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Burfi
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Project Borg

The goal of this build was to be able to also transport it to LANs.
Compared to my old air cooled ATX build it is a lot less noisy. The only thing one can hear is the air flow itself under full load.
It is completely silent under normal load like surfing, programming or watching videos.

Airflow design
Airflow was designed so that all fresh air is coming from the back. This was done because this way no hot air is pushed into the case.
-> Noctua F12 intake (with pump bracket mounted on it)
-> 2 * Be quiet Silent Wings 3 in push config under top rad (pushing heat out of the top)
-> 2 * Noctua A14 in pull config between front rad and case (pushing heat out in the front)

Thermals
The loop has an inline water temperature sensor at the top radiator. I'm using an Aqua Computer Quadro as controller for the sensor, all the fans and the pump. The max water temperature of the loop is set to 40°C in the aquasuite.

Load testing using Prime 95 small FFTs & Heaven at max:
-> Water temp: 40°C
-> GPU: 60°C (@2085MHz)
-> CPU: 78°C (@stock clocks)
-> Be queit Silent Wings 3 @ 1100 rpm
-> Noctua A14 @ 1000 rpm
Color(s): Black Green
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Sci-Fi
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: Micro-ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 210.00
AMD - Ryzen 7 (3700X)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 8
Motherboard
$ 108.00
ASRock - Steel Legend (B450M)
Chipset: B450
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: Micro-ATX
Memory
$ 24.99
Corsair - Vengeance LPX (3000MHz) (Black)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 8 GB
Graphics
$ 749.00
ASUS - ROG Strix OC
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 2080 Ti
Storage
$ 46.99
Crucial - BX500
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 480 GB
Storage
$ 40.99
Samsung - 850 EVO
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 500 GB
PSU
$ 203.40
Corsair - RM650x
Wattage: 650
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
Cooler Master - Silencio S400
Type: Mini-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
Case Fan
Case Fan
$ 47.90
Noctua - NF-A14 PWM (2x)
Size: 140 mm
Case Fan
$ 21.78
Noctua - NF-F12 PWM
Size: 120 mm
Cooling
$ 59.99
EKWB - CoolStream PE
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 240 mm (2 x 120 mm)
Cooling
$ 86.20
EKWB - CoolStream SE
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 280 mm (2 x 140 mm)
Cooling
$ 89.40
Cooling
$ 226.21
EKWB - EK-XRES 100 Revo D5 PWM (incl. pump)
Type: Pump/Reservoir Combo
Cooling
Mayhems - Tubing
Type: Custom Loop
Monitor
$ 399.99
Samsung - C34J791
Size: 34 Inch
Panel: VA
Refresh Rate: 100 Hz
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