Project Bahamut

[Danny79-Qc]

Finally! Received the 10850k this morning after many weeks waiting after Canada Post.... Again!
EK sent me the parts to fix the monoblock on December 11th.. Guess when it came in... yup! December 14th!!! That was crazy fast since it was shipped from Slovenia! I also got the carbon fiber wraps along some other stuff from Amazon today!
here is a couple photos...


I usually use Fujipoly thermal pads for VRM and gpu's but since i was placing an order on Amazon, figured i could try this one.. Anyone ever tried em?

Was sick today so i couldn't do much. Actually didnt do anything outside installing the cpu and preping the 60mm rad for modding.. hoping tomorrow will be better since i pretty much have everything to complete the pc outside a couple fans and of course the right cases!! See y'all!!!

[Danny79-Qc]

Thank you. It's really appreciated! Temporarily installed them in the x71 case and I think it will be to the tastes of my nephew. Dont look at the cables, everything is being removed until I receive the cpu. I was supposed to get it on December 3 but keeps getting delayed. EK sent me the replacement parts to fix the block and it will be here before lol!


Sadly, I've learned about a cancer a couple months ago which is genetic and can't be cured because of a mass between my lungs so docs said I could have 2 days, 2 months, two years depends how the chemio will do and so far, I'm still on my legs! :-)

so hum yep it will be my last ever lol. It should already be completed but never satisfied because I'm always a couple inches short to fit the dual loop. Trying to find the right case used but no luck so far grrr.

[bungwirez]

You mean its your last project until the next one right? excellent work IMO. some folks just don't get it.

[Danny79-Qc]

Well, someone on facebook had the kindness to say it looks hideous but it's ok. We all have different tastes and as long as my nephew likes it, i will be happy and feel like the jobs done. So anyways, a bit more updates. Nope sorry it doesn't make a turbo sound!




I was also told it is not "real" carbon fiber. So i guess it means it's just crap and I should throw everything in the trash! At leadt i will be less stupid when I go to bed tonight... anyways, people can be rude sometimes but i dont care anymore. This will be my last project and for someone really dear to me so screw the negative people. I'm proud of my work and investment in that project. Put all the last bit of strength i have left into it...

[Danny79-Qc]

Glad EK support did something good for you! Personally I dislike most of their product line, and will not use their CPU / GPU blocks at all, unless they're my only option. Their QC has stunk for years now, but good to see their support stepping up to make up for it.

Yeah. Less than 12 hours for first answer actually. Opened the ticket before bed and when i woke up, already had a reply. Then less than 48 hours and problem is solved. Pretty satisfied even tho i cant do anything since i need to wait for parts. Usually takes about a week to get them. And I'm still waiting on cpu so it's no big deal lol!

While waiting, i decided to start moding.. was going to carbon fiber the case to fit the motherboard but decided it would just be too much of it. I trashed the carbon fiber i bought on Amazon and a friend who owns a car modding shop gave me very high quality one. Very expenssive stuff but can sustain way more heat. Going to mod the 4 rads and the PSU hehe. Couple pics to come...

obviously, that's before... then...

Results are not perfect but i Haven't used carbon fiber often. Still love the look it gives the radiators!

[Bartacus]

Glad EK support did something good for you! Personally I dislike most of their product line, and will not use their CPU / GPU blocks at all, unless they're my only option. Their QC has stunk for years now, but good to see their support stepping up to make up for it.

[Danny79-Qc]

Couple more... oh and got like 5 or 6 leak testers now so i might sell a few...

[Danny79-Qc]

Received the mb two days ago. That box is huge with the monoblock and leak tester inside! Sadly i had to contact EK support because somethings wrong with the block. I was very impressed how fast things went. Had to contact them a couple times in the past. Service was fast but not that fast. Parts already on the way. After sending them pictures I will show here, the agent i spoke with decided to send replacement, carbon fiber plates since I have to remove it before i can reach all the screws. Probably 2 or 3 of them so my nephew wont have to contact them again on maintenance day. Also sending me a bunch of badges since those too might get damaged on the dismantling process. And finally, they are sending the acrylic top because they dont know what is that white powder in the block. Most likely some leftover from machining i think but they don't want to take any chances.

So i have to wait untill i receive these parts to go on rebuilding again but at least I didn't have to go through the whole RMA process which will make things much faster. In any case i would have to wait anyways because the 10850k got delayed until December 9th. Grrr.

Now I'm looking at the 3 cases i have here and none will work... too small for dual loop with 4 rads... I'm not going for single loop for sure after the 10k invested in this project.. so i need to figure something out because no funds for either a TT W00/WP100 or a Corsair obsidian 1000D. If my stuff would sell, maybe i could afford it but right now, I'm at the edge of my breaking point. So many things gone wrong with this build. Like everything is againts me... anyways, couple pics...

[Danny79-Qc]

Wow, just looked up the 3090s, they sound worse than R9 290X/390X cards for heat. I'll admit you might actually have to turn your fans on!

