Custom PC - UK (2020-08)

Corsair Hydro X Series XD3

RGBPump/ReservoirC

CorsairHydroX SeriesXC7

RGBCPUWaterBlock

CorsairHydroX SeriesXR5

240mmRadiator

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Howlongdidit takeyouto

completethewholedeskbuild?

Martin:Fromdesignto

completiontookaroundsix

months.However,asI didn’thavea

workshopatthetime,I waslimited

tobuildingit outsideonweekends

withgoodweather.Theactual

timespentonbuildingthedesk

wasprobablyaround 14 days.

Areyoucompletelyhappy

withtheendresult,ordoyou

wishyou’ddonesomeofit

differentlyinretrospect?

Martin:Ideally,I wouldlove

tohavemadethealuminium

monitorboxeswork,especially

afterI’dspentsomuchmoneyon

thecustom-cutpieces.There’s

alsoa coupleoflittlemodsI would

havemadeif I coulddoit again.

However,it’sperfectasa corner

forworkandplayinggames,and

it’sa beautifulslabofwoodon

whichtoworkaswell.

design that nobody else has done
before, and I’ve learned a lot about
different building techniques and
working with different materials
along the way. There’s one called the
Captain’s Chair, for instance, where
I had to teach myself upholstery to
go along with the woodwork, and
making this current desk build was
the first time I’ve used epoxy resin.
My Pedestal Desk is probably my
favourite though. I took an old desk
I found on eBay, and put a PC inside
one of the pedestals, so it was all
hidden – it was a very clean and
simplebuild.

How big is the whole desk
unit when it’s all set up?
Martin: The desk has a 1,400 x
1,400mm L shape, and it measures
800mm high to the desktop – with
the monitors up, it adds another
500mm. The sycamore log in the
corner goes almost all the way to the
ceiling, with a height of 2,150mm.

The Corsair Hydro X Series XD3 RGB Pump/ £151

Reservoir Combo features a high-

performance DDC PWM pump,

integrated RGB lighting and in-loop

temperature sensor to drive even the

most compact custom cooling systems.

It has a high-performance Xylem DDC

PWM pump controlled via PWM to

deliver the perfect flow balance for your loop. There are also

16 individually addressable RGB LEDs, which light up the

pump head to produce stunning, customisable lighting

effects to match your build.

The Corsair Hydro X Series XC7

RGB CPU Water Block combines

premium construction, vivid RGB

lighting and extreme cooling

performance to become the

centrepiece of your water-cooling

loop. It has a nickel-plated copper

cold plate and more than 60 high-

efficiency micro-cooling fins, which

efficiently draw heat away fromyourCPU, lowering operating

temperatures and allowing for maximum overclocks. You

can choose the AM4/LGA1151 or LGA2066 version.

The Corsair Hydro X Series XR5

240mm Water Cooling Radiator

delivers extreme custom cooling

performance, with a 30mm radiato

thickness and premium coppercor

dual 120mm fan mounts on eachsi

your most ambitious custom coolingbuild,andits 25

micron-thick cooling fins offer a high thermal transfer rate.

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