The Dyllminator

[dylli1]

My rig built in January 2013. My friends don't seem to appreciate what I have accomplished. I put a lot of money and time building and fine tuning this rig but it was all worth it. My best one so far.

1. Intel core i7 3930K OC at 4.8GHZ
2. ASUS Rampage IV Gene LGA 2011 Intel X79
3. CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3SDRAM DDR3 2400
4. CZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-480G 2.5" 480GBSATA III MLC SSD
5. Rosewill BLACKHAWK-ULTRA Gaming Super Tower Computer Case
6. 14 x Corsair Air Series SP120 and SP140 High Performance Edition
7. 2 x Corsair Force Series 3 60GB SATA III SSD RAID 0
8. ASUS VW266H Black 25.5" 2ms(GTG)
9. EVGA GTX 580
10. Custom water cooling with XSPC RAYSTORM and 2 radiators with 12 fans
11. Rosewill RNX-N180PCe Wireless Adapter
12. Nec XP1080 800W
13. NVIDIA 3D Vision Wireless Glasses Kit. 2 pairs of glasses
14. LG Black 12X BD-R
15. Logitech G510 Keyboard
16. Logitech G700 Mouse
17. Logitech G35 Headset
18. Bose Companion 5 multimedia speaker system
19. Optoma HD 66 3D projector 720p on 121 in screen (307 cm)

 

[Mgutierrez33]

not gonna lie, I REALLY wish that board was at least ATX size for that case, but that aside I really like the UV lighting scheme you got goin on there! I almost feel like with all the room in that tower you could do two separate loops with tube reservoirs side-by-side\cater-cornered inside the tower, one for the CPU and one for the GPU, with different colored UV-reactive coolant. Just the two cents you were looking for tho, I say kudos otherwise x-)

 

[alpenwasser]

My friends don't seem to appreciate what I have accomplished.

Haha, I know that feeling man. Neither my family nor any of my friends share my enthusiasm for PC's. Sometimes I even get mocked for spending so much money on my hobby :sad:.
Although I think my dad could be kinda into it if he had the time. He at least always supported my interest in computers when I was growing up and let me build him some nice machines for his work instead of buying some pre-assembled ones.

But I digress. Nice to see a different case than the usual stuff for a change. Seems to be a pretty neat blank canvas for modding.
The mainboard really does look tiny in that thing but I don't consider it a deal breaker. I'm certain you have your reasons for this combo .

Did I see correctly that you're fixing the cathode with duct tape? From what I can tell you can't see it from the outside, but that's definitely something I would change to a "less improvisational" variant if it was my rig . Just goes against the neatness of the rest of the build imho (which is pretty neat).

Overall I think it's a pretty nice rig, and 4.8 isn't too shabby of an overclock on that CPU I would say (although I'm not an expert on SB-E, so my judgement on that one is probably not the most qualified one ).

 

[samdrake112]

That is nice dude, If you put some sleeves on those cables it will be all done

 

[dylli1]

not gonna lie, I REALLY wish that board was at least ATX size for that case, but that aside I really like the UV lighting scheme you got goin on there! I almost feel like with all the room in that tower you could do two separate loops with tube reservoirs side-by-side\cater-cornered inside the tower, one for the CPU and one for the GPU, with different colored UV-reactive coolant. Just the two cents you were looking for tho, I say kudos otherwise x-)

I actually still have the first XSPC pump and i could have two loops in there. I would have to put it on the bottom of the case tho, because there is no more room in the front panel. That would be just for aesthetics, because with the new pump there is no need for a second loop. Maybe, when i get bored I might do it. Ty for the input

 

[Mgutierrez33]

I actually still have the first XSPC pump and i could have two loops in there. I would have to put it on the bottom of the case tho, because there is no more room in the front panel. That would be just for aesthetics, because with the new pump there is no need for a second loop. Maybe, when i get bored I might do it. Ty for the input

Oh yeah anything along those lines would be purely for aesthetics sake, but that's one of the advantages of having such a small form-factor PC sitting in a massive case: there's more blank canvas to be creative with as you see fit!

 

[dylli1]

But I digress. Nice to see a different case than the usual stuff for a change. Seems to be a pretty neat blank canvas for modding.
The mainboard really does look tiny in that thing but I don't consider it a deal breaker. I'm certain you have your reasons for this combo .

Did I see correctly that you're fixing the cathode with duct tape? From what I can tell you can't see it from the outside, but that's definitely something I would change to a "less improvisational" variant if it was my rig . Just goes against the neatness of the rest of the build imho (which is pretty neat).
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Indeed, the mobo is very small. I tried to save a couple of $ and I said to myself that I really don't need all the perks of the Asus 4 extreme. I do kind of regret it now. Oh, well, whats done its done. I tried to put those light up with different glues, bur it wont stay. I was out of options so i improvised. Any ideeas?

