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XPS 8930 Liquid Cooling II
XPS 8930 Tower Special Edition
- Motherboard Chipset Intel Kaby Point Z370, Intel Coffee Lake-S
- 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i9-9900K 8-Core Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.0 GHz)
- 64GB, DDR4, 2666MHz Samsung
- 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Toshiba
- nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
- 2 x Dell UltraSharp U2717D 27” InfinityEdge QHD Monitors
(click photos to embiggen)
XPS 8930
with the infamous swing out PSU contraption
Temperature Sensor Locations (below)
- from the radiator/into the case and CPU block
- out of CPU block/into the graphics card block
- out of the graphics card block/into the RAM block
- out of the RAM block/return to the radiator
previous projects
savvy2
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November 26th, 2019 06:00
you bought that and it is infamous.? YOU SAID"
why?
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November 26th, 2019 18:00
@savvy2 you bought that and it is infamous.? YOU SAID" why?
lack of informed decision making . . . but, no regrets
srf52
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November 26th, 2019 22:00
Outstanding work and thank you for taking the time to share...
HanoverB
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November 27th, 2019 08:00
Looks great and amazing temps!
Detail in the cables and tubing placement, lights and custom window/panel very nice.
Good work.
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November 27th, 2019 17:00
Thanks @HanoverB
You know from my other threads that I like to be a lot more descriptive, but the platform functionality is just not conducive to that right now.
Anonymous
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December 1st, 2019 10:00
@HanoverB I forgot that you had that chip when you started this crazy ride with the fan upgrades. Look where you are now......
It has been a very fun, interesting and educational experience for me, and I very much appreciate your input and encouragement.
HanoverB
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December 1st, 2019 10:00
That's right!
I forgot that you had that chip when you started this crazy ride with the fan upgrades. Look where you are now......
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December 1st, 2019 10:00
@HanoverB how easy was it to do the i9-9900K CPU upgrade?
No upgrade for me. I ordered from Dell with the i9-9900K processor. They had just become available almost a year ago today.
HanoverB
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December 1st, 2019 10:00
Great pics.
BTW, how easy was it to do the i9-9900K CPU upgrade?
Seamless? Install the BIOS meant for the upgrade and install the new CPU? Plug and play?
GTS81
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December 4th, 2019 09:00
@Anonymous , I can't believe I totally missed this post! That's because in my mind, your rig is now an Alienware and I was waiting for this whole post to be on the AW forums. I visit the XPS forum like once a month!
I agree with @HanoverB. You've come a long way. Now onward to the Dream Build 2020!
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December 7th, 2019 14:00
@GTS81 @HanoverB
Today is the one year anniversary of receiving my brand new, super deluxe, XPS 8930 Special Edition with the OEM 'crazy fan noise'. Came to this forum and got much good information and encouragement from Thee @HanoverB . Of course I had 'zero' experience working on computers. After considerable guidance and assurances from The Master, I finally worked up enough courage to attempt to swap out my 92mm top exhaust fan for a 120mm fan. I can see from my records that I ordered the Noctua fan, Seasonic PSU, and SATA slimline adapter on 12/21/2018 from the Egg Store.
I have learned a lot, and I have had a lot of fun. Very much appreciation goes out to all with whom I have interacted in this Community.
matt1025
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May 8th, 2020 10:00
Where did you get the clear side panel?
GTS81
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May 8th, 2020 10:00
@Anonymous made it himself. That's 1/2 a year ago. Now that's child's play for him. If he gets another go at this, it'll be a clear side panel that blows this one out of the water.
Anonymous
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May 8th, 2020 14:00
@GTS81 @matt1025
If I were to do it again I would not have the holes in it. I thought I would need 'finger holes' to remove and place the panel, but those are not necessary at all.
Gophertbv
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March 10th, 2024 17:15
I know this is an old post but I wanted to ask, how are do you control the fan speeds?