Gutted and overhauled an Origin prebuilt. i9-13900KS, RTX 4090, Corsair custom liquid cooling.

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Darren Gatewood
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Gutted and overhauled an Origin prebuilt. i9-13900KS, RTX 4090, Corsair custom liquid cooling.

This was a high-end Origin prebuilt that retailed for almost $8K. It was pretty ho hum, no custom cables or even extensions, and cable management was mediocre for the price point (baseline pics at the end). My client asked me to pretty much start from scratch and make it look like the beast it is. The lengthy parts list is here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hcLJC6.

It came with a 480mm/54mm thick rad, we added a second 360/54mm up top. Neither god nor man intended these two to fit in this orientation, but my client insisted this was how he wanted them. I had to use a 15mm slim fan in the top position, move the 360 slightly forward, and still had to shave about 3mm off the rear of the top right QL120 fan.

Other changes included a new pump/res, hard tubing with gold fittings, an inline flow meter, and an EK Lumen stats display. I made all the cables, as well as shortening fan and RGB wires, the PSU's SATA cables and converting the pump and flow meter to SATA rather than Molex. I also removed the Corsair RGB strips and added my own - their failure rate is terrible.

The Corsair Shift PSU uses MicroFit+ connectors on the PSU side; once I found a source for them they're easy, same technique as with the usual Micro-Fit connectors.

We switched fan control to the motherboard headers, as I and my client trust the bios more than iCUE for fan control. The D5 pump only gets about 2L/min flow, but temps are ridiculously good. GPU never goes above mid-60s, CPU under heavy load hits around the mid-70s.
Color(s): Black Gold
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Color
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 401.00
Intel - Core i9-13900KS
Socket: LGA 1700
Cores: 24
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 533.99
ASUS - ROG Maximus Hero (WiFi 6E)
Chipset: Z790
CPU Socket: LGA 1700
Size: ATX
Memory
$ 214.00
Graphics
$ 2,999.99
NVIDIA - GeForce Founders Edition
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 4090
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 579.98
Corsair - MP600 (2x)
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: PCIe x4
Capacity: 4 TB
PSU
$ 199.99
Corsair - RM1200x Shift
Wattage: 1200
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 299.99
Corsair - iCUE 7000X
Type: Full-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
RGB: Yes
Case Fan
$ 489.39
Corsair - Ql120 (RGB) (11x)
Size: 120 mm
Case Fan
$ 26.95
Cooling
$ 65.98
Bykski - Digital Display Flow Meter (B-TFC-CS-X)
Type: Temperature Sensor
Size (WxHxD): 100 mm
Cooling
$ 48.96
Cooling
$ 53.98
Cooling
$ 249.00
Corsair - Hydro X XD5 (RGB)
Type: Pump/Reservoir Combo
Cooling
$ 158.10
Corsair - Hydro X XG7 (RGB)
Type: GPU Waterblock
Cooling
$ 159.99
Corsair - Hydro X XR7
Type: Radiator
Size (WxHxD): 480 mm (4 x 120 mm)
Cooling
$ 114.99
Corsair - Hydro X XR7
Type: Radiator
Size (WxHxD): 360 mm (3 x 120 mm)
Cooling
$ 89.99
Accessories
$ 99.98
Accessories
$ 64.99
Accessories
$ 17.59
Accessories
$ 151.99
Estimated total value of this build:
$ 6,369.40
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