My new gaming/ photo PC

I've been following this thread closely because I am soon to be building a photo editing/triple monitor racing sim rig. Which version of the 770 are you going to go for? I'm toying with either a 4GB MSI 770:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...-7010mhz-gddr5-gpu-1137mhz-boost-1189mhz-core

Or a pair of 4GB EVGA 760's:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...u-1085mhz-boost-1150mhz-cores-1152-dport-dvi-

Or possibly a pair of the 770's if I'm feeling flush, not sure if the extra £220 over the 760's is worth it.

I'm not planning of overclocking the CPU or GPU massively but was considering using something like a Corsair 100i for cooling just to try and make it as quiet as possible. Doesn't seam like a huge amount more compared to a decent air cooler. Also is there much need for a 850w PSU, I was looking at 750w for SLI, but I guess 850 gives you a bit more room for overclocking?
 
GeForce Junky said:
I've been following this thread closely because I am soon to be building a photo editing/triple monitor racing sim rig. Which version of the 770 are you going to go for? I'm toying with either a 4GB MSI 770:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-msi-gtx-770-twin-frozr-oc-gaming-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-7010mhz-gddr5-gpu-1137mhz-boost-1189mhz-core

Or a pair of 4GB EVGA 760's:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-evga-gtx-760-ftw-acx-pcie-30-(x16)-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-1085mhz-boost-1150mhz-cores-1152-dport-dvi-

Or possibly a pair of the 770's if I'm feeling flush, not sure if the extra £220 over the 760's is worth it.

I'm not planning of overclocking the CPU or GPU massively but was considering using something like a Corsair 100i for cooling just to try and make it as quiet as possible. Doesn't seam like a huge amount more compared to a decent air cooler. Also is there much need for a 850w PSU, I was looking at 750w for SLI, but I guess 850 gives you a bit more room for overclocking?
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Well the main reason you would go for the 4gb card is if you are going to be running a few moniotrs off of it otherwise its pretty pointless. I bought the palit 770 as I wouldn't be using the cooler and it was just under £300... There is going to be another card added next month ;) have a look at tasty pc's video, she created a racing sim. I'm currently running two screens, soon to be three.

I was using the h70 and was getting about 28c on my amd 1055t. The h100 is a few steps up from the h70 and would get a lot of cooling!

I went with the 850ax because of a price glitch. At the time it was about £40 cheaper than the ax750... Bit either would work. I would suggest though if you are going for a haswell system to get the 760i or 860i for the lower power modes that the system would go into when idling.
 
Yeah going for the 4GB due to running 3x 1080p screens for the sim rig :-) The 860i looks like a lovely piece of kit ... £170 on a PSU though, ouch that is a lot!
 
Its always better to pay for cleaner power. Also going modular is lovelly! My case looks so much cleaner inside!

Have a look at the seasonic psu's. My mate said they are built identically to the cosair ones. Possibly same company...
 
Okay, a little bit of an update...

Well I have bought all the fans. A mix of SP120's and AF120's. I also got the NZXT grid to help control all of these fans, just a 10 fan hub. I also have gotten some primer and green spray paint for the fan rings/ anything else I might want coloured green.

For the modding of the case I bought a dremel with some diamond cutting blades and grinding discs. I am going to buy myself a 240mm crossflow radiator when they are back in stock and use it as a template to see how much needs cutting/ hole placement. I will evetually buy another of these.

The build should take one more month as I have decided to go on holiday with the woman instead of buying the rest of the loop components and the second gpu. Need some well deserved time off from work and uni...
 
Okay, it has been a while now since I updated this thread. I was going to update it yesterday but the forum was on the move.

Well the build is actually fully done now! The PC is fully bleed out and leak checked. It is also fully braided etc.

Benchmark of my two graphics cards vs one graphics card running on air.


Benchmarks by Mat Teague, on Flickr

Probably best just to show you all the images which I took of the build rather than just blabbing on...

Naked graphics card

Watercooled GTX 770 and i7 by Mat Teague, on Flickr

Block all added

Watercooled GTX 770 and i7 by Mat Teague, on Flickr

Both the graphics cards

Watercooled GTX 770 and i7 by Mat Teague, on Flickr

Now from another angle

Watercooled GTX 770 and i7 by Mat Teague, on Flickr
 
Fully tubed up!

Partially together! by Mat Teague, on Flickr

Close up of the tubing!

