http://imgur.com/a/upO1g watercooled PCO11 (black&white)
https://de.pcpartpicker.com/b/ZNcYcf
So this is my most recent watercooled build. I have been doing custom loops since my first own PC about a year ago and I am really enjoying this so far. (more coming soon) I wanted something black and white with some RGB lighting on the inside (because who can live without RGB and Tempered Glass nowadays)
So first about the case: It is a Lian li...so good quality and very sleek looking but for a lian li its actually pretty cheap (most of them cost double). I had to get used to the fact that the window has a brownish tint what I don´t really like. Also the back is very messy because there is no proper cable management but there is enough room and I did a good job (imho). Moreover it is pretty hard to carry the case because it is so sleek and slippery. Last but not least the way the glass and the panels attach to the case are very fragile and i had the felling that after a few disassembles the panels would get loose and the glass easily falls of the side when you remove the screws. ...Sooo I´m not completely sold on that case.
CPU had no problems getting to 3.9 Ghz... I didn´t test 4 because I had no time and i didn´t need the hardest overclock but I believe its price to performance is great.
The motherboard has nice features and a little bit of RGB around the chipset. but mainly it looks good and feels good and has SLI option.
Budget didn´t allow more than a gtx1080 but that is enough power for me
Noiseblocker NB Eloop are really cool looking and quiet fans and with the watercooling the rarely spin up.
For watercooling I went with EK again because of their good quality and good support. Cooling CPU and GPU overclocked on a 360 PE radiator is no problem...maybe a second radiator will be added at some point. I did all the bending myself and it gets easier and easier every time. I used: EK PE 360 EK D5 pump combo with 250mm tube 16/12mm PETG and black Fittings Nickel/plexi CPU and GPU block I also made a custom back panel to cover up the 80mm fan grill which turned out great and custom spray painted the GPU backplate
I am really happy with the result
I hope you guys will enjoy
Posted Jun 26, 2017, 8:40 PM UTC · edited