WEBVTT 00:00:10.559 --> 00:00:20.079 uh 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:25.760 welcome to the most overkill build guide 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:30.240 we have ever done this system with all the 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:36.000 peripherals that we're going to suggest might be appropriate for it is gonna 00:00:32.239 --> 00:00:38.960 cost over six thousand dollars u.s so it 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:42.320 is not for the faint of heart however if you want nothing but the best of the 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:49.039 best i can stand pretty confidently behind 00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:51.760 any of the recommendations on this table 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:56.079 so who is this system for exactly well number one is the components we've 00:00:53.760 --> 00:01:00.399 chosen are optimized for gaming number two is they are optimized for 00:00:57.760 --> 00:01:07.200 overclocking and number 3 is they are optimized for very very quiet operation 00:01:04.559 --> 00:01:12.560 and we've also gone with a full custom liquid cooling setup in order to help us 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:17.920 achieve the goals of gaming overclocking and quiet operation all at the same time 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:24.000 now with that said our choices here today were not dictated by performance 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:28.799 per dollar or any kind of value metric really we're going for the best possible 00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:31.280 performance that we can get and 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:36.880 that's it for our CPU and motherboard combo we've 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:39.360 gone with a 4770k unlocked processor 00:01:36.880 --> 00:01:44.560 from Intel so this is on the lga 1150 platform and we've gone with the maxima 00:01:41.119 --> 00:01:47.040 6 extreme motherboard from ASUS now you 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:51.439 might ask why didn't we go lga 2011 with this system the benefits of lga 2011 are 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:57.200 more cores more RAM as well as more pci express 00:01:54.960 --> 00:02:00.960 lanes natively but because this is a gaming oriented system and not a 00:01:58.880 --> 00:02:04.719 workstation we aren't going to benefit from those things as much as we'll 00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:08.560 benefit from being able to use a fourth generation haswell architecture because 00:02:06.880 --> 00:02:13.280 most games are lightly threaded workloads compared to a second 00:02:10.959 --> 00:02:17.920 generation sandy bridge architecture which at the time of filming this is the 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:23.680 highest available on the lga 2011 platform next up is graphics cards we've 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:26.000 gone with two ASUS GeForce gtx titans 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:29.920 with coolants water blocks on them the reason we're water cooling them is that 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:34.640 you can get higher boost clocks if you keep these gpus very cool due to GPU 00:02:32.239 --> 00:02:41.280 boost 2.0 and the reason we've gone with titans as opposed to gtx 690s or Radeon 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:44.080 7990s is that i personally find that the 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:48.080 best scaling and the best compatibility comes with two-way graphics card 00:02:45.760 --> 00:02:52.959 configurations of no more than two cards now the reason to use two titans as 00:02:50.239 --> 00:02:57.440 opposed to a single 690 is that you get a six gig frame buffer with gtx titan 00:02:55.760 --> 00:03:01.840 that is not available on any other consumer grade gaming graphics card that 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:06.640 means particularly when running at high resolutions titan is going to deliver a 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:12.800 better gaming experience with large textures so now and in the future than 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:18.159 any other solution on the market storage is very personal but we've gone 00:03:14.720 --> 00:03:21.120 with two Intel 520 series 240 gig ssds 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:27.519 for a total of almost 500 gigabytes of os fast raid 0 so accelerated SSD 00:03:25.200 --> 00:03:32.959 goodness for our applications then we've gone with two western digital red series 00:03:30.239 --> 00:03:36.480 three terabyte drives in raid 1 for redundancy now we could add more of 00:03:34.799 --> 00:03:40.239 those drives in a more elaborate raid configuration but the most important 00:03:38.239 --> 00:03:44.080 point i want to make here guys is for our os and applications and the things 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:49.200 that we can always reinstall if we lose them we're using raid 0 which is fast 00:03:46.480 --> 00:03:55.519 but not safe and then to back up that SSD array on a nightly basis at least as 00:03:53.360 --> 00:04:02.000 well as to archive important data we're using a safe raid 1 array on a raid 00:03:58.640 --> 00:04:03.760 optimized drive such as the wd red 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:08.239 also in line with our gaming theme is the use of an ASUS zonar phoebus sound 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:12.400 card it's very similar to the zonar zentz that i've been using for quite a 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:15.519 while now except it's a little bit more gaming optimized so it has a front 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:19.440 control pod you can plug your headphone microphone into it uses all three and a 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:23.520 half millimeter connectors and it always gets the latest software updates from 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:27.440 ASUS for their gaming optimized features so my understanding is that their new 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:30.479 radar will be coming to it soon which is a visual indicator of where sounds are 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:34.400 coming from which is kind of neat we're using premo chill primo flex lrt 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:39.520 advanced tubing my personal favorite type of tubing it's awesome we're using 00:04:36.479 --> 00:04:41.280 coolant's 3 8 inch id 5 8 inch od 00:04:39.520 --> 00:04:44.960 compression fittings what i like about these is the fact that they can be 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:50.320 wrenched tight or hand tightened and they look outstanding we are also using 00:04:47.440 --> 00:04:55.680 a phobia gold-plated reservoir which looks pretty la bling bling as well as a 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:59.919 coolant 380i CPU block which is one of the best performing CPU blocks on the 00:04:58.880 --> 00:05:05.280 market the last couple water cooling components are a swiftech 00:05:02.840 --> 00:05:11.919 mcp655 pump it's really the only one i recommend and a phobia gold-plated 00:05:08.880 --> 00:05:13.600 reservoir for peripherals these are so 00:05:11.919 --> 00:05:18.560 personalized but these are some pretty good general recommendations we've gone 00:05:15.280 --> 00:05:20.560 with a logitech g710 plus it uses cherry 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:25.280 mx brown switches logitech's excellent software and even includes along with 00:05:22.960 --> 00:05:29.360 the media keys and programmable g keys an o-ring mod on every single switch 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:34.000 making them even a little bit softer to type on we've also got a deathadder 2013 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:37.039 although a logitech g700s would be another great pairing for that 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:41.120 particular keyboard the thing people like about the death adder 2013 is it's 00:05:39.039 --> 00:05:44.800 one of the highest sensitivity optical mice on the market as opposed to laser 00:05:43.280 --> 00:05:48.639 mice so there's none of those weird acceleration issues finally for our 00:05:47.039 --> 00:05:52.400 headphones we've gone with the custom one pro from bayer dynamic and we 00:05:50.479 --> 00:05:55.680 recommend checking out the mod mic if you need something to go along with it 00:05:53.919 --> 00:05:59.520 or perhaps something like a blue snowball which is an excellent