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NoNameNoNumber

NoNameNoNumber

NoNameNoNumber

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Evening all, off the back of this thread, my brother has just ordered this lot. He's made a few uneducated adjustments and gone for the following;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 770 iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C770-2SDN-M5DSX) £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooling Kit 360 £166.12
- 1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
- 1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £157.99
1 x Avexir Core Orange Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIO) - Orange Light £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Silver (CC-9011034-WLED) £129.95
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £129.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020061-UK) £79.99
Total : £1,483.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).



The PSU is perhaps the only thing I'd be inclined to change for an EVGA unit with 10yr warranty and I'm not a fan of the bayres.

What are you opinions? Any thing that needs swapping out first thing tomorrow before it's shipped?

Thanks :)
 
As was raised in the thread, does a bay res (with pump) work correctly in a 540? (due to the sideways bays), i wouldn't of risked it.

Id of also gone for a 650W PSU (seasonic, superflower, EVGA) and a GTX 780 or a 290 (non-X), the 4GB 770's are a waste IMO.

I also don't think the WC 'kits' are good value, some of the parts are cheap.

I really don't know why he didn't go for this:

Doomedspeed said:
Okay,

A few amendments.

No bling
Only Loop for CPU, can be extended for GPU as and when.
Green colour scheme
Less SSD's

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIG) - Green Light £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 100 £96.95
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x EK-Supreme LTX - Nickel CSQ Intel CPU Waterblock £32.99
1 x Monsoon 16/10mm (ID 3/8 OD 5/8) Free Center Compression Fitting Six Pack - Black Chrome £27.95
2 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22.00 (£44.00)
2 x Monsoon 16/10mm (OD 5/8) Rotary 90° - Black Chrome £8.69 (£17.38)
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 3/8" ID, 5/8" OD, 16/10mm, 2m, Green/UV Green £6.49
1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
Total : £1,509.98 (includes shipping : £17.85).

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Doomedspeed said:
As was raised in the thread, does a bay res (with pump) work correctly in a 540? (due to the sideways bays), i wouldn't of risked it.

Id of also gone for a 650W PSU (seasonic, superflower, EVGA) and a GTX 780 or a 290 (non-X), the 4GB 770's are a waste IMO.

I also don't think the WC 'kits' are good value, some of the parts are cheap.

I really don't know why he didn't go for this:
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He was desperate to order today for it to be here for the weekend and couldn't get hold of me to send him a link to this thread :/

The bayres thing we aren't sure on but I think he's down for a bit of modding.

I'll show him this thread and see if we can get the order amended :)

Thanks for your input :)
 
Ah its a CAD machine, only skim read the other thread! :p

I think moving away to a separate res might be a better idea, I used the EK DCP 4.0 pump with the res bolted on.
 
NoNameNoNumber said:
He was desperate to order today for it to be here for the weekend and couldn't get hold of me to send him a link to this thread :/

The bayres thing we aren't sure on but I think he's down for a bit of modding.

I'll show him this thread and see if we can get the order amended :)

Thanks for your input :)
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Fair does,

I think if you phone OCUK they may be able to sort you out. Try in the morning. :)
 
RJC said:
Ah its a CAD machine, only skim read the other thread! :p

I think moving away to a separate res might be a better idea, I used the EK DCP 4.0 pump with the res bolted on.
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Yeah I've got an EK4.0/res combo and can't fault it :)

Doomedspeed said:
Fair does,

I think if you phone OCUK they may be able to sort you out. Try in the morning. :)
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So change the card (to what?) PSU to an EVGA and see about swapping the bayres for a d5 (EK 4.0 OoS)

YOUR BASKET
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-RES 100 (incl. pump) £105.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova NEX 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £79.99
Total : £195.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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Perfect adjustment imo.

The res/pump will need to go in the PSU compartment though. You can use a separate combo if you want it on display. Any non combo tube res up to 6cm diameter will fit between the GPU and window like this:

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Appologies for the blurry giant picture (phone is what i had in arms reach), had to put it in spoilers.
 
Hi everyone I'm nonamenonumber's brother thanks for the help it's really appreciated. I'm very pleased with what's been suggested and I'm very much looking forward to the build tomorrow night :-), again many thanks quantum85
 
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quantum85 said:
Hi everyone I'm nonamenonumber's brother thanks for the help it's really appreciated. I'm very pleased with what's been suggested and I'm very much looking forward to the build tomorrow night :-), again many thanks quantum85
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We really like it when pictures are provided :cool:
 
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