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sky it's just your frame of
mind strike the match your
life spre your wings in the
night I could do PC build guides forever
I really could with the millions of combinations of computer parts I could
make millions of these videos and none of them would be the same as each other
other today not the same is not good
enough and instead we'll be doing something really different from anything
I've ever done before today's build guide is not about the expectation that
you're going to watch it buy these parts and put one together at home just like
it but rather about the sheer spectacle
of a gaming PC made for one purpose Wicked CPU overclocking welcome to the
ultimate Subzero PC build guide normally
once we start out to to build at our safe uncluttered static free workstation
the only thing we really need to build a PC is a multi-bit screwdriver but
today's a little bit different you'll need some scissors I would recommend
getting an iFixit kit so you got some pokers and prodders as well as a variety
of more esoteric bits and then I pair of
side Cutters a pair of pliers those kinds of things will also come in handy
and the last one is you should probably grab a magnetic Parts tray to keep all
the little screws from getting lost now as always before you begin assembling
the computer I recommend plugging the components in together and powering the
system up once outside of the case to ensure everything is working using the
motherboard box as a handy dandy test bench for our CPU the choice was obvious
the cor i74790k has a wicked 4 GHz clock speed
out of the box without even factoring in turbo boost doesn't kick off a lot of
heat which is great for keeping temps cool and is basically the top tier CPU
of choice for gamers everywhere who don't have any use for extra cores that
can be had on the premium LGA 20113 platform now normally I actually copy
paste these CPU installation instructions you know not today forget
about lift the retention ARM put down the retention ARM no really forget about
the retention ARM we're going to remove it use a size 20 Torx and remove these
three screws from the front place the CPU into the socket to keep the pin safe
while you're working and then it's time to break out the kn needed or art eraser
that we'll be using to insulate the CPU socket area it's very important that
there is as little air as possible around here because where there's air
there's moisture and where there's moisture there's condensation as soon as
it starts to get chil and as soon as there's condensation there's water on
motherboards which well I'm sure you see where this is going build up a thin
layer of art eraser around the outside of the socket put the retention
mechanism back on then install the the CPU again flip the board over and cover
the back plate with art eraser then run
the CPU Mount bolts through their steel back plate one of the included neoprene
insulating back plates then through the
motherboard on each bolt use a plastic washer then a steel one followed by a
nut and tighten them up nice now it's time to build up the art eraser on the
front until we're almost even with the top of the CPU heat spreader go slow
focusing on eliminating pockets for air to get trapped in you can use a small
poking tool to fill gaps once that's done apply a layer of armaflex neoprene
adhesive insulation and you're pretty much good to go now there are a lot of
different schools of thought when it comes to socket insulation and this
technique is not actually the best one but should be fine for the temperatures
we're aiming for if I was doing something more extreme like a two-stage
or even three stage phase cooler or dry ice or liquid nitrogen I would add some
shop towels between the Eraser and neoprene direct some air flow at the
socket and even consider filling the socket pins with dialectric grease
something that's gone out of fashion lately due to R concerns it's almost
impossible to clean out but that undoubtedly improves safety at extremely
cold temperatures memory was an easy choice for this build the theme is white
like frost or something like that so I reached out to our friend at hyperx who
hooked us up with a massive 32 gig kit of their fury White DDR3 1866 RAM for
our system with that selection finished all that's required is to pull back the
tabs on the memory slots align each module according to the notch in the
bottom of the socket and press firmly on both sides until the latch closes fill
the further sets of color coordinated slots before the closer two if you're
using only two sticks of RAM now my original plan for this system was to
just find some white Cas slap a system in it and call it a day then I found
this the PC V10 phase change from LD
cooling I mean what's more white than a white case a white case that makes it
snow on your CPU this bad boy features
quad 120 mm radiator support on the top
a single 120 support in the back motherboard support for xlx eatx ATX
pretty much any ATX you could want and is made of Pure White powdercoated
Aluminum with the exception of the steel base to support the integrated single
stage phase change cooler in the front down there is the condenser which cools
the gas that then gets sent through the insulated line up to the evaporator head
where the rapid evaporation of the liquid inside an endothermic process
cools the CPU and the resulting vapor is recycled back to the large black danfos
compressor that compresses it and then pumps it to the condenser where it all
starts again this is the same principle that's used in your refrigerator at home
with the key difference being the strength and rated duty cycle of the
compressor please don't try to cool your computer with a fridge you're not the
first person to think of that it's not designed to handle a constant heat load
and it will die there's some other Secret Sauce in here as well LD cooling
has included their own USB controller board that uses a typ k thermal probe in
the VAP head to display temps on the built-in display in the front delay
systems start up until the phase system is up and running and to automatically
shut down your cooler once the system is powered down they've got some more stuff
planned too like fan control for example they've put a lot of work into
developing this puppy all right so start by removing the two top side panels and
the left side bottom one with a hex head
screwdriver and stash them somewhere safe use four screws or anti vibration
mounts to install a rear 20 mm cooling fan and install your nine motherboard
standoffs here here here here here here here here and here our motherboard
Choice was another no-brainer ASUS's Sabertooth z97 Mark s sa Bronco board
looks sick features all the latest and greatest tough series Tech so lots of
controllable fan headers and temp sensors slot covers a reinforcing back
plate a 5-year warranty and of course ASUS's legendary build quality and BIOS
