Leviathan - X99, SLI 980ti's and watercooling!

If we can fellas, can we keep the Fan discussion to a minimum or start a new thread about fan recommendations, this is a build log after all.

I think I have made a decent decision with the fans. In one of my first builds I had SP120's and AF120's in push pull on the Monsta rad. I had the SP's pulling and the AF's pushing. Was a terrible idea as it made sooooo much noise!

We will keep the fan talk to a minimum now!

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Update time again!

I drained the off coloured EK liquid out of the loop and filled the entire loop up with distilled water, I ran this in there for about an hour before draining that out. There was still a fair amount of off coloured liquid clinging to the internals of the parts. So I made up the Mayhems blitz kit solution. Wearing gloves and eye protection (This stuff is pretty nasty) I poured it into the loop. I filled the reservoir to about half way as the Mayhems blitz kit has a tendency to froth up quite a lot and started the system going. I moved the pump to a few different settings over the course of the 24 hours of cleaning.

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One thing which I wasn't expecting was to find flakes within the filter! This shocked me quite a bit, however after doing a little reading this is fairly common with some copper radiators. None the less, I needed to take the loop apart once the blitz kit was done doing its job so that I could have a look at all the blocks. I didn't get and photos of the blocks but they were actually completely clean to my surprise!

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Here is a more detailed look at the RAM/ CPU bends which the Mayhems Blitz kit running through them! Hopefully its going to make a decent difference to the overall look!

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Here is another shot taken later on that day, you can see that it looks to of gotten even misty-ier which hopefully means most of the crap is getting out of my loop!

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After these steps I then drained the Mayhems Blitz kit out of the loop. I then connected a pipe coming from a bucket of water into the loop. This bucket was being filled by my kitchen tap and the water coming out of the loop was going straight down the drain. I ran this for about an hour just to completely flush the Mayhems blitz/ any other crap completely out of the loop to make sure it was ready for the next lot of distilled water!

Here is the loop after I added the distilled water after running the loop with tap water for an hour. Dont worry though, I used Biocide to make sure there was nothing going to grow!

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Then next thing to do is to leave it running for a while just to make sure there is nothing further up with the loop as I can easily just add the rest of the remaining Mayhems Blitz kit to the loop if I need to do another clean however after two hours it is looking lovely and clean! Very happy so far!

I have also decided not to use EK's coolant, just in case there is something up with it. When I ordered the Blitz kit, I also ordered some Mayhems Blue Dye which I will be adding to the system to make a super deep blue! However that is for a future update!

I hope as always you have enjoyed this update and it has been able to help anyone out! Please subscribe to the thread for the latest updates! I hope there isnt too much left to get this system finally completed!

TPK Awwwwwaaaayyyyyyy
 
It is update time again but this one is just a small update!

I have used the Mayhems blitz kit to completely clean the loop out, it is now all sorted out!

I refilled the whole loop with distilled water and added some Biocide. Everything is looking real clean, next I have added the Mayhems Blue dye to the loop! I didn't add a small amount like most people would, I went balls to the balls and almost got a midnight blue going on!

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As you can see, the blue matches up with the blue thumbscrews and the blue on the SLI bridge! (That is the Jayztwocent SLI bridge mod too!)

Here is another angle of the loop with the Blue! I think I am in love with it!

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I am now just waiting for a few cable bits to finish of the cabling within the system! There is also an Aquaero 5LT on its way! Looking forward to having a play with that! I will get a snap of the Aquaero and then we are into final images time, before starting overclocking etc!

Well thanks again for tuning in to another update on this build! Please subscribe so that you can be notified when my final PC build images are going to be up! Its going to be a big update!

TPK AWAYYYYYYYYYY
 
Update time!

I was expecting to of uploaded final images of this machine by now! However I have had some issues last week. I was running a Samsung 950 pro (My second one as the first one died after a week of use), It was running fine until it just stopped working similarly to the first one. I have now had to take it out of the system and send it back to Samsung for them to test it and most likely send me out a new one! This means that the overall build is delayed because of this. Everything else within the build is now complete, with the small addition of the Angel PX1 which will be housing the new Samsung 950 pro when it turns up!

Looking forward to being back up and running on the main machine in the next few days!
 
Hey all!

Sorry that there hasn't been update in a while! The build log has been at the back of my mind for a short while now as things have been pretty rocky with everything happening in our family. My younger sister has had a baby however, he has spent the last 7 weeks in Hospital having surgery and lots of issues!

​​​​​​​However he is now out and the build log must come to a close! So this Saturday, I will be posting up the final build photos of the system!
 
Small update which makes me sad :(

I cant post up the final images because I wasnt able to take most of them today. The shots of the case with the side panels on require me using a CPL filter otherwise I will get crazy reflections because of the strobes I am using to take the images.

I used to have a CPL filter which I used for this sort of thing but I cannot find it for the life of me. I have now ordered another one and it will hopefully be here on Wednesday. If it turns up, then there will be final photos on wednesday evening!

Sorry for the delay guys, but you cant hurry perfection ;)
 
Final PC images are here!

Here is the first picture of the external of the case
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Here is external number two! The build quality of this Caselabs case is second to none!
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A view in through the top panel!
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Here is a bit of the cabling in the build! Huge thanks to Shakmods for helping out with the cabling! Sali was unbelievably helpful over the multiple conversations we had!
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A close up of the 24 pin cable and 8 pin EPS with the waterblocks in the background!
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A slightly better angle of the tubing of the build!
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A shot of the internals of the whole build!
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And the final image, another internal shot of the whole build!
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I would just like to thank everyone who helped out with this build! I had a great time putting it together! There was a slot of challenges throughout the build but I love the finished product! The support from the community and business owners was great!

Thanks to all who looked at the build and left support within the thread!

TPK Awwaaaayyy!
 
Dude this is absolutely stunning! Much respect on the completed build. Take a bow, you deserve it.
 
I LOVE THAT BLUE! Finally a non red/black or white/black theme. Those were getting old! Nice build dude, like other build logs I envy your rig!:D
 
I LOVE THAT BLUE! Finally a non red/black or white/black theme. Those were getting old! Nice build dude, like other build logs I envy your rig!:D
Agreed, I'm all about the monochrome builds lately but the Leviathan is just perfect with the blue marrying nicely and subtle white lighting in just the right spots, gives me hope for seeing future builds without the need for RGBs.
 
I LOVE THAT BLUE! Finally a non red/black or white/black theme. Those were getting old! Nice build dude, like other build logs I envy your rig!:D

Haha, yes. I am a fan of the white and black but want something a bit different. My next one is likely to either be Orange or Purple. Not sure as of yet...

Agreed, I'm all about the monochrome builds lately but the Leviathan is just perfect with the blue marrying nicely and subtle white lighting in just the right spots, gives me hope for seeing future builds without the need for RGBs.

Thanks for noticing the little things. I tried to get little hints here and there like the silver of the SLI bridge with the Silver EK logos and the Blue thumbscrews with the blue of the SLI bridge also. Just trying to get it all to mesh together...
 
Awesome build with great pictures too.
Have you got an album of larger res pictures? Wouldn't mind adding these to my background folder.
 
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