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[fasedw]

This was an investment in getting the gf to play bf3 without complaining. She was complaining the fans were too loud. Hearing her trifire fans and my quadfire fans I finally had enough as well. She didnt get my pretty fittings SHHH

Hows it running ?, like a champ I bet.

[nycdarkness]

Hows it running ?, like a champ I bet.

Yup. I saved the one unlocked 6950 that I had that oced like a beast. so I got 1ghz core on all of them.

[junglist1996]

After numerous delays with parts, I've finally got my first water cooled rig up and running.





I guess cable management can be better but I'll save that for later.

[shadow001]

Seems that EK seriously underestimated the demand for their water blocks for the HD7970 and simply didn't make enough of them, so i'll go with koolance yet again wich are much easier to get, and swiftechs double pump masterpiece to help out the current pump mounted on the front bay...

http://www.swiftech.com/MCP35x2PUMP.aspx

Going thru 4 GPU blocks and 2 radiators on a single pump is pushing it in terms of flow and overall restriction to overcome, so i'll add the above in series to speed it up the flow and act as a failsafe too.

[nycdarkness]

Seems that EK seriously underestimated the demand for their water blocks for the HD7970 and simply didn't make enough of them, so i'll go with koolance yet again wich are much easier to get, and swiftechs double pump masterpiece to help out the current pump mounted on the front bay...

http://www.swiftech.com/MCP35x2PUMP.aspx

Going thru 4 GPU blocks and 2 radiators on a single pump is pushing it in terms of flow and overall restriction to overcome, so i'll add the above in series to speed it up the flow and act as a failsafe too.

Not a fan of ek anymore to be honest. Twice I have gotten insufficient thermal pads (once none in the box) and just recently I had a mounting screw break in the block from hand screwing it partially.

[Mangler]

I'm a fan of the price on the full cover blocks from ek, they're 40€ cheaper than the ones from koolance.

[shadow001]

I'm a fan of the price on the full cover blocks from ek, they're 40€ cheaper than the ones from koolance.

Yes for single GPU users, but not so much for multiGPU users, as in order to look their best, they need specific adapters for each block and that big parallel part that goes over the 4 cards to complete the loop, so that makes up the difference anyhow....With koolance, all you need are the extensions between the cards and that's it, so it doesn't quite look as good i'll admit, but when paying 600$+ for either solution, there both not cheap anyhow.

[shadow001]

Ordered more parts for the cooling, and the loop for the GPU will have no less than 3 pumps setup in series and PWM controled by a CPU fan header, and a front mounted reservoir with it's own built in pump in a 5 1/4 bay to keep tabs on the water level, with an Acrilic top between the 2 lower pumps along with some nice sliver extention fittings, angled adapters and compression fittings for the extra bling factor...There goes another 300$ with shipping...


Same company will get 4 koolance blocks reserved for me by next week too, at 130$ a pop...800$ to modify the loop for the new cards in total, but the system deserves it bigtime...3 pumps in series may sound like overkill but it serves as a failsafe should any one pump fail

[Roadhog]

Not a fan of ek anymore to be honest. Twice I have gotten insufficient thermal pads (once none in the box) and just recently I had a mounting screw break in the block from hand screwing it partially.

Welcome to the club... I will never buy EK blocks again. I had a similar thermal pad issue. My Heatkiller GPU blocks I had for my 6970's were much better quality. Cheaper cost too.

[Mangler]

The biggest issue I've had with ek blocks is the issue in this thread.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?199801-EK-FC280-GTX-owners-with-high-GPU-temperatures&

It was a pretty frustrating issue since it did look like the block made good contact with the gpu, even if that was not the case.

[CurrentlyPissed]

Here is the new build.

Here is me building the new build.

In this picture I just finished running all the wires, etc.



Here is a close up of my pretty motherboard



Here it is with the new cards in.. Starting to come together.



Another shot..



Got it all hooked up, getting ready for the first test run




Annnnd were off!



Pretty lights!





MONEYSHOT

[CurrentlyPissed]

Oh, and I forgot to get some molex -> 3pin connectors. I am kinda dissapointed that this 800D didnt come with a build in fan controler. The 600T did -_-;

[KAC]

Nice pics.

[CurrentlyPissed]

Nice pics.

Thanks

[Nunz]

Why do you have a fan on the outside of the case..?

