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[tjosborne]

Jackinhut, looking pretty sick there, do you have more pics or a build log? Also I would like too see what your whole setup looks like if possible.

 

[rufus_22]

Two Titans gifted ??? Need a sibling ? I would like to say I'm happy for you but mostly I'm just jealous !! Wonderfull display of shameless excess .. aaaargh .( grats )

 

[jacknhut]

I need better friends then lol.. Please tell me you have some sick 3 1440 p monitors or something nasty

Currently play on the Samsung S27B970D atm, the Dell U2713HM is the off screen where I watch movies/news/monitor temp/clock etc while playing. I will probably buy another Dell U2713HM around Xmas to do surround gaming.

Here are the pics, pardon my camera taking pics using my iphone 5 camera which is not very good lol.

 

[jay337]

Case: Corsair 500R
CPU: Intel i5 3570k @ 4.5 GHz
CPU Cooler: Hyper Evo 212
GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X 7970 @ 1235/1700
RAM: 8 GB (2x4) Ripjaws X
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V Pro
PSU: Corsair HX750
HDD: 1 TB Seagate Barracuda
SSD: 120 GB Intel 520 series

Your rams are not in the good slot ! For 2 dimm its supposed to be in the blue ones ! Dont know if its really important but it is in the p8z77-v manual!

 

[CarolKarine]

also, does the sapphire card really take up 2.5 slots and call it 2? that's lowdown.

 

[stickg1]

I put a little lime green paint on all my white trim the other day, what do we think? Is it boss or meh?

 

[Onus]

The orange Corsair logo is a little distracting, but I think I'll go with "Boss." Very nice job.

 

[stickg1]

Got a little carried away with the spray paint today, lol..

 

[phx08]

^^ Looks good! I really like the black/green contrast

 

[marshallbradley]

@stickg1 Wow looks really professional! Kinda military in my eyes. Nice work!

M

 

[RussK1]

stickg1 - One for the green team! 🙂

 

[rufus_22]

Definately good with the green .. Well done

 

[jay337]

Hey Guys what do you think of my setup.

CASE: NZXT Phantom 630 Matte Black
PSU: XFX 850W PRO Full Modular Gold 80 PLUS
MB: ASUS P8Z77-V LK
CPU:i5 3570k@ 4.2GHZ
MEMORY:G.Skill Ripjaws X 2X4GB 1600MHZ
STORAGE: Samsung 830 256GB SSD
STORAGE: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 64 MB Cach
VIDEO CARD: ASUS Geforce GTX 680 Top Edition 1201 MHZ 2GB
HEATSINK:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
DVD DRIVE: ASUS 24X
MONITOR: ASUS PA238QR IPS LED 23'' 1080P
KEYBOARD:Gigabyte Aivia K8100
MICE: CMSTORM Sentinel Advance II
HEADSET: Sony PS3 Headset

 

[RussK1]

The Asus GTX 680 DC2T is sweet! I know, I have two and they are cool running and quiet!

Nice and clean setup BTW.

 

[RussK1]

Use PCIe 2 and 4 and it'll be fine, the fans sit in a little from the shroud. This is essentially how I was was running mine on my Extreme 6 and temps were ok. 75-80°c on the top card and 55-60°c on the bottom... The difference in temps bothered me so I bought the Z77 Extreme 9 so that I would have x16, x16 and a free PCIe slot in between for more air and to add my Xonar Essence STX.

 

[jay337]

Use PCIe 2 and 4 and it'll be fine, the fans sit in a little from the shroud. This is essentially how I was was running mine on my Extreme 6 and temps were ok. 75-80°c on the top card and 55-60°c on the bottom... The difference in temps bothered me so I bought the Z77 Extreme 9 so that I would have x16, x16 and a free PCIe slot in between for more air and to add my Xonar Essence STX.

the problem is that i have 3 pci express can you take a look at my motherboard...
asus p8z77-v lk...
http://ca.asus.com/en/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z77V_LK/

 

[Onus]

The black one is x4 and the one you won't use. There are three slots between the other two, so you can fit your two cards there.

 

[jay337]

The black one is x4 and the one you won't use. There are three slots between the other two, so you can fit your two cards there.

Yep you are right but they will be really tight... I dont even know how the first one will suck his air in the intake ...:S

 

[RussK1]

The black one is x4 and the one you won't use. There are three slots between the other two, so you can fit your two cards there.

Agreed... don't use the black slot as it's controlled by the chipset at x4 speed. What's crazy, is if you shop boards only the high end cater to triple slot cards with PCIe spacing and a lot trim out the legacy PCI slot which is a problem for a lot of people considering many of the top sound cards are PCI.

Before:

After:

 

[jay337]

I am pretty sure its gonna look like your "before" picture !
What was your both gpu temperature when you had this setup ?

 

[smckdwn989]

 

[Uther39]

Got a build LOG going on my next build for all those interested....

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1654687/crazy-watercooled-silverstone-precision-ps07b-build-log.html#10677764

 

[Onus]

Nice ideas. I'll bet it looks great when done.

 

[AsbestosOwl]

@ buzzycaf
This is absolutely gorgeous! I love the showcased internals with the minimalist case. I hope to do a custom water cooled rig similar to this someday. Bravo!

 

[MANOFKRYPTONAK]

Got a build LOG going on my next build for all those interested....

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1654687/crazy-watercooled-silverstone-precision-ps07b-build-log.html#10677764

Hell yeah thanks. Your builds look so clean I might to water cooling on my next rig maybe later in the year...