Partially together! by Mat Teague, on Flickr

Snapped a fitting... :(

Well s***... by Mat Teague, on Flickr

Coolant is in and there was a few small leaks... Had to move the loop around a bit to stop it from leaking

Filling and bleeding the loop by Mat Teague, on Flickr

Close up of the GPU block after being filled

Filling and bleeding the loop by Mat Teague, on Flickr

Close up of the CPU block and tubing

Filling and bleeding the loop by Mat Teague, on Flickr
 
Nice pc and im sure its cost you a few quid, i do feel that it needs another two sticks of ram to finish it off though
 
You absolutely do not need to overclock that CPU.
 
The pokemon kid said:
Need some creative people to think up a cool name for this! Going to possibly get a sticker made with the name of it to add to the computer.

Currently the name is: Brenda

Who can think of a cooler/ better name?
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Green Vyper!

Very nice and tidy build.
 
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I must admit, I love the case and cable management. If only I wasn't so lazy my computer might look half as impressive :p My computer might look like a heap of junk, but it only conceals its true power ;)
 
Awesome build... well done from another daft overclocking fan. :)
 
The pokemon kid said:
I am going to running 9 fans in total... 4 push pull in the front, 4 push pull in the top and one in the back...

I am either going to run something similar to have arad showed but would-be a board for up to 10 fans and no front bay item, or I would run a scythe laze 12 fan controller...

I bought four missile switches to control the different sets of cold cathodes...
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What do you mean push / pull in the front and 4 push pull in the top, which way is the airflow going?
 
GeForce Junky said:
Good work, that looks like an awesome job.
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Thanks! Taken a while to complete!

Stu Blackpool said:
Awesome build... well done from another daft overclocking fan. :)
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Need to push every ounce out of the computer!

mipevo6 said:
What do you mean push / pull in the front and 4 push pull in the top, which way is the airflow going?
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The air comes in at the front of the case and it is pushed through the front radiator by two fans, on the other side of this radiator there is two fans pulling the through. It is then directed over the motherboard and then out the top of the case past the top radiator.

So... Front of case-> Fans (push) -> Radiator -> Fans (pull)

In the top, I just have a push configuration.

Fans (push) -> Radiator -> Out of the case
 
If you haven't already ruled it out, I can highly recommend the aquacomputer for fan control and much much more, would complement your build well.
 
A few images from mine, great piece of kit. Got mine setup to control the fans based of the temperature of the water coming out of the rads after cooling and also have the case ambient fans controlled via the ambient difference between inside and outside the case. In 90% of useage scenarios! my fans stay off completely due to the sheer volume of water in my system. It's a great system and complements water. Oozing well as one of the main benefits of water is being able to run large, quiet fans so your system doesn't sound like a hovercraft!

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The pokemon kid said:
Thanks! Taken a while to complete!


Need to push every ounce out of the computer!


The air comes in at the front of the case and it is pushed through the front radiator by two fans, on the other side of this radiator there is two fans pulling the through. It is then directed over the motherboard and then out the top of the case past the top radiator.

So... Front of case-> Fans (push) -> Radiator -> Fans (pull)

In the top, I just have a push configuration.

Fans (push) -> Radiator -> Out of the case
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Aha !!!

wow it must be noisey?
 
Stu Blackpool said:
A few images from mine, great piece of kit. Got mine setup to control the fans based of the temperature of the water coming out of the rads after cooling and also have the case ambient fans controlled via the ambient difference between inside and outside the case. In 90% of useage scenarios! my fans stay off completely due to the sheer volume of water in my system. It's a great system and complements water. Oozing well as one of the main benefits of water is being able to run large, quiet fans so your system doesn't sound like a hovercraft!
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I have got all the fans running off of the NZXT grid. They are all under volted to 7v's. Also I can tell all of the temperatures from HWMonitor and realtemp. Thought about using sensors but I am really running out of space within my build. I even managed to cram a 3tb drive in about the reservoir.

mipevo6 said:
Aha !!!

wow it must be noisey?
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Nope, they are very quiet. I am using static pressure fans specifically designed for pushing air through radiators, these cut down on a lot of noise which other fans would make. Also I am using the quiet editions of the fans and I have also under volted them all to run at a slower speed and in turn run even quieter. The system runs very cool and very quiet. The PC Idles at about 22ish°C. It has even dropped to 18°C. Only when it is at 100% load across all cores does it hit the 68°C.
 
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