What could possibly go wrong?

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Sulo
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What could possibly go wrong?

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
$ 103.99
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
$ 71.99
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
$ 13.99
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