Project WorkLog: New Whisper Quiet Rig w\Surround 3D & Water Cooled

francis87 · 26th July 2011, 9:16 AM

Hey Guys, so as my signature says, i have retired my old rig, which served really well.. but im embarking on a new project. Majority of the parts already on order. Here are the specs i am aiming for

Hardware
i7 980X (Apogee XT water block)
2x Ati 6990 (XSPC Full Cover Waterblock)
Gbit G1 Sniper Mobo
Corsair Dominators 3x 2Gig
Corsair Obsidian 800D
~~Corsair AX850 PSU~~ Corsair AX1200
Crucial 128GB SSD
Couple other 2TB HDD

Cooling
Swifteck MCP 655
RX120.3 Rad with Noctua P12's pushing
& Nexus Blue LED fans pulling all on fan controllers
UV Blue XSPC tubs
~~Frozen Q T-virus Res~~ XPSC Dual Bay Res With MCP655
Assorted Bitspower Compression Bits.

Displays
3x Samsung S23A750 monitors
1x 19'' BenQ LED panel

Any recommendations Welcome. Most part should arrive during the week, building should start this weekend hopefully

danyell · 26th July 2011, 9:57 AM

Whisper quite or Whisper Quiet?

francis87 · 26th July 2011, 10:27 AM

Your quite rite, the wrong Quiet

trippinonprozac · 26th July 2011, 11:09 AM

get the AX 1200 mate as you may want to go tri-fire in the future with 3 monitors ;-)

I did the same thing and its well worth the journey!

francis87 · 26th July 2011, 12:23 PM

Ya the PSU is my concern right now.. but i think the 850 will hold up for now... if i do decide to beef up graphics in the future, ill have to consider it.

Reaper_1994 · 26th July 2011, 4:22 PM

Subbed. I want to see how quiet you can get it

francis87 · 27th July 2011, 9:43 AM

Rad and some water bits got delivered home just then

lucky some1 was home to sign for it.. Will leave work early to get mobo and case this arvo.

Put in order for the monitors..

Need to grab some white vinegar to clean out my water bits..

Building will start shortly.. Will put up pics of some beautiful boxes

Anisawrus · 27th July 2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by francis87

=Will put up pics of some beautiful boxes

ooo boxes!

looking forward to this one, sounds like it will be intresting!

francis87 · 27th July 2011, 1:36 PM

GPU just came to my office!! Its pretty damn heavy, but looks really (for lack of a better word) "Sick!" So pretty much have everything if i make it in time to pick up the case and mobo

Crashish · 27th July 2011, 4:53 PM

hmm nice... subbed..

francis87 · 27th July 2011, 9:57 PM

Boo, didnt make it to pick up my case and mobo.. this work thing keeps getting in the way of getting stuff done.. any way here is a pic of some of the stuff i got 2day.. not as exciting... sadly probably wont be able to make it to mobo and case till Friday...

ok so i have pulled apart my water block for the CPU, and there seems to be a lot of crap in there!!! do i just use some vinegar and a tooth brush???

francis87 · 28th July 2011, 3:04 PM

iv put in an order for some Headphones gone with the Audio Technica AD-700 herd good things about it!..

Lenqt · 28th July 2011, 8:17 PM

eww... it there any way to prevent that build up in your cpu block ?

mcleotg · 28th July 2011, 8:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lenqt

eww... it there any way to prevent that build up in your cpu block ?

Dont use coolants

francis87 · 29th July 2011, 8:19 AM

Ya I had some die in my loop last time.. I think I will stick to kill coil and distelled water this time!

