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duc9961
Member since 2022-02-09
Germany
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I´m into PC watercooling since ~ 20 years now and what I like most is the planing and building process. The used hardware isn´t so important. So I dedided to give some of my old hardware a new home.

- Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3-1866 - 8x4GB
- XFX RX 6750 XT Qick with an Alphacool Block ... upgraded from a Vega64
... just completing the not listed parts.

I use an Aquaero 5 to control everything and made a few changes to the case. I added, for example, two 80mm intake fans at the top to cool the RAM. I think they fit pretty well. While building I got my hands on an upgrade GPU. And since the watercooling stuff is more expensive than the used hardware i thought ... why not!
The CPU is overclocked to 4,4 ghz using just 1.28 v. Together with the upgraded GPU it still run games in 1440p pretty descent.

It was pretty fun to build in Lian Li´s SUP01 ... just a little challenging to make a reasonable loop and make it look good. But that´s what makes watercooling interesting. It´s more than throwing parts together. Watertemp is ~ 10 c over ambient after 30 minutes in Timespy with fans running max. 1400 rpm. For a little "blingbling" I added two Lightstrips controlled by a Corsair Node Pro.
Color(s): Black
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: none
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: E-ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 223.00
Intel - Xeon E5-1680 v2
Socket: LGA 2011
Cores: 8
Motherboard
$ 499.99
ASUS - Rampage IV Black Edition
Chipset: X79
CPU Socket: LGA 2011
Size: E-ATX
Memory
Corsair - Dominator Platinum (1600MHz) (Grey) (2x)
Type: DDR3
Capacity: 16 GB
Graphics
$ 649.98
XFX - Speedster QICK 319
Chip Manufacturer: AMD
Chip: RX 6700 XT
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
PNY - CS2211
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 960 GB
PSU
$ 199.77
Corsair - RM750i
Wattage: 750
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 149.00
Lian Li - Sup01
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
RGB: Yes
Case Fan
$ 95.70
Noctua - NF-P12 redux-1700 (6x)
Size: 120 mm
Cooling
$ 39.00
Cooling
$ 198.00
Watercool - HeatKiller Rad 360-S (Black) (2x)
Type: Radiator
Size (WxHxD): 360 mm
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