8pack Supernova - build log!

JeditOjanen · 4 Aug 2014 at 12:41

I see you never straightened out the kink in that piece of tubing. 1/5, terrible build, would not buy from OCUK again.

BattFink · 4 Aug 2014 at 13:07

An awesome amount of hardware in there, if it were my machine though I'd be stripping it down as soon as I could to re-do that graphics card loop with acrylic tubing & fit the EK backplates to the GPU's

Resa69 · 4 Aug 2014 at 14:24

That looks mental!

JamesM · 5 Aug 2014 at 11:40

8 Pack said:
The clocks for those bench tests are all 24/7.

This CPU 4.8 2400 C10, 1300-1975 on the cards go. All fans 800rpm being controlled by the aquero totally silent power house. Zero load fans not moving at all!!!

I think if you check the Fire strike thread we all know who is the boss!!

out of interest what voltage is the CPU using for 24/7? Also do you only use Win7 for your systems? What about newer drivers coming out for Win 8.1 only, etc (such as AMD 14.7)

Fantastic build, loops epic.

mikedigitales · 5 Aug 2014 at 12:16

Amazing build log, thanks for the effort put into guys!

waso_dude · 5 Aug 2014 at 12:42

Actually disappointed with the cable management there. You could have made that look a lot prettier than just cable ties.

Needs some cable combs and better management.

Otherwise sick build.

TwsT · 5 Aug 2014 at 13:24

Great Build log excellent work

Resa69 · 5 Aug 2014 at 13:35

waso_dude said:
Actually disappointed with the cable management there. You could have made that look a lot prettier than just cable ties.

Needs some cable combs and better management.

Otherwise sick build.

Still looks good, I'd be more than happy with that

rjk · 5 Aug 2014 at 15:59

waso_dude said:
Needs some cable combs

yuk.

disgusting things.

Silent_Scone · 5 Aug 2014 at 16:10

rjkoneill said:
yuk.

disgusting things.

+1

chillidog · 5 Aug 2014 at 17:26

it does looks like the kinks in tubing has not been sorted. for just under 10,000
i would want better ,if it was me i would send it back

jasonmorris · 6 Aug 2014 at 21:44

Fantastic build and would love one myself.

Qitarah · 7 Aug 2014 at 00:05

I think overall it looks great and it would be (more than) a fantastic system. However that being said I really wouldn't be happy myself with the bent tubes for the price.

8 Pack · 9 Aug 2014 at 16:47

JamesM said:
out of interest what voltage is the CPU using for 24/7? Also do you only use Win7 for your systems? What about newer drivers coming out for Win 8.1 only, etc (such as AMD 14.7)

Fantastic build, loops epic.

Voltage 1.4 ish. I test with Win 7 & the end user can have what they wish. I dont trust Win 8 at all.

8 Pack · 9 Aug 2014 at 16:53

chillidog said:
it does looks like the kinks in tubing has not been sorted. for just under 10,000
i would want better ,if it was me i would send it back

The tubing is not kinked in any way where flow is impeded. Acrylic tubing and 8Pack branded back plates are coming for the GPU very soon.

Dont worry about this, sort out only 4.7 on 3770K any less than 5g on that CPU= poor effort!!!

Pgreenwo · 9 Aug 2014 at 17:57

8 Pack said:
The tubing is not kinked in any way where flow is impeded. Acrylic tubing and 8Pack branded back plates are coming for the GPU very soon.

Dont worry about this, sort out only 4.7 on 3770K any less than 5g on that CPU= poor effort!!!

Brilliant!!

Shawy · 11 Aug 2014 at 19:45

JeditOjanen said:
I see you never straightened out the kink in that piece of tubing. 1/5, terrible build, would not buy from OCUK again.

BattFink said:
An awesome amount of hardware in there, if it were my machine though I'd be stripping it down as soon as I could to re-do that graphics card loop with acrylic tubing & fit the EK backplates to the GPU's

chillidog said:
it does looks like the kinks in tubing has not been sorted. for just under 10,000
i would want better ,if it was me i would send it back

Qitarah said:
I think overall it looks great and it would be (more than) a fantastic system. However that being said I really wouldn't be happy myself with the bent tubes for the price.

Thanks for the feedback guys. Honestly, I'm not 100% happy with it either, but you can usually rework tubing straight after running warm water through it for a while. The only issue here is even with the fans turned off, the 8x120mm of radiator space was enough to keep the coolant temperatures down low enough to keep an ever so slight curve in the tubing.

On the bright side I'll be building OcUKs first ever acrylic build very soon - so hopefully we'll see a lot more of it in the next systems refresh.

waso_dude said:
Actually disappointed with the cable management there. You could have made that look a lot prettier than just cable ties.

Needs some cable combs and better management.

Otherwise sick build.

I bought combs for my own build. They suck.

I much prefer cable sewing.

Still trying to get the go ahead to bring this to our high end systems.

~Mike~ · 11 Aug 2014 at 21:59

Cable sewing looks so much better.

Homer-Simpson · 12 Aug 2014 at 10:43

Shawy said:
I much prefer cable sewing.

Still trying to get the go ahead to bring this to our high end systems.

I really like that!

Shawy · 15 Aug 2014 at 22:29

~Mike~ said:
Cable sewing looks so much better.

Homer-Simpson said:
I really like that!

Glad I'm not alone in thinking that. Hopefully coming to OcUK builds in the future!

And here's one final update of the full Supernova set up: