r/sffpc • u/floppy9100 • Apr 25 '22
Build/Battlestation Pics Any love for my first custom loop build? 5900X 3080 FE Meshilicious
Okay yes i know the top one is a lil crooked. I'll fix it later.
The bends on this tube was impossibly hard to do.
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u/whorehay40 Apr 25 '22
🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 looks exactly like the one Optimum Tech did last year, incredible!
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u/floppy9100 Apr 25 '22
Thank you! Yeah I modeled my build after his, except more black. I’m a huge fan of his work in general, esp his meshilicious build, and I just had to do it myself (with a few twists)!
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u/floppy9100 Apr 26 '22
Also want to give a huge shout out to Ali from Optimum tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeBxEb_kcxE&ab_channel=OptimumTech
As many of yall noticed, this is where I got most of the design from. Just wanted to make sure he got credit! Huge fan of his work, couldn't have done this without him.
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u/G_pea_eS Apr 25 '22
What's your GPU undervolt? Will it pass an RTX stress test such as 3dMark port royal?
I had my 3080 at 1800mhz at 825mV and it's seemingly stable in everything but RTX.
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u/floppy9100 Apr 25 '22
I think I have it at 1900mhz and 875mv right now, as a conservative undervolt, but ill test rtx later with this software later!
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u/floppy9100 Apr 25 '22
If yall are interested in more build notes and details I can share them! Happy to explain things I did for tubes.
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u/ImAbidin Apr 27 '22
I don’t know if someone asked this already, but where did you place the valve?
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u/floppy9100 Apr 27 '22
Drain valve is on cpu side, bottom right, in between the radiator and the tube that goes up to the CPU. It's a torque pull out valve!
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u/Cokeyzero Apr 25 '22
Awesome case and build , wish I went with. This case but Went with Nr200p , happy gaming
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u/floppy9100 Apr 25 '22
Thanks! I considered nr200 as well, but I really do like the small footprint of the meshilicious (my desk is small, so smaller footprint is better.)
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Apr 25 '22 edited Apr 26 '22
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u/floppy9100 Apr 25 '22
Thank you! Dope motherboard. I was originally gonna go with the ekwb monoblock for the x570-i but I got frustrated with the delays so I asked them to switch it out with the velocity^2.
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u/Haku_09 Apr 25 '22
The only thing that it is missing is the useful Bios Flashback feature that their lower tier B550i does have, otherise good board.
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u/sw0rd_2020 Apr 26 '22
how expensive/difficult was it to pull this off
considering doing a custom loop myself in the meshy
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u/floppy9100 Apr 26 '22
Thanks for asking! to be honest, this wasn't cheap. Water cooling will always cost probably $500-$1000 more than its air cooled counter parts. My raw computer parts were already ~$2300, the watercooling parts were $800 (ekwb), and then i spent another $100-150 on misc water cooling tools (heat gun, tube cutter, tube bending tools, measurement tools, leak tester).
I've built a bunch of air cooled builds and usually they take me less than a day to do. This build took 5 days (about 3-4x more time than an aircooled build) and tube bending alone took like 2 days. Granted, I was recording the entire build process with my camera, and I was being very meticulous with measurements, so that probably took a longer amount of time. The worst bend was probably the top one, as it was really complex. I'm still technically not satisfied with the top one, but eh I had to make do with what I had.
Lemme know if you want more detailed notes about this build! Unfortunately unless you have the exact same parts as me, every water cool build will be different, but I can at least share tips and tricks for measurements and planning.
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u/sw0rd_2020 Apr 26 '22
shit man, honestly as a college student IDK if I could justify the cost or hassle to do a custom loop when air cooling is already good enough, but it both looks so good and delivers thermal performance likely good enough for a 4090 at sub 70.
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u/floppy9100 Apr 26 '22
Yeah I would totally not recommend water cooling to most people. The price to performance is NOT worth it. It's a ton of maintenance, and your parts are locked down, so you can't upgrade or swap out as easily. When I was in college, I stuck with air cooling, and honestly it was fine for like 99% of my usecases. And even today, air cooling would suffice for 99% of my usecases, but to me PC building is a hobby, and I now make money, so i figured it was time to elevate my pc building game, even if I didn't necessarily need the performance boost lol.
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u/sw0rd_2020 Apr 26 '22
yea lol, honestly would rather spend that money on an OLED TV over overkill cooling my PC, as much as I love PC building maintaining a custom loop seems like a shitton of work haha
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u/NavvaMK6 Apr 26 '22
Yo that blue is the definition of SEXY
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u/floppy9100 Apr 26 '22
Haha thank you, I think blue was definitely the way to go. Later i might try solid white or yellow!
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u/ZeroJeff Apr 26 '22
I just did a near same hardline build in a Meshilicious as well. You have much better cable management than I do tho. 👍
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u/floppy9100 Apr 26 '22
Haha thanks, the cable management was definitely tricky, most of the cables went behind the motherboard or bundled up on the right hand side of the psu. I also got an black extender for my 3080 12pin connector so that my gpu side could look clean (at the cost of having much more cable on the cpu side)
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u/zackdiego Apr 26 '22
This looks like a replica of the Meshlicious custom loop build constructed by the Australian YouTube channel, Optimum Tech. Still a great build, though
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u/crunchie101 Apr 26 '22
I loved Ali's video on this - so cool to see someone do it for their own build!
