I recently killed a 5ghz 3770K and my Z77 motherboard, so I was left needing an replacement.
Unfortunately my new 4770K gives off far more heat than my chiller can cope with. So I'm faced with a full on new build.
Here's what I want to do:
As near to silent as I can make it.
Red / Black theme.
Water Cooled CPU and motherboard
Total overkill on the radiator capacity
SLI eventually (because I've never done it before)
Huge case with a clean look and the best possible air flow
Positive pressure rig with full dust filtration on intakes.
Change my barbs for compression fittings.
Colour matched everything.
Red LED fans with stealthed White LED strips
No kludging or bodging.
Stuff I am carrying over from my old rig:
PSU : OCZ 1000W 80Plus Gold
GPU : Asus 560 TI
CPU Block : EK Supreme HF
Motherboard : Asus Maximus VI Formula
CPU : 4770K
RAM : GIEL 2 x 4Gb PC2400
H/D : WD Caviar Black
New parts required for stage 1:
Case
360 Radiator
Fans
I looked around and there were two cases which were big enough to give me what I needed. Corsair 900D or the Cooler Master HAF Stacker 935.
As the HAF Stacker was half the price of the 900D, that's what I went with. Linus does a really good review of the HAF stacker .
JayzTwocents review is
For the moment I left my chiller unit plugged in. (hence the insulated tubing)
Here's the rig running in the large 925 section of the case.
http://s295.photobucket.com/user/wihglah/media/Mobile Uploads/20140210_181747_zps2f469d54.jpg.html
Running total:
Asus Maximus VI Formula ÂŁ240
Intel i7 4770K ÂŁ250
HAF Stacker ÂŁ155
Noctua NF-F12s x 5 ÂŁ88
XSPC RX360 V3 ÂŁ85
XSPC EX240 ÂŁ37
Koolance and Bitspower fittings ÂŁ158
Bitfenix braided cables ÂŁ40
Acrylic ÂŁ52
Mayhems Coolant dye ÂŁ6
PrimoChill PrimoFlex™ Advanced LRT™ £10
Phobya LEDs : ÂŁ24
Samsung 840 EVO : ÂŁ89
EK 150 Rex-X : ÂŁ40
EK Pump Top and D5 : ÂŁ90
Scythe GT AP-14s x 2 : ÂŁ40
More Bitspower fittings : ÂŁ134
EVGA 980 GTX SC : ÂŁ469
Asus ROG Swift PG278Q : ÂŁ659
EK EK-FC980 GTX - Acetal+Nickel : ÂŁ80
Final Cost: ÂŁ2792
Unfortunately my new 4770K gives off far more heat than my chiller can cope with. So I'm faced with a full on new build.
Here's what I want to do:
As near to silent as I can make it.
Red / Black theme.
Water Cooled CPU and motherboard
Total overkill on the radiator capacity
SLI eventually (because I've never done it before)
Huge case with a clean look and the best possible air flow
Positive pressure rig with full dust filtration on intakes.
Change my barbs for compression fittings.
Colour matched everything.
Red LED fans with stealthed White LED strips
No kludging or bodging.
Stuff I am carrying over from my old rig:
PSU : OCZ 1000W 80Plus Gold
GPU : Asus 560 TI
CPU Block : EK Supreme HF
Motherboard : Asus Maximus VI Formula
CPU : 4770K
RAM : GIEL 2 x 4Gb PC2400
H/D : WD Caviar Black
New parts required for stage 1:
Case
360 Radiator
Fans
I looked around and there were two cases which were big enough to give me what I needed. Corsair 900D or the Cooler Master HAF Stacker 935.
As the HAF Stacker was half the price of the 900D, that's what I went with. Linus does a really good review of the HAF stacker .
JayzTwocents review is
For the moment I left my chiller unit plugged in. (hence the insulated tubing)
Here's the rig running in the large 925 section of the case.
http://s295.photobucket.com/user/wihglah/media/Mobile Uploads/20140210_181747_zps2f469d54.jpg.html
Running total:
Asus Maximus VI Formula ÂŁ240
Intel i7 4770K ÂŁ250
HAF Stacker ÂŁ155
Noctua NF-F12s x 5 ÂŁ88
XSPC RX360 V3 ÂŁ85
XSPC EX240 ÂŁ37
Koolance and Bitspower fittings ÂŁ158
Bitfenix braided cables ÂŁ40
Acrylic ÂŁ52
Mayhems Coolant dye ÂŁ6
PrimoChill PrimoFlex™ Advanced LRT™ £10
Phobya LEDs : ÂŁ24
Samsung 840 EVO : ÂŁ89
EK 150 Rex-X : ÂŁ40
EK Pump Top and D5 : ÂŁ90
Scythe GT AP-14s x 2 : ÂŁ40
More Bitspower fittings : ÂŁ134
EVGA 980 GTX SC : ÂŁ469
Asus ROG Swift PG278Q : ÂŁ659
EK EK-FC980 GTX - Acetal+Nickel : ÂŁ80
Final Cost: ÂŁ2792