[Build Log] Delilah 2.0

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
 
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?
 
What setup are you running?

Ryzen 1700X with a Gaming Pro Carbon and Corsair Vengeance LED SK Hynix dies. When I first built it last year the BIOS wouldn't even recognise my keyboard (Logitech G510) so I had to find an old cheap and nasty one. Thats just an example of the many problems to show how bad the BIOS was. A lot of problems are fixed but still got quite a few. Like most people RAM speed is the biggest issue. I still occasionally get a cold boot lockup crash or doesn't recognise my GPU, lastly when I did run an OC before, the CPU voltage wouldn't behave. I would have it set to like 1.38-1.4 and it would jump to 1.45 for no reason.
 
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.
 
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.

For gaming I would not run a 4 way Titan setup faster than 4.0ghz on the CPU.

@2160p all you need is 60 fps so all the extra GPU grunt can be used to max settings. Sometimes you even get better min/avg/max fps by not running a silly high CPU overclock
 
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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 :D

love it :lol: maybe have some quick disconnects by the head rest to plug in your water cooled headset?
 
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.

Interesting to read, my Gigabyte x79 UD3 has been rocking anywhere 4.2 to 5.2 for over four years with never even a hiccup. I have been using a a block on the VRMs though,
 
Great looking build lady! Radiator overkill is a personal fetish of mine too. :D 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.
 
Great looking build lady! Radiator overkill is a personal fetish of mine too. :D 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.

Thank you! Oh I totally agree. I was considering getting heavier on the dremel to mount a 400x200 rad in the top of the HAF X. When I measured it up though, only way it would have worked is by using an MATX mobo and cutting en entire new IO slightly lower down.

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!
 
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:

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I did some test fits..

Current res measures 240mm but I reckon I could easily get a 300 in there whilst leaving clearance for fittings.
 
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!

You'd easily have enough gear to fill a Case Labs box, since the only gear you need is rads. :D 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.
 
You'd easily have enough gear to fill a Case Labs box, since the only gear you need is rads. :D 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.
Yeah, I bet that weighs a ton! :o

The 570 is lovely to build in, at a pretty reasonable price too I think! I'm planning 45mm 360 in the front in push / pull and a standard 240 in the top. Should be enough I think, if not, I can always add another 120mm rad on the exhaust :)
 
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 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'm mainly using such a big res just to fill up the case a bit. Those rad clips are nice, but not sure if they're actually necessary. I love how my res sort of just floats :lol:
 
^ 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!
 
^ 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!

Any idea what these cost? I might get a custom one machined instead
 
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