[Buildlog] Watercooled 900D

Hi!

I couldn't help myself and bought a 900D []

I'm not really sure what i'm going to do with it, but if you buy a case you better put stuff in it! It's a huge case, so watercooling will be a thing. I don't think i will plan all that much and just buy part after part until i'm done! Hope it will be fun!

This is my first time making a buildlog, i hope you can enjoy it!


Specs:
Case: Corsair 900D
PSU: Seasonic Platinum 860W
HDD: Don't care
SSD: Maybe old Samsung 830
Board: MSI XpowerII X79
CPU: 3930K
GPU: SLI....or Crossfire depends on the new AMD Frame-Pacing drivers
Cooling: i fancy some Aquacomputer...


My case arrived, and this thing is huge!



First things first, unscrew everything, i have to say i expected better buildquality. it's a bit wobbly with no hardware in it.



The first decision was the motherboard. I didn't want to buy a ROG board because than you kinda have to go red/black with your build. I saw the MSI XpowerII it's completely black! Now I can go any color I like...maybe even red [] The heatsinks are ugly, but XSPC makes a waterblock for it.













90° USB 3.0 nice!

The XSPC waterbock for the board





Board with no heatsinks on it looks silly!



But with waterblocks really good []



I think for socket 2011 there is only one good choice when it comes to the CPU: 3930K



I want do go CF/SLI and sleeve the PSU, so i need a fully modular PSU around 800W. I went with a Seasonic Platinum 860W, because it's semi passiv and i'm a Seasonic fanboy!





Even a XL-ATX board gets lost in the 900D




So long!

Actually looking forward to this build, think the colour coordination is going to work really nice with the black on black.

Looks great already! Thanks for posting
And now, get back to work, because I want MOAR!

Typical AverageNinja haha, every buildlog he wants moar!
Well I'm not gonna judge him cause I want Moar too!!

My fans arrived! Simple Noiseblocker Black Silent.





But the fan cable looks really out of place, i mean you get 2 really nice sleeved extention cables with the fan. I guess the fan has to undergo minor surgery!



I got some nice black bandages for it's flesh wound!



Success! Patient looks way better.






...only 15 more to go....:lol:

Where's the mobo, I can't see it inside that HUGE case

Good luck with the build dude......

Hold on, I've seen that fan surgery somewhere else before...

Looking good!

I got me some Rads!



I like the clean look and the lack of branding... i got one older radiator with Alphacool logo, but that's not to bad.



With the radiators installed you can really see that this case is meant to be watercooled!



Screws and washers are just placeholder










i feel i went a litte overboard...but who cares?

Looks good so far...

I can tell that 120mm rad is going to ruin it for me though.

^^ I'll have to agree on that

Looking good so far, can't wait to see the rest of the build log and when its finished Not sure if you have already said somewhere and I haven't seen it but what graphics card/cards are you going to be using ?

Dario_92 said:

Looking good so far, can't wait to see the rest of the build log and when its finished Not sure if you have already said somewhere and I haven't seen it but what graphics card/cards are you going to be using ?

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770sli or 780sli...i really want 780s...but i really don't want to spend 1100€ ;D

780sli it would be worth it though :lol:

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaym that case is huge

So, somebody suggested i should get a cover for the mainboard tray. I looked at the tray and thought...yeah! Can't be that hard, right? I never modded anything...i will give it my best

Got no Dremel or any fancy tools, so i bought tin snips and a file !



Man, filing something straight is hard! So i clamped me some guidance down



But it looks like it will fit quite well

Nice work there!

I like puzzles, so i made me my own!



Only 10 parts, child's play



But now...what to do with it?

Build looks good so far. I actually kind of like that thick 120 rad in the front, but we'll see as time goes on how much that sticks with me.

Looks great. So glad you took those ugly heat sinks off that motherboard. Just makes the product look cheap.