Sub-Zero Grizzly
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Hey everyone. This is my latest watercooled build. The goal was simple: massive cooling performance and zero noise. I'm not a big fan of crazy RGB setups anymore, so I went with a clean white aesthetic mixed with the classic brown Noctua fans.
For the custom loop, I squeezed in three full copper 360mm radiators. With this much surface area, the 9 Noctua fans can run at extremely low RPMs. I set up the fan curves to be controlled by the water temperature rather than component temps. This way, the system ignores sudden CPU spikes and stays completely quiet, even during long, heavy gaming sessions.
To complete the ice/cold theme, I just put two small polar bear figures on top of the GPU block. 🐻❄️
Hardware:
Watercooling:
For the custom loop, I squeezed in three full copper 360mm radiators. With this much surface area, the 9 Noctua fans can run at extremely low RPMs. I set up the fan curves to be controlled by the water temperature rather than component temps. This way, the system ignores sudden CPU spikes and stays completely quiet, even during long, heavy gaming sessions.
To complete the ice/cold theme, I just put two small polar bear figures on top of the GPU block. 🐻❄️
Hardware:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE
GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 Super
RAM: 32GB G.Skill DDR5 6400MHz
PSU: Seasonic Focus GX-850
Watercooling:
- CPU Block: Alphacool Core 1 (Silver)
GPU Block: Alphacool Eisblock
Radiators: 1x HEATKILLER RAD 360-L White, 1x Alphacool HPE-30 White, 1x Alphacool HPE-45 White
Pump & Res: Alphacool VPP655PWM + IceMan Cooler ICE-DX5 Glass Reservoir
Fans: 9x Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 PWM
Sensors: Aquacomputer High Flow NEXT
Color(s): Brown White
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: none
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build
Hardware
CPU
$ 350.00
Motherboard
$ 224.54
Memory
$ 479.99
Graphics
$ 1,149.99
Case
$ 319.98
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