Spec help please

Pastel is ready to go straight in.

You should get a few litres of cheap di water from some car shop too to flush first.

I've ordered aquacomputer blocks for my lightnings!
 
Put it in neat, its premixed so it already comes with all the good stuff mixed in, so zero hassle.

I can tell you from personal experience that the LED's on the SST-AP121's aren't the brightest unfortunately, they have next to no light bleed so it all stays in the fan. GT1450's and blue LED's? The raystorm comes with 2 x 3mm blue LED's that slot directly into the CPU block giving it a nice blue glow so maybe an LED strip and but a blue LED fan in the rear 120?

I'm on steam/origin (pgi947) most evenings and weekends if you need a quick reply gregster.
 
OptimaLnrg said:
Pastel is ready to go straight in.

You should get a few litres of cheap di water from some car shop too to flush first.

I've ordered aquacomputer blocks for my lightnings!
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I didn't know Aqua did them. I will have a look cheers

pgi947 said:
Put it in neat, its premixed so it already comes with all the good stuff mixed in, so zero hassle.

I can tell you from personal experience that the LED's on the SST-AP121's aren't the brightest unfortunately, they have next to no light bleed so it all stays in the fan. GT1450's and blue LED's? The raystorm comes with 2 x 3mm blue LED's that slot directly into the CPU block giving it a nice blue glow so maybe an LED strip and but a blue LED fan in the rear 120?

I'm on steam/origin (pgi947) most evenings and weekends if you need a quick reply gregster.
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Cheers PGI. I will swap the fans out also for the GT1450's. The Bitfenix LED strips look cool so I will get a couple of those.

If I get stuck bro, I will call on ya if ok thanks :)
 
BTW for aquacomputer the block is listed as "in stock" on their site but it actually isn't. I ordered mine on the 6th and they have "production problems".

edit: any colured bitfenix strips really drown the system in the colour and ruin the looks imo. white is good though.
 
Right-o, made a spec for you gregster, ignore the GPU blocks, I put them in as price place holders:

YOUR BASKET
1 x XSPC RayStorm D5 RX360 WaterCooling Kit *£280.8
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Matt Black *£159.95
2 x Aqua Computer AquagraFX - GTX 680 Water Block *£89.98 (£179.96)
1 x XSPC RX240 120mm Radiator - Black *£65.98
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Blueberry Blue Coolant 1L *£14.99 (£29.98)
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1450 RPM - 3 Pin *£13.99 (£27.98)
6 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) *£2.99 (£17.94)
Total : £780.26 (includes shipping : £14.75).




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Remember to plan your loop and have a think of what if any angled rotary fittings you may need.
 
Cheers PGI. I was hoping to see that Lamptron V2 controller in stock befor I order but if not, I will get one from else where. I wanted to do the whole build incl 2*LTG waterblocks at once but not sure on the blocks release date availabilty but if need be, they can wait. I will order that ram you showed me later today.
 
Cool :)

You ditching the EVGA 680 for a second lightning then?

I don't know why but the Lamptron controllers show as out of stock quite often, perhaps get the white switch 810 and grab one of the silver FC5's thats showing in stock?
 
pgi947 said:
Cool :)

You ditching the EVGA 680 for a second lightning then?

I don't know why but the Lamptron controllers show as out of stock quite often, perhaps get the white switch 810 and grab one of the silver FC5's thats showing in stock?
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Not sure if to sell it to pay for the waterblocks or put it in the wifes computer but I probably will sell it. It is a great clocker TBH but I want the aesthetics to look the nuts and with 2 different cards, it wont :(

No way on a white case, They look good but everything I have is in Happy black lol. I never thought I would be worried about how the internals and case appear to the eye, so long as they performed above expected but I am going down the "I want it to look the part as well as performing better than expected" route now.

Mid life crysis my Mrs tells me :D
 
gregster said:
Not sure if to sell it to pay for the waterblocks or put it in the wifes computer but I probably will sell it. It is a great clocker TBH but I want the aesthetics to look the nuts and with 2 different cards, it wont :(

No way on a white case, They look good but everything I have is in Happy black lol. I never thought I would be worried about how the internals and case appear to the eye, so long as they performed above expected but I am going down the "I want it to look the part as well as performing better than expected" route now.

Mid life crysis my Mrs tells me :D
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The White case looks better:p
 
:p

A quick google shows the black FC5 V2 in stock else where so no biggy :)

Also remember you may need cable extensions (bitfenix alchemy all day long) and splitters.

I'd also not be sure if the block for the EVGA card (if you went that route) would allow the in/out ports to line up correctly with the lightning block, so probably a good idea to stick a second Lightning in :D

All I get from my Mrs is "what have you been buying now? I bet its for that bloody computer" aaaaand she'd be correct lol.
 
You need to get crafty with purchases like:

"Oh I won it!"
"Its a replacement for a faulty part"
"I couldn't not buy it, was £xxx off for one day only, saved a ton of cash"

God knows how I'll manage to sneak £350 worth of danger den case past her.
 
pgi947 said:
You need to get crafty with purchases like:

"Oh I won it!"
"Its a replacement for a faulty part"
"I couldn't not buy it, was £xxx off for one day only, saved a ton of cash"

God knows how I'll manage to sneak £350 worth of danger den case past her.
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Do you give lessons? :D
 
I use "but I need it" far too much. Thankfully she knows nothing about PC's and me telling her she will get my computer has made it easier...She thinks it will help with facebook :D

I find a good meal out and a couple of glasses of wine now and then help my cause :p
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £449.99
1 x XSPC RayStorm D5 RX360 WaterCooling Kit £289.68
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Gun Metal £159.95
1 x Sennheiser PC 333D 7.1 Gaming USB Surround Sound Headset £99.98
1 x XSPC RX240 120mm Radiator - Black £65.98
1 x 34 Piece PC Tool Kit £19.98
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Raspberry Purple Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1450 RPM - 3 Pin £13.99 (£27.98)
1 x Akasa AK-TK-01 Cable Tidy Kit £5.99
2 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Chrome) £2.99 (£5.98)
Total : £1,155.48 (includes shipping : FREE).



I have ordered the Lamptron V2 controller from somewhere else as sadly OcUK don't have them in stock (in black). I have also ordered 2 of these Aquacomputer aquagraFX for GTX 680 Lightning G1/4. Could somebody point me to the correct SLI bridge that will be needed please? and also any other connectors that will have to be used (loads of research but no idea on what to order in connector terms).

Thanks in advance.
 
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