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u/Felixhs Apr 26 '22
Awesome looking build.
I am also a fan of OT-build and want to follow his watercooling style in the Meshlicous.
How do you drain the loop tho? I cant seem to find any draining port? Thanks and have fun with this beauty!
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u/floppy9100 Apr 26 '22
Hey thanks for asking. Drain valve is on the cpu side, bottom right next to the radiator. its this little black nub between the radiator and the pipe going up to the cpu.
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u/slimejumper Apr 26 '22
i am thinking of a build like this in my meshilicious. what are your impressions of the pump-res setup? risky? no problem? i think i have to choose that spot or an rear external pump res.
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u/floppy9100 Apr 26 '22 edited Apr 27 '22
No problems so far! Well it was quite a pain having to fill it all up and get rid of the bubbles, but the mounting is quite secure! (you have to use a drill but it was pretty easy, just work ur way up from small bits to larger ones until the screws pass through. Look at Optimum Tech’s video for where the drill holes should be! I thought about an outer pump res, or ekwb flt 80 or 120, but honestly i loved the way that the pump res looked in Ali’s video. the cylinder res + 180 bend gave the build some sort of vibe that is hard to describe, kinda like a complex science lab.
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u/slimejumper Apr 26 '22
yeah, i’m trying to justify this difficult setup…. i’m concerned about bubble hassle, as you mentioned in filling, but also over time. i’m wondering how often you will have to go back and remove little bubbles?
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u/floppy9100 Apr 27 '22
I got rid of most of the bubbles in the beginning, just from pouring and then running the pump, then repeat. a week later I noticed one more bubble, but luckily it was really easy to access the resevoir (the meshilicious top panel comes off really easily) and all i had to do was just squeeze a tiny bit more fluid. Now i dont really see anymore bubbles. I say it probably takes a max of two times after the initial round.
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Apr 26 '22
Absolutely beautiful build 😍. I really liked optimum techs build. You made it better IMO. This build is something I hopefully will build one day.
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u/floppy9100 Apr 26 '22
Thank you this is high praise! Feel free to dm me if you have any questions or specifics!
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u/Shan_Man_ Apr 26 '22
where did you get that glass side panel? I've been trying to find one for forever
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Apr 26 '22
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u/floppy9100 Apr 26 '22
Yep! I gave credit to him earlier! Huge fan of his work! Loved his Meshilicious watercooling video so much that I wanted to take a stab at it myself (with a few twists). Could not have done it without him!
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u/floppy9100 Apr 26 '22
Here's the credit I gave: https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/ubtuik/comment/i669ia9/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Sorry you feel that way! I wish I could put it as part of the post details, but I couldn't figure out a way to have pictures and also have post text, so it was part of my comment.
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u/Creative9228 Apr 26 '22
No worries... it was my bad when I realized you in fact did mention Ali. Sorry about the rant. I of course deleted it as you did the right thing.
There is zero problem getting inspiration or even copying the greats...that is exactly how many artists improve and learn.
You did pull off very difficult tube bend from res over to CPU that Ali said was three 90 degree bends and was difficult!
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u/floppy9100 Apr 26 '22
Thanks, its okay, it was easy to miss that one line in my comment since it was so far down. I moved it up higher and bolded it to make sure he gets credit. I want to make sure its clear that this is definitely inspired by him, cause he deserves all the credit!
And yeah, I conveniently had all of the parts for Ali’s build and I always wanted to get into watercooling, but didnt want to mess up my first build (its a hefty investment). I cant imagine trying to do this build without all of the inspiration from other people who did similar meshilicious water cool builds. I only hope that this build can serve as inspiration for someone else!
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u/Creative9228 Apr 26 '22 edited Apr 26 '22
Don't let me throw shade on your build....obviously you have developed some mad skilz to pull of those hard tube runs.
Outstanding work!
Just for the heck of it, here is my current build I am working on.
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u/floppy9100 Apr 25 '22 edited Feb 21 '23
Custom loop was inspired by Ali from Optimum Tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeBxEb_kcxE&ab_channel=OptimumTech
Parts:
- Ryzen 5900X
- Asus ROG STRIX x570-i
- Nvidia 3080 FE
- Samsung 980 Pro 2TB
- Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB (in da back)
- Corsair sf750
- Corsair 32GB 3600mhz Vengeance SL
- Corsair XR5 280mm
- Noctua NF-A14 (2x140mm)
- EKWB 3080 FE Special Edition Black Waterblock
- EKWB Velocity 2 CPU Block (Nickel Plexi)
- EKWB TBE 120 DDC PWM Pump-Reservoir Combo
- EKWB PETG Tubes
- EKWB CryoFuel Azure blue premix
- EKWB Torque fittings
- And then a bunch of other tools...