desktop 00:05:57.440 --> 00:06:04.240 microphone and last but not least the elephant in the room 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:08.160 right here the 900d pretty much the only case maybe not the only but one of the 00:06:06.080 --> 00:06:13.840 only cases in existence capable of housing this type of a machine 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:16.560 especially all those radiators the first 00:06:13.840 --> 00:06:20.479 step in any successful build endeavor is ensuring that you're at a static safe 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:24.880 workstation so i don't recommend working on carpet and in our case we're working 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:28.960 on a mod matte extreme i recommend using an anti-static wrist or ankle strap i 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:33.120 prefer to keep it on my ankle so it's out of my way and last but not least 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:36.720 you'll need a multi-bit screwdriver just a phillips head will work for most basic 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:40.240 builds but with this one things got a little bit crazy and we ended up needing 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:43.759 a power drill and some other things as well but you can do most of what you're 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:48.160 about to see with just the stuff i've outlined already 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:52.880 this step is really really important guys pay close attention particularly 00:06:50.960 --> 00:06:58.400 with a liquid cooled build it is extremely important to build the system 00:06:55.680 --> 00:07:02.160 outside of the box outside of the case just like we've done in the past on our 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:05.919 build guide so you can check that out there because the last thing you want is 00:07:04.400 --> 00:07:10.800 to spend hours and hours putting it together only to have it not boot up 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:14.800 because something was dead on arrival particularly for graphics cards now we 00:07:13.039 --> 00:07:19.039 liquid cooled these graphics cards in a separate video so you can check that out 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:23.599 but you don't want to install a water block on it only to find out that it is 00:07:21.599 --> 00:07:29.199 defective so install it with an air cooler run the whole system do your 00:07:26.080 --> 00:07:31.520 burn-in tests then it is time to 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:34.880 actually assemble the computer for the sake of keeping this video a little bit 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:38.240 shorter we're not going to do a step by step on it this time around though guys 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:42.319 so just check out one of our previous build guides for how to build it outside 00:07:40.479 --> 00:07:47.280 of the case i recommend using your motherboard box as an anti-static 00:07:44.479 --> 00:07:51.199 workstation for this step once you've done your safety build outside of the 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:54.560 case grab all the components that you need out of the motherboard box so that 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:59.120 you're not in and out of there all the time so all the SATA cables you need to 00:07:56.960 --> 00:08:03.520 install all of your drives the i o shield which you'll need for the back of 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:08.319 your case as well as the wireless module that also acts as an ngff upgrade slot 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:12.000 and the antenna that goes with it this is a cool antenna it actually attaches 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:16.240 magnetically to your case or anything else that's nearby this piece is 00:08:13.840 --> 00:08:20.240 optional this is ASUS oc panel it comes with the maximus 6 extreme it allows you 00:08:18.080 --> 00:08:24.879 to access some tweaking options whether you mount it outside of the case or 00:08:22.960 --> 00:08:28.720 orient it this way and mount it in a five and a quarter inch bay so that it 00:08:26.400 --> 00:08:32.320 can sit and operate in a more basic mode from inside the case there's also a 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:36.159 custom cable that goes with that speaking of custom cables the last thing 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:38.719 we'll need is an sli bridge because we are going to be running two graphics 00:08:37.760 --> 00:08:43.519 cards now it's time to install the CPU note 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:47.120 carefully the orientation of the golden triangle on the corner of the CPU as 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:50.880 well as the little plastic triangle on the socket cover you're going to want to 00:08:48.959 --> 00:08:56.880 line those up when you're installing it next pull up the retention ARM you don't 00:08:54.399 --> 00:09:01.360 need to remove the plastic cover yet position the CPU inside the socket 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:07.120 carefully give it a little wiggle to make sure it's in the correct spot then 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:08.959 all you have to do is let the ARM come 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:14.880 down slowly sliding the retention clip under the nut 00:09:11.839 --> 00:09:16.640 then push down pull out and lock it 00:09:14.880 --> 00:09:21.360 under the retention ARM the little plastic cover will pop off and then your 00:09:18.880 --> 00:09:26.000 CPU is installed water cooling is all a little different 00:09:23.040 --> 00:09:30.480 so follow the instructions that's really really important this particular block 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:35.440 comes with a large silicone isolating pad as well as a hefty metal back plate 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:38.880 if it's not oriented correctly on the back of the board you could have 00:09:36.959 --> 00:09:45.200 problems later on so make sure that the cutout notch has the shape of the CPU 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:50.000 back plate sort of corresponding to it so just be careful is all i'm really 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:54.320 saying thermal compound application now i prefer ic diamond over other thermal 00:09:52.560 --> 00:09:58.240 compounds but just for lulls i pulled out an ancient tube of ocz ultra five 00:09:56.320 --> 00:10:02.080 plus just to show you the method just apply about the size of an uncooked 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:06.160 grain of rice in a line down the middle of the CPU and you're golden 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:11.680 now that back plate's on there but it's not secure at all in order to get it 00:10:08.959 --> 00:10:15.360 firmed up take four plastic washers and put them over each of the four posts 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:20.240 followed by the four thumb nuts now these ones should go down 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:24.959 enough that they're quite tight because these are what's going to keep the posts 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:30.800 in place now that it's secure you can put the CPU block down on top of the CPU 00:10:28.160 --> 00:10:36.240 followed by four more plastic washers four springs and finally the four large 00:10:33.920 --> 00:10:40.720 thumb nuts now these ones you're going to want to tighten in a cross pattern 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:45.760 and don't wrench them tight don't go so tight that the board is flexing and the 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:50.720 CPU block is flexing it just has to be tight enough that it makes good contact 00:10:47.920 --> 00:10:55.279 with the processor underneath finally put two of the compression fittings onto 00:10:52.800 --> 00:10:58.720 the CPU block no need to put the top pieces on yet because we haven't 00:10:56.880 --> 00:11:04.000 installed tubing yet and that's pretty much it for your CPU block RAM 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:08.720 installation not too complicated guys now do note that this particular board 00:11:06.160 --> 00:11:13.279 the maximus 6 formula has tabs on only one side so i recommend putting the 00:11:10.800 --> 00:11:18.640 non-tab side in first followed by pressing firmly on the tab side until it 00:11:15.680 --> 00:11:22.720 locks into place we have four dimms so we're going to do this 00:11:20.079 --> 00:11:22.720 four times 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:31.680 with the tool-less release in the back we can take off the windowed side panel 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:36.720 of the 900d as always i recommend stashing your side panels somewhere safe 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:41.360 preferably inside the box that your case came in with the foam in between so that 00:11:38.800 --> 00:11:44.880 they don't get damaged in any way next up you can open up the basement by 00:11:42.800 --> 00:11:49.519 pressing the little tab here and pulling it open that's where you'll find the box 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:55.600 with all the hardware that you need to install pretty much anything you could 00:11:51.680 --> 00:11:56.959 possibly want to in the Corsair 900d 00:11:55.600 --> 00:12:02.560 now the first thing we're actually going to install is our i o plate which as 00:11:59.920 --> 00:12:06.399 with any case is installed simply by aligning it 00:12:03.839 --> 00:12:10.560 with the hole at the back of the chassis and then popping 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:15.440 each of the four corners in individually 00:12:11.839 --> 00:12:18.240 the mpcie combo 2 card acts as both a 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:24.560 wireless module this is wireless ac as well as an ngff expansion slot so you 00:12:22.160 --> 00:12:27.839 can simply plug it in in the top of the board here 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:31.760 screw it in from the back then you're ready to mount the board 00:12:29.920 --> 00:12:37.440 once that's done you'll see that the motherboard standoffs for our standard 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:38.880 atx size board are already applied so 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:43.680 all we need to do is take the appropriate screws out of the box of 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:47.279 screws and put nine screws through the board into the back of the motherboard 00:12:46.160 --> 00:12:53.040 tray you know how your room kind of gets messier before it gets cleaner this is 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:57.120 the part where we actually have to disassemble things before we can 00:12:54.880 --> 00:13:01.440 continue assembling them so we're going to take out the rear fan we're going to 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:07.040 take off the front aluminum plate and take off the front fans by undoing the 00:13:03.760 --> 00:13:09.360 screws we are going to remove all three 00:13:07.040 --> 00:13:14.480 of the existing triple drive cages that are in the 900d by removing the screws 00:13:11.839 --> 00:13:19.519 at the back and finally we're even going to remove the screws that are holding in 00:13:16.560 --> 00:13:24.320 the additional mount point for another one of those drive cages remember you 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:26.959 can get them optionally now we have a 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:31.360 clearer idea of what we're dealing with now this my friends is when things start 00:13:28.880 --> 00:13:34.800 getting really serious business so just for the sake of knowing where it is so 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:39.519 we don't accidentally install any radiators that interfere with it we're 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:44.000 going to put the power supply in now so i recommend putting the power supply in 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:47.360 on the side of the case that is nearest to the motherboard tray the reason for 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:51.440 that is it's shorter runs to the components particularly up the back of 00:13:49.040 --> 00:13:54.880 the tray however this case does support dual power supplies and you can put it 00:13:52.800 --> 00:13:59.199 in whichever bay you prefer now mounting radiators most of the 00:13:57.519 --> 00:14:03.360 radiator mounts in this case are native however there are two pieces of metal 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:08.399 that were hidden that we actually took the screws that hold them in place out 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:12.480 when we were removing the cage mounts on the bottom of the case one of them is 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:15.360 cleverly labeled down and the other is cleverly labeled up 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:20.720 these simply mount to the case using little 00:14:17.920 --> 00:14:25.040 hooks as then and then screws to hold them in place permanently once they're 00:14:22.880 --> 00:14:31.120 in these are what are going to allow us to mount that quad radiator that goes on 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:34.560 this side now we're ready to start physically planning the layout of our 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:39.839 loop in terms of where we want to install fittings radiators and tubing 00:14:38.160 --> 00:14:44.320 this is the point in the build where you want to actually make sure all of your 00:14:42.160 --> 00:14:49.040 carefully laid plans are even going to work take those radiators do quick test 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:53.279 fits make sure that you not only have room for the radiators and graphics 00:14:51.040 --> 00:14:57.440 cards and other bulky components but also that you have room for the 00:14:54.720 --> 00:15:02.160 associated cables and fittings and tubing that's going to go with them 00:14:59.839 --> 00:15:06.560 because even the best laid plans well it is possible to make mistakes 00:15:05.040 --> 00:15:11.040 once you've done your test fit it's a great idea to take some of the little 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:14.480 difficult hard to reach connectors and plug them in now before you put in your 00:15:13.040 --> 00:15:19.360 graphics card and you have a bunch of tubing running all over the place and all that stuff so we've done some 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:24.240 rudimentary cable management with them here on the back panel then we're going 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:31.120 to plug in basically just the easy stuff front usb 3 front usb 2 front panel 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:33.120 audio as well as our front connectors 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:37.839 for our power switch reset switch and indicator leds 00:15:34.959 --> 00:15:41.600 next up remove the five pci slot covers that correspond to where you want to 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:45.760 install your cards guys there's no shame in consulting the manual at this point 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:49.440 to find out which slots are most optimal for the kinds of cards you're installing 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:52.800 for that matter even for that last part where you're installing the front panel 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:57.600 connectors guys it's all in the manual usually in a little leaflet quick start 00:15:54.800 --> 00:16:01.519 guide that you can consult so once we've pulled those off we're going to install 00:15:59.199 --> 00:16:04.959 the sound card first just because that one's not in the way of anything else 00:16:02.959 --> 00:16:08.079 we're doing then this is where things start to get a little bit tricky because 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:12.480 with our two graphics cards we're going to be using a special sli fitting that 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:16.880 allows us to put them very close together which you normally wouldn't be 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:20.079 able to do with fittings and tubing in between so once we've done that we're 00:16:18.959 --> 00:16:24.399 going to rearrange all the other fittings according to the test fit we 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:28.639 did before and where we want pipes coming in and out of what is now a 00:16:26.880 --> 00:16:33.759 single graphics card assembly we're going to take that whole thing install 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:36.480 it into the two slots then put the thumb 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:40.000 screws back in and our expansion cards are now done 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:45.120 the next thing i like to do is install the radiators where they're going to go 00:16:42.079 --> 00:16:46.560 according to our overall design for flow 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:50.880 so the first thing you'll have to do is remove