Un-named serious build

[dugdiamond]

no memory yet... it was only shipped yesterday from italy. so it will be a further few days before i can start benching.

atleast, i can fully fit the loop and tested it for a few days, while i am awaiting more parts to arrive.

yesterday, i also purchase a compliment of white braided cable extenders w/ combs from ShakMods.

 

[dugdiamond]

fingers crossed.
i used to be a plumber by trade, so i do not expect any problems. but, better safe than sorry!

as you can see - i cut off the VRM heathsink and re-fitted the IO-covering block (it now serves no purpose on the R6A, but for aesthetics).

bubbles disappearing very well (only on pump speed #2).

i tipped/rocked the case 90degrees in all directions to free trapped air pockets. it's quiet AF.

the eagle-eyed of you may have noticed that i have an olde PSU on the kitchen radiator powering the pump.... don't worry, it's the summer, and the heating is switched off.

 

[AlienALX]

Looks good man. I ain't gonna lie I was kinda bummed when you bought all the TT stuff but it looks pretty sweet. Blue bits on the fans would have to go though. Would cover up the red ring on the pump thingerdoodad too.

Love the monoblock. Very pretty.

 

[dugdiamond]

Looks good man. I ain't gonna lie I was kinda bummed when you bought all the TT stuff but it looks pretty sweet. Blue bits on the fans would have to go though. Would cover up the red ring on the pump thingerdoodad too.

Love the monoblock. Very pretty.

cheers.

the blue bits are the rubber dampening, will not be at all noticeable when the rig is lit BLUE.

and when blue light hits another colour (the red) the red will only absord blue light, and (if i am not mistaken) make the pump "red" ring turn Purple.

when this is behind the smoked tempered glass it will (should) look mauve in colour - a huge leap from red.

also, once the rig is fully built and running (24/7) i may add blue dye to the coolant.

i will also mod the i-Cue software to create a water rippling lighting effect with the aura-sync.

 

[dugdiamond]

update:

the loops has been running 24/7 for 48hrs... no leaks.

now complimented with white braided cable extensions (with clear combs) from ShakMods...

memory due next week

but, it is a compromise, as it cost over £75 less than anywhere else

 

[dugdiamond]

so... i have been having a play around with the top rad space of the H500P, as i am already thinking of swapping the aluminium rad for a copper one.

as we know, the mounting slots on the top of the case supports both 120mm and 140mm wide rads... but could i purposely mis-align the rad?

the answer is yes.

we can see that there is no way that the rad is unsecure in any way. but, why would i want to do this?

if you have tall RAM, or as with the Rampage VI Apex and 2x large DIMM.2 cards installed, the size of rad thickness is limited. Even the 8-pin CPU power sockets impede rads greater that 25mm thickness.

offsetting the rad, as shown, gains 25mm of headroom... which means thicker rads can be used, without squashing cables or touching mobo components.

that 25mm is godly, as push-pull can even be an option (for some) even with tall RAM modules.

for me, this means i will shortly be upgrading my ThermalTake Aluminium 360x25mm to an EK Coolstream PE360 (360x40mm). this may not be a huge performance boost (if any), but it means that i will not be limited to coolants that will not react with my current rad.

bring on the silver additives.

 

[Kaapstad]

the bad boy...

I bet your hands will be a little shaky when installing a CPU that cost over 2k.

This is the beauty of being a 50yr olde semi-retired single bloke. no kids. no mortgage. no debts. no pets. the occasional short-term GF.

life is good.

I think your elec bill is about to go up a bit, the power draw on one of 8 Packs binned 7980XEs is quite large when running at 4.8 or 4.9ghz.


Having said that I think the power draw is quite reasonable when run at stock but that is no fun.



Good luck with the build and I think you will have a lot of fun overclocking the CPU.

 

[dugdiamond]

thanks.

I bet your hands will be a little shaky when installing a CPU that cost over 2k.

it was installed within minutes of signing for the delivery. the price didn't bother me. hands were rocky steady.

I think your elec bill is about to go up a bit, the power draw on one of 8 Packs binned 7980XEs is quite large when running at 4.8 or 4.9ghz.

Having said that I think the power draw is quite reasonable when run at stock but that is no fun.

Good luck with the build and I think you will have a lot of fun overclocking the CPU.

even when overclocked, a cpu will not draw full power until under full load.

the cpu has a guaranteed OC of 4.6 under an 280mm AIO water-cooler... stable.
it's a cherry-picked i9 and then it's been de-lidded. it even had 8pack's fingerprints on the IHS. lol

my custom water loop should see even better results.

the 7980XE's OC'd power draw at idle is only 90watts, and will vary depending of the tasks i use it for. it's draw for all cores being used at full load will be approx 550watts.
most of my everyday tasks will not even utilize all the cores, or put a load on them.

the real use for this build is rendering (multi-pass), baking normals, encrypting AV, compiling, and basically everything needed for games development.
the time/power this rig takes to complete tasks, compared to my current PC with its' draw from the wall, it worth every penny.

it's also a future-proofing attempt. i am hoping that this build will still be still considered a decent pc in 10years+. only time will tell.