Best of luck with the lottery.

Thanks! Fingers crossed!
The big boys are gone! Sold em for 900$ si i didn't loose too much money.
Now the 10850k and new mb is on the way. Won't be getting them before December 3rd sadly. All other boards, I could get them in 1 day but the only one i had to order takes a week.. no idea why.. It took me some time to decide. I was going with the MSI MEG Unify because it has great specs like 16 phases vrm@90amp but i backtracked when i saw it's a very weak 6 layers pcb and no shields on connectors and ram slots. Then i was going with the Formula but price went up so i would only be able to get the 10700k with it. Would be stupid since i just sold a 9900k running at 5.2GHz, 1.28v lol.. so in the end i went with this one! It's not the best but it has 1×rgb, 2×d-rgb and 2×corsair connectors. Also the usb 3.0 header is a 90° angled connector which makes that huge cable easier to hide. Love the fact that it's ready for pcie4.0 too. So no need to change board with next gen cpu! Also, since its a 12+1+1 phases@60amp, it's much easier to cool. It comes with a EK monoblock too. Perfect stuff to cool a 10850k or 10900k. Lots of MSI motherboard dont support igpu and found out this one does so it's a big plus since my nephew is not an expert. If something go wrong with the gpus,he can still troubleshoot. Here's the bad boy!
Since I'm getting new stuff and the board has carbon fiber, i decided to strip the whole build and will make the case and some parts with carbon fiber too. Already have the wraps hehe.
Ima need to order more zip ties soon tho. Only got a couple thousands left!
Just joking.. but heh, even if i have to wait on December 3rd to start building around the new board, at least i have something else to do!

[Grinder]

Wow, just looked up the 3090s, they sound worse than R9 290X/390X cards for heat. I'll admit you might actually have to turn your fans on!

Best of luck with the lottery.

[Danny79-Qc]

Haha yeah. Well, temps wont be the same since it will eventually house 2 3090s. Or "should" house i should say.. Those draw lots of power and heard the heat from those is quite a fair amount. So let's just say it's future proof build lol. Someone picking up my 9900k today along with my aorus master. I will be getting a 10850k and a MSI MEG Unify. Love the 90amp vrms and no shinny lights all black aesthetics it has. I'm pretty sure it will heat a bit more than the 9900k at 1.28v. We'll see. Depends if i win on silicone lottery again or not..

[Grinder]

Thanks! I may give it a go next year.

A minimum of 2 thick 360 rads for each component sounds like massive overkill, you were getting great numbers with the single loop and I expect that to continue, even if the SE's aren't quite as good! It will be interesting to see your results. Sounds like this will be one quiet rig!

[Danny79-Qc]

You do make some nice mods and I'm sure it will look great if you decided to go with that project.

I do have a couple rads yes but 2 are EK coolstream SE so performance wise, not the best. In all its one XE, one PE and 2 SE, 3x360mm and 1x480mm but yes it's a dual loop and i was planning to get him 2x 3090's but since i won't be able to achieve that goal, i might be stuck with that 2080Super.. trying to sell it for 550$ and 250$ for the watercooling parts but the guy who was supposed to get it just bailed.. and i got so many hate when i placed it for sell on facebook, i dont want to go through that again. I don't need that type of negativity at these moments.

Anyways, I'm not sure how much heat it will dissipate but with 3 rads, my 9900k at 5.2GHz, 1.28v never gone higher than 72°c on full load and the 2080Super, with max OC possible, 42° is the top I've got. Funny because i was trying to push it to the limits but the cooling is soo good, i reach max OC before having to even care about temps haha! Now i even added a 360mm PE radiator at the bottom of the case so it will be very effective since it's pulling the coldest air possible. The XE and a SE rad on the cpu and the PE and a SE for gpu.. will see what temps i will get. Kinda worried because tests were made on single loop but with dual loop, the gpu is losing the XE to gain a PE but wont get heat from cpu and same thing for the cpu. Gona be fun to bench and compare numbers.

[Grinder]

Just went through this again, can't believe how much rad you have in there! Wonder how much heat it could dissipate?

I modded my XL a fair bit for my Archon build (added support for a triple rad up top, a double in the bottom, and a large side window), it was a nice case to work with. If memory serves I had a 360, 240, and a 140 rad in the loop. I'm thinking of revisiting it, doing an Archon Evo. Dual loop, light vs dark. I'm only planning on a paltry two 360 rads though. I picked up a used dual pump bayres that would work well there, not too many cases with full size drive bays anymore! My current Leftovers build uses some of the sheet metal from the XL for RGB light brackets

[Danny79-Qc]

The XL is a good case. Often forgotten Sadly. It's about the same size of the enthoo 719 and x71 from what I can remember but my memory is crap lol. Yeah, if I get one of the biggest case next week, I will take a picture of them all together. If I have the energy to move them allwill try to gather the ones I have now if I don't get it too. Just for fun and to show a size comparison hehe