FEATURED Water Cooled Banchetto I7 2600k build

[Dado]

Almost ready to fire it up for the first time.

 

[Dado]

Fired it up and it's purring along. Testing performance of OSX Lion on VM Ware.

Here is where it sits now. Now that part of it is done it's time to clean up the mess.

 

[Dado]

Waiting for the HDMI coupler so I can hook up my hdmi cable to mini hdmi. For now I tested it by moving the whole setup to the TV. Hooks up straight to the receiver. 73 inch of windows desktop.

 

[I.M.O.G.]

Set this to featured status, really nice looking build. Cool toys also.

 

[Dado]

Stress testing the processor at 99% usage with a conservative overclock to 4. Ripped DVD in under 20 minutes outputting the file through the network to the 10TB NAS. Processor temp stays around 50 and dropped straight down to under 30 when done.

 

[Dado]

Set this to featured status, really nice looking build. Cool toys also.

Thank you. Really appreciate it.

 

[Superclocked]

Is that Benchetto case designed as a test bench or can you run a gaming pc like that 24/7?

 

[I.M.O.G.]

No reason it can't be run 24/7, unless you drop something onto the components or have cats that like to curl up on it. Little air duster would take care of the rest.

 

[Prime]

^ I couldnt have a bench rig, my kitty would rub his face on all the heat sinks haha

And I spy a HD-DVD player xD

 

[Superclocked]

How does cooling compare to an enclosed case? I'd assume it's worse since there are no fans. Also, can dust build up on the mobo and damage it? Seems like a lot of upkeep as a gaming rig?

It looks awesome though.

 

[Dado]

^ I couldnt have a bench rig, my kitty would rub his face on all the heat sinks haha

And I spy a HD-DVD player xD

You are right .

How does cooling compare to an enclosed case? I'd assume it's worse since there are no fans. Also, can dust build up on the mobo and damage it? Seems like a lot of upkeep as a gaming rig?

It looks awesome though.

IMO It would run cooler since it's sucking fresh air in through the built in fan.

It's easy to work on and as far as cleaning I would just get a can of compressed air and blow over it every once in a while.

 

[Dado]

Latest pics with both burners installed.

 

[I.M.O.G.]

Looks even better.

 

[TechtonicPC]

I like it. Great idea.

 

[Dado]

Here are some night pics. Need to work on some wire management though. I think I might eventually go the Xigmatek Elysium case.

 

[Tsnowflake]

absolutely beautiful build. Those banchettos seem pretty sweet.

 

[Dado]

The setup in it's new home after testing parts on banchetto. Tower is the Xigmatek Elysium. Working on the wiring and then re-doing the tubing.

 

[TheQuadFather]

you have no idea how long it took me to notice there was no tubing in there and ive seen that case around e-tailers, how do you like it? i quite like the look of it myself.

 

[Dado]

I really like it but this thing is a MONSTER. It's huge which is really the main reason I got it since the Banchetto left me with very limited space for hard drive addition.I will definitely continue to use the Banchetto to test out components and design the system before moving it over to a case. It's very convenient for troubleshooting components as well.

 

[Dooms101]

Both the banchetto station and your full tower builds look awesome. You're making some people jealous... especially your server setup