XForma MKII + 5K Monitor + Intel 5960X/ROG RVE - All Liquid Cooled

EK_Derick · May 9, 2015

Sponsors!

This is the build to end all builds! My 2015 dream machine build log is here. I've partnered with a bunch of awesome companies to bring together my "last" build log. To clarify, my last, as in my last daily driver. There will still be plenty more logs for dedicated folders and show rigs

Specs:

Murdermod/XForma MBX MKII - ROG Edition
Dell UP2715K (5120x2880)
Intel 5960X
Asus Rampage V Extreme
Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x8GB
3x Nvidia Titan X
Seasonic 1200W Platinum
Cooling by EK Water Blocks
Sleeving provided by Sanctum Sleeving

Updates!

Welcome aboard!

dorsetknob · May 9, 2015

Teaser

EK_Derick · May 9, 2015

Update!

First... the main player:

The Dell UP2715K

Best on monitor audio I've ever heard

Impossible to keep dust off the edge to edge glass panel though

Sleek

The back is quite dirty already it seems...

Charging port, love it

I've never used these covers before in the past but it works quite well with this monitor

4k for the peasants

5k for the PCMasterRace

And yes, you can view it in portrait

These are actually only 4k shots because I am a peasant and only use the laptop near the photo studio

The edge to edge glass was honestly what sold me on this monitor. I love the aesthetics of the iMac 5k but I couldn't bring myself to settle for the hardware so I picked up this one as soon as I had realized it was edge to edge glass

Next up, the sexy platinum 1200W PSU.

PSU brought to you by the lovely people at Seasonic!

Packaging as always is wonderful:

Platinum

Inside you'll find a flip open box

Very padded PSU

My favorite cable bag to date

Other:

Lovely PSU bag

Exposed

O.O

Plenty of stuff here

and one of my favorite features - hybrid mode.

Cables

Seasonic sleeves the 24pin and uses the flat style ribbon cables for the rest. All black, very clean look for those that aren't custom sleeving.

Don't worry... there will be sleeving

Seasonic Sleeving:

Until next time...

dorsetknob · May 9, 2015

So This is the EKWB FREE GiveAway eh

Put me Down for Something

OneMoar · May 11, 2015

I came I saw I came again ....
!droool

AhokZYashA · May 11, 2015

droooollll...
gotta wipe my desk soon.
of all this drool of mine.

awesome pic, for an awesome project.
subbed!!

AlienIsGOD · May 11, 2015

much tech pron, subbed

DinaAngel · May 11, 2015

I love how u slowly undresses the parts! Such tease :roll:

2big2fail · May 11, 2015

Please tell me this is gonna be a sexy B&W + Nickel build :respect:

15th Warlock · May 11, 2015

EK_Derick said:
Update!

First... the main player:

The Dell UP2715K

Best on monitor audio I've ever heard

Impossible to keep dust off the edge to edge glass panel though

Sleek

The back is quite dirty already it seems...

Charging port, love it

I've never used these covers before in the past but it works quite well with this monitor

4k for the peasants

5k for the PCMasterRace

And yes, you can view it in portrait

These are actually only 4k shots because I am a peasant and only use the laptop near the photo studio

The edge to edge glass was honestly what sold me on this monitor. I love the aesthetics of the iMac 5k but I couldn't bring myself to settle for the hardware so I picked up this one as soon as I had realized it was edge to edge glass

Next up, the sexy platinum 1200W PSU.

PSU brought to you by the lovely people at Seasonic!

Packaging as always is wonderful:

Platinum

Inside you'll find a flip open box

Very padded PSU

My favorite cable bag to date

Other:

Lovely PSU bag

Exposed

O.O

Plenty of stuff here and one of my favorite features - hybrid mode.

Cables

Seasonic sleeves the 24pin and uses the flat style ribbon cables for the rest. All black, very clean look for those that aren't custom sleeving.

Don't worry... there will be sleeving

Seasonic Sleeving:

Until next time...

That's a nice monitor, thanks for sharing

What kind of hardware will you use to drive that display? If you don't mind me asking :toast:

Vego · May 13, 2015

15th Warlock said:
That's a nice monitor, thanks for sharing

What kind of hardware will you use to drive that display? If you don't mind me asking

there is a box from titan so...

EK_Derick · May 15, 2015

Small update as today is super busy, but the Asus goodies arrived and I wanted to share

EK_Derick · May 17, 2015

So I got a bunch of new studio stuff and I did some test shots first with the motherboard I've used for countless builds, and while still the best looking motherboard I've ever owned, it is sadly showing its age and will not be my main in this one

*Please excuse my scratched up backdrop*

Anyway... these are just testing out the new toys and experimenting with looks!

My favorite:

EK_Derick · May 17, 2015

Alright guys, enough teasers! Here's the board and SLI bridge from Asus

Big ol' box from Taiwan

ROG OC Panel

RVE VS RIIIBE IO Plate... kinda miss the black

OC Panel 5.25" bay

Pretty standard accessories from the ROG

This board is hot man...

mmm

I'm really glad IO covers are standard on high end boards these days

ROG

Holy outputs batman

Even the subtle design on the PCH heatsink are great

So many pins

m.2

Love the PCI dip switches :love:

SATA for days

Solid audio. I kinda miss the 6 pin connectors compared to molex but I'll survive. At least it's more strategically placed compared to the 6 pin that used to be way up near the dimms

ROG SLI Bridge

Solid aluminum...

