Blue Beast V.2

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Blue Beast V.2

This is a rebuild of my original Blue Beast

So for this build my main intention was to downsize, I was sick of having it on the wall. Too much hassle to maintain it, also its fearful to ahve a 60lb computer filled with water hanging on a wall.

I wanted to really push my bending skills on this one so any spot I could go from point A to point B I chose to go to point Q. I really liked using the Monsoon freecenter fittings because i think it made measuring easier. I have also never setup bending guides like this. These helped for some bends, others I had to freehand. I am like 90% happy with these bends, i think each one could be better or cleaner but it was such a pain and i went through a ton of acrylic that I need to be happy with the outcome hahaha.

I went with putting my pump in the basement and used 2 pass through fittings with soft tubing underneath. I like the clean look of this.

I opted out of a reservoir to keep the bottom area open. I am considering some kind of Hyper m.2 card so I didn't want to take up the room. I've seen a few builds in this case that put a reservoir horizontal at the bottom. I didn't like that, so instead i put a "T" splitter off the outlet of the vertical radiator and a ball valve on one side of that to connect some soft tubing and a reservoir for filling and draining (still not an easy process).

Changes from V.1:
Thermaltake P5 case changed to Fractal Design Define Mini C
Asus Strix Z370-E changed to Asus Strix Z370-G (Wifi). I wanted to downscale to a microATX case.
1x Alphacool Nexxuss 540mm changed to 2x EKWB Coolstream slims
4x Corsair MPL 140mm changed to 4x Noctua NF-F12 Chromax and 1x Noctua NF-S12A Chromax
Monsoon fittings changed to Monsoon FreeCenter fittings
1 TB WD HDD changed to 1TB Samsung Evo 860 SSD (could not fit an HDD in this case)
Reservoir removed and replaced with a EKWB D5 pump top
Added 1x EKWB NVMe SSD Heatsink
Color(s): Black Blue
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: Color
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: Micro-ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 174.83
Intel - Core i7-8700K
Socket: LGA 1151
Cores: 6
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 378.86
ASUS - ROG Strix (Z370-G)
Chipset: Z370
CPU Socket: LGA 1151
Size: Micro-ATX
Memory
$ 396.00
Corsair - Vengeance LPX (3200MHz) (Black) (4x)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 32 GB
Graphics
$ 1,446.00
NVIDIA - Founders Edition
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: GTX 1080 Ti
Storage
$ 149.99
Samsung - 860 EVO
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 1 TB
Storage
$ 199.99
Samsung - 960 EVO
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 1 TB
Storage
$ 199.99
Samsung - 960 EVO
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 500 GB
PSU
$ 299.77
Corsair - RM1000x
Wattage: 1000
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 238.83
Fractal Design - Define Mini C
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
Case Fan
$ 99.00
Case Fan
$ 22.90
Cooling
$ 228.00
EKWB - CoolStream SE (2x)
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 240 mm (2 x 120 mm)
Cooling
$ 98.99
EKWB - EK-D5 PWM G2 Motor
Type: Pump
Cooling
Cooling
$ 73.99
EKWB - RAM Monarch
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
Monsoon - Fittings (14x)
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
XSPC - Fittings (2x)
Type: Custom Loop
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