Liquid PC

Roboart

New member
Good day,

So not gonna lie, always wanted a liquid cooled PC. Just the idea of it gets my tech buzz going!! This is more of a possible build I'm looking at for gaming and data science in the future (so thinking of upping the storage anyways). The games I play atm are Warhammer 2 (new campaign started with the hunter), GoW 5 and Borderlands 3. So just wanted to post this here and get some opinions on it. Any opinions/advice on it is welcome!!

Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 680X RGB GAMING CASE
Custom Liquid Cooling Kit
Liquid Series RGB Mid Kit - Corsair Hydro X
Tubing
Clear Hardline PETG Tubing (Bent/Black Fittings)
Graphics Card Cooling
GPU Water Block - For One Graphics Card!
Coolant Colour
Mayhems X1 UV Clear Blue
LED Lighting
2x 50cm UV LED Strip
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i5-9600K Six Core (3.7GHz @ up to 5.2GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 2080 SUPER - HDMI, DP

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1st Storage Drive
1TB Samsung 860 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Braided Power Supply Cables
CORSAIR Premium Individually Sleeved PSU Cable Kit Pro - Blue/Black
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card
ASUS STRIX Raid Pro 7.1 PCIe sound card
Wireless/Wired Networking
ASUS PCE-AC88 AC3100 2100Mbps/5GHz, 1000Mbps/2.4GHz
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Google Chrome™
Monitor
ASUS XG27VQ 27" G-Sync ROG Strix
Keyboard & Mouse
Razer® Ornata Chroma Gaming Keyboard
Speakers
Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II 2.0 High End Speakers

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-liquid/4AvNY!Shye/
 

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
This is a terrible use of money.

As attractive as a liquid series system is visually, you're spending hundreds of £ to water-cool mid-range hardware. An i5 in a ~£3800 build, with slow RAM, and an overpriced GPU.

Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 680X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 Eight Core Processor i9-9900K (3.6GHz) 16MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Master: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs WIFI - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!

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1st Storage Drive
8TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive
1TB ADATA SX6000 Pro PCIe M.2 2280 (2100 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Monitor
ASUS XG27VQ 27" G-Sync ROG Strix
Keyboard & Mouse
Razer® Ornata Chroma Gaming Keyboard
Speakers
Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II 2.0 High End Speakers
Surge Protection
6 Socket 2m Surge Protector
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 14 working days
Price: £3,682.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-pc/96hx2XcPmM/

(that assumes your data science needs more than 16gb RAM - gaming won't)
Also dropped the sound card as mobo sound is decent, and the wifi card as the AORUS Master which is an excellent mobo already has good onboard wifi.
 

Roboart

New member
Oussebon :- Thanks for the opinion, yes I know I can get more for the money if I dropped the liquid cooling part. As mentioned though the reason I was looking at liquid cooling was just for the tech side of it.

This was more of a reach out and get peoples opinions of liquid cooling devices. However if it became a why waste your money on liquid cooling post then I would happily reluctantly fight away my impulse for one :p

So far its liquid series 0 other options 1!

Added Edit: Thanks for the build looks amazing and stupidly tempting......
 
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Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
It depends a bit on the budget.

If you have £8000, sure, why not. But I'd have recommended buying everything else before spending money on the custom loop liquid cooling, including the 2080 ti SLIs and the 4k 144hz monitor. Probably :)
 
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