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Watercooled High-End/Enthusiast PC

by XS-Terrain » Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:31 pm

Hey guys! I'll be building a watercooled pc for the next couple of months as I get the parts (for whatever reason I've decided to get them seperately). The components are listed below.
Case: Raidmax Vampire Full Tower
Case Fans: Corsair CO-9050026-WW Air Series AF140 140mm Blue LED High Airflow Case Fan & 2*Corsair CO-9050031-WW Air Series AF120 120mm Blue LED High Airflow Case Fan
Motherboard: Asus ROG Rampage V Edition 10
CPU: Intel i7-6800K
GPU: ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 ArcticStorm
PSU: EVGA 600B 600W Bronze Power Supply
RAM: HyperX Fury 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2133 RAM CL14 XMP Black DIMM (288-Pin) HX421C14FB2K2/16
SSD: SanDisk Ultra II 2.5" 960GB SATA III Internal SSD SDSSDHII-960G-G25
CPU Water Block: Thermaltake Pacific W1
Radiator: Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 240mm & Phobya Xtreme 200 V.2
Radiator Fans: 2*Corsair CO-9050031-WW Air Series SP120 120mm Blue LED High Static Pressure Case Fan & Cooler Master MegaFlow 200mm Blue LED Silent Fan
Pump/Reservoir: XSPC D5 Photon 270
Coolant: Koolance LIQ-702 UV Blue
UV Lighting: ACLORAL Black PCB UV LED Light 5M 5050 300 LED Strip 400nm Purple Waterproof 12V DC
Tubing: Mayhems 3/8"-1/2" (10/13mm) Ultra Clear Tubing (MUCT10-13)
Fittings: Thermaltake CL-W033-CA00SL-A Pacific Chrome 3/8" ID x 1/2"OD Compression Fitting
Optic Drive: ASUS 24X DVD-RW
Monitor: ASUS ROG PG278Q Black 27" WQHD 2560 x 1440, 144 Hz 1ms (GTG) NVIDIA G-Sync Gaming Monitor with Exclusive GamePlus onscreen timer / crosshair, Tilt, Swivel, Pivot, Height Adjustable

EDIT: Replaced Enermax 120mm Blue LED with 4*Corsair CO-9050031-WW Air Series SP120 120mm Blue LED High Static Pressure Case Fan
EDIT: Added Corsair CO-9050026-WW Air Series SP140 140mm Blue LED High Static Pressure Case Fan & Cooler Master MegaFlow 200mm Blue LED Silent Fan
EDIT: Replaced 2*Thermaltake Pacific CL-W012-AL00BL-A RL120 with Thermaltake Pacific CL-W012-AL00BL-A RL240 & Phobya Xtreme 200 V.2
EDIT: Replaced Termaltake Pacific CL-W012-AL00BL-A RL240 with Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 240mm
EDIT: Corsair CO-9050026-WW Air Series SP140 140mm Blue LED High Airflow Case Fan & 2*Corsair CO-9050031-WW Air Series SP120 120mm Blue LED High Airflow Case Fan with Corsair CO-9050026-WW Air Series AF140 140mm Blue LED High Airflow Case Fan & 2*Corsair CO-9050031-WW Air Series AF120 120mm Blue LED High Airflow Case Fan
EDIT: Removed GPU Water Block: EK-FC1080 GTX - Nickel & GPU Backplate: EK-FC1080 GTX Backplate - Blue & Replaced NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition w/ ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 ArcticStorm
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Re: Watercooled High-End/Enthusiast PC

by Balubish » Tue Jul 12, 2016 10:27 pm

Looking forward to see the progress.
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Re: Watercooled High-End/Enthusiast PC

by XS-Terrain » Tue Jul 12, 2016 11:09 pm

Balubish wrote:Looking forward to see the progress.

I'll be posting pictures on this thread as I go.
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Re: Watercooled High-End/Enthusiast PC

by Mike808 » Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:50 pm

I wish I could upgrade from my toaster.
Intel HD 2000 in my Sandy Bridge i5 2500 + Chris' Max Frames will have to do for now. Dat 40-60 fps with sub 720p resolution life.
Stay jealous people.

Anyways, look forward to seeing updates! I always like new computer builds.
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Re: Watercooled High-End/Enthusiast PC

by XS-Terrain » Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:48 pm

I'm thinking about actually going with an Asus Strix GTX 1080 instead of the Founders Edition, that is, of course, if the waterblocks for it are still in stock when I need them. Still haven't reached a final decision yet though... what do you guys think?
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Re: Watercooled High-End/Enthusiast PC

by XS-Terrain » Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:35 pm

Alright, replaced the Founders Edition plus waterblock and backplate with the ZOTAC ArcticStorm, because it'a a lot cheaper, has RGB lighting, and has better stock and boost clocks as well as overclocking capability. I did consider the ASUS ROG Strix as well, but I decided against it because I decided that it would be too much work to manually add the waterblock and backplate.
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Re: Watercooled High-End/Enthusiast PC

by Balubish » Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:31 pm

Sounds good. Keep in mind the chance of getting a card thats capable of running +2100Mhz is slim.
So running any card on water with Boost 3.0 will give you higher clocks overall no matter what card you have.
Boost 3.0 Overclock the card depending on temp by itself so you might get higher clocks than they even say the boost is.
Boost Clock now only means the lowest clock it should go to basicly. I hit 2GHz when its cold enough with no OC and my Boost clock is 1860Mhz.
So the watercooling will help you keep that boost high and OC higher for sure :)

Personally im still waiting on some extra cash to buy a waterblock myself but it will be updated at some point :) And hopefully I will be able to stay stable at 2075Mhz or maybe higher.
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