[CurrentlyPissed]

Why do you have a fan on the outside of the case..?

It was late didnt think about doing push pull from the inside

[Meteor_of_War]

Just built today.

[CurrentlyPissed]

Wow that case is IDENTICAL to my 600T I just replaced on the inside. That has to be the same chassis.

[Nunz]

It was late didnt think about doing push pull from the inside

Need to fix that! Would look much more sleeker without a random fan on the roof.

[CurrentlyPissed]

Need to fix that! Would look much more sleeker without a random fan on the roof.

Did today already.

[Meteor_of_War]

Wow that case is IDENTICAL to my 600T I just replaced on the inside. That has to be the same chassis.

Yeah the insides are pretty much the same design. It's the exterior where they differ.

The 600T is more of a "gamer" look.

[Nunz]

Did today already.

sweet

[KAC]

Just built today.

Where's the video card?

[Meteor_of_War]

Where's the video card?

Hmm...

[KAC]

Hmm...

I mean a real video card that is required for your system, not a physX simulator...

[Meteor_of_War]

I mean a real video card that is required for your system, not a physX simulator...

I make wise upgrade decisions for my total system and budget, rather than flush $ down the toilet on power I don't need.

My GTX260 is still eating up everything I throw at it considering I'm on a 1680x1050 display and most PC games these days are console ports. But you guys go ahead and keep spending $500+ on your video cards every year. You're helping to keep the industry alive.

[Nunz]

But you guys go ahead and keep spending $500+ on your video cards every year. You're helping to keep the industry alive.

[BababooeyHTJ]

A $100 GTX460 would even be a nice upgrade. You don't have to buy a top of the line card but if you're happy with what you currently have thats fine.

[demo]

Meteor|war would be a perfect candidate for GK104 imo

[Meteor_of_War]

Meteor|war would be a perfect candidate for GK104 imo

I am actually waiting to see what Nvidia has to offer with their Kepler GPUs.

No offense to anyone else here that's an enthusiast, just needed to give KAC a jab back for that one. FFS, I just scrounge together nearly $1000 over the past 3 months and he comes in and says "well where's the new video card" like its not good enough for him. Like I give a ****. Asshat.

[Sound_Card]

All jokes aside, I think you should probably take a look in a higher res monitor and higher end card soon. 1680x1050, been there done that, was lame. Such a small res.

[Nunz]

No offense to anyone else here that's an enthusiast, just needed to give KAC a jab back for that one. FFS, I just scrounge together nearly $1000 over the past 3 months and he comes in and says "well where's the new video card" like its not good enough for him. Like I give a ****. Asshat.

It's all good
As long as you enjoy the rig, who cares!

[Meteor_of_War]

All jokes aside, I think you should probably take a look in a higher res monitor and higher end card soon. 1680x1050, been there done that, was lame. Such a small res.

Lame? I don't think so. But I will upgrade when I can get a 120Hz IPS for less than $300.

And if that's too far off, I may at least get a 24" 1920x1080 on the cheap from the returns warehouse at work.

It's all good
As long as you enjoy the rig, who cares!

Exactly! I never felt I had to have the latest/greatest of everything.

[BababooeyHTJ]

What you really need to invest in is Skyrim to test out that new cpu.

[demo]

What you really need to invest in is ArmA2 to test out that new cpu.

fixt

[BababooeyHTJ]

fixt

I swear one of these days I'll give that game a fair chance.

[demo]

It is the most demanding game I have ever played tbh, both GPU and CPU.. Man that game can cripple CPU's when you're controlling whole armies with loads of squads, armour and choppers etc.

[Nunz]

Demanding.. I started playing Shogun 2 again after we discussed it in that thread, Demo..
I forgot how ****ing hot it gets my GPUs... my bottom card will hit 90c on the campaign map. Highest reported was 90c on the top card and 96c on the bottom. 80% fan speed..
****ing game.

[Seyiji]

I am actually waiting to see what Nvidia has to offer with their Kepler GPUs.

GK104 is a Kepler chip

[demo]

Demanding.. I started playing Shogun 2 again after we discussed it in that thread, Demo..
I forgot how ****ing hot it gets my GPUs... my bottom card will hit 90c on the campaign map. Highest reported was 90c on the top card and 96c on the bottom. 80% fan speed..
****ing game.

Use inspector and cap fps to 60/61/62, and enable vsync.