Big thanks Asus ROG Taiwan!

EK_Derick · May 19, 2015

Here they are...

Oh yes

Back in black

Hnnnnng

Those cards though...

Box from the motherland arrived! EK-Supremacy EVO Nickel Plexi + Nickel mounting plate

3x EK-FC Titan X Nickel Plexi + Nickel Backplates + EK-FC Terminal Triple Parallel Plexi (what a mouthful...)

Nickel BPs are hard to take photos of....

Blood Red Coolant

Never get tired of our FC blocks...

Haven't decided which route I'm going to go yet. Thoughts?

Dat coolant... actually looks like blood.

Fittings. Inspired by @malik

Compression...

90s

Pass through, extenders, m-m rotary, female-female

Pass throughs, female-female, male-male rotary, plugs, and socket extender

I don't think many know what this fitting is for... the EK-Socket Extender, despite many asking for it.

Our standard XRES with nickel extender fitting that is required to fill the inset G1/4 threads.

The socket fittings replace this nickel fitting and now you have a completely black solution!

EK_Derick · May 22, 2015

The mighty box... with sturdy shipping braces

Extremely thick foam "suspended" the case in the box (foam is inside the cardboard as well)

Finally a last resort of plastic:

(You retail MKIIs will have a bit newer protection layer here)

omgz...

Dat Paint

More foam keeping everything in place

Foam, everywhere

Fans are snapped in

Prototype 2 if that wasn't clear to anyone

More bubble wrap!

Solid aluminum

Even included some tools

Crossflow

HDD sleds

So the first thing I did was mod the DDC mount to fit a D5... because I'm simply a D5 guy! I'll have more pics of this later...

Top fans... so sexy

D5 kit

Just a preview of what's to come

Those Titan Xs...

RVE

Sexy ROG SLI Bridge

EK-Vardar

Last one for tonight...

Woo!

CrAsHnBuRnXp · May 22, 2015

WTB sponsors for my next build.

EK_Derick · May 23, 2015

Update!

So first up I needed to block my GPUs of course! So much Nickel...

Time to take that stock cooler off...

*Poof*

So shiny

I love pre-cut RAM pads...

And there she is

Time for the backplate...

BAM

All done

Then there were 3... pardon my photo here. These backplates are not easy to photograph

So sexy... missing the terminal because, you'll see.

Love these plexi terminals

So shiny

So... here's where it gets a little confusing. I leave May 26th, but I have to finish a *quick* version of this build for some marketing purposes. SO the following photos are featuring my Rampage III Black Edition because I need a board that has RAM and Motherboard blocks, and it's still TBD what I'll be watercooling on the Rampage V Extreme. NOTE: THE FINAL BUILD WILL HAVE THE RAMPAGE V EXTREME AND HARD TUBING

I'm not entirely sold on this combo yet... the tube on the right will be straightened. The clear tubing will have blood red coolant flowing through it. I may switch it so red fittings have the clear tubing/red fluid and black fittings have black tubing. Or just go back to one color set. What do YOU guys think?

adulaamin · May 23, 2015

I'm gonna have to view this when I get home in 3 hours. The pictures are blocked here at work.

EK_Derick · May 25, 2015

Final update before I leave... V1 complete. V2 will have cables

V2 with cables, hard tubing & Rampage V Extreme coming late June.

xkm1948 · May 25, 2015

Best Hardware Porn EVER!

GreiverBlade · May 25, 2015

xkm1948 said:
Best Hardware Porn EVER!

pretty much my thought ... :roll:

but the image loading of that thread is a "pita" :roll:

... ahah i don't have a bad connection but still xD

EK_Derick · May 25, 2015

Images are only 1800pix at their longest >.>

GreiverBlade · May 25, 2015

EK_Derick said:
Images are only 1800pix at their longest >.>

it's not the size of them who is a "pita" but the number of them ... i load them fast tho the number make it uncomfortable

i know Thumbnail instead of full size would make the thread less glorious no worries

note to self: next time i load that thread, prepare a side occupation :roll:

Whilhelm · May 26, 2015

Looking super awesome so far, Excited to see it with the X99 platform and hard pipes.

That MK II is a beautiful case.

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Case	Case Labs STH10
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Mouse	Kone burst Pro
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Benchmark Scores	not benching anymore...

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Keyboard	Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB w/ Romer G tactile keys \| Logitech G513 Carbon w/ Romer G tactile keys
Software	Windows 10 Pro \| Windows 10 Pro

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Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB
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Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
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VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

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Processor	Intel Core i7 5930k - 4.5Ghz 1.275v - Bitspower Summit EF
Motherboard	Asus X99-E WS - Bitspower THOR AIX99 Full Full Board Block
Cooling	SR-1 480, 8x Corsair ML120 , MCP350, I&H Res 250, PETG hard pipe, Mayhems Pastel White
Memory	32GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666
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Mouse	Steelseries Rival 600
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Professional 64bit