"Happy Xmas" 900D

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GregPalos

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Hey guys, I just redid the water-cooling in my 900D. Removed the previous reservoir, change the tubing, the fittings to a bigger size, cleaned out the green dye from all the rads and water-blocks (which I'll never do again! clean water from now on) Would love for some feedback! And also if anyone knows how to advise me on making a plate that covers over the psu compartment and over the quad rad to hide it all I would very much appreciate it!

Components
CPU : I7 2600K
Mobo : G1 sniper 3 Z77
GPU : GTX 690
Ram : Avexir 16GB Green (2 X 8G) 2133mhz
SSD : M4 256GB
HDD : Seagate 3TB Barracuda
Fans : 6 X Corsair SP120 High Performance / 4 X Coolermaster Sickleflow 120mm (Too noisy get - BitFenix Spectre PRO instead) 1 X 140mm Corsair Back fan from a friends 350D & I rewired the 4 pin molexs to 7v for the fans.
Case : 900D
PSU : Corsair AX860 with Green Individually sleeved Cables
Mouse : Razer Deathadder 2013
Keyboard : RAZER BlackWidow Ultimate 2013
Microphone : Blue Snowball
Speakers : Creative Gigaworks T40
Monitor : Asus VG278H / Two pairs of 3D Glasses.

Cooling
Tubing : Primochill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT 7/16" ID - 5/8" OD (TBC if it rubberizes quickly)
Fittings : EK-CSQ Fitting 12/16mm (7/16"ID - 5/8"OD) G1/4 - Black / EK CSQ 1/4" Thread 90 Degree Rotary Elbow Fitting : Black / EK PSC 1/4" Thread 90 Degree Rotary Fitting : Black / Koolance Ball Valve : VLV-BL1X2 / a T fitting I can't find the name of.
Pump and Pump top : Alphacool VPP655 / Alphacool HF D5 : Plexi
Reservoir : EK Dual 5.25" Drive Bay Spin CSQ Plexi
Waterblocks and Backplate : EK-FC690 GTX - Nickel / EK-Supremacy - Nickel / EK-FC690 GTX Backplate - Black
Radiators : Alphacool NexXxoS Monsta 360 Radiator / 480mm EX480 XSPC
Coolant : Mayhems X1
Lighting : Twin Sharkoon UV cathodes 30cm

Overclock : CPU is at 4.6ghz, 23℃ normal, 58℃ full load, my GPU stays at 25℃ normal, 40℃ on full load, overclocked +400mhz memory and +165mhz clock speed on both cores.
Overclocks - http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=58575

Went from this.
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To this.
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Love this reservoir.
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Leak testing for 24 hours.
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Triple 90* fitting so that I can just Pull the reservoir out!
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cool rig bro nice and clean :)
I do agree with the colour combo of red and green (it needs some ram that lightes up red to go with the ram with the green lighting)
but please try to get ride of that blue glow of the lighting and in the res.
 
Sir-Weasel said:
cool rig bro nice and clean :)
I do agree with the colour combo of red and green (it needs some ram that lightes up red to go with the ram with the green lighting)
but please try to get ride of that blue glow of the lighting and in the res.
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so swap the cathode for some white LEDS? or other?
 
That actually looks pretty decent with the orange and green, every build with avexir ram and a sniper looks good though :p
 
I'm so glad there was something after the first pic because I saw the high end looking rig and the stock cooler and was ready to just facepalm lol. The watercooling looks great, very Christmassy scheme! :)
 
Remmy said:
I'm so glad there was something after the first pic because I saw the high end looking rig and the stock cooler and was ready to just facepalm lol. The watercooling looks great, very Christmassy scheme! :)
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dude I love your reservoir! seen it before but it works so nicely in your build! and can you imagine I just post up a 900D with stock cooler. Any thing I could do better with more money? Any tips lighting wise?
 
GregPalos said:
dude I love your reservoir! seen it before but it works so nicely in your build! and can you imagine I just post up a 900D with stock cooler. Any thing I could do better with more money? Any tips lighting wise?
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Thank you very much :) As soon as I first saw them I just had to have one :D It's not been without it's problems though, and when I have some spare time, I will most likely have to RMA it. It leaked very slowly when I first got it, and some liquid got into the centre cavity with the CCFL which damaged it, and made it really dim in contrast to how bright it is in some of the build log pictures. I tried using plumber's PTFE tape around all threads, and silicone sealant on the end caps, but it didn't stop it, so when I have time to strip it (probably near Christmas) I'll be getting a new one hopefully.

There's a few aluminium panels. There's two flat ones (one on the floor, one behind the front rad) and these are just flat rectangles, wrapped in a carbon fibre vinyl (3M Di-Noc), and the third is the corner section around the optical drives, which involved making an L shaped template, cutting it out, then bending the two perpendicular sections to make the box, and then wrapped the exterior in the vinyl.

There's really very little I could suggest to improve this build, but since you asked for lighting, you could try simply adding some white lighting to bring out the colours some more, to stop it being quite as dark.

