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Watercooling Xigmatek Elysium Watercooled Build

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by dark_avenger, 30 Aug 2011.

  1. dark_avenger

    dark_avenger Minimodder

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    Project I've had on the cards for a while after I picked up some water cooling kit from The boy 4rm oz on here and now finally I have everything I need :naughty:

    PC Specs:
    i7 920 D0 @ 3.8
    6Gb DDR3
    SLI'd GTS250's
    X-Fi Platinum Sound Card w/front panel
    64Gb Kingston SSD
    Mirrored 1TB Storage drives

    The case I picked is the new Xigmatek case which I have only just been able to get a hold of here in OZ hence the delay on build :(
    If you haven't seen this case before I suggest you have a look here

    It is a truly MASSIVE case the pictures really do not show it, here's a pic of it next to a standard ATX case.
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    Got most of the build done last night, water loop all primed. Only one minor leak with a loose barb. Hopefully will get it finished tonight :D

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  2. Fuganater

    Fuganater What's a Dremel?

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    That case is HUGE!!! Is that an ATX mobo?
     
  3. Picarro

    Picarro What's a Dremel?

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    That case is so stupidly large. You almost NEED a larger-than-ATX board and a 3-loop watercooling system just to make it look good.
     
  4. MjFrosty

    MjFrosty Minimodder

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    hehe, I've had this case for 2 or 3 months now and I can safely say it's the best value for money you will ever see in a chassis. It's massive :)

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  5. dark_avenger

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    It's a Asus P6T so yeah just a standard ATX board.
    Is nice to work with a case with plenty of space.

    Got all it sorted now with cable tidying, etc so i'll try get some more pics up soon.
    Going to have to make a cable for the X-Fi to the front panel as it's more or less an IDE cable which isn't long enough to go behind the motherboard :( :(
     
  6. GuilleAcoustic

    GuilleAcoustic Ook ? Ook !

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    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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  8. dark_avenger

    dark_avenger Minimodder

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    Previous stable OC of 3.8Ghz on air with load temps around 80-85c

    Running 4.3Ghz w/HT Prime95 load temp of 66c atm :) :)

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  9. dark_avenger

    dark_avenger Minimodder

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    And now some pics of the finished build.

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    Really have to make up a custom cable for the X-Fi front panel the giant ribon cable really ruins the cable tidying....
     
  10. Arthur

    Arthur It's for 'erberts !

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    Seems rather small to be honest :)
     
  11. MjFrosty

    MjFrosty Minimodder

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    Only it's not, it's got the most depth and space in any tower chassis.

    Y'know, for those of us who don't want people tripping over a build-it-yourself- unnecessarily large cube. ;)
     
  12. Fuganater

    Fuganater What's a Dremel?

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  13. SlowMotionSuicide

    SlowMotionSuicide Come Hell or High Water

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    Thermaltake pump?
     
  14. dark_avenger

    dark_avenger Minimodder

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    It really is a massive case, really I thought there must have been an extra box of goodies in the box when it arrived but nope all case lol.

    The pump is a Danger Den MAG II LE thinking later on i'll upgrade it to a D5 in one of the dual 5.25" res mounts.

    Running a stable 4.532Ghz OC with 216x21. Hard locks in minutes if I try to run a BLCK of 220 :( :(
     
  15. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    Whack more volts through it :p
     
  16. penryn 2 hertz

    penryn 2 hertz I'm not a science fiction writer...

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    warning "IDE CABLE" alert set sata cable's to stun...
     
  17. suenstar

    suenstar Collector of Things

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    Nah... I'd say the most depth and space in any tower easily goes to the insanely large chassis' at Caselabs.
    Unless you're not including custom built cases by specialists...
     
  18. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    I think what he means is it's the biggest/best case you can get for the money :)
     
  19. dark_avenger

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    Might just have to lol

    It's the cable from the X-Fi to the front panel which unfortunately isn't a standard IDE cable so i'm going to have to custom make one so I can hide it
     
  20. MjFrosty

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    Christ yes! Obviously anything custom built is another matter, that goes without saying!

    But for £150 you'd be very hard pressed to find something with more space
     

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