the top cover on the 900d there's 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:54.079 a little tab in here you basically put your thumb in there and then push 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:58.079 forward towards the front of the case and that comes off revealing the 00:16:56.480 --> 00:17:01.199 radiator mount there we go 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:05.919 up there on the top then you're going to have to take each 00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:10.880 of the radiators and plug all the extra holes that you do not need okay we're 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:15.439 going for slightly positive air pressure here guys so basically on the bottom 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:20.000 in the basement we're going to have air moving through towards the power 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:24.480 supplies intake and then out the other side then up in the top we're gonna have 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:29.440 three intake fans that are not on a radiator behind the drive cages pulling 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:34.559 air in we're gonna have our rear fan here pulling air in and then we're going 00:17:31.760 --> 00:17:39.360 to have four fans up here on the top pushing air out so this should give us a 00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:45.440 slightly more intake than we have exhaust allowing for slightly positive 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:47.120 pressure which usually results in less 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:50.720 dust buildup radiator mounting can be a bit of a bear 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:54.320 and a big part of the problem is that these guys can't all standardize on 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:57.679 something they've all got a different way they expect you to attach the fans 00:17:56.000 --> 00:18:01.440 to the rad so alphacool includes two different lengths 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:05.919 of screws with their rads we're going to be using the shorter of the two now be 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:10.799 careful when you're mounting fans directly to the radiator that you orient 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:15.200 the labels correctly if that matters to you as well as the direction that the 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:19.120 wire leads are coming off for optimal cable management it's going to be 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:24.080 difficult to undo this later and redo it after the fact for our bottom quadruple 00:18:21.600 --> 00:18:28.160 120 millimeter radiator what we did was we mounted all the fans directly to the 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:31.919 rad and then because alpha cool again that whole standards can't be 00:18:29.760 --> 00:18:35.679 consolidated thing did not include short screws the good news is they use the 00:18:33.919 --> 00:18:40.000 same threads as an optical drive so we were able to use some of the screws 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:45.120 included with our 900d to mount this rad down here in the bottom for our rear 120 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:50.559 millimeter again we weren't able to use the included screws so what we ended up 00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:54.000 using was more of the case screws however we had to use a washer here 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:58.720 because the holes at the back of the case were so wide that the narrow heads 00:18:56.240 --> 00:19:01.679 that were included with both the rad screws and the included case screws went 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:06.000 right through them because they're intended for fan screws then we used one 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:10.400 of the shorter length screws to mount the fan directly to the rad for our top 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:15.520 mounted radiator again we're going for a pull configuration here we used the 00:19:13.520 --> 00:19:19.200 longer screws because now we're going all the way through a fan all the way 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:23.360 through the case and into the radiator in order to get them mounted now this is 00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:28.080 again a spot where you're going to want to do any test fits that you think you 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:32.720 need to do for example here in the back we were not able to orient the 120 ml 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:36.480 rad in what i would consider to be the optimal orientation with the barbs up 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:41.120 this makes it easier to bleed the air out of it instead we had to turn it 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:45.200 around and it was still a very tight fit with our tubing to ensure that we were 00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:50.880 actually going to be able to get water up to that top radiator removing the top 00:19:48.320 --> 00:19:55.600 panel on the 900d is pretty simple once you get the hang of it just flip the tab 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:58.320 under here slide it off to the left hand side of the case if you're facing it 00:19:56.799 --> 00:20:03.520 from the front and that's how you get access to mounting that top rad 00:20:01.760 --> 00:20:07.760 and this goes to show you guys that no matter what you do there's bound to be a 00:20:05.520 --> 00:20:12.240 minor oopsie we had to take our power supply out and the reason for this is 00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:17.679 with it in we realized we couldn't access the fittings on the quad radiator 00:20:15.360 --> 00:20:20.559 in the basement because it was too close so we weren't going to be able to 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:26.240 install tubing on it what we'll have to do instead is install our dual radiator 00:20:23.679 --> 00:20:31.039 using the long screws washers and then going through a fan into the rad this 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:34.159 gives us a very natural airflow path in the bottom of the case here so you can 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:37.760 see we're pulling air through this way and then pulling it out this way so it's 00:20:35.760 --> 00:20:41.600 all going in the same direction not fighting itself and then once we've done 00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:46.159 that we can run all the tubing run all the fittings in the basement including 00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:50.080 getting tubing installed on the pump which is going to go next to the dual 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:54.159 rad right down here then we can put our power supply back in 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:57.760 and start getting the cables hooked up part of getting the basement of the case 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:01.360 plumbed correctly is installing the reservoir which 00:20:59.760 --> 00:21:08.240 actually is going to go up here by the pci slots now guys get a pen ready write 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:11.760 this down the order of your loop does not matter you go CPU block GPU block 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:16.880 radiator doesn't matter we're talking maybe a degree or two of 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:22.400 difference but what does matter is having the pump pulling water directly 00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:27.039 from your reservoir that way it can never run dry now we used the flexible 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:31.360 fitting options on this particular phobia gold-plated res in order to make 00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:35.440 sure that we were going to have clearance to install our tubing so it 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:38.240 has an inlet on the top which i would actually recommend using as a fill port 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:42.400 otherwise you're going to get trickling noise and then it has two different 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:46.080 fittings that come out at about sort of 70 degrees on the sides and two on the 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:49.679 bottoms it's important to use one on either side because there's a baffle in 