out and lay it flat on a desk surface in case I need to do anything.


To throw extra annoying nomenclature into the mix... if you want to buy an EVGA high bandwidth sli bridge to go with it (don't get the nvidia one as it won't fit) then you need to buy the "2-slot" version of that... because they name it based upon the space between the cards, rather than a count of the number of PCI slots like EK and most other manufacturers do.

But 80mm is definitely the spacing that you need.



There are two cases in the basket listed above at a price of £1200 each, so that's added £2400 to the basket price.

The price you see next to the item is the per-item price, not the combined price if there is more than one added to the basket.
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I looked at this diagram when I thought I need to place the 2nd card in the third slot to get x16 x16

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Is the distance between those slots 80mm? I can't see any EK-FC Terminal with that size.

I Also plan to use flexible tube in the lower chamber as it's out of sight and doesn't matter.

Thanks for the tip that I can't use those multiports for what I planned. That was the only reason I went for that rad.

EK is in the process of coming with their own SLI HD bridge. I think I can use 2 flexible regular bridges while waiting.
 
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Don't worry too much about the finer details yet. You need to start buying ROG monitors as it might take 12 months to get a good one.
 
Think again. It's debatable whats worse but both are overpriced garbage with crap customer service.

Seriously if you want a Gsync gaming screen start buying now and be prepared to settle for mediocre and lots of hassle.
 
Well tbh i bet no screens out there atm are gonna push your rig unless you go eyefinity, just grab of one of them x34a or ROG ultrawides then maybe trade up next year when some new panels come out, im bettting them titan xps could run 4k ultrawide.
 
BluD said:
Well tbh i bet no screens out there atm are gonna push your rig unless you go eyefinity, just grab of one of them x34a or ROG ultrawides then maybe trade up next year when some new panels come out, im bettting them titan xps could run 4k ultrawide.
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The reason I chose double Titans was the need to have the minimum FPS above 60 @ 3440x1440. The average to be around 100 so I can fully benefit from the monitor's 100Hz refresh.
 
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