Profeus - Republic Of Gamers 900D Fully Overclocked/Water Cooled Rig - Build Log

[Profeus]

Hey guys so I have posted an original forum post for my Corsair 600T build from which I have learnt so much from all of you and doing over a year of research/building to create... It was also my first ever attempt at a water cooled and over clocked rig.

OLD BUILD FORUM LINK HERE
OLD BUILD PICS LINK HERE

After many realisations, the biggest one being over heating issues due to not enough radiator surface area for cooling... I have decided to buy a better case to base my build on and with it I am water cooling every single component in the rig.

Here is my journey to building the ultimate monster of a build that I have ever made in my life, I have spent over $7K AUD on this project to date and am finally ready to begin pulling my not so old 600T build apart to evolve it into this machine.

I cant wait to over clock this rig and see what kind of temps I can maintain doing it! 😄

Here are the components for the build, this will be updated when required...

INTERNAL COMPONENTS

Chassis
1x Corsair 900D Super Tower Case
Motherboard
1x Repulic of Gamers Rampage IV Formula Motherboard
CPU
1x 3rd Gen i7 3930K

Overclocked at 4.7GHz stable @ 1.375v

Memory
1x 16GB Corsair Dominator GT RAM Kit (4x4GB)

Running at CL 9,11,10,27-T2 at 2133MHz @ 1.510v

Graphics Cards
2x Republic of Gamers Matrix 7970 Platinum graphics cards in Crossfire

Core Clock 1130MHz @ 1237v

Memory Clock 6600MHz @ 1605v

Running 13.9 drivers

Hard Drives/Solid State Drives
2x Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB SSD Drives

Running in RAID 1 Array

2x 2TB WD Caviar Black Hard Drives

Running in RAID 0 array

2x 4TB WD Caviar Black Hard Drives

Running in RAID 0 array

Power Supply
1x Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX Modular Power Supply
System Monitoring and Fan Controllers
2x Corsair Link Commanders - Including Cooling and Lighting Nodes (Complete System Monitoring)
2x Corsair Link Cooling Kits
Optical Drive
ASUS BW-12B1ST High Speed Bluray Burner
Monitors
3x 24" ASUS VE248H 2ms LED Monitors

Running 6048x1080 Resolution - Mounted on Triple Monitor Stand

Operating System
Windows 8.1 Professional 64-bit

LOOP COMPONENTS

Water Blocks
1x XSPC RayStorm CPU Waterblock for Intel LGA 2011
2x EK CSQ FC7970 Matrix Full Cover Waterblocks
1x EK CSQ MOSFET ASUS RF4 Waterblock
2x EK CSQ RAM Dominator Waterblocks
2x EK CSQ D5 X-TOP Pump Covers
Radiators
1x XSPC EX360 360mm x36mm Radiator (Front Mounted)
1x AlphaCool NexXxoS Monsta 480mm x80mm Radiator (Top Mounted)
1x AlphaCool NexXxoS UT60 480mm x60mm Radiator (Bottom Front Mounted)
1x AlphaCool NexXxoS UT60 240mm x60mm Radiator (Bottom Rear Mounted)
1x XSPC 240mm Radiator Gasket
1x XSPC 360mm Radiator Gasket
2x XSPC 480mm Radiator Gasket
Fans
14x Noiseblocker NB-eLoop B12-P Bionic Loop 120mm Fans
Pumps
2x XSPC D5 Vario - Fully adjustable water pumps
2x Phobya Noise Destructor V1 - For Pump Decoupling
Fittings
28x XSPC G1/4 1/2" Compression Fittings
14x EK-PSC 45° G1/4 Adapters
18x EK-PSC 90° G1/4 Adapters
8x EK G1/4 Extenders
6x Bitspower G1/4 Muti-Transfer Couplers
Loop Tubing
6x PrimoChill PromoFlex Pro LRT Tubing UV Red 1/2" Inner Diameter + 3/4" Outer Diameter per meter
Reservoirs
1x Bitfenix Water Tank Z-Multi 250 ICE Red Reservoir 270mm Tube Reservoir
1x Bitfenix Water Tank Z-Multi 150 ICE Red Reservoir 170mm Tube Reservoir
1x EK RES X3 Internal Tube 12/16 140mm
Temperature / Flow Monitoring
1x Bitspower G1/4 Temperature Sensors
1x Bitspower In-Line Flow Sensor

