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Jason Greathouse
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Reason v1

Inspired by the over-the-top nuclear powered rail gun in Neal Stephenson's book Snow Crash.

Ultima Ratio Regum, "the last argument of kings".

I started this build almost 2 years ago, but its still going strong. My goal was for an industrial nuclear glow orange look.

Build Highlights:

  • Top handles for industrial module look.
  • Aluminium diamond plate to delete the front panel plugs and back panel trim.
  • Black allen head screws.
  • Painted highlights (radiator, reservoir, brackets, washers) to tie in with the nuclear orange theme.
  • Custom built bracket with a covered heavy duty toggle switch for power.
  • i7-7700k overclocked to 5GHz (stable with prime95 for 30 minutes). Required a de-lid and TIM replacement with Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut and a Rockit Cool Copper IHS.
  • Custom sleeved and cable-laced power, usb, fan headers cables.
  • Custom hard tube water-cooling loop.


The hardest part:
I made, sleeved and terminated all the power cables. All the cables were then hand cable-laced. This was tedious, but I'm very happy with the clean results, but if I had to do it again I'd probably just buy the sleeved cable-mods Emoji
Color(s): Black Orange
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Futuristic
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: Micro-ATX
Type: General Build

Contests

This build participated in 1 contest.

Hardware

CPU
$ 157.00
Intel - Core i7-7700K
Socket: LGA 1151
Cores: 4
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 2,035.65
Gigabyte - Gaming 5 (GA-Z270MX)
Chipset: Z270
CPU Socket: LGA 1151
Size: Micro-ATX
Memory
$ 539.00
G.Skill - Trident Z (4133MHz) (Black)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 32 GB
Graphics
$ 215.00
Gigabyte - G1 Gaming
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: GTX 1080
Storage
$ 359.99
Samsung - 960 PRO
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
$ 150.52
EVGA - SuperNOVA P2
Wattage: 850
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Platinum
Case
$ 100.90
Thermaltake - Core P3 (Black)
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Open
Case Fan
$ 28.99
Cooling
Aquacomputer - Pump
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
Bitspower - Fittings
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
Bitspower - Tubing
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
EKWB - EK-FC1080 GTX G1 - Nickel
Type: GPU Waterblock
Cooling
$ 99.99
EKWB - Supremacy MX - Intel
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
Hardware Labs - Radiators
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
Monsoon - MMRS Reservoir
Type: Custom Loop
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