RogerWilco
New member
Hey all,
New member long time lurker here. All these great pics and build logs got me in the mind to replace my old rig. Needless to say this was my first build and WC by myself....ever. Ok well not really...practiced the WC gig on my old comp just to be sure and would upgrade my stuff...just never built one from scratch. Ran it on stock air for about 2 weeks to test. Then took apart and started the WC. Needless to say I took my time (especially getting those damn screws off the stock gpu cooler...pain in the...). Of course there were errors I made (like screwing 2 screws to far into the rad and puncturing a hole in it...expensive lesson there) but all a great learning process. Did a nice 12 hr leak test before wiring everything up. Of course I did the cringe thing right before I hit the pwr button...you know...just incase. There is a little overkill in some areas but am going to be OCing and continue to add more things (GPU, etc) as the money pit starts to creep back up (funny how 3 years savings goes SWOOOSH!) Went with a Black and Gold theme...kinda pulled it off. Temps seem to good GPU around 48 C on BFBC2 Maxed out...BIOS CPU temps around 27-30 at idle but didn't check those during gaming...too busy playing! So here are the specs:
SYSTEM:
Case: 800D
CPU: i7 2600K (no OC yet)
MB: Gigabyte P67-UD7-B3
MEM: Corsair Dominator 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz
GPU: Zotac 570 GTX AMP 1280 MB
PSU: Corsair AX1200
Sound Card: Sound Blaster from old rig
HDD: Samsung SP F3 1 TB
CONTROL: Akasa Fan Controller (no thermal sensors attached...seems 65 is default for CPU for some reason)
DRIVE: HPBD40 BR-R/DVD-RW
LIGHTS: NZXT LED String (White)
Case Fans: 2x 140mm Xigmatec Fans, 1 x 140mm Stock Corsair Fan, 1 x 120mm Xigmatec Fan
WATER COOLING:
CPU Block: EK HF Supreme (Gold)
GPU Block: EK GeForce 570/580 block
GPU Back Plate: originally ordered black but store was out so sent me the nice shinny one!
RAD: XSPC RX360 triple 120mm w/ 3 x 120mm Xigmatek fans
PUMP: Danger Den DD-CPX Pro
RES: IandH StealthRes Multi-Option 225 Reservoir
Fittings: 10 x 1/2 inch barbs, 2 x Bp Comp fittings, 2x DD fill ports (one to fill one to drain)
TUBING: Primochill 7/16 x 5/8
Liquid: Primochill Gold (will check to see after 6 months but will prob try and find gold tubing and go with distilled water and PT Nuke...)
Ok onto the pics
Let me know what you all think!
New member long time lurker here. All these great pics and build logs got me in the mind to replace my old rig. Needless to say this was my first build and WC by myself....ever. Ok well not really...practiced the WC gig on my old comp just to be sure and would upgrade my stuff...just never built one from scratch. Ran it on stock air for about 2 weeks to test. Then took apart and started the WC. Needless to say I took my time (especially getting those damn screws off the stock gpu cooler...pain in the...). Of course there were errors I made (like screwing 2 screws to far into the rad and puncturing a hole in it...expensive lesson there) but all a great learning process. Did a nice 12 hr leak test before wiring everything up. Of course I did the cringe thing right before I hit the pwr button...you know...just incase. There is a little overkill in some areas but am going to be OCing and continue to add more things (GPU, etc) as the money pit starts to creep back up (funny how 3 years savings goes SWOOOSH!) Went with a Black and Gold theme...kinda pulled it off. Temps seem to good GPU around 48 C on BFBC2 Maxed out...BIOS CPU temps around 27-30 at idle but didn't check those during gaming...too busy playing! So here are the specs:
SYSTEM:
Case: 800D
CPU: i7 2600K (no OC yet)
MB: Gigabyte P67-UD7-B3
MEM: Corsair Dominator 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz
GPU: Zotac 570 GTX AMP 1280 MB
PSU: Corsair AX1200
Sound Card: Sound Blaster from old rig
HDD: Samsung SP F3 1 TB
CONTROL: Akasa Fan Controller (no thermal sensors attached...seems 65 is default for CPU for some reason)
DRIVE: HPBD40 BR-R/DVD-RW
LIGHTS: NZXT LED String (White)
Case Fans: 2x 140mm Xigmatec Fans, 1 x 140mm Stock Corsair Fan, 1 x 120mm Xigmatec Fan
WATER COOLING:
CPU Block: EK HF Supreme (Gold)
GPU Block: EK GeForce 570/580 block
GPU Back Plate: originally ordered black but store was out so sent me the nice shinny one!
RAD: XSPC RX360 triple 120mm w/ 3 x 120mm Xigmatek fans
PUMP: Danger Den DD-CPX Pro
RES: IandH StealthRes Multi-Option 225 Reservoir
Fittings: 10 x 1/2 inch barbs, 2 x Bp Comp fittings, 2x DD fill ports (one to fill one to drain)
TUBING: Primochill 7/16 x 5/8
Liquid: Primochill Gold (will check to see after 6 months but will prob try and find gold tubing and go with distilled water and PT Nuke...)
Ok onto the pics
Let me know what you all think!
