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New to this forum! Not new to PC building/overclocking


DinoBull

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It's been about 25 years and perhaps 15 - 20 PC builds, 60% were my own. The rest built for friends & family. I'd say about half of those builds were overclocked in some way. This year I finally decided at long last I would dip my toe into the world of custom water cooling. I mean sure, I've had a couple of builds with AIO coolers, but never have I felt the need to do a completely custom job. I guess I always felt the returns were of little value compared to cost. I'm now in a position where I can afford the time and money o do it. If nothing else, for the satisfaction. And I now have the tools for the most part.

A few of my most recent builds:
2015: Mini-ITX Build (2015) by chrisjmartini - Intel Core i7-4790K, GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Desktop - PCPartPicker
2019: The White Kraken (2019) by chrisjmartini - Intel Core i9-9900K, GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower - PCPartPicker (This one will get a water cooled GPU this month!)
2023: Death Note (2023) by chrisjmartini - Intel Core i9-13900K, GeForce RTX 4090, Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB ATX Full Tower - PCPartPicker (This one will also need it's RTX 4090 liquid cooled. That GPU runs hot!)

Happy to meet like minded fellow builders! 

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Welcome! 

 

Custom liquid cooling never makes sense when looking at price to performance but it's a lot of fun. Just had a look at the builds you linked and you have some great platforms to work with. 

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CPU: 5900X + Optimus block
MOTHERBOARD: MSI X570 Ace
GPU: EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra + Optimus block
RAM: 32GB Oloy Blade 3600CL14
SSD/NVME: 1TB SN750 Black
SSD/NVME 2: 1TB SN750 Black
SSD/NVME 3: 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus
CASE: LD PC-V7
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CPU: 7800X3D
MOTHERBOARD: B650E-I Strix
RAM: G.Skill Flare X5
GPU: Reference 6950 XT
CASE: InWin D-Frame Mini
WC RADIATOR: MO-RA3 with 4x180mm Silverstone fans
FAN CONTROLLER: Aquaero
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CPU: 12600KF
MOTHERBOARD: Z790I Strix
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo
GPU: RTX 2080
CASE: Sliger SM580
WC RESEVOIR: Phanteks R160C
WC RADIATOR: XSPC TX240 Ultrathin
FANS: Phanteks T30
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Welcome to EHW, Sorry, a little late to the party 🙂

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
MOTHERBOARD: MSI Meg Ace X670E
RAM: Corsair Dominator Titanium 64GB (6000MT/s)
GPU: EVGA 3090 FTW Ultra Gaming
SSD/NVME: Corsair MP700 Pro SE Gen 5 4TB
PSU: EVGA Supernova T2 1600Watt
CASE: be quiet Dark Base Pro 900 Rev 2
FANS: Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC x 6
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CPU: Intel Core i5 8500
RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) Kingston 2666Mhz
SSD/NVME: 256GB Samsung NVMe
NETWORK: HP 561T 10Gbe (Intel X540 T2)
MOTHERBOARD: Proprietry
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630
PSU: 90Watt
CASE: HP EliteDesk 800 G4 SFF
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CPU: 2 x Xeon|E5-2696-V4 (44C/88T)
RAM: 128GB|16 x 8GB - DDR4 2400MHz (2Rx8)
MOTHERBOARD: HP Z840|Intel C612 Chipset
GPU: Nvidia Quadro P2200
HDD: 4x 16TB Toshiba MG08ACA16TE Enterprise
SSD/NVME: Intel 512GB 670p NVMe (Main OS)
SSD/NVME 2: 2x WD RED 1TB NVMe (VM's)
SSD/NVME 3: 2x Seagate FireCuda 1TB SSD's (Apps)
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