Rather than double posting, use the edit button at the bottom of your last post :)
 
Remmy said:
I can't actually remember what was used, I think it was just a jigsaw with a metal blade. (As in a blade made for cutting metal (as opposed to wood), not just made out of metal lol)
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Hey remmy, do you know much about Overclocking? I'm not sure what a safe voltage is for my I7 2600k, i mean temps are the easiest thing for me to control. I just would like to know what is safe for me to achieve.
thanks!
 
If you are overclocking, please do it the right way..... :) there is no 'general' overclock or limits as every cpu is different...

For everyday clocks I'd keep it under 1.4 (or close to it).....but obviously you want the lowest possible volts.

Here's something that will help...

 
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GregPalos said:
Hey remmy, do you know much about Overclocking? I'm not sure what a safe voltage is for my I7 2600k, i mean temps are the easiest thing for me to control. I just would like to know what is safe for me to achieve.
thanks!
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First off I'll say if you want detailed info or help with overclocking, start another thread in the Overclocking section. It will help people to help you better than just asking here, and it should also get more attention.

Personally I've overclocked my own CPU and GPUs several times, but it's not something I have to regularly do; it's a case of put my overclock on, test it, leave it for months/years. So basically, I'm essentially pretty novice, and there are many people much better informed and more experienced on these forums than myself.

My CPU is a Sandy Bridge like yours, so we're lucky we can have decent temps compared to Ivy and Haswell hehe ;) As a (very) rough guideline, on a 2600k something in the region of 1.3-1.4V should be fine, but not much higher at all. Just judge it by your temperatures, every CPU is different. With overclocking it's important to go in smallish steps instead of just whacking the clock and voltage right up. Generally, it's nice to see what the minimum stable voltage is before you start overclocking at all. So at stock clocks, gradually lower the voltage slightly, and stability test it, and repeat this to see what your baseline voltage is. Once you've done this you can increase the clocks, and the voltage accordingly to start off with. You should very easily be able to get 4GHz so start there maybe, and increase the voltage until it is stable. Repeat this in smaller steps, maybe 0.2GHz each time, and then reduce that to about 0.1GHz steps once you're getting around 4.5GHz. Once you think it's at it's limit, and should be stable, give it a nice long stress test for perhaps 12 or 24hours, and monitor the temps at the same time to make sure it's not too hot (you should do this at every stage of course). Technically the CPUs are rated in the high 90°Cs but I'd personally be stopping pushing it once it got much above 80°C.

Anyway like I said, many many people have a lot more knowledge than me, so take what I've said with a pinch of salt, and consider watching Tom's guide, it's really helpful, and very thorough, it should tell you everything you need to know :)



Edit: ahh the curse of long replies making people beat you to the punch xD Although I'm quietly confident that I've used the preferred video tags ;) (I think)
 
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NeverBackDown said:
Very nice rig. Love the mix colors. Most rig have a solid color and then thats it. Nice to see something different:)
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Thanks man! :) hoping to get some led uv or white strips and get rid of the cathodes, and some red avexir ram for the two other slots ^_^

Gamepro105 said:
Beautiful build well done!
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Thanks Game pro!


Remmy said:
First off I'll say if you want detailed info or help with overclocking, start another thread in the Overclocking section. It will help people to help you better than just asking here, and it should also get more attention.

Personally I've overclocked my own CPU and GPUs several times, but it's not something I have to regularly do; it's a case of put my overclock on, test it, leave it for months/years. So basically, I'm essentially pretty novice, and there are many people much better informed and more experienced on these forums than myself.

My CPU is a Sandy Bridge like yours, so we're lucky we can have decent temps compared to Ivy and Haswell hehe ;) As a (very) rough guideline, on a 2600k something in the region of 1.3-1.4V should be fine, but not much higher at all. Just judge it by your temperatures, every CPU is different. With overclocking it's important to go in smallish steps instead of just whacking the clock and voltage right up. Generally, it's nice to see what the minimum stable voltage is before you start overclocking at all. So at stock clocks, gradually lower the voltage slightly, and stability test it, and repeat this to see what your baseline voltage is. Once you've done this you can increase the clocks, and the voltage accordingly to start off with. You should very easily be able to get 4GHz so start there maybe, and increase the voltage until it is stable. Repeat this in smaller steps, maybe 0.2GHz each time, and then reduce that to about 0.1GHz steps once you're getting around 4.5GHz. Once you think it's at it's limit, and should be stable, give it a nice long stress test for perhaps 12 or 24hours, and monitor the temps at the same time to make sure it's not too hot (you should do this at every stage of course). Technically the CPUs are rated in the high 90°Cs but I'd personally be stopping pushing it once it got much above 80°C.

Anyway like I said, many many people have a lot more knowledge than me, so take what I've said with a pinch of salt, and consider watching Tom's guide, it's really helpful, and very thorough, it should tell you everything you need to know :)



Edit: ahh the curse of long replies making people beat you to the punch xD Although I'm quietly confident that I've used the preferred video tags ;) (I think)
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Holy moly, thanks for the reply I'll definitely be asking the OC forum. I think my chip is poo though in terms of silicon lottery :(
 
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Guys I'm about to buy some LED strips. Should I buy a 60cm UV strip or white strip to replace the UV CATHODES that our currently reacting with the tubing? Also should I buy 3mm green twin LEDs for the supremacy water-block?
 
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