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Smoked Brisket
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So over the years I have accumulated a good deal of pc parts.
I am proud of my current build and overall setup.
For the first time I have enough parts to build a complete second hardline system. I bought a 27 inch MSI gaming monitor and a Lian Li lancool 2 case, that I am very impressed with, and plan to build a second machine for my wife and 3 year old daughter. I will use my old 6700k, gigabyte gaming 7 mobo and 32 gigs of trident z 3600 ram as a starting point.
That is a 980ti hydrocopper there, which I think is a beautiful card, but the upgrade is going to be a vanilla 5700xt that I had installed a waterblock on already. I, unfortunately, painted the backplate purple, so I ordered an EK backplate to replace it. I was not happy with thermals the first time I used this card so I also ordered some thermal pads and will reinstall the block.
The case is white, I had a bunch of the new barrow fittings that were also white. I also have a HWL gtx 360 and 240 that are, you guessed it, white. So the color scheme will be black and white and I plan on using ek cryofuel clear, with the red dye pack I got from the 5700xt liquid devil in my main rig, to tie in the motherboard and the ram. I have wanted to use EK's 90 degree torque rotaries for awhile and this will be a good excuse. It is either going to blend well and look awesome or, well, look like amature hour. Out of the case, I think the color palette looks good.
Originally I was going to use a singularity tube reservoir because all I needed was a pump top. When I factored in that buying the singularity top was going to cost $65, and on top of that I would have to buy a pump cover which was $50, because the pump top doesnt come with the metal ring to marry it to the top, I got so pissed off I decided to go on Ebay and buy a custom made manifold. I found a guy that was making some unique stuff and almost pulled the trigger, however it was just too big of a crapshoot. What I like about these EK mass produced flat reservoirs is just that, they are a reservoir first and they give you a wall of water rather than multiple tiny channels. I honestly think the impact of the big rectangle is going to look better than multiple channels. I plan to mount it horizontally under the video card, I know that is not original but I like it, we will see if it works out. To do it I will have to drill some holes in EK's mounting brackets.
The first job will be to clean out the radiators and check the EK waterblock for any buildup. This will be my first time taking apart a cpu bock(I have always just replaced them.) I would love any and all advice as to the best way to gently clean a cpu block.
I am proud of my current build and overall setup.
For the first time I have enough parts to build a complete second hardline system. I bought a 27 inch MSI gaming monitor and a Lian Li lancool 2 case, that I am very impressed with, and plan to build a second machine for my wife and 3 year old daughter. I will use my old 6700k, gigabyte gaming 7 mobo and 32 gigs of trident z 3600 ram as a starting point.
That is a 980ti hydrocopper there, which I think is a beautiful card, but the upgrade is going to be a vanilla 5700xt that I had installed a waterblock on already. I, unfortunately, painted the backplate purple, so I ordered an EK backplate to replace it. I was not happy with thermals the first time I used this card so I also ordered some thermal pads and will reinstall the block.
The case is white, I had a bunch of the new barrow fittings that were also white. I also have a HWL gtx 360 and 240 that are, you guessed it, white. So the color scheme will be black and white and I plan on using ek cryofuel clear, with the red dye pack I got from the 5700xt liquid devil in my main rig, to tie in the motherboard and the ram. I have wanted to use EK's 90 degree torque rotaries for awhile and this will be a good excuse. It is either going to blend well and look awesome or, well, look like amature hour. Out of the case, I think the color palette looks good.
Originally I was going to use a singularity tube reservoir because all I needed was a pump top. When I factored in that buying the singularity top was going to cost $65, and on top of that I would have to buy a pump cover which was $50, because the pump top doesnt come with the metal ring to marry it to the top, I got so pissed off I decided to go on Ebay and buy a custom made manifold. I found a guy that was making some unique stuff and almost pulled the trigger, however it was just too big of a crapshoot. What I like about these EK mass produced flat reservoirs is just that, they are a reservoir first and they give you a wall of water rather than multiple tiny channels. I honestly think the impact of the big rectangle is going to look better than multiple channels. I plan to mount it horizontally under the video card, I know that is not original but I like it, we will see if it works out. To do it I will have to drill some holes in EK's mounting brackets.
The first job will be to clean out the radiators and check the EK waterblock for any buildup. This will be my first time taking apart a cpu bock(I have always just replaced them.) I would love any and all advice as to the best way to gently clean a cpu block.
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