 

[Kaapstad]

even when overclocked, a cpu will not draw full power until under full load.

the cpu has a guaranteed OC of 4.6 under an 280mm AIO water-cooler... stable.
it's a cherry-picked i9 and then it's been de-lidded. it even had 8pack's fingerprints on the IHS. lol

my custom water loop should see even better results.

the 7980XE's OC'd power draw at idle is only 90watts, and will vary depending of the tasks i use it for. it's draw for all cores being used at full load will be approx 550watts.
most of my everyday tasks will not even utilize all the cores, or put a load on them.

the real use for this build is rendering (multi-pass), baking normals, encrypting AV, compiling, and basically everything needed for games development.
the time/power this rig takes to complete tasks, compared to my current PC with its' draw from the wall, it worth every penny.

it's also a future-proofing attempt. i am hoping that this build will still be still considered a decent pc in 10years+. only time will tell.

I know I have got one including Ian Parry's fingerprints.

Yes they awesome when used on something that uses all the cores.


Here is mine going round Timespy Extreme and probably drawing a lot more than 550 watts for the CPU.


https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/24650900?


The Timespy Extreme bench is a really good test for a CPU as the physics part is both quite long and very demanding.

 

[dugdiamond]

nice bench score.
i am hoping to get similar results.
although i have bought 4x8 3866 tridentz, and hoping to get over 4ghz (4133+) with the kit.

what corsair ram (and timings) are you using?

EDIT: --------------------------------------

what cooling are you using?

 

[Kaapstad]

nice bench score.
i am hoping to get similar results.
although i have bought 4x8 3866 tridentz, and hoping to get over 4ghz (4133+) with the kit.

what corsair ram (and timings) are you using?

EDIT: --------------------------------------

what cooling are you using?

I am using Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x8 3866 with stock timings but running them at 3733mhz as the IMC on the CPU does not want to go any higher. I could probably get a tiny bit more out of them by tweaking but with DDR4 this does not translate into much more performance, the biggest gains to be had are by concentrating on CPU clockspeed.


Cooling is a custom waterloop with 3 x XSPC AX 480 rads.

 

[Warchild]

The only thing I see wrong with your build (and it has nothing to do with what you have done) is those cheap looks SSD braces above the PSU. Really dont like design. Wish they did it like Coolermaster C700P so you can show off the SSD more like this

 

[dugdiamond]

i will not be using SSDs, the braces will be taken out.
i have a 1tb 970 PRO and a 512gb 970 PRO. (win10OS and OSXhacky)... then 8tb mechanicals for storage.

it's all about air-flow. this build has cost me over £5000

once everything has been put together (finally) in 3 days time, you'll see some pics of the finished rig, along with some benching.

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the awesome air-flow of the H500P 'should' create even better temps through the rad and components. it should also mean that i can lower the speed of the fans to make an even quieter PC - even at full load. (i hope)

 

[dugdiamond]

i will be looking at a subtle blue for the coolant.
probably, 1x drop of blue and 2x drops of UV, as the blue lighting with emphasize the colours more.

i have also ordered 2x Phobya UV LED strips... they should arrive in a few days. (from aquatuning.de)

 

[dugdiamond]

LED strips arrive 2moro.
but, atleast, for now i have these:

let's get the beast up and running.

 

[dugdiamond]

 

[dugdiamond]

the R6A is a PITA when you first have to configure it.

slow boot times
components not being recognized or syncing

but after what seemed like a nightmare of a night, i have final got the rig running like Ursain Bolt.

gone are the known boot issues (complaints are on many forums).
it boots to windows desktop in 16secs from the ON-switch (and that includes the POST).
the 970 PROs are phenomenal
the water loop is silent.

fresh installs of both WIN10PRO and OSX High Sierra took minutes instead of hours.

i still have the back off the case, as i am transferring all my storage over.
and then the cable tidying will be done by the end of the day, once the UV lighting is fitted.

the highest CPU temps i have had is 45C @4.7Ghz (stable)
can only get my memory to run at 3770

still more tests to do

 

[Excalabur50]

Glad she's all up and running nice for you dug!

 

[dugdiamond]

the phoyba UV LED lighting looks fugly.

the ARGB lighting and the white case blow the effect away / the effect isn't worth doing, even in a pitch black room.



i will post more pics as the rig evolves. but... for now, i am more than happy with it.

if Corsair made ML fans with the LL ARGB fan features, i would swap the Riing lighting... but they do not at the moment.

 

[AlienALX]

Lesson one, anything Phobya makes is crap. Cheap, nasty, rebranded $2 crap.

I stupidly paid £7 for two LED strips and they were identical to the Chinese ones you get loads of for a fiver.