26th July 2011, 9:16 AM	#1
francis87 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 344	Project WorkLog: New Whisper Quiet Rig w\Surround 3D & Water Cooled Hey Guys, so as my signature says, i have retired my old rig, which served really well.. but im embarking on a new project. Majority of the parts already on order. Here are the specs i am aiming for Hardware i7 980X (Apogee XT water block) 2x Ati 6990 (XSPC Full Cover Waterblock) Gbit G1 Sniper Mobo Corsair Dominators 3x 2Gig Corsair Obsidian 800D ~~Corsair AX850 PSU~~ Corsair AX1200 Crucial 128GB SSD Couple other 2TB HDD Cooling Swifteck MCP 655 RX120.3 Rad with Noctua P12's pushing & Nexus Blue LED fans pulling all on fan controllers UV Blue XSPC tubs ~~Frozen Q T-virus Res~~ XPSC Dual Bay Res With MCP655 Assorted Bitspower Compression Bits. Displays 3x Samsung S23A750 monitors 1x 19'' BenQ LED panel Any recommendations Welcome. Most part should arrive during the week, building should start this weekend hopefully __________________ My Rig: i7 980x @ 4Ghz \| GB G1.Sniper \| 800D \| HD6990 w\XSPC Wblock\| Corsair 12GB DDR3 \| 256GB Samsung 830 SSD + 120GB Corsair Force SSD + 2TB \| Xonar Essence STX \| 3 x Samsung S27A750 \| BenQ 22'' + Lenovo 24'' \| XSPC Raystorm CPU block\| XSPC Dualbay res w\ D5 pump \| XSPC RX320 + RX240 w\GTyphoons\| AX 850W \| Project Log \|My Net Speed \| Last edited by francis87; 22nd August 2011 at 7:40 PM.

26th July 2011, 10:27 AM	#3
francis87 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 344	Your quite rite, the wrong Quiet __________________ My Rig: i7 980x @ 4Ghz \| GB G1.Sniper \| 800D \| HD6990 w\XSPC Wblock\| Corsair 12GB DDR3 \| 256GB Samsung 830 SSD + 120GB Corsair Force SSD + 2TB \| Xonar Essence STX \| 3 x Samsung S27A750 \| BenQ 22'' + Lenovo 24'' \| XSPC Raystorm CPU block\| XSPC Dualbay res w\ D5 pump \| XSPC RX320 + RX240 w\GTyphoons\| AX 850W \| Project Log \|My Net Speed \|

26th July 2011, 11:09 AM	#4
trippinonprozac Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 125	get the AX 1200 mate as you may want to go tri-fire in the future with 3 monitors ;-) I did the same thing and its well worth the journey! __________________ _______________________________________________ 3930K @ 5ghz \| Rampage IV Extreme \| GSkills Trident 2400mhz 16gb \| MSI 680 Lightning\| Modded TJ07 \| Custom waterloop

26th July 2011, 12:23 PM	#5
francis87 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 344	Ya the PSU is my concern right now.. but i think the 850 will hold up for now... if i do decide to beef up graphics in the future, ill have to consider it. __________________ My Rig: i7 980x @ 4Ghz \| GB G1.Sniper \| 800D \| HD6990 w\XSPC Wblock\| Corsair 12GB DDR3 \| 256GB Samsung 830 SSD + 120GB Corsair Force SSD + 2TB \| Xonar Essence STX \| 3 x Samsung S27A750 \| BenQ 22'' + Lenovo 24'' \| XSPC Raystorm CPU block\| XSPC Dualbay res w\ D5 pump \| XSPC RX320 + RX240 w\GTyphoons\| AX 850W \| Project Log \|My Net Speed \|

26th July 2011, 4:22 PM	#6
Reaper_1994 Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Townsville, QLD Posts: 1,854	Subbed. I want to see how quiet you can get it __________________ Main Rig: WC'ed Intel 2600K @ 4.5GHz, 1.34v (XSPC Raystorm) / WC'ed HIS (EK6970+EN) + XFX HD6950 (EK-FC6970) / Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 / Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 / Thermaltake Element G / Corsair HX850 Add me on Steam: ^1Reaper_1994 OCAU HWBot Team

26th July 2011, 9:57 AM	#2
danyell Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Melbourne, 3116 Posts: 1,109	Whisper quite or Whisper Quiet?

27th July 2011, 9:43 AM	#7
francis87 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 344	Rad and some water bits got delivered home just then lucky some1 was home to sign for it.. Will leave work early to get mobo and case this arvo. Put in order for the monitors.. Need to grab some white vinegar to clean out my water bits.. Building will start shortly.. Will put up pics of some beautiful boxes __________________ My Rig: i7 980x @ 4Ghz \| GB G1.Sniper \| 800D \| HD6990 w\XSPC Wblock\| Corsair 12GB DDR3 \| 256GB Samsung 830 SSD + 120GB Corsair Force SSD + 2TB \| Xonar Essence STX \| 3 x Samsung S27A750 \| BenQ 22'' + Lenovo 24'' \| XSPC Raystorm CPU block\| XSPC Dualbay res w\ D5 pump \| XSPC RX320 + RX240 w\GTyphoons\| AX 850W \| Project Log \|My Net Speed \|

