Inverted 1700X & 1080Ti Build

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Inverted 1700X & 1080Ti Build

This is my first watercooling loop!

Because my PC is to the left of my desk, I chose an inverted case with a window on the right. Temperature difference compared to upright is a few degrees at most.

The 1080Ti Founders Edition would quickly hit its thermal limit with the stock cooler and start throttling, even at stock clock speeds. The 1700X would also easily reach 80+°C even with a Corsair H80i GT all-in-one cooling loop, so I decided to spring for a cooling looped based on EKWB configurator's recommendation for a silent setup. Delivery took almost three weeks due to parts being out of stock. They were a long three weeks, during which I installed SketchUp and mocked up the entire build, reiterating until I had a sensible number of bends that looked tidy. Once all the parts arrived I discovered that my original plan to have the pump and reservoir unit mounted upright to the front of the case would not work because the graphics card is too long to allow for it. My mockups went out of the window and I had to resort to good old pen, paper and holding the reservoir in various places while trying to decide which looked the best. Unfortunately, I had to settle for blocking the view of the CPU block. Total setup took around seven hours including bending the pipes before leaving the loop to run overnight.

I ordered some white 5V LED strips from eBay and cut them to length for inside the top of the case, the underside of the GPU facing down, and the bottom of the case facing up, then soldered them to a molex connector with thin electrical wire. Combined with the white and grey motherboard, this helps the blue water dye and nickel fittings to stand out nicely.

The RAM is rated for 3200MHz but Ryzen doesn't like its XMP profiles. Following a couple of BIOS updates, I've managed to squeeze out 2993MHz with one of the motherboard's "Try It!" presets which seems to match the RAM's 3200MHz XMP timings but at the lower speed.
Color(s): Black Blue White
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: Color
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 225.00
AMD - Ryzen 7 (1700X)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 8
Motherboard
$ 198.86
MSI - TomaHawk Arctic
Chipset: B350
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: ATX
Graphics
$ 679.00
MSI - Founders Edition
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: GTX 1080 Ti
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 40.99
Samsung - 850 EVO
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 500 GB
Storage
Samsung - 850 EVO
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 1 TB
Storage
$ 94.00
Toshiba - P300
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 2 TB
PSU
$ 131.92
Seasonic - Focus Plus
Wattage: 850
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 249.99
Corsair - Carbide 600C
Type: Full-Tower
Side Panel: Acrylic
Cooling
$ 59.99
EKWB - CoolStream PE
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 240 mm (2 x 120 mm)
Cooling
$ 209.06
EKWB - CoolStream PE
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 360 mm (3 x 120 mm)
Cooling
EKWB - EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel
Type: CPU Waterblock
Cooling
EKWB - EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM
Type: Pump/Reservoir Combo
Monitor
$ 797.97
LG - 34UC88-B
Size: 34 Inch
Panel: IPS
Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
Keyboard
$ 89.99
Logitech - G513 Carbon (Linear)
Interface: Wired
Key Switch Type: Romer-G
Type: Full Size
Mouse
$ 95.99
Logitech - G903
Interface: Wireless
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