Asus Crosshair Formula V FX 8150

[Saintjon0421]

So my sleeving this weekend is a no go. i have to wait for the right tool to take out the pins. But its ok because i got to paint most of my case

I love this paint Montana Black Low Pressure paint


Fire Rose i hope it turns out


I love the red. looks way better then the standard black mesh. I like how the bottom of the front panel looks like the ROG symbol. HELL YEA!


Thought id give a go at painting case fans, and im really glad i did. they look AMAZING




When the power is on this lil white led shines on a piece of plastic.... but that just wont do. it NEEDS TO BE RED!


Much better!


brief video

[Saintjon0421]

Finally got the rest of my parts in. So ill just list em here

EK Supreme LTX AMD Waterblock
EK Dominator Block
Ek-FB Asus Crosshair V Waterblock
EK Radeon 7950 Waterblock
Ek black backplate for 7950
Ek Blood Red Coolant 1000ml x2
Feser company Silver compression fittings. 1/2 id 3/8 od
Swiftech mcp 350 water pump
Ek plexi top for pump
Koolance 3 x 140mm radiator
Koolance 140mm Radiator
Feser clear tubing
Frozen q 250ml reactor core reservior
Frozen q Blood red helix




Decided to send back my cpu block for this one. it just looks better then the 370-SA to me and it matches the other blocks


It was actually cheaper to order the blank tube then the custom blood red one












I had some leftover paint so i decided to paint the insignia for ek looks rather good

[Saintjon0421]

This build is far from done but so far it looks amazing to me. The loop is going to go
Pump>>Res>>triple rad>>Ram>>Northbridge>>CPU>>140mm Rad>>GPU and back to pump


I picked these up from ebay seller Linusco. These are very high quality.

[Saintjon0421]

Finished the loop. came out pretty close to how i want it. gotta buy come 90 degree fittings and some male to female but for the most part i love it

I cut a piece of red cardstock from my formula v box and placed it behind the backplate. i think its better then the blue pcb. =]

Thought adding the male to female adapters made it look better.

In this pic i forgot to add the 140mm rad between the gpu and cpu














ive never seen temps so low in real life im so excited. Temps jumped to 21c while running furmark bench at 1920x1080, gpu stayed a constant 37c, 51c on air before the waterblock. im darn happy bout that. Now ts time to overclock

[Zka17]

Wow, nice job! And very good temps...

[chrsplmr]

Whew !!! Im all sweaty ... flashBacks of PcJunkie & MonsterMaud .... sweet.
(trust me.. thats a very (extremely) high compliment.).c.

[Saintjon0421]

Thank you very much. This build has definately taken alot out of me. Working 40 hours a week and workin on this on the weekends has definately taken their toll. Still not 100% but definately going the right direction. cable sleeving and over clocking are the next big ones. Ive dreamed about this build ever since i built my first rig, which was a amd athlon 3200+, Asus A8N-SLI-Deluxe. 512mb corsair xps mem and a geforce 7300gs, so im definately living a dream right now. =]

[Saintjon0421]

http://3dmark.com/3dmv/4187259
cpu was at 4.1ghz
Gpu was at 1050mhz
ram oc to 2100 from 1800

[jmoorez2001]

that is one very nice rig there for sure if it was me i would paint the conectors to the water blocks red to match but thats just me and also but a couple of neon lights in side to show the inside off something not to bright tho but something of red in a medium light would work

[LeviathanPT]

Sexy thing man!
But you need to get a better camera those photos look very blurred :x