ROGY

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so this year i decided to move away from xbox 360 & get back into pc gaming.. last time i had a gaming pc was gta sa... so some time this year i went search of a building block

started off life as a buy off ebay for a couple of hundred, it was missing some cpu legs "no really" but still worked ram would only work in 2 slots was limited to spec was i think.. amd 8150, 1gb zotac card & 4gb memory
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overclocked it & it went bang almost instantly
off to overclockers.. to get some goodies
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& then the upgrade bug bit..

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by this point i was having a blast building it & couldn't stop...
& in one hit i got Crosshair V Formula Z, NZXT 810 Gun metal, NZXT Kraken x60, Corsair 750m.. sadly no pictures of this event.
after much thinking i got another ASUS HD7950 DCUII V2
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it stayed that way until recently when i started to prepare for a r9 290, back to ocuk to get powersupply some more goodies!!
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as it stands now:
NAME: ROGY
ARMOUR: NZXT Switch 810
BASE LAYOUT: ASUS Crosshair V Formula Z
COMMAND CENTER: AMD 8350 O.C 4.8GHZ
BARRACKS: Crucial Ballastixs Tactical Tracer 8GB
DEFENSE: ASUS HD7950 Direct CUII Cross-fired
Source: Be quiet Dark Power Pro 850w Platinum
Extraction: NZXT Kraken X60
current project is to replace the perspex with glass.
its long term plan is to be watercooled i have designed to this atm, but any changes are welcomed
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Big thank you to OCUK they are an amazing team 90% of parts are from them as well!!! service is outstanding!
 
Coming along, my only piece of advice is this - if you expand your loop again and need to drain, swap to compression fittings. Aesthetically superior, cheap and effective.
 
I have done a few Crosshair Formula-Z watercooling builds. Interesting board and block to work with, as the VRM/nb block lines up with the left EK GPU block port. Block to block connections can be done via 90 degree fittings and straight peices of acrylic with literately no effort for a super clean build.

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You need a 10mm extender on the GPU block and the VRM block to even the heights on the fittings but that's about it!

Unfortunately the waterblock is End of Life.
 
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