What's up everyone on overclock? I am making this thread to ask for help on my first build which I will be doing in a month or two. Going to put lists below on things that I need help on and the planned system specs. Any links to articles/other threads or words of wisdom that you want to share are much appreciated.
Help:
How to hook up the power cables
How to download windows on the OS hardrive
How to overclock the CPU and video cards
How connect fans to a fan controller
Specs:
Case - Case Labs SMH10 (with side 480 radiator mount, front flex bay 480 radiator mount, XXL window, fan cutout back panel, and top and side vents) (outside painted glossy black and the inside covered with white carbon fiber vinyl)
Motherboard - Asus Rampage IV Extreme
CPU - Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 3960X 3.3GHz
Video Cards - SLI GTX 680 4gb Classified Hydro Copper
Video Capture Card - Avermedia Live Gamer HD PCIe H.264
Sound Card - Asus Xonar One
Hard Drives - 3 Corsair Neutron GTX 240gb, 1 1tb Velocilraptor
RAM - Corsair Platinum 32 Gb
PSU - Corsair 1200W Platinum
Lighting - white LEDs (to "showcase" the build)
Cooling
Radiator - 2 XSPC AX480
Pump - 2 EK D5 with white and black pump tops (black pump on bottom, white on top with white top pump facing toward the window)
Reservoir - Bitspower 400mm Clear (caps painted white)
CPU Block - Swiftech Apogee HD White
Thermal Paste – IC Diamond
Fittings - Koolance fittings with a few quick disconnects
Tubing - Tygon 2475 High Purity (might have to replace with Durelene, Tygon has a reputation of changing color when exposed to Mayhems coolant, however this is a different formula than usual Tygon as it has no plasticizer and is resistant to absorbing fluids).
Liquid - Mayhems Red Pastel (made a little bit darker with their dye)
Fans - 8 Silverstone FM121, 12 Gentle Typhoon High RPM (3000 rpm version)
Fan Controller - NZXT Sentry Mix (2 channels per radiator, 1 channel for the other fans, and the last channel can hopefully be used for the LEDs
If you have any extra tips or tutorials that I have not listed and you think that a first time builder would need to know, please post them as well, and thank you again for your help.
Also if you guys have any suggestions for names of this build I would really like to hear them.
Edited by walden emrys - 11/2/12 at 5:00pm
Help:
How to hook up the power cables
How to download windows on the OS hardrive
How to overclock the CPU and video cards
How connect fans to a fan controller
Specs:
Case - Case Labs SMH10 (with side 480 radiator mount, front flex bay 480 radiator mount, XXL window, fan cutout back panel, and top and side vents) (outside painted glossy black and the inside covered with white carbon fiber vinyl)
Motherboard - Asus Rampage IV Extreme
CPU - Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 3960X 3.3GHz
Video Cards - SLI GTX 680 4gb Classified Hydro Copper
Video Capture Card - Avermedia Live Gamer HD PCIe H.264
Sound Card - Asus Xonar One
Hard Drives - 3 Corsair Neutron GTX 240gb, 1 1tb Velocilraptor
RAM - Corsair Platinum 32 Gb
PSU - Corsair 1200W Platinum
Lighting - white LEDs (to "showcase" the build)
Cooling
Radiator - 2 XSPC AX480
Pump - 2 EK D5 with white and black pump tops (black pump on bottom, white on top with white top pump facing toward the window)
Reservoir - Bitspower 400mm Clear (caps painted white)
CPU Block - Swiftech Apogee HD White
Thermal Paste – IC Diamond
Fittings - Koolance fittings with a few quick disconnects
Tubing - Tygon 2475 High Purity (might have to replace with Durelene, Tygon has a reputation of changing color when exposed to Mayhems coolant, however this is a different formula than usual Tygon as it has no plasticizer and is resistant to absorbing fluids).
Liquid - Mayhems Red Pastel (made a little bit darker with their dye)
Fans - 8 Silverstone FM121, 12 Gentle Typhoon High RPM (3000 rpm version)
Fan Controller - NZXT Sentry Mix (2 channels per radiator, 1 channel for the other fans, and the last channel can hopefully be used for the LEDs
If you have any extra tips or tutorials that I have not listed and you think that a first time builder would need to know, please post them as well, and thank you again for your help.
Also if you guys have any suggestions for names of this build I would really like to hear them.
Edited by walden emrys - 11/2/12 at 5:00pm















