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Akele
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Apex

This is the result of 3+ months of effort trying to build a stealthy, black-out syle hardline custom loop build with the fewest bends possible so as to achieve a clean look. I reconfigured it four times and swapped out countless fittings before I finally ended up with a build I was happy with.

It's my second custom loop build and was so much more tricky than the first due to the Fractal North being a fairly small ATX case but overall I'm really happy with how it turned out.

The full list of watercooling parts is as follows:

  • CPU Block: Modultra LOBO
  • GPU Block: Granzon RTX 4090 ASUS STRIX / TUF Waterblock
  • RAM Block: IcemanCooler Dual Channel RAM Copper Water Block
  • RAM Block: IceManCooler DDR5 Aluminum Armor Vest
  • Distro: Stealkey 120 Light Distroplate D-RGB
  • DDC Pump: Laing Xylem DDC-Pump 12V DDC 4.2 PWM
  • Radiator: Black Ice Nemesis GTS 360 XFlow
  • Radiator: Black Ice Nemesis GTS 240
  • Tubing: Corsair Hydro X Series XT Hardline 14mm Tubing
  • Temperature Sensor: Alphacool Eiszapfen Temperature Sensor G1/4
  • Drain Valve: EK-Quantum Torque Drain Valve
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque 6-Pack HTC 14 (x 2)
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque HTC-14 (x2)
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque Rotary 90° (x5)
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque Splitter 3F T (x2)
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque Rotary Offset 3
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque Rotary Offset 7
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque Rotary Offset 14
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque Double Rotary Offset 21
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque Double Rotary Offset 28
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque Extender Static MF 14 (x3)
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque Extender Static FF 14
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque Extender Static MF 7 (x2)
  • Fittings: EK-Quantum Torque Extender Static MM 7 (x4)
  • Fittings: Thermal Grizzly DeltaMate Rotary - 90° (x2)
  • Fittings: Thermal Grizzly DeltaMate Rotary - T (x2)
  • Fittings: Thermal Grizzly DeltaMate Extender - MF10 (x2)
  • Fittings: Thermal Grizzly DeltaMate Extender - MF7 (x2)
  • Fittings: Thermal Grizzly DeltaMate Plug (x5)
  • Fittings: EK Water Blocks EK-Plug
Color(s): Black
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: none
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 663.99
AMD - Ryzen 9 9950X3D
Socket: AM5
Cores: 16
Motherboard
$ 728.99
ASUS - ROG Crosshair X870E Apex
Chipset: X870E
CPU Socket: AM5
Size: ATX
Graphics
$ 1,999.99
ASUS - ROG Strix GeForce OC
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 4090
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 906.88
Western Digital - WD_Black SN8100
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: PCIe x4
Capacity: 4 TB
PSU
$ 559.99
Seasonic - Prime TX-1600 Noctua
Wattage: 1600
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Titanium
Case
$ 154.99
Fractal Design - North
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Mesh
Case Fan
$ 119.97
Phanteks - D30-120 DRGB PWM (3x)
Size: 120 mm
Case Fan
$ 59.98
Cooling
$ 51.68
Cooling
$ 44.97
Cooling
$ 21.52
Cooling
$ 49.96
Cooling
$ 223.86
EKWB - EK-Quantum Torque HDC 14 - Black (14x)
Type: Fittings
Cooling
$ 4.12
Cooling
$ 27.99
Cooling
$ 33.98
Cooling
$ 57.45
EKWB - EK-Torque Angled 90° (Black) (5x)
Type: Fittings
Cooling
$ 48.95
Cooling
$ 57.95
Hardware Labs - Black Ice Nemesis 360GTS XFlow
Type: Radiator
Size (WxHxD): 360 mm (3 x 120 mm)
Cooling
$ 42.22
Iceman Cooler - 2CH Ram Block
Type: Water Cooling
Cooling
$ 99.28
Laing - DDC-Pump
Type: Pump
Cooling
$ 370.00
Cooling
$ 12.99
Cooling
$ 23.99
Monitor
$ 1,188.00
ASUS - ROG Swift (PG32UCDP)
Size: 32 Inch
Panel: OLED
Refresh Rate: 240 Hz
Estimated total value of this build:
$ 6,390.68
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