00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:54.400 the middle of the reservoir that keeps the cyclone effect from occurring 00:21:51.520 --> 00:21:58.720 sucking air into your pump making it louder and less efficient 00:21:56.799 --> 00:22:02.400 phobia ships a pretty robust mounting system with this particular res now we 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:06.320 could drill holes in fact later on in this build we are going to drill holes 00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:09.760 and stuff but for this one it wasn't really necessary we were able to use 00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:15.679 some of the vent holes at the back of the case in order to get our two c-clips 00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:20.320 installed then all we had to do was put the plastic washer on then put on the 00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:25.360 metal nut tighten it with a screwdriver and we were ready to snap our reservoir 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:28.240 into place now the one challenge here is that once you've already got all of your 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:34.000 expansion cards installed you're going to have to remove your reservoir to change them but you probably won't be 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:37.039 changing them that often so you might want to try and find a different place 00:22:35.280 --> 00:22:41.440 to put the res this was the place that we found that made sense 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:45.360 when you're actually installing tubing some people believe in sort of putting 00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:50.320 it in the spot and like measuring it and then cutting to measure i don't what i 00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:53.520 usually do is i install one end of it so remember guys you've already got the 00:22:51.919 --> 00:22:57.200 fitting component of your compression fitting screwed into whatever component 00:22:55.679 --> 00:23:01.919 it happens to be whether it's a block or radiator so make sure before you put the 00:22:59.520 --> 00:23:05.280 tubing on it you actually put the retention ring on top of the tubing 00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:10.159 otherwise you're going to have to run it all the way in from the other end now go 00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:14.159 ahead and install it on there tighten it down finger tight pretty much as far as 00:23:12.320 --> 00:23:19.919 you can go remember that's holding it on and compressing it for a good seal then 00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:23.760 line it up run it to where it needs to go and just mark it with your finger 00:23:21.840 --> 00:23:27.919 then pull it out and cut it with either a tubing cutter or a very sharp pair of 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:31.919 scissors if you have dull scissors you might end up with an uneven cut which 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:35.600 can potentially cause leaks and particularly in cases where you're not 00:23:33.520 --> 00:23:41.120 using compression fittings it can look cosmetically not very appealing now 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:46.320 some people do this some people don't i like the d5 pump or the mcp655 from 00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:50.159 swiftech unfortunately it has half inch barbs integrated you can buy an 00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:54.640 aftermarket top that you can change out the fittings on but i usually don't do 00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:59.039 that what i do is i stretch my 3 8 tubing over the half inch barbs it does 00:23:57.120 --> 00:24:02.880 require a little bit of elbow grease however there is a couple tricks that 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:08.080 you can use to make it easier number one is boil a cup of water then soak the 00:24:05.280 --> 00:24:11.360 tubing in it for even about five seconds and then try and go at it if that then 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:16.840 doesn't work then soak it again stretch it in four 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:21.840 different directions using a pair of pliers soak it again and try one more 00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:25.120 time now i can pretty much guarantee you'll be able to get it on there 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:28.640 there's one trick though guys remember no matter how hard you've stretched the 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:33.039 tubing i always recommend using a retention mechanism of some sort whether 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:36.559 it's a plastic clip a compression fitting or even a zip tie so make sure 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:41.200 that you put something on there to prevent leaks in the future 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:44.480 it should be noted that if the tubing routing in the basement looks a little 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:48.559 weird it's because i'm trying to have water go in the bottom and out the top 00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:53.360 of radiators whenever possible it makes it much easier for the air to travel up 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:57.200 through it and then be driven out of it even though we don't have a super 00:24:54.960 --> 00:25:00.720 powerful pump considering the fact that we have so many components in this 00:24:58.640 --> 00:25:04.000 system now when it comes to wiring up the fans this is the point where i would 00:25:02.320 --> 00:25:07.760 be doing it now you have a ton of different options there's advanced stuff 00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:10.960 like the m-cubed t-balancer which is what i use in my own personal machine 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:15.520 allows advanced software curves and stuff like that it's expensive and it's 00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:19.360 quite difficult to set up but for what we're doing here we're going for a much 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:24.960 simpler option we're using swiftex pwm splitter which can actually be used to 00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:27.760 have pwm control on up to eight fans 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:32.000 with a single motherboard header and a single molex power connector very cool 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:36.000 little device but we're actually going to use it in an even simpler fashion so 00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:38.960 rather than running the wires up to the motherboard or anything like that we're 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:43.440 just going to plug it in via molex and use the included low noise adapters that 00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:47.760 come with our Noctua fans we'll be using extension cables as well as those 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:51.520 adapters to hook up the three front fans and the six that are on the radiators in 00:25:50.320 --> 00:25:54.880 the basement all right so we jam that power supply 00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:59.840 back in there it's a little bit tricky but she's in there no problem we've now 00:25:57.520 --> 00:26:03.200 got modular cables to deal with and some implementations are better than others 00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:06.480 so we have an aftermarket individually sleeved cable kit for this power supply 00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:12.000 but that doesn't change the fact that i like the way they've done their modular cables in general so instead of just 00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:15.279 giving you you know 10 connectors on the back of the power supply and 10 cables 00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:19.200 and you can unplug or plug in as many as you want Corsair goes well they bought a 00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:23.200 1200 watt power supply they're probably going to need most of the cables anyway 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:28.559 so instead they give you options in terms of what kinds of connectors you 00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:34.159 want so for example the pci express connectors you can either have a single 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:37.120 to dual connector so that's