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Sulo
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This was my first attempt at watercooling.
Before the system ran on Corsair H100i AIO and air for the rest of it.
To make life easier for me I decided to go with hard acrylic tubing and try delidding my CPU as well (which I've never done before either).

Used Liquid Metal on all surfaces that required paste; CPU Die>IHS, IHS>CPU Block, GPU Die>GPU Block
Had great thermals and no issues with the conductive (and liquid) nature of the product.

CPU ran at 4.8GHz, which was a nice improvement over the stock 3.5GHz (3.9 Turbo).
GPU Clock +220, GPU Memory +430.

Cinebench scored around 700, lost the exact result.
Superposition 1080 Extreme scored 3791.

Case needed some modifications to fit the rad on front and since I didn't have much room left inside I went with a bay res instead of a tube one.
Looking back on it, I should have probably just got a different case instead of trying to make it work with the one I already had, but hey, it worked well enough for me and it was a fun project.

Built in May 2018.
Color(s): Black Red
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 249.99
Intel - Core i5 4690K
Socket: LGA 1150
Cores: 4
Motherboard
ASRock - Z87 Pro4
Chipset: Z87
CPU Socket: LGA 1150
Size: ATX
Memory
G.Skill - Sniper X (3200MHz)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 16 GB
Graphics
Palit - Super JetStream
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: GTX 1070
Storage
Samsung - 850 EVO
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 250 GB
Storage
$ 74.85
Western Digital - WD Blue Desktop
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 2 TB
PSU
$ 145.06
EVGA - SuperNOVA 650 G3
Wattage: 650
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 69.99
Zalman - Z9 Neo
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Acrylic
Case Fan
$ 59.97
Corsair - AF120 (Quiet) (Red)
Size: 120 mm
Case Fan
$ 74.99
Cooling
$ 79.99
EKWB - CoolStream PE
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 240 mm (2 x 120 mm)
Cooling
EKWB - EK-CryoFuel Blood Red
Type: Coolant
Cooling
EKWB - EK-Supremacy Edge Black - Acetal
Type: CPU Waterblock
Cooling
EKWB - GPU Blocks (discontinued)
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
EKWB - GPU Blocks (discontinued)
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
EKWB - Pump
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
$ 12.99
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