Recent content by Boonstick

Hi all, This may be a bit of a "Marmite" build for some and I totally understand :) The aim for this build was to have the smallest case that was as quite and cool as possible. I sacrificed "beauty" for brutal functionality to achieve exactly what I wanted. After searching for weeks for a...

Hi all, I need to make some fully custom PSU cables for my Corsair AX860i PSU. I'm not intending on braiding them as the way my case is laid out (custom made case) you actually won't see any cables but the ones that came with the PSU are way too long and I need to shorten them. What is the...

I know this may have already been answered but I've had a little search and cant seem to find the answer to me fairly specific question. I'm looking to upgrade to a GTX 980Ti but not sure if I should go reference or custom PCB (EVGA Classified to be precise). Either card will be put under water...

HWMonitor, OCCT and CPU-Z are all reporting that my CPU vcore voltage is at 1.872v! I have an Intel i7 4790k and had the vcore set to manual 1.175v clocked at 4.4ghz for a while now. I decided to see what else I can get out of it today and noticed that whatever voltage I set in bios it says the...

So, having just moved into my new house and also having a shiny new motorbike to ride :) I decided to break down my 750D and use certain parts to make a tiny powerhouse mini ITX rig. I don't really get much time to play games or do anything else on my PC so I saw the 780ti SLI as a bit of a...

I'm selling up and moving home in (hopefully) 2 weeks time but I wont be moving into my new house for about a month or so after that. My PC will be going into storage during this time. Would it be a good idea to drain down my loop while its in storage or will it be ok to leave it as it is?

So, finally after weeks of problems building this rig and pretty much going through about 10 iterations of the waterloop setup and finding suitable parts I have finally finished the transplant! (Many thanks to S_I_N and paulstung for your help) I decided not to do a full build/project log as...

I just changed all the rads in my loop from 1x 240 & 1x 360 to 1x 280 & 1x 420 and I have had so many problems trying to bleed the loop. My GPU temps are going through the roof and totally unsafe to have on at the mo. First I thought it was that I had changed the SLI GPU's from series to...

It may seem like a bit of a noob question but is there any difference in performance with different brands of premixed coolant? If so, what's a decent brand to go with? I'm currently using XSPC clear coolant and was thinking about using a different brand as it's due a change.

Any recommendations for a decent 140mm static pressure low noise fan? Why Corsair haven't made one yet is surprising.

So I recently decided to change my case from a 540 Air to a 750D so I could have more space in my case to add a second pump and res. The idea behind doing this was to try and reduce my over all temps so I could run my rig a quiet as possible. I currently have it set up of 1 loop serving the CPU...

I've just added a second graphics card into my loop and I am wondering if my coolant is getting too hot. Im running 2x 780Ti and a 4670K oc @ 4.6ghz. I have 1x XSPC AX240 & 1x XSPC AX360 rad with fans in push. My loop is pump -> cpu -> crosschill motherboard -> 240 rad -> gpu -> gpu -> 360...

I have an XSPC D5 pump and i was wondering if anyone could see a problem powering the pump using a fan header off the motherboard or is it just safer to keep it supplied from the 12v molex?

Hello all, Well I've been planning this for a few months now and after some long delays with the parts being delivered and Christmas, I've finally made a start on my custom loop in my Corsair 540 Air rig. You can see previous pics of the old rig here...

Hi all, I've just added an extra 8GB of memory into my system and even tho the new set has the same model/type number as the existing modules, the memory timings are different. I now have 4x4GB modules, 2 of which are 9-11-10-27 and the other 2 are 9-11-10-30. Ive set the timings to 9-11-10-30...