g0ggles1994
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One does not always water cool because one needs to![]()
Exactly my point![]()
Oh I know, I've got my H100i on with no OC at all

One does not always water cool because one needs to![]()
Exactly my point![]()
Oh I know, I've got my H100i on with no OC at all![]()
really? No oc? I'm planning on going all out when this system is done!
Really? No OC? I'm planning on going all out when this system is done!
Really. I will shamelessly admit.
I will go on record to say it's mainly down to my motherboard. The BIOS is/was terrible. After 9 updates it's still buggy as hell and randomly blue screens when I run my RAM at full speed. If MSI magically fix it or I get a new board I will look at OC'ing again but until then, I just don't trust it. Plus I do like running my system cold and quiet
What setup are you running?
I have not had a 24/7 OC CPU for well over two years. The last one I had was my 3970x, clocked to 4.9ghz on a MSI Big Bang Xpower 2 with over 24 phases (doubled up).
The board failed. I contacted MSI who said they no longer made X79 boards in any shape or form, even though it cost me £360.
Two lessons learned that day.
1. Don't bother overclocking for frames you can't see and
2. Don't bother overclocking because boards fail far quicker.
I know there is no concrete info on what it does to a CPU in the long term but I can absolutely vouch what it does to the motherboard in the short term (it was 11 months old FFS).
So I just don't bother now. Especially as I am running 4k 24/7 now.
One does not always water cool because one needs to![]()
Le Plusse 1
I'd watercool my own chair if I could. Think of the benefits
Winter = kept warm from CPU and GPU heat
Summer = Your own ass can assist with Watt Dissipation![]()
I have not had a 24/7 OC CPU for well over two years. The last one I had was my 3970x, clocked to 4.9ghz on a MSI Big Bang Xpower 2 with over 24 phases (doubled up).
The board failed. I contacted MSI who said they no longer made X79 boards in any shape or form, even though it cost me £360.
Two lessons learned that day.
1. Don't bother overclocking for frames you can't see and
2. Don't bother overclocking because boards fail far quicker.
I know there is no concrete info on what it does to a CPU in the long term but I can absolutely vouch what it does to the motherboard in the short term (it was 11 months old FFS).
So I just don't bother now. Especially as I am running 4k 24/7 now.
Great looking build lady! Radiator overkill is a personal fetish of mine too.That's the main reason I can't get away from my Case Labs cube. I've tried buying "prettier" cases, but I always end up back in the cube. Once you get used to rad overkill, there's no going back.
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I did some test fits..
I love those case labs monsters, but I don't think I'd ever have enough hardware to fill one! :lol:
I think the 570X has been a great choice though. I don't think I could have gone for anything much smaller that has support for all the gear I want to chuck in!
Yeah, I bet that weighs a ton!You'd easily have enough gear to fill a Case Labs box, since the only gear you need is rads.Just don't try to lift the thing once it's full, it's awful hard on the old back. 4 360s and a 240 hold a decent amount of water!
That 570x is a very nice choice, and if you can stuff decent raddage into it, you have a pretty case AND great cooling. I tried that with the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe, but I found a 420 + 360 was not enough for a dual GPU rig.
Keep looking at this and noticing the roughly 100mm of headroom above the res. Should I get an even taller tube just to fill up more space and look a bit more baller? :cool7:
Current res measures 240mm but I reckon I could easily get a 300 in there whilst leaving clearance for fittings.
I would have said get a smaller one and mount it mid way to the actual Radiator. There is no gain to having a big res tube. You could do something like this.
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That is a premium mount there, but there are cheaper ones available.
^ I can vouch for the quality of those Singularity Computers mounts. They're awesome, and even for a big tube, they are strong enough that you only need 1 of em. Sure aren't cheap though!