specifically for running to a graphics card so that 00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:41.440 you don't have to run two discrete cables or you can have a one-to-one 00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:46.960 connector which is great for things like an auxiliary connector on a motherboard 00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:50.960 or a six pin pci express connector on say for example a sound card like what 00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:54.720 we've got so we can have the best of both worlds we don't have extra you know 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:59.200 plugs hanging off of things and we don't have to run extra wires we ran our 24 00:26:57.520 --> 00:27:02.640 pin in pretty much the standard fashion it should be noted that this case has a 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:07.039 ton of cable management room so we were able to get away with crossing you know 00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:11.039 connector harnesses in the back and we're still going to be able to close the side panel but if you have a case 00:27:09.520 --> 00:27:15.200 that doesn't have quite so much room you're going to want to be careful to make sure everything's laying flat in 00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:19.120 the back and use cable ties to tidy things up last but not least we 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:22.720 connected our 8-pin connector to the CPU up in the well not to the CPU to the 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:27.279 motherboard but it's the CPU connector and it should be noted we only plugged 00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:30.880 in one eight pin CPU connector even though it has another spot for an 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:35.440 additional four pin that additional four pin is optional and it is my personal 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:38.159 belief that on an lga 1150 platform unless you go on liquid nitrogen there's 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:42.880 no way you're going to exceed the current that can be delivered by a single eight pin so we're going to leave 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:48.080 it at that and there you have it my friend that is 00:27:45.760 --> 00:27:52.880 how you install five radiators in the 900d and still 00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:56.320 have room for two hard drive cages giving you a total of four 00:27:54.720 --> 00:28:00.559 three and a half inch drives or two and a half inch drives potentially so what 00:27:58.399 --> 00:28:04.559 we had to do was we had to mark off a couple spots on the motherboard 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:08.399 tray so normally you wouldn't put a radiator there but we were like well we 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:11.919 want to put more radiators we want more drives no big deal so we marked off a 00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:15.520 couple spots there discovered that that really wasn't strong enough to hold up 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:19.679 our radiator with the three Noctua fans loaded onto it of course in the optimal 00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:24.320 configuration we've pre-installed all of our fittings and all of that good stuff 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:27.520 so we added a third mounting point just to the side of the drive cages we found 00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:31.440 with three mounting points it was good enough but if we could get some other 00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:35.360 more different custom brackets we could probably actually affix it to this 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:39.840 radiator on the top here as well and then we could get a really 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:43.360 really solid mount for it but guys honestly we're going to take this build 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:47.440 apart when we're done so you can come up with something a bit more elegant we 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:51.840 just used l brackets from home depot with some self-tapping screws to drill 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:55.200 into things as well as little washers for making fine adjustments to the fit 00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:59.840 and finish to make sure that it's sitting there correctly we're wiring up 00:28:57.600 --> 00:29:04.159 all the fans in the top of the system so the four on the top the one at the back 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:08.240 and the three in our motherboard tray radiator to the 00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:11.120 motherboard itself so the ones in the bottom are all going to be static 00:29:09.760 --> 00:29:15.679 according to how we installed them and the ones on the top will be able to be 00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:20.480 controlled using ai suite just as a reminder guys we're running two Intel 00:29:17.520 --> 00:29:25.919 520 series ssds in raid zero and we're running two wd three terabyte 00:29:23.520 --> 00:29:32.000 red drives so these are nas or raid operation optimized drives in raid 1 for 00:29:29.840 --> 00:29:35.600 safe storage because we have more bays we can either leave them for now and 00:29:33.520 --> 00:29:40.640 expand our storage later or we could actually run up to four drives right off 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:44.480 the bat for our storage array in fact you could probably run six and just hide 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:48.000 these ssds somewhere if you wanted but for the sake of doing things by the book 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:51.520 which we haven't done until now we're going to install them in the actual 00:29:49.760 --> 00:29:55.279 drive cages now you've got a couple of different options here for installation 00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:58.000 so number one is the two different types of SATA cables that are included with 00:29:56.799 --> 00:30:02.080 your board they're straight ones and right angle ones go with on an 00:30:00.159 --> 00:30:06.720 individual drive basis whatever makes for the most natural run without kinking 00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:11.679 the cable then for power we unfortunately don't have as many options 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:14.640 as i would like Corsair only includes 00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:17.760 four port harnesses for SATA power i wouldn't have minded seeing them include 00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:21.760 a couple of two port harnesses so you have the option to use those because 00:30:19.760 --> 00:30:26.640 we're gonna use a single 4-port one to run to our drives here in the front of 00:30:23.760 --> 00:30:31.600 the case then for our optical drive up in the top we're going to have to run a 00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:33.520 full additional 4-port harness in order 00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:37.760 to get power up there it should be noted once again that i do consider a blu-ray 00:30:35.520 --> 00:30:41.600 drive highly optional in a modern computer but if you want to have it then 00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:47.200 there you go we're going to show you how to install it here just like that 00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:50.399 and finally my friends it is time for tubing we're close to the end when you 00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:57.919 are sort of eyeballing out your runs and measuring them out don't cut extra it's 00:30:55.440 --> 00:31:01.760 actually quite difficult to cut the last sort of three millimeters of extra 00:30:59.520 --> 00:31:05.679 tubing that you have that makes it bulge out funny so you're better off to just 00:31:03.760 --> 00:31:09.200 try to cut it as close as you possibly can and then 00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:13.279 you know just kind of suck it up and use another piece if it ends up being too 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:17.520 short because odds are excellent that especially if you work from longest 00:31:15.520 --> 00:31:21.360 pieces to shortest pieces that you'll be able to use that slightly too short 00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:26.480 piece somewhere else so you're not wasting the entire length of it 