MODDING COMPONENTS

Cables
1x BitFenix Alchemy Sleeved 24pin ATX Extension Cable 30cm Red
4x BitFenix Alchemy Sleeved 8-Pin VGA Power Cable 45cm Red
1x BitFenix Alchemy Sleeved 8pin EPS 12V Extension Cable 45cm Red
1x BitFenix Alchemy Sleeved 4-Pin Molex Power Splitter Red
4x BitFenix Alchemy Sleeved SATA III Cable 180 Degree 30cm Red
2x BitFenix Alchemy Sleeved Molex to 4x SATA Power Cable Red
4x BitFenix Alchemy Sleeved Internal USB 2.0 Extension Cable 30cm Red
3x BitFenix Alchemy Sleeved Molex to SATA Power Cable 45cm Red
4x BitFenix Alchemy Sleeved 2pin IO Extension Cable 30cm Red
Lighting
2x BitFenix Alchemy Connect 60cm Red LED Strip (mounted in front grill of case)
3x Bitspower Dual 30cm Cold Cathode Kit - UV x6 Tubes Total
1x Bitspower Dual 30cm Cold Cathode Kit - Red
2x XSPC Twin 3mm LED Kits - Red
Modding/Tools/Logo/Other
1x Asus Republic of Gamers metal logo (9cm x 7.5cm CNC plotter cut ultra-thin metal using 3M 467 adhesive tape)
1x Perforated Aluminium Sheet 3mm Thick Powder Coated Black
1x ModSmart Cast GLS Fluorescent Modders Acrylic 40x40cm UV Red
5x EK Metal Brush Finish Badges
1x ModSmart Vandal LED Switch - Red, Momentary
8x Flexo PET RED Cable Sleeving 3mm (1/8") per meter
1x Phobya CPU and GPU Cleaning Kit 24g
1x Phobya NanoGrease Extreme 3.5g
1x PrimoChill Liquid Utopia Clear Additive 15ml
1x Lamptron Modding Tool Kit 6-piece
2x ModSmart U-Channel Molding - 2.4mm per meter
1x Dremel 4000

[Profeus]

hero1 wrote:
Nice work bud. That monster rad up there is epic!

Thanks 🙂 Yeah the monsta radiator overlaps the motherboard only just so have to connect up the CPU power before I put the motherboard into the case.

Still waiting on my AlphaCool UT60 radiator to arrive from AquaTuning... Sigh... Cant progress any further without getting that in the case so I can start putting the loop plans into effect to work out which one is going to work.

Also, I am buying new tubing as the old one is all filled with a white residue which I'm guessing is due to the PrimoChill Liquid Utopia Clear Additive I put in the loop previously... Not sure if I want to put it in this time...

I will have updates and more pics for you guys on the build once the radiator and the rest of the fittings/tubing I ordered have arrived (hopefully by next weekend as I am going a bit crazy waiting for them to come lol).

[abvolt]

Very good idea what you did for the blu ray does your mod set flush with the case ? How is the room for your mobo after you put the alphaCool monsta up top like that looks great by the way.

[Profeus]

abvolt wrote:
Very good idea what you did for the blu ray does your mod set flush with the case ? How is the room for your mobo after you put the alphaCool monsta up top like that looks great by the way.

Hey Abvolt, yeah it does sit flush with the rest of the case, I am really happy with how it turned out and it opens/closes without any issues at all! 🙂

With the radiator in it overlaps the board about 2-3mm so I have to connect the CPU power cable in before I install the motherboard. It is a tight fit but it will work... I had the same issues with the 600T case and had the same result... 🙂

[Prisoner]

Take your time and do it right. Don't let us rush you now...

[Profeus]

Prisoner wrote:
Take your time and do it right. Don't let us rush you now...

I am definitely taking my time with this one... Although I am really angry with the time it is taking for the AplhaCool UT60 480mm radiator to arrive from AquaTuning... over 3 weeks now and it still hasn't even reached Australia yet. Definitely wont ever be ordering anything from them again thats for sure.

[kkn]

mail them and complain

[Profeus]

kkn wrote:
mail them and complain

I have twice and had no reply... 😞

Waiting on this is holding the entire project up!!! So frustrated! :mad:

[Prisoner]

Profeus wrote:
I have twice and had no reply... 😞

Waiting on this is holding the entire project up!!! So frustrated! :mad:

Perhaps a shot of kkn's avatar will speed them up?;)

Now I am curious as to how long it would take them to fulfill an RMA?

[Profeus]

The AlphaCool UT60 Radiator finally arrived from AquaTuning!!!

I have a lot to organise with another build I am doing but I will be starting up this build again really soon.

Will update you guys soon 🙂

[Profeus]

Hey guys check out the new pictures I finally got the chance to upload of the build here