layout press firmly on all four corners of the io Shield at the back of the case
until they snap into place hold the board in place laying fridges on their
sides isn't recommended so I'm not tipping this guy over as a precaution
while you screw in the middle standoff then do the other eight in these
locations while we have easy access to the board plug these two included cables
into the power switch and the check
12volt spots on the USB controller then run the other ends to your power switch
header and a fan header on your mother motherboard like so you'll also need to
plug in the reset switch and your LEDs at this time this case has no front USB
audio or anything else like that though so that's it so I was going to choose a
power supply that comes in white by default and then I was like nah we have
the Corsair axi version of those like awesome individually sleeved cable mod
cables so I gave Corsair a call and got their excellent 80 plus Platinum ax 60i
power supply put in the mail for me it arrived I took that sucker apart
immediately painted her white and put her back together now with all of that
said for most users I would strongly recommend just buying a white power
supply since the internals of computer power supplies can be extremely
dangerous and even kill you but man you
cannot deny how nice the results look
put the power supply in on the little pedestal in the basement fan side up and
install four screws like this into the back of it plug the eight pin connector
into the top of the motherboard and run it down the back side of the motherboard
tray to the power supply then do the same for the 24 pin connector you can
also plug in a two connector SATA cable at this time and two PCI E cables for
the graphics card our Drive selection for this system is two Intel 730 series
ssds running in raid zero SSD raid
continues to be the weapon of choice for enthusiasts who want more than a single
SSD can offer offer but aren't willing to pay the premium for PCI Express or
m.2 based Solutions and 730s are
excellent for raid operation thanks to their exceptional performance
consistency now this case's native 2 and 1/2 in drive support is mostly done by
screwing in through the front of the motherboard a solution that isn't that
elegant but fortunately it also includes a dual Drive 3 and A2 in adapter so
we're going to use two of these screws per side per drive to secure them to the
adapter then use these rubber grommets to slide our adapter into the bottommost
3 and 1/2 in Bay at the front now we can run SATA data cables as well as SATA
power cables and that's pretty much it now I realized
this is becoming a bit of a pattern here but the video card was yet another super
duper obvious choice I mean hm what
video card is white enough to go with our white themed build I guess maybe the
gtx980 Hall of Fame from GX the only
real question was Liquid cool it or leave the stock air cooler on it and
that question was answered for me when the only company that makes a block for
it didn't have it ready in time for filming and didn't reply to my emails so
there you go this case includes no PCI slot covers although they can be
purchased separately if you don't have any lying around so this process is as
simple as lining up the card over the top PCI e6x slot firmly pushing it into
place and installing two of the included fine threaded screws finally plug in
your two PCIe 8 Pin power connectors from before now normally I do the CPU
Cooler much earlier in the building process but in this case well I kind of
wanted to save the best for last just for fun I fired her up before actually
putting her on the CPU to see the frost form on the EVAP and hear the boiling
liquid inside and man this stuff Geeks me out so you're going to want to cut a
length of the included insulation tubing and position it as a boot under the
Universal hold down plate like so apply thermal paste to the CPU preferably
Arctic cooling ceramic put a plastic washer followed by a metal one followed
by a spring followed by another washer and the included thumb screws and
tighten down the cooler use your common sense as far as tightness is concerned
it needs to make good contact and you know compress the insulation that's
around the CPU socket but you also shouldn't be trying to break your
motherboard in half fingertight only no
tools normally at this point in the video I try to do some cable management
and finishing touches and try to do a recommendation for a monitor and
peripherals that kind of go with the theme of the build but frankly there's
nothing left to do Cable Management wise other than plug in this fan that I
completely forgot to do earlier and then as far as peripherals go well white
monitors are pretty hard to come by these days so there's not a whole lot to
save there and as far as white peripherals go well if you eat as many
Doritos as I do while you're gaming I wouldn't really recommend White peripherals so why don't you do yourself
a favor buy some RGB stuff and set the LEDs to white or something if you're
into color matching the lineus tech tips.com form would be a good place to
go if you want specific recommendations in your price range at this point you
can power on the system by pressing the you guessed it power button on the front
and if the cooling system is already cold you'll need to wait a few minutes for it to warm up and once that's done
the PC itself will then power on and you'll need to press delete to get into
the UEFI BIOS load optimize defaults
then switch to advanced mode in the BIOS by pressing F7 and make sure that the
fan header your phase controller is connected to is not set up to run with
any sort of a fan control curve at this time we've actually got a full
overclocking guide for this particular CPU which you can watch here but the key
difference in this case is that we have the ability to push More Voltage through
the CPU without causing instability due to Thermal limits and the inherently
better overclockability of processors that are running at cooler temperatures
and I guess that's pretty much it That's all folks I hope you enjoyed our phase
change cooled white out build guide because I sure did I was able to dial in
a 5 GHz stable overclock at 1.4 volts
with load temps in the single digits and low teens in a matter of seconds and I
hope this Glam footage you guys are checking out of the system turns your
nerd crank as much as it does mine because as much as a system like this is
be Beyond impractical I mean we're talking a few per better performance in
games and benchmarks in exchange for a lot of noise and extra heat being dumped
into the room that the computer occupies
boy was it fun for me to play with something extreme like this for the
first time in almost 10 years the last time I went Subzero was with a chilled
liquid setup that I built from a torn down window air conditioning unit so uh
this is quite a lot more elegant we've come a long way since then I hope this
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