First start up
Unboxed Z690 Apex
Installed 12900k
SSDs and Ram
SSD and ram installed.
Velocity 2 CPU block
Sizing up cpu block
Installed CPU block
Mobo Installed in the case
Full shot of mobo installed
Installed first 480mm rad
Installed fans on rad.
installed D140 distro, I chose this to help fill out the case and also hopefully make it easier to run tubing.
Full view of components installed so far
Push pull setup on 60mm rad, changed out the top fans to D-RGB after my wife's recommendation lol.
EK 360 mm res to mounted horizontally on bottom rad
Res loosely mounted on rad
Full view so far
Full view with res
Installed cablemod mesh cables.
Closer view of cables
Installed top rad and fans.
Getting a look of how much its gonna be a PITA to run a tube from the top rad outlet to the side rad inlet.
eyeballing tube run
Still trying to wrap my head around it.
Mocking up vertical mount, to make sure I will have clearance between res pump and gpu. The mount is EZDIY from amazon
Another view of the mount
Slight case modding to allow front panel to fit on with fans
I made the cutout to allow panel fit over the front fans
Another angle
Front fans mounted, They are not meant to be mounted here I could only get a few screws in to hold them in place with the rad. This was done to achieve the look I wanted that I got from Romeo's Darkcrystal build.
Installed front rad
Full view of build so far.
Front with fans and panel mounted.
Some of the components.
Radiators
Various 14mm gold fittings
Cables, and accessories
EK mystic fog premix. Update: I strongly do not recommend this product! it did not last a couple days and the fog fell out.
Furion
This is my first custom loop build. Its going to be used primarily for gaming and I wanted the best 4k experience I could manage. The pictures aren't very good, all of them were taken from my phone. The theme and colors are based off one of my favorite characters, Excalibur Umbra from Warframe since it was the first game I played on PC. This took way more time than I originally planned, but for my first custom water cooled build I think it came out pretty decent. I stepped in way over my head with the 4 rads in the configuration I used, but it ended up working out somehow. One thing I would change is the coolant choice I wanted to use the EK mystic fog since I was going to have so much RGB but, I ended up have the experience like many others of where the coolant goes clear in days. Anyways thanks for looking and I would appreciate any comments or suggestions for improvements. Also the cost total is way off, it ended up being 10k for all the extra fittings and such and things I didnt account for.
Color(s): Black Gold Gray
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Video Game
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build
Build Updates
Gpu water blocks arrived!
Build completed
Hardware
CPU
$ 267.00
Motherboard
$ 719.00
Memory
$ 650.00
Graphics
$ 1,389.95
Case
$ 201.99
Case Fan
$ 215.97
Case Fan
$ 579.90
Case Fan
$ 379.96
Cooling
$ 88.99
Cooling
$ 201.26
Cooling
$ 109.16
Cooling
$ 205.27
Cooling
$ 194.00
Cooling
$ 143.14
Monitor
$ 499.99
Keyboard
$ 159.99
Estimated total value of this build:
$ 5,811.88
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