 

[dylli1]

That is nice dude, If you put some sleeves on those cables it will be all done

Thank you very much. I personally didn't like the sleeving from the first time I saw it, but I guess I can get with the program. I will eventually upgrade to an corsair power supply and ill get it sleeved then. I spent enough for now. I'll take a break for a few monts.
PS. That's a small lie. I already sold the two Corsair SSDs and got the ocz vector ssd. Lol.

 

[alpenwasser]

Oh, well, whats done its done. I tried to put those light up with different glues, bur it wont stay. I was out of options so i improvised. Any ideeas?

Don't worry about it too much. Those of us who live in the real world sometimes have to compromise. It's still a pretty awesome system by pretty much any standard I'd say .

As for the light: Two possibilities come to mind: First one is to fix it to the side panel with some brackets. Acceptable if you don't take off your panel too often, but very inconvenient if you're a tinkerer.

Alternatively, maybe bolt some sort of long brackets to the case roof. They'd have to come down far enough in order for the light to still be effective and not be blocked out by the rad. Would require some work to fabricate them yourself but I think the result could be pretty decent if done properly (I'm trusting you would ).

EDIT: I've also heard people getting good results with LED strips and velcro mounting tape. Although I haven't had any personal experience with it and it might still come loose after an extended amount of time. Would have to try it out.

 

[Mark3Max]

Thank you very much. I personally didn't like the sleeving from the first time I saw it, but I guess I can get with the program. I will eventually upgrade to an corsair power supply and ill get it sleeved then. I spent enough for now. I'll take a break for a few monts.
PS. That's a small lie. I already sold the two Corsair SSDs and got the ocz vector ssd. Lol.

First off , that's a very nice system you have , nice and clean , good job.

But why would you sell 2 Corsair ssd's to get an ocz ? That's kind of a step back , IMHO .

 

[dylli1]

But why would you sell 2 Corsair ssd's to get an ocz ? That's kind of a step back , IMHO .

That has something to do with my OCD too. When the ride is turned on it takes longer for the PC to boot and that bothers me. Plus i've been reading the reviews about the OCZ VECTOR and they seem to be pretty good. Using the testing software I really wasn't happy with the speed of the two ssd's in Raid 0. IF i see a noticeable difference in speed i'll go ahead and get me a second OCZ. Will see.The drive comes today.

 

[dylli1]

EDIT: I've also heard people getting good results with LED strips and velcro mounting tape. Although I haven't had any personal experience with it and it might still come loose after an extended amount of time. Would have to try it out.

I will consider it. I was actually looking at the corsair unit for when i get the power supply. I don't remember exactly it's name but u can buy it separately with the led strips. That's a good idea. Thanks.

 

[dylli1]

I just run the test. Ambient temperature 74.8 F (23.7 C) and a Average Delta Temperature on all cores of 43.7 C

 

[alpenwasser]

Seems to be in the ballpark.

Martin's Raystorm review on a 2600K @ 1.392 V comes out to around 33 to 34 deg C delta from CPU to water, with about 3 to 4 deg delta from water to air.

Considering you're running a 2011 at what looks to be something in the mid-1.4 V range (screenshot is a bit too low res, can't decipher it with certainty ), this seems to be a reasonable result.

If you ever get the chance, water temps would be interesting as well.

 

[dylli1]

If you ever get the chance, water temps would be interesting as well.

Sorry. I dont have a temperature probe in line. I have no ideea how else i could get the coolant temp. And yes, the voltage is 1.448 V

 

[alpenwasser]

Do you have a medical thermometer (you know, the ones you measure fever with)?

If so, it might be possible to open the res and measure temps with that. Probably not the most precise measurement, but I doubt the usual cheap temp sensors we have in W/C are much more precise, if at all.

I've done it like this one time or the other in the past.

If not, I'll get over it

 

[dylli1]

Do you have a medical thermometer (you know, the ones you measure fever with)?

If not, I'll get over it

I do, but it will have to wait a little but. I have to take the CD rom out and its kind of tight. But im curious myself to find out the temp. I do time of course

 

[AverageNinja]

I'd agree on the SSD and the MoBo, mATX looks massively out of place in a case like that.

 

[epeets]

clean build. do you keep your rig at the high OC 24/7?

 

[dylli1]

clean build. do you keep your rig at the high OC 24/7?

I actually didn't want 1.448 V running through the CPU all the time(even if i have insurance on the CPU), so i turned the states C3, C5 and C7 off(i think those are r the ones,i cant remember for sure). When the CPU is on idle is at 1.2 Gh and 0.9 V. And its not running 24/7. I would say around 4, 5 days a week of continuous usage.