Gaming Monster Extreme
This is my first full liquid cooled build. I've decided to share my build experience with everyone. Your feedback is appreciated!
I'm going to log parts and pieces when I receive them.
Received Parts and Pieces:
6 Aquastream XT Temperature Sensors (53067)
4 3TB Seagate HDD
Rampage IV Extreme Mobo
64GB Corsair Vengeance Memory
I7-3930K LGA2011
Corsair AX1200 PSU
2 Asus GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II 4GB GDDRS
2 Crucial M4 256GB SSD
1 Asus Blueray Drive
1 Windows 8 64bit PRO
EK ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Cooling Block Kit - Nickel CSQ (back ordered)
EK Supremacy Universal Nickel CSQ
2 EK GeForce 680 Nickel CSQ (Black back plates back ordered)
2 EK Corsair Dominator Nickel CSQ with 8 ram modules. (4 ram modules back ordered)
12' of Tygon R-3603 7/16" - 5/8" tubing
20 EK G1/4 Nickel Compression fittings
8 EK CSQ G1/4 90 degrees Nickel fittings
8 EK CSQ G1/4 45 degrees Nickel fittings
8 EK G1/4 Black Compression fittings
8 EK CSQ G1/4 Black 90 degrees fittings
2 EK 360 XTX Radiators
EK X3 Reservoir replacement tube 250
EK D5 X-RES Top 140
EK X3 Reservoir Replacement Top (don't need this, the X-Res came with one)
EK FC Bridge Dual Parallel 3-Slot CSQ SLI Connection
Swiftech MCP655-PWM-Drive 12v Water Pump
2 EK Water Block 680 GTX Replacement thermal pad sets (I may use thermal compound instead)
EK Thermal Pad Sheet 150mm x 150mm x .5mm (for the mobo water blocks)
13 Phobya 120mm x 25mm G-Silent 12 1500rpm Fan -Red LED with ModRight Silencers
2 Phobya G1/4 inline temp sensor Coupler (bought this and then read that aquaero only works correctly with their sensors)
AquaComputer g1/4 Flow Meter Sensor Block with connection cable
Thermal paste fingers (finger condoms, why not!)
Arctic Silver 5 Compound
6 Bitfenix Alchemy Multisleeve 3-pin to 3 x 3-pin Y Cable Splitters
50 Heavy Duty Rubber Grommets
Danger Den Premium Tube Cutter
AquaComputer Aquaero 5 XT USB Fan Controller with waterblock
Silverstone USB 3.0 / HD Audio Bay/w 5.25 to 3.5 bay converter.
3 Fesser One Red UV reactive Fluid bottles.
2 BPU - 340 Black Sata back plane from iStarusa.
Mountain Mods Ascension Case
3 HDMI to DVI Interconnect by Sonicwave
EK-FB KIT RE4 CSQ
2 EK-FC680 GTX Backplate - Black CSQ
4 360mm Radiator Gaskets
Miscellaneous cable\tube management ties
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4/24/13
Today I received 6 temperature sensors. The male end where the grommet fits is much larger than I thought. I had planned to fit two sensors on the in and out of the cpu water block, two sensors on the in and out of the gpu water block and two sensors on the in and out of the rads. I think the sensors on the rad will be fine and maybe even on the cpu block. But I don't think the gpu block will be large enough to cover the gasket. When I get the water blocks I'll see if they fit.
*Edit* I might only use one or two sensors. Not only are the wires ugly but the actual fluid temp changes very little from component to component. So there is really only need for one sensor. I might put one before the rad and one after just to see a slight temp change but one is more than enough. *sigh... live and learn. Anyone need some temp sensors? :)
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I received the Rampage IV Extreme MOBO today. It looks awesome! The only thing that really concerns me at this point is the ram block next to the first PCI 16 slot. It looks way to close and I'm not sure my ram water block is going to fit along with the GPU backplate. We will see...
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Ram came today! I bought 64GB of Corsair Vengeance because I want to max out the memory on the mobo, overclock with ram water blocks and see if I can do some fun things with fast access. I also chose Vengeance because the stats are just as fast as the Dominator GT but half the price. Reviews seem strong.
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Processor arrived. I chose the i7-3930K. I just could not justify spending an additional $600 for the Extreme addition.
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Corsair AX1200 PSU! Totally modular -Awesome. I probably only need about 800 watts but better safe than sorry. I'll probably end up replacing all the cables which is why a totally modular PSU rocks.
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2 Asus GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II 4GB GDDRS! I'm going to water cool these and run them in SLI. I am really looking forward to pushing these. Can't wait to run three monitors with Nvidia 3D Vision.
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Pictures to follow (just as soon as I figure out how to re-size my pics with picasa)!
Sound Setup:
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Current rig:
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