Red vs. Blue

[Fluxmaven]

Howdy. 

 

So I thought it would be cool to do a couple of "throwback" builds with Intel + Nvidia vs. All AMD. I'm using the term throwback loosely since the hardware I am currently considering isn't all from the same year but most of it's at least a decade old. 

 

Parts Lists:

 

Red

 

CPU: AMD FX-9590

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z

GPU: Radeon HD 7990

RAM: Either some black and red Adata XPG 2133 Cl10 or some EVGA 1866 CL9 that I know works

Storage: Not sure what boot drive. I do have a pair of m.sata Samsung drives on a Vantec RAID card that will probably go in this rig for a game drive

Case: Maingear Vybe Nero red

PSU: EVGA 1000 G2

Cooling

• Maingear Apex distro
• EKWB Supremacy Edge Red/plexi (1/100 so fairly rare)
• EKWB FC7990 SE I'm actually not an EK fanboy, just hard to find 7990 blocks these days
• Bitspower Leviathan XF 240
• Barrowch Chameleon fish 240 Red/Acrylic
• Arctic P12 MAX
• Scythe Gentle Typhoons

 

 

Blue

 

CPU: Intel i7 2700K

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5

GPU: GTX Titan Black... I also have a GTX 690 that would keep it a bit more era appropriate and dual GPU for both systems. However I can't find a waterblock for the 690.

RAM: Blue G.Skill Ares 2133CL10

Storage: A pair of Samsung 850 Pro

Case: Lian Li V3000 Plus... Was going to use a Blue/White Maingear Shift I've had for a long time, but Microcenter just dropped the price on V3000's and I had to have one lol

PSU: EVGA 850 P2

Cooling

• EK distro that was designed for an O11D that I got cheap open box
• Thermochill PA 120.4 that's coming out of retirement
• I've got a dirty old 420mm in the front for mock up but might just get another 480 to put up top and leave the front as intake. 
• Currently have a Swiftech Apogee II mounted on the board because I thought I was trying to stuff a loop in the Maingear Shift... May switch to a Heatkiller IV.
• Titan Black has a Heatkiller block already on it
• Lian Li uni fans... Acquired a ton of these for cheap and have been looking for a way to use them up 
• Phanteks PH-F140HP II - Again, been wanting to use these up for a while. 

 

As for fittings and tubing... I haven't decided which system is getting what. They may both end up with a mixture of hard and soft tubing. I have a decent amount of frosted 14mm hard tube and some nice brass 16mm. I also have soft tubing in most common sizes. Mostly EPDM or clear. I'll likely use up some QD3's in the Intel system since there's so much room in that case. 

[Fluxmaven]

Most of the parts for this build are buried in the closet and it will likely be pretty slow progress, but I'll dump a few pics here for now. The V3000 was a recent purchase so It's still sitting out in the living room  

 

 

I was on a work trip in Atlanta and went into Microcenter to kill some time. This case wouldn't have fit in my Mustang or Miata lol

 

 

O11D Distro plate doesn't look too bad in there.

 

 

These 140mm Fans have 120mm mounting. So I mounted the fans to the plate with fan screws, then sat it on the radiator and attached the rad with short screws. 

 

 

Edited December 1 by Fluxmaven

[Fluxmaven]

Some older pics of stuff

 

 

The FX setup during some HWBot comp. I don't have any photos of the XPG RAM working on any systems, so I'm assuming it's a DOA ebay find, but I'll give it another try since it looks nice. 

 

That mint 7990 block... 

GTX 690... If any of Y'all have a block for this, slide in my DMs 

 

 

[SamsTechStuff]

That's an awesome idea! Cant wait to see progression pictures.

 

I'd love to do something similar at some point, there's definitely something cool about making old equipment shine. Reminds me of the Modstek treatment for older hardware (YouTube) 

[Sir Beregond]

That V3000 is gigantic. Looking forward to it!