00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:30.960 so i did bring in 20 feet of tubing to do this but we managed to get this whole 00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:34.799 thing plumbed up with less than 10 feet of tubing which is uh 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:38.640 kind of fantastic now there are a few things 00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:43.200 needed that few things i want to point out about the tubing process while you 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:48.480 guys watch this accelerated video number one is go with the bend of the tubing 00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:53.279 never try to fight it it's much more likely to kink if you go against the 00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:57.919 natural bend that has been there since it was originally produced and put onto 00:31:55.440 --> 00:32:01.600 a spool number two is that this is one of the things i've actually come to 00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:05.919 really enjoy about the 900d is there's the space to do what we're doing here 00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:10.559 you can actually run tubing behind the motherboard tray on this case 00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:16.000 and get away with it there's enough space whoa it's heavy there we go oh 00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:18.799 that was hard there's enough space to have tubing back here 00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:22.399 and have wires and all that and you're still 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:27.519 going to be able to close that side panel which is pretty unique there's not 00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:32.480 too many cases out there wow it's heavy though that are going to 00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:36.159 be quite like that all right next thing i wanted to mention 00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:40.799 is that yeah the way we did it is not really 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:45.120 that optimal buying all straight fittings and then just kind of going 00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:48.480 with the flow and making it work it doesn't work necessarily as well as 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:53.120 buying things like angled fittings that's the way that you might be able to 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:58.159 get cleaner runs for example here around the CPU socket without having so many 00:32:55.919 --> 00:33:01.679 unsightly bends but i think we did pretty well considering the lower cost 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:05.200 of straight fittings i mean bearing in mind we already spent about a thousand 00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:08.240 dollars on the liquid cooling setup for this computer like do we need to spend 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:13.760 another couple hundred on fittings i don't know it's up to you but we went 00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:15.200 with pretty basic fittings and uh 00:33:13.760 --> 00:33:18.559 and then the fact as well that we don't have to do like a google sketchup model 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:24.720 of the system just to find out if the fittings are all going to actually work together the way that we intend 00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:27.679 now before filling the system there are a couple of different schools of thought 00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:31.840 for a couple of things number one is preparing the system so many people 00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:35.600 believe in cleaning out the radiators with hot water and a mild vinegar 00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:39.039 solution before you even assemble anything it is a good idea there can be 00:33:37.679 --> 00:33:44.480 residue left over in them from manufacturing that is easy to remove if 00:33:41.760 --> 00:33:50.320 you flush prior to building the other thing is which coolant to use i 00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:56.320 personally am an advocate of colored tubing with clear distilled water simple 00:33:53.600 --> 00:34:00.320 no dyes or anything fancy like that if you want to have a biocidal agent i 00:33:58.240 --> 00:34:05.519 suggest putting a chunk of silver into your reservoir and just calling that a 00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:08.320 day as opposed to using clear tubes and a bunch of dyes i've just seen them gunk 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:12.720 up too many times i'm sure there's good ones out there but that is my personal 00:34:10.879 --> 00:34:15.679 approach this is just a random bottle from some professor coolant that i use 00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:21.200 to put distilled water in you can get it at the grocery store it's pretty inexpensive what we can all agree on 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:26.560 however is the procedure of using a separate 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:31.359 power supply or unplugging your existing power supply from all the sensitive 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:35.200 components inside in order to prime the system so that is to say what 00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:40.399 you'll do is you'll get like some kind of conductive piece of 00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:44.800 something so i usually bend a paper clip you bridge the green pin 00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:48.320 on your power supply and if you can't find which one's the 00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:52.399 green pin on your power supply say for example if you have a custom sleeved one 00:34:49.919 --> 00:34:56.800 like this then you can check out manuals online or diagrams online so you bridge 00:34:54.560 --> 00:35:01.359 the green pin with any black pin on the power supply then you are able to easily 00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:05.040 control the on off functionality with the switch 00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:09.359 at the back it will automatically turn on any time you have the on switch on at 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:13.839 the back so what that means is you can plug this into just the pump and you it 00:35:11.839 --> 00:35:18.320 allows you to do the quick cycles that you need in order to fill the loop so 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:21.599 basically what you'll do in this case i've taken an extra scrap piece of 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:26.480 tubing and i've attached another fitting to the top of my reservoir so that i can 00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:30.560 fill it so you'll fill up your reservoir as much as you possibly can 00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:36.160 just like this then cycle the power on so that all the 00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:39.760 liquid comes out of the reservoir and is taken somewhere else in your loop your 00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:42.720 pump should be gravity fed if you've set up your loop correctly it should be the 00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:46.960 next component and nowhere for air bubbles to get trapped then what you do 00:35:45.040 --> 00:35:51.599 is fill it up again cycle the power again and as soon as that res is empty 00:35:48.640 --> 00:35:54.800 turn the power back off and rinse and repeat 00:35:53.839 --> 00:35:57.440 rinse because water 00:35:57.599 --> 00:36:04.400 near the end of your filling adventure you're going to get to a point where the 00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:08.720 reservoir isn't full yet but the water cycles continuously 00:36:06.640 --> 00:36:12.160 without the pump sounding like it's not working properly you never want your 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:16.000 pump to run dry that's really bad but once we get to this point what we can do 00:36:14.560 --> 00:36:20.800 is we can actually leave the system running while we top up the reservoir 00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:24.079 the rest of the way i recommend leaving it in this state without any of the 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:27.920 components actually powered on and risking getting shorted out and damaged 00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:32.640 