as budget was growing with time parts was always being added till recent where need to get a new board and such.
i7-7700k de-lidded with liquid metal @ 4.9ghz at 1.44v. temps are 38c at idle and 84c at full load.
as i knew i was going to be overclocking i wanted some cooling on vrms so at the time the only good clean options was the
Asus Maximus VIII Formula ATX that came with a custom ekwb water block on the vrms from factory.
RAM however is where it lacks but after some bench marking havn't seen a difference between 2400mhz vs 3200mhz
PNY Anarchy ddr4-2400 32gbs
Video cards are none other the the GTX 1080 ti Asus 1080ti Strix with the phanteks glaciar waterblock with full load temps at 48c
operating system on a Samsung EVO 250gb m.2 ssd
Storage is a bit old but still work flawlessly. 3 Westerrn Digitals 1tb Blue drives with a single pny cs1311 480gb for faster gaming storage on popular games.
with the power coming from a thermaltake toughpower grand 1200w rgb
most of the watercooling supplies are from xspc for the black chrome looks with the ability to change coolant easily with 0 angle fittings aside from 1 T for the coolant drain.
xspc 360mm x 60mm x 120mm rad
xspc 240mm x 60mm x 120mm rad
xspc Raystorm pro Cpu block
xspc d5 vario pump
xspc d5 photon 170 reservoir
xspc 14mm black chrome rigid tube fittings
xspc 10/14mm clear petg tubing
with all of that crammed into a phanteks enthoo luxe
next step would be start over and do a ULTIMATE STREAMER would be a dual pc watercooled beast.