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Blue Steel

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System Name Dark Aurora
Processor Intel e6600 @ 4.09ghz
Motherboard ASUS Maximus Formula x38
Cooling Custom Water Cooling on Cpu and Gpu
Memory 4gb Corsair DDR-2 800mhz/ 2gb Patriot DDR-2 1066mhz
Video Card(s) XFX 8800gt 512mb
Storage 160gb Maxtor, 250gb Western Digital, 320gb Maxtor
Display(s) Dell 22" LCD
Case Gigabyte Aurora 570 (Black)
Audio Device(s) Audigy SE
Power Supply PC Power and Cooling 750W
Software Dual boot Windows XP/Fedora 8
Benchmark Scores AM3 201,045 Super Pi 12.453s @ 4.09ghz
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Specs:
Intel i5 2500K
MSI Z77A-G45 Motherboard
4GB Corsair XMS3
eVGA GTX 760
256GB Sandisk SSD
2TB Western Digital
Corsair AX760W PSU
Cooler Master HAF
Laing DDC 2 with Petras Top
EK Supreme CPU
Swiftech MCR-320QP Radiator

Rebuilt this in the last couple weeks. Reinstalled water cooling after not running it for a few years. Tried to go for a super simple, compact, loop.

In all, about 2 feet of tubing for the CPU loop.

Very pleased with how everything turned out, and this is the first time I've managed to have a completely internal water cooling loop. Previous rigs had a rear mounted external radiator.

Let me know what you think. :)
 
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Location
Carson City NV.
System Name DarthVader
Processor I7-5930K @ 4.5ghz
Motherboard Asus X99 Deluxe 2015 edition w/ added Wireless and Bluetooth
Cooling Corsair H110i Cpu, 1x200mm Front intake, 140mm Exhaust, 2x Kingston HyperX Ram fans, 120mm for GPU
Memory 32gb G.Skill 2133mhz Ripjaws Z 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s) EVGA GTX-980 SC ACX 2.0 x 2 SLI 1480mhz Boost
Storage Samsung 850 Evo 500gb x2 Raid 0, Samsung 850 500gb, Kingston 1tb SSD , Seagate 3tb HDD, WD 4tb HD
Display(s) Asus 27" VG278H 3D Vision focus display, BenQ 27" GW2750HM secondary, 2 pair 3DVision 2.0 glasses
Case Corsair 650D with custom Nvidia Logo Glass side panel with custom silver molding and front panel
Audio Device(s) Creative X-FI Titatium Fatalty Champion without front panel controller ( not enough space )
Power Supply 1300w Rosewill Gold
Mouse Logitech Proteous G502 , Wacom Intuos Pro PTH651 Tablet, Leap Motion Controller
Keyboard Corsair K95 RGB Cherry Brown Switches
Software Windows 8.1 on 2x Samsung 500 EVO SSD Raid 0 & Window 10 Pro edition on Samsung 500 EVO 512gb SSD
Benchmark Scores Cinebench 11.5 13.88 , 3dMark Firestrike 19,388, GeekBench 3 64bit 26,215, wPrime 32m 4.868 sec
Not a complete watercooling system...you have no water on GPU .... just a simple water CPU cooler !
Still a nice clean system.... good basic gaming PC ! Would beef up some of the components tho.... at least memory and add another 760 .... still nice .... good job ! :)
 
Joined
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System Name Dark Aurora
Processor Intel e6600 @ 4.09ghz
Motherboard ASUS Maximus Formula x38
Cooling Custom Water Cooling on Cpu and Gpu
Memory 4gb Corsair DDR-2 800mhz/ 2gb Patriot DDR-2 1066mhz
Video Card(s) XFX 8800gt 512mb
Storage 160gb Maxtor, 250gb Western Digital, 320gb Maxtor
Display(s) Dell 22" LCD
Case Gigabyte Aurora 570 (Black)
Audio Device(s) Audigy SE
Power Supply PC Power and Cooling 750W
Software Dual boot Windows XP/Fedora 8
Benchmark Scores AM3 201,045 Super Pi 12.453s @ 4.09ghz
Not a complete watercooling system...you have no water on GPU .... just a simple water CPU cooler !
Still a nice clean system.... good basic gaming PC ! Would beef up some of the components tho.... at least memory and add another 760 .... still nice .... good job ! :)

Oh come on now, it's a little more than a simple water CPU cooler. I'd expect that if I just put in an All-in-one cooler, but an actual custom loop?

Problem is that if I did put the gpu under water cooling I'd like a full cover block to make my life easy.
Unfortunately this is not a reference GTX760, for which no coolers were actually made, though GTX670 blocks will fit reference models. So for now, I'll stick with the silent and massive ACX cooler the card came with.

I have another 4gb of XMS3 in the mail now, just waiting for them to arrive.

And I don't have a real need for more performance that the Single 760, so for now, SLi is a little out of my price range and need.

Thanks for the kind remarks though!
 

ART3ST

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Oh come on now, it's a little more than a simple water CPU cooler. I'd expect that if I just put in an All-in-one cooler, but an actual custom loop?

Problem is that if I did put the gpu under water cooling I'd like a full cover block to make my life easy.
Unfortunately this is not a reference GTX760, for which no coolers were actually made, though GTX670 blocks will fit reference models. So for now, I'll stick with the silent and massive ACX cooler the card came with.

I have another 4gb of XMS3 in the mail now, just waiting for them to arrive.

And I don't have a real need for more performance that the Single 760, so for now, SLi is a little out of my price range and need.

Thanks for the kind remarks though!
 

ART3ST

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Hey, I think it looks great. Awesome job on the water cooling loop. It looks fantastic if you ask me! UK does make a water block for your GTX 760, however by the time you euro it, and ship it, might as well upgrade :).
 
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