for at least 6 to 24 hours maybe even 48 hours if you 00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:36.160 want to be super sure what you can do to prevent water from dripping under any 00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:40.480 loose fittings or anything like that on your valuable components is use folded 00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:45.119 up paper towel then come back and inspect it frequently to see if anything 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:49.839 is dripping water and leaking inside your system now we were careful to 00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:54.240 install all of our SATA cables into the Intel chipset on this particular 00:36:51.839 --> 00:36:56.960 motherboard the Intel chipset SATA ports they're all say to six with this 00:36:55.599 --> 00:37:00.480 generation of products so you don't have to worry about which two of the Intel 00:36:58.720 --> 00:37:05.760 ones to get the best speed out of your ssds for example setting up raid 0 is a 00:37:03.359 --> 00:37:10.560 snap once you've got raid enabled within the BIOS all you do is press ctrl i to 00:37:08.560 --> 00:37:16.400 enter the configuration utility where we can configure our ssds as raid 0 and our 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:20.640 hard drives as raid 1. from there we can install Windows off of a usb drive or 00:37:18.560 --> 00:37:25.599 off of a cd and i've covered this topic before in the past 00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:29.280 guys we're finally done here she is 00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:33.119 was it worth all the work i guess it's up to you was it worth all 00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:38.400 the money i guess that's up to you too is this the system i would build 00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:40.560 personally the answer is no 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:45.119 but what was the benefit why did we put 17 Noctua fans running at low RPM well 00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:48.240 here here's my microphone i'm going to point that at the system 00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:55.200 you can't hear it over the refrigerator that's running like two meters to my 00:37:52.720 --> 00:38:00.079 right that way it is extremely quiet it also runs extremely cool in spite of the 00:37:57.680 --> 00:38:05.599 fact that we haven't even optimized this 900d for airflow by removing things like 00:38:03.359 --> 00:38:09.119 these solid covering panels that are down on the bottom we have done 00:38:07.200 --> 00:38:14.800 absolutely nothing to optimize the build and it still runs like a champ that gtx 00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:20.480 titan has been running the combustor overclocking stress test for about 15 00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:25.040 minutes now and the GPU is running at 40 degrees celsius 00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:30.720 unfreaking believable so that is the point of a system like this it's totally 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:32.880 overkill it's totally unnecessary you 00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:37.280 could get similar performance for half the price well maybe not half the price 00:38:34.560 --> 00:38:41.680 but significantly less so for all of you in the comments saying oh he could have 00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:45.920 done yes i know absolutely i know the point of this was we wanted to show you 00:38:43.520 --> 00:38:52.240 guys the most overkill build we could so we put five radiators in a 900d we put 00:38:48.640 --> 00:38:54.160 dual titans in a 900d we put a 4770k in 00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:58.880 there we loaded it up with 32 gigs of 2400 megahertz memory but again 00:38:57.040 --> 00:39:04.320 kind of unnecessary but it's for fun it's for looks i personally 00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:08.240 think it looks awesome the only things i'd change probably about the appearance 00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:12.800 are maybe i'd take out the optical drive and that was also the reason we didn't 00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:16.400 install the oc panel from ASUS so that fits into a five and a quarter inch bay 00:39:14.640 --> 00:39:19.040 you can run this externally as well so you can just sit it on your desk or or 00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:24.079 you can install it in the five and a quarter inch bay if you don't mind that i would also probably add some bit 00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:28.480 phoenix alchemy lighting strips i really like these the the defect rate on them 00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:31.920 is very low compared to other led strips that i've used in the past where some of 00:39:29.839 --> 00:39:35.200 the leds will start to fade very quickly we've had very good luck with the 00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:39.920 alchemy ones so we definitely recommend them around here and uh man guys i'm 00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:43.680 gonna just sort of ramble for a bit here well you can check out some glam footage 00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:48.000 of the system here there were some challenges with this system anytime you 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:51.839 strive to do something that's really out of the ordinary you can expect there to 00:39:49.520 --> 00:39:55.520 be some hiccups i wasn't actually expecting to get all five radiators in 00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:58.240 it at first because i had kind of looked it up and i'd gone oh okay supports five 00:39:56.960 --> 00:40:01.520 radiators didn't really think about it that much you know called up alphacool i 00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:05.440 was like hey guys i need this this this and this and then i got it here and i 00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:09.599 realized the triple in the front doesn't fit natively if you also have a 00:40:07.200 --> 00:40:13.040 quadruple and a double in the bottom so that was where we came up with the idea 00:40:11.280 --> 00:40:16.960 to mount it on the motherboard tray which actually is pretty effective 00:40:15.520 --> 00:40:22.079 because it's going to be able to take in some of the intake air from those front 00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:27.119 three 120 millimeter fans and it gives you still more radiator surface area we 00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:30.160 also had some definite challenges with respect to 00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:33.839 fittings and water cooling tubing and getting everything to fit just right 00:40:31.839 --> 00:40:37.520 because it's uh it's pretty 00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:41.839 tight in there but it was a lot of fun to build we actually didn't undo that 00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:46.480 many things along the line and i'm extremely pleased with how effectively 00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:50.400 we were able to fill up a 900d to the point where it doesn't look empty in 00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:53.680 there which is what most of the 900d builds i see look like they just look 00:40:52.160 --> 00:40:57.760 like the case is so big and there's not enough in there we were able to fill it 00:40:55.359 --> 00:41:01.440 up with stuff that actually made sense like what i'd probably do as well is i'd 00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:04.800 use all six of those front bays for hard drives and then i moved the ssds around 00:41:03.520 --> 00:41:08.480 to the back of the motherboard tray where there is still tons of room 00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:13.680 because there's just a ton of cable management room in this particular case 00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:18.880 it's a very cool build but it's also extremely heavy to the point where i'm 00:41:16.160 --> 00:41:23.440 not exactly some kind of muscle man so me saying i can't move it might not mean 00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:28.560 anything to you but i would have a difficult time moving this system around 00:41:25.680 --> 00:41:32.640 unaided it has five radiators hard drives heavy copper water blocks and it 00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:39.760 has over two liters of coolant in it 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