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Project Shift: Ever Changing, Never Ending
About the build
This build was a current gaming rig called "Project Cobalt", which was a Corsair Carbide 500R build. When I first built Project Cobalt, I never intended on building a custom water cooled loop. The closest I thought I had gotten to water cooling was an H100 from Corsair. The tides had turned when I started to push the Ivy Bridge 3770K to its limits. Initiallly, heat was indeed the limiting factor of the build but space was an even bigger limitation once the water cooling gear started expanding. What started as a means to cool a tiny 22nm chip turned out to be an addiction of a luxury that most common PC builders still don't understand...
See the original build and video below:
Project Shift? Why the name change? What's different?
Everything in Project Cobalt was transferred over into the NZXT Switch 810 in gloss black, hence the project name, "Shift", also meaning change, move, displace, and of course switch, as in Switch 810. The idea behind it was to let the water cooling components stretch its legs and still operate more efficiently with a greater surface area, and with a great possibility for upgrade. Big changes includes a 420mm top rad, Corsair HX750 PSU, more Bitspower fittings for straighter tube routing and pump housing upgrades, new color scheme comprised of Mayhem's Pastel blue Berry and custom color-matched individually sleeved cables, drainage system, and white lighting to keep the color contrast in check, as I found the Project Cobalt to be drowned in too much blue LED lighting. And finally, Project Shift is undergoing many changes as more parts arrive...
Big thanks go out to Frozen CPU, Sidewinder Computers, and Performance-PCs for their excellent service and wide variety of PC and water cooling parts.
http://s183.photobucket.com/user/joejoe69_album/media/IMG_1741_zps94ad9215.jpg.html
*This project build log is currently a work in progress*
About the build
This build was a current gaming rig called "Project Cobalt", which was a Corsair Carbide 500R build. When I first built Project Cobalt, I never intended on building a custom water cooled loop. The closest I thought I had gotten to water cooling was an H100 from Corsair. The tides had turned when I started to push the Ivy Bridge 3770K to its limits. Initiallly, heat was indeed the limiting factor of the build but space was an even bigger limitation once the water cooling gear started expanding. What started as a means to cool a tiny 22nm chip turned out to be an addiction of a luxury that most common PC builders still don't understand...
See the original build and video below:
Project Shift? Why the name change? What's different?
Everything in Project Cobalt was transferred over into the NZXT Switch 810 in gloss black, hence the project name, "Shift", also meaning change, move, displace, and of course switch, as in Switch 810. The idea behind it was to let the water cooling components stretch its legs and still operate more efficiently with a greater surface area, and with a great possibility for upgrade. Big changes includes a 420mm top rad, Corsair HX750 PSU, more Bitspower fittings for straighter tube routing and pump housing upgrades, new color scheme comprised of Mayhem's Pastel blue Berry and custom color-matched individually sleeved cables, drainage system, and white lighting to keep the color contrast in check, as I found the Project Cobalt to be drowned in too much blue LED lighting. And finally, Project Shift is undergoing many changes as more parts arrive...
Big thanks go out to Frozen CPU, Sidewinder Computers, and Performance-PCs for their excellent service and wide variety of PC and water cooling parts.
The Parts List
- Core components -
Case: NZXT Switch 810 full tower
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.7GHz, 1.336V (De-lidded)
MB: ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
GPU: Gigabyte GTX670 Windforce OC x2 SLI
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 16GB
PSU: Corsair GS800
SSD: Intel 520 Series SSD 240GB
HDDs: WD Black 2TB/WD Green 1TB
ODD: Don't need one...
- Liquid Cooling -
CPU block: Swiftech Apogee HD
GPU block: Bitspower VG NGTX680 x2 SLI (reference designed)
Radiators: XSPC EX420/EX240
Tubing: XSPC Clear High Flex 7/16" x 5/8"
Coolant: Mayhem's Pastel Blue Berry
Fittings: Bitspower Matte Black 1/2" x 5/8" compression fittings
Reservoir: Bitspower Multi-Z 150mL standalone
Pump: Swiftech MCP655 w/Bitspower pump top and housing mod
Fans: Corsair SP120/AF140 Quiet Editions
Fan Controller: Lamptron FC5
- Core components -
Case: NZXT Switch 810 full tower
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.7GHz, 1.336V (De-lidded)
MB: ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
GPU: Gigabyte GTX670 Windforce OC x2 SLI
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 16GB
PSU: Corsair GS800
SSD: Intel 520 Series SSD 240GB
HDDs: WD Black 2TB/WD Green 1TB
ODD: Don't need one...
- Liquid Cooling -
CPU block: Swiftech Apogee HD
GPU block: Bitspower VG NGTX680 x2 SLI (reference designed)
Radiators: XSPC EX420/EX240
Tubing: XSPC Clear High Flex 7/16" x 5/8"
Coolant: Mayhem's Pastel Blue Berry
Fittings: Bitspower Matte Black 1/2" x 5/8" compression fittings
Reservoir: Bitspower Multi-Z 150mL standalone
Pump: Swiftech MCP655 w/Bitspower pump top and housing mod
Fans: Corsair SP120/AF140 Quiet Editions
Fan Controller: Lamptron FC5
http://s183.photobucket.com/user/joejoe69_album/media/IMG_1741_zps94ad9215.jpg.html
*This project build log is currently a work in progress*