FEATURED Water Cooled Banchetto I7 2600k build

[Dado]

Water Cooled Banchetto I7 2600k build & Server Rack

This build will be located in the server room for mostly rendering/ripping movies and burning blu-rays. It will also be connected to a 73inch DLP 3D tv through HDMI straight into the receiver Onkyo THX-708NR

Specs

• Case: Banchetto 101 Revision 2
• CPU: Intel Core I7 2600k
• GPU: EVGA GTX 480 SC
• Motherboard: Z68X-UD7-B3
• Memory: Corsair Dominator GT 2000mhz dual channel 8gb with fan module
• PSU: Corsair ax1200
• CPU cooler: Apogee XT (R2)
• Radiator: XSPC RX360 3x120mm
• Pump: Danger Den DD-CPX Pro 237GPH
• Fans: Akasa 120mm X 3 Apache Black
• Reservoir: Bitspower Water Tank 150 inline
• Tubing: Feser tubing 1/2 id 3/4 od anti kink uv blue
• Fittings: All compression fittings from bitspower
• Fan Module: Still deciding
• Hard Drives: 128gb SSD and 3 1tb seagate under raid 5
• Pioneer BDR206 Blu-ray 12x burner

More to come...


The rest of the setup in the house consists of:

Main computer I use at home is the iMac 24 inch with a 23 inch Apple Cinema display.
Runs on Snow Leopard and Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.
3.06ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4gb of ram
500gb hard drive

Laptop is a MacBook Pro 15 inch December 2009
Runs on Snow Leopard and Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.
2.53ghz Intel core 2 Duo
8gb of ram
Samsung 128gb SSD (it runs like a dream!)

Run a cluster of Dell 2850 PowerEdge servers at home located in basement.
Dual processor dual core Intel Xeon 2.8ghz.
Windows Server 2008R2 Enterprise 64bit on three and one of them runs on CENT OS.
One of them is a Microsoft Exchange 2010 server
Each one has dual redundant power supplies.
Each one has two gigabit network cards.
16gb of ram on each.
15k RPM SCSI hard drives 146gb each running raid 5 . Six hard drives per server x 4 servers.
4 1000 APC's 1U
Dell 42u Server Rack.
15 inch slide out LCD and keyboard with track pad.

A Synology NAS DS1010+ with Intel Atom and 1gb of ram with 10TB.

Dual gigabit network card. 8 USB ports and one eSata
Running 5 seagate hard drives of 2tb each on raid 5. Model http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/desktops/barracuda_xt/

Able to move write files to NAS at around 115MB/s over network. Setup with link aggregation 802.3ad for a 2gb port speed.

Gigabit switches throughout the house with CAT6 cables and a Wireless Access Point running 2.4ghz and 5ghz.

Still have to setup the new Juniper SRX210h router which has an expansion slot for a 3g card in case internet goes down.

And the 73 inch DLP 3D that the Banchetto will be plugged in to.

Backup generator.

 

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Some parts for the build.

 

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Unpacking and putting the Banchetto together.

 

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Got the Banchetto all together. Here are some pictures from different angles.

 

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Motherboard installed on the Banchetto and then the processor install.

 

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Installing hard drives and SSD into enclosure. There will be three 1TB drives in Raid 5 and the SSD for SRT.

 

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Next parts on the install list.

 

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Unpacking the Corsair ax1200. This is the best packaging I have ever seen. The bag that holds the power supply is like velvet!! All wires are wrapped nicely and in it's own corsair bag. Was in awe when I opened the box.

 

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Getting some parts ready for install.

 

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Coming along nicely. Took the CPU coolant block and rotated the coolant inlet so there is more space for the 1/2" compression fittings.

 

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That is it for today. Waiting on the compression fittings to arrive. Finished wiring hard drives and power cables from PSU.

 

[Dado]

This build is 10 kinds of awesome in one... But why a 480 inside that tiny case? 570 or even 560ti would have helped out internal case temps a lot.

Anyhoo, looks awesome!

Thank you. I was really having a hard time choosing the right graphics card for my application. After reading lots of reviews and deciding on the budget it came down to that. I really liked the AMD Radeon 6990 though .

I do plan on eventually integrating the GPU into the water cooling system.

 

[EarthDog]

(Im going to delete my post above to keep your thread flow.. sorry!)

Heh, maybe I should wait until ALL the pics load. I thought this was inside a small form factor case!! Anyway, nice build, and enjoy!

You going Tri SLI eventually? I see you got a 1200W PSU. If you were not planning on SLI, another option would have been to snag a much cheaper PSU then jump to the 570/580.

 

[Dado]

(Im going to delete my post above to keep your thread flow.. sorry!)

Heh, maybe I should wait until ALL the pics load. I thought this was inside a small form factor case!! Anyway, nice build, and enjoy!

You going Tri SLI eventually? I see you got a 1200W PSU. If you were not planning on SLI, another option would have been to snag a much cheaper PSU then jump to the 570/580.

No worries. I do plan on upgrading and adding hardware overtime so I thought I might as well be prepared. Overkill for now but my goal is to get a 4 or preferably 6 monitor setup (24"). It would be wall mounted right in front of the table. The only thing on the table would be the keyboard, mouse, and PC.

 

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Actually one more update for today. Got something in the mail! Now waiting for parts again.

 

[Prime]

well snap, someones got some money to toss around
That banchetto thing is pretty sweet , ill have to check it out.

 

[TheQuadFather]

i like the black and gold theme it has going on, dam those corsair design teams making it all angry red eh? sweet build dude.

 

[Conumdrum]

Very cool! I got one of them, back when they were pretty new. Still at the top for looks for a tech station IMHO. I like the new smoked plexi, mine has the clear. Just did the annaul rebuild, I'll post a link once I get my pics up.

Nice build!

 

[NiTrOwow]

Damn sweet setup there buddy this is what dream of haha
I mean for overclocking it will be insane!

Have fun with it!

Cheers
NiTrOwow

 

[Dado]

Thanks guys, it's coming along nicely. Fittings came in.

And decided on the fan module.