27th July 2011, 1:36 PM	#9
francis87 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 344	GPU just came to my office!! Its pretty damn heavy, but looks really (for lack of a better word) "Sick!" So pretty much have everything if i make it in time to pick up the case and mobo __________________ My Rig: i7 980x @ 4Ghz \| GB G1.Sniper \| 800D \| HD6990 w\XSPC Wblock\| Corsair 12GB DDR3 \| 256GB Samsung 830 SSD + 120GB Corsair Force SSD + 2TB \| Xonar Essence STX \| 3 x Samsung S27A750 \| BenQ 22'' + Lenovo 24'' \| XSPC Raystorm CPU block\| XSPC Dualbay res w\ D5 pump \| XSPC RX320 + RX240 w\GTyphoons\| AX 850W \| Project Log \|My Net Speed \|

27th July 2011, 4:53 PM	#10
Crashish Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: North Brisbane Posts: 422	hmm nice... subbed..

27th July 2011, 9:57 PM	#11
francis87 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 344	Boo, didnt make it to pick up my case and mobo.. this work thing keeps getting in the way of getting stuff done.. any way here is a pic of some of the stuff i got 2day.. not as exciting... sadly probably wont be able to make it to mobo and case till Friday... ok so i have pulled apart my water block for the CPU, and there seems to be a lot of crap in there!!! do i just use some vinegar and a tooth brush??? __________________ My Rig: i7 980x @ 4Ghz \| GB G1.Sniper \| 800D \| HD6990 w\XSPC Wblock\| Corsair 12GB DDR3 \| 256GB Samsung 830 SSD + 120GB Corsair Force SSD + 2TB \| Xonar Essence STX \| 3 x Samsung S27A750 \| BenQ 22'' + Lenovo 24'' \| XSPC Raystorm CPU block\| XSPC Dualbay res w\ D5 pump \| XSPC RX320 + RX240 w\GTyphoons\| AX 850W \| Project Log \|My Net Speed \| Last edited by francis87; 27th July 2011 at 10:13 PM.

28th July 2011, 3:04 PM	#12
francis87 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 344	iv put in an order for some Headphones gone with the Audio Technica AD-700 herd good things about it!.. __________________ My Rig: i7 980x @ 4Ghz \| GB G1.Sniper \| 800D \| HD6990 w\XSPC Wblock\| Corsair 12GB DDR3 \| 256GB Samsung 830 SSD + 120GB Corsair Force SSD + 2TB \| Xonar Essence STX \| 3 x Samsung S27A750 \| BenQ 22'' + Lenovo 24'' \| XSPC Raystorm CPU block\| XSPC Dualbay res w\ D5 pump \| XSPC RX320 + RX240 w\GTyphoons\| AX 850W \| Project Log \|My Net Speed \|

28th July 2011, 8:17 PM	#13
Lenqt Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Townsville Posts: 109	eww... it there any way to prevent that build up in your cpu block ? __________________ My PC: 2600K \| 16gb Corsair Dominator 1866mhz C9 \| ASRock Z68 Fatal1ty Gen3 \| 2x EVGA GTX580's \| AX1200 \| OCZ 120gb Vertex 3 MAX IOPS \| Asus DX2 \| 800D/Dual Liquid Cooling Loops \| Windows 7 Ultimate 64X Wifes PC: Click Here

29th July 2011, 8:19 AM	#15
francis87 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 344	Ya I had some die in my loop last time.. I think I will stick to kill coil and distelled water this time! __________________ My Rig: i7 980x @ 4Ghz \| GB G1.Sniper \| 800D \| HD6990 w\XSPC Wblock\| Corsair 12GB DDR3 \| 256GB Samsung 830 SSD + 120GB Corsair Force SSD + 2TB \| Xonar Essence STX \| 3 x Samsung S27A750 \| BenQ 22'' + Lenovo 24'' \| XSPC Raystorm CPU block\| XSPC Dualbay res w\ D5 pump \| XSPC RX320 + RX240 w\GTyphoons\| AX 850W \| Project Log \|My Net Speed \|