She's complete!

[alxlwson]

My GPU block finally came in today after being on order for nearly a month from PPCs. They sent a hat and a ton of stickers as recompense I guess.

EK DBay D5 pwm bay rez/pump combo
EK Maximus VIII full cover block
EK XE 360 rad
EK PE 240 rad
Bitspower 980Ti AMP! Extreme block

Been through 15 loops of Heaven @ 1440 with max settings. GPU temp sitting at 44°C. My office is ~70°F. So that's a 43°F/14°C rise over ambient. With stock cooler, this would normslly have me close to 70°C. Using Gelid GC Extreme.

Running Amp! Extreme bios on my Omega. 1404/1805 clocks as reported by GPUz.

Ill eventually go rigid or glass. Probably closer to Christmas. Just bought momma a new car earlier this month, so maybe Santa will bring gifts of glass and metal.

 

[cdabc123]

that case looks so empty. i guess i forgot what a normal computer looks like when all my builds have e-atx mobos in custom cases. you should spend abit to get sleaved cables the differance in look is astonishing

 

[alxlwson]

that case looks so empty. i guess i forgot what a normal computer looks like when all my builds have e-atx mobos in custom cases. you should spend abit to get sleaved cables the differance in look is astonishing

That's my next step. Should be easy finding a set. My PSU is an XFX branded Seasonic. Nice sets are high $$. Any recommendations on brand/source?

 

[cdabc123]

i use a set of sleeved cables i bought off ebay for $50 and they look nice. i would never spend the money on geting the exact length or style you want when you have a backplain to hide them.

 

[alxlwson]

i use a set of sleeved cables i bought off ebay for $50 and they look nice. i would never spend the money on geting the exact length or style you want when you have a backplain to hide them.

No doubt. I've actually considered just getting the sleeved extensions. They're far cheaper.

 

[HellfireX]

Gotta love the EK parts.

 

[alxlwson]

I need to get some combs!

 

[pendragon1]

what about doing that new-fangled threading method instead of combs? it looks good and is cheap.

edit looks good btw

 

[alxlwson]

what about doing that new-fangled threading method instead of combs? it looks good and is cheap.

edit looks good btw

Thanks!
Threading?

 

[pendragon1]

yeah its using thread to tie it together instead of combs. not exactly sure how its done but cannot be that hard and looks like this:

hope beckmodz doesn't mind me jackin a couple pics. you can see a bunch of it in his build log here: [Project Log] "Blue Morpho"

 

[alxlwson]

That's way too much work. Lol