900D Vortex Build

mikeb

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Hi.
Its been a while,but now ive finally got all my parts,just a few washers and screws to arrive.
With all the parts,i thought im going to need a bigger case than the 900D.

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Full Parts List.

Corsair 900d case
Asus Maximus 6 Formula
Asus Phobeus sound card
Intel i7 4770k cpu
Artic MX4 paste
2 Evga GTX 780 Hydro Copper g/cards
32GB kingston Hyper Beast 2400mhz Ram
Pioneer XL Blu-ray burner
Aquaero Lcd fan & everything else controller
Xeox wireless gamepad
14 Corsair SP120 Quiet fans
3 Corsair AF120 Quiet fans
1 Corsair AF140 Quiet fan
Corsair AX1200i psu
Corsair red custom psu cables
3 Western Digital 4TB hard/drives
Samsung 840 pro 512gb ssd
Intel M5 pro 256gb ssd
Corsair K95 keyboard
R.A.T 9 wireless mouse
LG EA83 full ips 27'' 1440p screen
Cm Storm Powerx mouse mat

Cables.
Various Phobya braided molex
3pin
3pin extenders
6 into 1 3pin fan splitters

Water cooling parts.
20 EK CSQ 13mm/19mm black nickel compression fittings
8 black 45's
8 black 90's fittings
Phobys inline temp sensor
Phobya 250mm balancer res
Alphacool UT60 360 rad
Alphacool Ut60 480 rad
Ek 2 x 1000ml clear coolant
Ek Supremacy full nickle cpu block
Ek crystal link plus Ek fittings for sli
Swiftech 20-30mm adjustable sli fitting(i dont know which one will work.I might just use tubing if they don't work.
Primochill Primoflex Advanced 13mm/19mm black onyx and bloodshed red tubing
Hose cutter
20 bags of phoby black nickle 30mm rad bolts
100 M3 washers(Corsair really messed up with the case rad holes,bolts drop right through without washers).
Various uv and red led strips and 5mm 3mm leds.
EK CSQ D5 pump top actal & d5 655 vario pump braided
Phobya multi fitting with drain plug and clamp(crude but it will work)
I think that's everything.

I know the SP120 fans are the wrong way round,but i just put them there to see if it would go push-pull,it is very tight.
The fan just sits on the back of cross chill heatsink,there is no more room.
I Hope there is enough room for my top cpu cable to go in,i will really have to bend it for it to go.
Would you guys go with push-pull or just push for the top ut60 rad,the 480 ut60 has to be single fan because of the psu and tubing routes.

The Build will start as soon as my washers arrive tues/wed.I find it an epic fail on corsairs part in making the rad holes on the case too big,the 30mm screws just drop straight through.
You would have thought when they were showing the prototype around and working on it they would have seen this major flaw.It wouldn't have been a great financial burden to reduce the holes in the production run,or even supplied some 3mm washers.

I was just looking at the placement of the Phobya balancer 250 res,and,would like some suggestions on how to mount this to the back,has anyone drilled their case yet to fit tube clamps.
Its going to fit to the d655 pump and Ek csq pump top.I wanted one of the bitspower d5 mod kit in black sparkle,but couldn't find on in the uk.

The Ek csq fittings are really nice in black nickle along with the csq 45s and 90 degree angles in black,it will look really nice on the Primochill primoflex advanced tubing 13mm/19mm.

Any help on the pump placement/push-pull or push/and tube res fitting would be a great help.
Hopefully i will start the build this weekend,fingers crossed.
 
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Thanks
 
A full spec list would be nice, its much easier than searching through the photo.

looks like you will have a hell of a build
 
Holy crap this build is looking so freakingly awesome, please make sure to post a ton of pictures, cause everyone loves pictures <3
 
I love a bit of overkill.

Has anybody any ideas of the best way to fit the phobya balancer res to the back,or will i have to drill.
 
this is going to be aweshum. it makes me want to offload my 670s lol and i like the idea of that lg monitor. i dont like my hazro one too much anymore. also my experience with the ek black nickle comps is that the black doesnt stay black for long after the liquid hits it, and the knurling is aggressive as hell. wear gloves or a sock (lol) when tightening em on
 
AAGHH!!
Specialtech have sent the wrong sli fiiting with my bits,
i told them,when the the 2 780 hydros are sat in the two red slots,the gap between the bottom of the first block to the top of the second block is(leaning over the 900d case)is 37.5/38mm plus the threads of 5mm total fitting size 47.5 -48mm on maximus 6 formula.
they sent me the swiftech 33mm one,its well short.

Can anyone sugest a fitting that matches the above size,its not slot to slot,its between blocks.

can you do a bitspower one with extenders.
i would app some help guys,possibly some links to the fittings and whats needed,as i want to start this weekend,and only have tomorrow to order parts.

I know i can use tubing, but fittings are nicer.
HELP PLEASE!
 
AAGHH!!
Specialtech have sent the wrong sli fiiting with my bits,
i told them,when the the 2 780 hydros are sat in the two red slots,the gap between the bottom of the first block to the top of the second block is(leaning over the 900d case)is 37.5/38mm plus the threads of 5mm total fitting size 47.5 -48mm on maximus 6 formula.
they sent me the swiftech 33mm one,its well short.

Can anyone sugest a fitting that matches the above size,its not slot to slot,its between blocks.

can you do a bitspower one with extenders.
i would app some help guys,possibly some links to the fittings and whats needed,as i want to start this weekend,and only have tomorrow to order parts.

I know i can use tubing, but fittings are nicer.
HELP PLEASE!

seems like the specialtech guy that packs the deliveries needs a decent knock on his head, I just received a wrong extension from them last week and had to rma and now theyre sending another one, hope they get it right this time...
 
seems like the specialtech guy that packs the deliveries needs a decent knock on his head, I just received a wrong extension from them last week and had to rma and now theyre sending another one, hope they get it right this time...

I had virtually the same problem. Ordered the SLI fitting adapter threads, and received the tubing instead. They sent the correct item out straight away though, but it still set me finishing my upgrade back by 2 days.

I've never had problems with ST before this, they're usually top notch.
 
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