Oak Pillar - Custom Built Case

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Jason Romero
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Member since 2019-01-06
Sterling,VA, United States
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Oak Pillar - Custom Built Case

Hello,

Thank you for taking a look at my build. I hope that you enjoy your time here.
I have been making updates to this build for over a year now and I think I am done for a while, unless of course I win the lotto.

My latest update was the EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming. This is an amazing card and recently, as a holiday gift, my wife got me the Optimus Water Cooling Absolute water block for the GPU.

I couldn't find a case that met all of my requirements, so I decided to build one. It is an open air case, as you can see, that allows me to have 3x 360mm radiator, 2 x D5 pumps, and lots of room for maintenance and draining. I didn't have a lot of wood working skills, so I tried to keep things simple, but I think overall it came out really well.

Thank you to my wife for her support and encouragement.

Thank you and let me know what you think!
Color(s): Brown
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Case Mod
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Contests

This build participated in 5 contests.

Build Updates

First post for the upcoming build.

2020-05-20

Kind of stuck...

2020-05-31

Toughest part finished?

2020-06-07

Do I need to "ground" my motherboard on my wooden PC?

2021-03-22

Getting close...

2020-06-19

Installing new motherboard...

2021-07-25

Finally finished

2020-06-26

3090 is Under Water!

2021-03-08

Ok...I think I'm done....at least for now...

2020-07-10

RTX 3090 on the way!

2020-10-16

Continuing to make tweaks to the build...

2020-07-22

Hardware

CPU
$ 170.00
Intel - Core i7-8700K
Socket: LGA 1151
Cores: 6
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 998.86
ASUS - ROG Maximus X Formula
Chipset: Z370
CPU Socket: LGA 1151
Size: ATX
Memory
$ 498.00
G.Skill - Trident Z (3200MHz) (Black/RGB)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 32 GB
Graphics
$ 1,290.00
EVGA - GeForce FTW3 Ultra Gaming
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 3090
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 185.00
Samsung - 850 Pro
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 1 TB
Storage
$ 109.94
Samsung - 970 EVO Plus
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 1 TB
Storage
$ 74.85
Western Digital - WD Blue Desktop
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 2 TB
PSU
$ 185.00
Corsair - RM1000i
Wattage: 1000
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 150.00
Custom - Custom (custom)
Case Fan
Cooling
$ 627.18
EKWB - CoolStream PE (3x)
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 360 mm (3 x 120 mm)
Cooling
$ 47.50
EKWB - EK-CryoFuel (Clear) (100mL) (2x)
Type: Coolant
Cooling
$ 197.98
EKWB - EK-D5 PWM G2 Motor (2x)
Type: Pump
Cooling
$ 85.00
EKWB - EK-Velocity - Nickel + Plexi
Type: Waterblock
Cooling
Optimus - Absolute FTW3 3080/3090
Type: GPU Block
CableMod
$ 124.00
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2020-05-20
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