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Posted:

August 5th 2023

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Aug 5th 2023 - 11:38 AM

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Key Features:

System Specs:

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Aorus TRX-40 Mobo
2x Aorus RTX 3090 GPU in NVLINK/SLI
Aorus 1200W PSU w/ built-in OLED screen
256GB RAM
4 1TB NVMe SSD's in RAID-0
SoundBlaster AE9 card with 48V phantom power to an Audio-Technica condensor mic and 600 Ohm driver for BeyerDynamics headphones
A single 360mm fan on the back at fairly low rpm
Watercool 420mm radiator
Watercool Heatkiller cpu block
Watercool reservoir
Mostly Monsoon soft-line compression fittings, but some Bitspower barbs where the GPU's anti-leak feature prohibit a wider diameter fitting.
Liquid metal thermal interface on the cpu block

Special Tools Used:

Made with two sheets of steel, dremel, bending brake, jigsaw, drill, taps, spray paint and a whole lot of sanding and filing.

Time Spent:

Probably about 80 hours, including design

A scratch-build centered around a Watercool 420mm radiator, able to accommodate an E-ATX motherboard size, and have a fairly compact footprint for all that hardware. I wanted to take advantage of all the PCIe lanes on this system to run the last available SLI system, which I know isn't getting me much in terms of performance anymore, but I have an irrational love for. Design loosely inspired by 6th gen fighters. Runs nearly silent, with normal temps around 30*C and loaded up to 45*C, with a light overclock.

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