Intel Core i7 4820K @ 7800Mhz Stresstest.

Found this screenshot of me overclocking the Intel i7 4820K, yeah i know, it sure looks to good too be true and i guess it is.

But at least this is what the ASUS program reported when it overclocked.

/Enjoy.

Externally water cooled HTPC with alot of juice in it.

This is the final build (around 95% at least) and here are some pictures of it (i'm getting better at that damned camera haha):

The complete picture so to speak.

Those two EKWB nickel plated fittings will be replaced with Monsoon 13/10 black ones.

 I do dig the gold theme.

 I'm pretty pleased with the solution, it's extremely tight in this Silverstone Crown case.

 A.C. Ryan 80mm. LED-fans.

 Two more, blowing air out the back.

 It is pretty difficult to get a good view for a great picture of the graphics cards.

 Too bad the UV doesn't show in these pictures.

 The tubing to the external cooler comes out the back where i drilled two holes and places two Bitspower fittings.

 Out in the back the water flows.

 The external cooler.

 Three EKWB 360 XTX radiators are in that housing from Phobya.

 Not sure if it shows but there is more work to do regarding the cable management.

An overview.

Semi hard copper loop that was semi finished...

Glad i found this picture of my copper loop that never passed my safety standards.

It looks sweet though and one day...

...maybe one day it will be put together, upgraded and finished...

hehe...

Perhaps the CoolerKit guys have some sweet fittings or something,,,

EKWB gear, Air 540, X79-Deluxe and chrome copper.

A sneak peak of the final stages of this build.
12mm. chrome covered copper pipes are replacing the three meter acrylic pipes i bought.

The four meter copper pipes will be enough, only the CPU block left and i have little less than a
meter left it looks like.

Then, after updating the blog with perhaps another "preview" or two the final build log will be presented
here, no it might not be the next million dollar PC haha, but it was a fun journey and the ride was long enough to be shared with fellow enthusiasts.

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Intel Core i7 4820K & ASUS X79-Deluxe Water Cooling (Part 1).

Hardware specifications of the build:
Chassis: Corsair Air 540.
Motherboard: ASUS X79-Deluxe (socket 2011).
RAM: Corsair Vengeance, 32GB, DDR3, 1866Mhz, quad channel (4x8GB).
Power Supply Unit: be quiet! 630w. Modular. Bronze 80+. ATX.
Processor: Intel Core i7 4820K (socket 2011).
Soundcard: ASUS Xonar Essence STX (PCI-E).
Graphics card: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DCII OC (2GB) (PCI-E 3.0).
Hard Drive (system): OCZ SATA-II, 120GB SSD.
Hard Drive (software): Samsung SATA-II, 500GB.

Water Cooling System: EK 320 Kit.
Water: XSPC EC6 (approx 1L).

Rear Chassis Fan (exhaust): Cougar Vortex 140mm. 3-Pin. MBU controlled.
Front Chassis Fans/Radiator Fans (intake): 3x. Cougar Vortex 120mm. PWM. CPU OPT.
Top Chassis Fans (intake): 2x. Cougar Vortex 120mm. PWM. CPU OPT.

Lights:
Revoltec Cold Cathode, white (set of two).

Current activity: 24h. test run of the water cooling system.

Current status: No leaks.

Time spent testing: Approximately 2.5h.

Intel Core i7 3820, ASUS GTX 770 OC DCUII (2GB), 32GB RAM in a budget case (pre-review).

Not that long ago i upgraded my Intel based computer out of two reasons, it was beginning to show signs of aging and i could definately benefit emotionally of a new system since this Intel Core2Duo 2.13ghz was around 7 years or so old.


So, after switching to some used parts i got from a friend i decided to get brand new stuff so first i upgraded the motherboard, the CPU, the RAM and the graphics card.
I have to admit that i wasn't very upgraded regarding my knowledge of the market at the time so when friends heard about my new system they immediately identified the bottleneck (and rightfully so from time to time mocked me about it), Nvidia GT 630 (4gb version).

To my defense, those 4gb GPU RAM sure looked sweet theoretically.

Anyhow, i replaced it with a Asus GTX770 OC DCUII (2gb version) and still kept my old case for the challenge (and the cool looks of a pretty sweet computer with an older budget case).

My cooling adventure had begun.

The old case.

The old and PSU that replaced my even older budget PSU.

No more old used stuff, the goodies are delivered:

ASUS P9X79 (motherboard).

Intel Thermal Solution Socket 2011 (CPU cooler).

Corsair Vengeance 32gb (RAM).

Intel i7 3820 (CPU).

When looking back, that old case sure was pretty ugly.

More goodies, that HDD kit came in handy later on.

ASUS DirectCU II OC (graphics card).

Lian Li Expansion HDD Kit (HDD cooler).

be quiet! 630w (power supply unit).

be quiet! Shadow Wings 80mm (chassis fan).

I have to admit that i really dig the looks of that graphics card (and the sweet case it came in).

Assembled but not optimal (to say the least).

The old case and the Lian Li! assembled.

I must have placed that poor 80mm fan everywhere it could fit in the box and in all directions.

Another solution i tried, an old CPU fan(?) with directional "air cannon".

Please not the two added Titan PCI fans (used for blowing air out of the case).

Well, if two can get a good amount of air out of the computer why not use three?

At this stage i was becoming desperate with my limited options with the case.

Coming up: How to mod a budget case for optimal airflow.