Overview
Ok, so I am finally breaking down and doing one of those insane, over the top, completely unneeded builds to see how much i can overclock the 580 GPUs and the new 3960X processor. This build is going to take a month roughly due to some of the lead times some components have. I would love to hear input regarding some of the component choices, and any input on my water cooling choices (first time i'll be doing a water cooled system).
System Name: TintedSun
Goals:
To acheive the highest overclock I can on the new 3960X Intel, highest overclock on the eVGA 580 GTX's, and make a really sweet looking custom system.
Visuals
Build Plans
System Features:
Front Option Renderings:
Hardware:
PC Centric Parts:
Completed System Pictures:
(soon to come)
Completed System Video:
(soon to come)
Benchmarks:
Single Samsung SSD on the additional controller (SATA III)
2 x Samsung SSD's in RAID 0 on the regular X79 controller (SATA III)
Ok, so I am finally breaking down and doing one of those insane, over the top, completely unneeded builds to see how much i can overclock the 580 GPUs and the new 3960X processor. This build is going to take a month roughly due to some of the lead times some components have. I would love to hear input regarding some of the component choices, and any input on my water cooling choices (first time i'll be doing a water cooled system).
System Name: TintedSun
Goals:
To acheive the highest overclock I can on the new 3960X Intel, highest overclock on the eVGA 580 GTX's, and make a really sweet looking custom system.
Visuals
- Internal Color Scheme: Red/Black
- CPU Block LEDs: Tailed Dual 3mm Red LEDs
- Case LEDs: undecided, but something Red
- Water Line Color: Clear Red
- Anti-Kink Color: Black
- Fitting Color: Matte Black
- Coolant Color: Clear
- Cable Sleeve Color: Black
- Heatshrink Color: Black
Build Plans
System Features:
- Quad SLI
- RAID 0 SSDs on SATA III
- Dual Water Loops (2 pumps per loop in series)
- Dual PSUs
- Cooling system controls on front of case
- System will have 2 seperate water loops
- Radiators will be on both top portions of the case
- Each radiator will have 4 high pressure Scythe fans
- Each Radiator will have a dedicated 4 channel fan controller with RPM display and RPM Adjuster
- Each Radiator fan can be controlled independantly via the bay mounted controllers
- Each fan will be in a push configuration and will feature a 40mm plenum
- Loop 1 - 4 Video Cards
- Loop 1 - to use PSU mounted Radiator
- Loop 2 - CPU/RAM/Mobo
- Loop 2 - to use mobo mounted Radiator
Front Option Renderings:
Hardware:
PC Centric Parts:
- CPU: Intel i7-3960x LGA 2011
- Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
- Memory: 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) Corsair Dominator GT Quad Channel
- GPUs: 4 x eVGA 580 GTX 3GB Hydro Copper 2 FTW in Quad SLI
- PSU: 2 x Corsair 1200AX's
- SSD 1: 4 x 256GB Samsung 830's (2 in RAID 0 on SATA III, 2 as single drives on SATA III)
- HDD/SSD 2: 2 x Western Digital 2TB RE4's in RAID 0 on SATA II
- Blu-Ray Writer: 2 x LITE-ON 12X BD-R
- Case: CaseLabs TH10
- Monitors: 3 x Samsung 27" 1ms Rose Black P2770FH
- Battery Backup: 2 x APC Smart-UPS SMT2200 2200VA LCD 1980 Watt LCD UPS's
- Motherboard Block: Koolance ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Waterblock
- CPU Block: XSPC RayStorm High Performance Acetal CPU Liquid Cooling Block - Intel
- GPU Block: 4 x Damger Den Black Chrome Top and Nickle Base GTX 580 Waterblock
- RAM Block: 2 x EK Corsair Dominator X4 RAM Waterblock
- Pump: 4 x Danger Den D5 Variable Speed Pumps
- Pump Mod 1: 4 x Bitspower D5 Extreme Pump Mod Top V2
- Pump Mod 2: 4 x Bitspower D5 Body kit
- Radiator: 2 x HW Labs Black Ice GTX Xtreme 480 Radiators
- Resevoir: 2 x FrozenQ Liquid Fusion Dual Bay Red Helix Reservoir
- Tubing: Clear Red PrimoChill PrimoFlex PRO LRT 1/2" ID 3/4" OD Tubing
- Fittings 1: 9 x Bitspower Matte Black Ultimate G1/4 Thread Compression Fittings
- Fittings 2: 13 x Bitspower Matte Black Ultimate G1/4 45° Thread Compression Fittings
- Fittings 3: 13 x Bitspower Matte Black Ultimate G1/4 90° Thread Compression Fittings
- Fittings 4: 10 x Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black Male to Male Rotary Extender
- Fittings 5: 3 x Bitspower G1/4 Male to Female Extender - 20mm - Matte Black
- Fittings 6: 8 x Bitspower G 3/8" to G 1/4" Convert
- Fittings 7: 7 x Bitspower G1/4" Matte Black T Adapter
- Fittings 8: 1 x Bitspower G1/4" Matte Black Quad Adapter
- Fittings 9: 3 x Koolance Dual VID Connectors - Black
- Fill port: 4 x Danger Den Fillport - Black
- Temp Sensor: 4 x Bitspower G 1/4" Temp Sensor Stop Fitting
- Coolant: EK EKoolant Premium Liquid Cooling Premix Coolant
- Radiator Shroud: 4 x Tecnofront Airbox 240 Acrylic
- Radiator Fans: 8 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 5400 RPM Fans
- System Fans: 13 x Aerocool Shark Red Edition 120mm Fans
- Fan Controller 1: 2 x Lamptron 30W - 4 Channel Aluminum Controllers
- Fan Controller 2: 1 x Lamptron 50W - 4 Channel Aluminum Throttle Style Controller
- Pump Controller: 2 x Koolance Dual 24V Pump Controller
- Temp Monitor: 4 x XSPC LCD Temp Sensor
- Cable Sleeving: Kobra High Density Cable Sleeving
- O-Rings: Bitspower Deep Bold Red O-Rings
- Thermal Strips: Fujipoly Premium System Builder Thermal Pads
- Thermal Compound: Phobya HeGrease Extreme Thermal Compound
- 4 x Phobya Quad 480 Radiator Grill Hex
- Dual PSU Convertor: Lian-Li Dual Power Supple Adapter
Completed System Pictures:
(soon to come)
Completed System Video:
(soon to come)
Benchmarks:
Single Samsung SSD on the additional controller (SATA III)
2 x Samsung SSD's in RAID 0 on the regular X79 controller (SATA III)