First Desktop just ordered is it a good build

I will mostly be using this for gaming and for 3D rendering for game design. I did do research before I built this but does anyone have any knowledge or experience with any of these parts or can anyone tell me if this build will be able to handle ultra settings gameplay and extremly heavy renders.

Is this a good build?
Aventum 3
Processor: Intel Core i7 6800K 3.4GHz (6-Core) (Unlocked CPU)
Motherboard: ASUS X99 RAMPAGE V EDITION 10 (Intel X99 Chipset) (Up to 4x PCI-E Devices) (RGB Lighting)
System Memory: 64GB DDR4 2666MHz Corsair Dominator Platinum DHX (Extreme-Performance)
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair HX1000i (Digitally Controlled Power)
Expansion Bay: Option Not Available
Optical Drive: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 8x / CD-Writer 8x) (Internal)
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (512GB Samsung 950 PRO) (NVM Express) (Extreme Performance)
Storage Set 2: 1x Storage (2TB Western Digital / Seagate / Hitachi)
Storage Set 3: 1x Storage (2TB Western Digital - Black Edition)
RAID Config: - No Thanks
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 2x SLI Dual (GeForce GTX 1080 8GB (NVIDIA Founders Edition) (VR Ready)
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Z
HPC Processor: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: HydroLux PRO: Exotic Custom Cooling System (CPU Only)
HydroLux Tubing Style: Copper Tubing (Requires HydroLux PRO Custom Liquid Cooling System)
HydroLux Fluid Color: Yellow Fluid (Requires HydroLux Liquid Cooling System)
Cable Management: Exotic Cable Management - Yellow - (Cable Combs with Custom Color Sleeved Extension Cables)
Chassis Fans: Corsair LED Airflow Performance Edition (Purple) (Up to 6 Fans)
Internal Lighting: Digital Storm RGB LED Lighting System (Requires Thermal Management Control Board & Software)
Airflow Control: Digital Storm Thermal Management Control Board & Software
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock CPU - Up to 4.8GHz (Depends on Cooling and Motherboard)
Graphics Boost: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-Bit Edition)

no need for an add-in sound card, that mobo comes with their SupremeFX on board sound card.   

hey Hose, most of the problems that people associated with dyes (in the case of colored fluid) was actually a result of clogging caused by "leeching" (a chemical breakdown of the plasticizer (used in making flexible tubing) whereby the inner wall of flexible tubing would begin to develop a film of white residue that would flake off and clog up rads, blocks, etc.  these particles would be stained by the dyes, so people thought it was the dye rather than the plasticized leeching that was gunking up the works. 

DS uses non-DEHP plasticizer medical grade flex tubing from Tygon in their builds (the one's that don't feature acrylic or copper).   DEHP plasticizer was the most serious culprit for leeching.

as for dye separation, i seriously doubt that will be a problem unless you let it sit w/o running the pump for long periods of time.  however, once you start it up again it will mix with no problems.  Mayhems and others sell non-staining dyed pre-mixed fluids.    

i think the OP wants the yellow because you can still see it in the reservoir since it's acrylic.    


Edited by db188 - 15 Aug 2016 at 5:56pm

Black, yellow and purple theme sounds really cool to me

4k ultra settings in games = yes you gonna crush it.

its hard to say exactly the difference between 6 core and 8 core and 10 core for your use but I'm sure the 10 core offers much better performance vs the 6 core. There will be no dispute there. Problem is the price jump, that is were everybody's problem comes in.

All I can tell you is that if I have the budget and the use I would get the 10 core, its unusual for you to hear me say that, as I'm a best bang for the buck person, but I would actually have use for the cores and since there is no matching option, I would pay to go higher cpu, or perhaps jump on a workstation. But that is when I have use for the cores and money to burn if you will.

AS mentioned I would like to tell you that soft tubing is much easier to work on then copper or hard tubing and understand that there can be possibility of you having to work on your lc system. Never get an open loop lc system and think you are never have to work on it.

db and bp also gave you some info so let us know what you think and if you have anymore questions.

I can't tell you whether one will leak less then the other, its all pure assumption, neither should leak, unless its a faulty part, and a faulty part will leak on any system.

Yes connections are better in theory with copper so there should be less chance of leaks but it s not eliminated. Plus the trade off that is the pain in the arse of working with hard lines.

I have had my own system for example you see in my sig, have leaks due to a bad washer for example from the quick disconnect. once I took care of that no leaks in the past 5 years. Of course I still open it and flush it as you should with any lc system, I have had to change pumps twice. So there will be something.

Even if its less prone to leak, due to connections, you still have to work on it, pumps can fail as they do. etc.

If you are not fine with price vs performance ratio of the other cores then looks like you have found your sweet spot, 6 core it is. You will be able to upgrade to the 10 core that you could get now and not future processors.

Edited by DST4ME - 16 Aug 2016 at 1:15am

I believe they will give you quick disconnect with soft tubing but ask to be sure, they make working on the lc very easy. Also ask for a drain valve, it will make flushing extra easy, I just use the quick disconnect myself but the drain valve makes it pretty much a valve turn.

For lights I like the remote control version. I think that one pops more.

I can't wait to see what this beast will look like, I'm looking very forward to your color theme.

Edited by DST4ME - 16 Aug 2016 at 2:10am

hoserator your system should not be leaking, that means something is not tight. If you feel like giving us an image of the connections you are talking about that is leaking that would be great, I love to have a look at it.

Ok buddy just wanted to make sure the leak is gone, no reason to have those as you have figured that out yourself.

I mean we can't have our good buddy running around with leak in his pc now can we

Originally posted by hoserator oh ohI think a drop came out

The problem with QDC db which btw is so easy to fix is the little washer in them, for some reason if you look at those rubber washers the wrong way they rip let along actually connecting and disconnecting. I have so many on mine but 2 of them had the washer go bad and here comes the leak, lol but I got them new washers so no big deal. Easy fix really.

unfortunately the leak happened after stage 8 during shipping.   

Edited by DST4ME - 16 Aug 2016 at 7:50am