Custom Water-Cooled Desktop PC

Project information

  • Category: Personal Project
  • Date: November 2023 – December 2023
  • CPU: Intel i9-14900K
  • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

High-Performance Custom Water-Cooled Build

A high-performance desktop PC built from individually sourced components, centered around an Intel Core i9-14900K paired with an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU. All pieces were selected, purchased separately, and assembled into a single cohesive system.

A custom water-cooling loop handles thermals for both the CPU and VRMs, providing significant thermal headroom for tuned and overclocked profiles. Memory runs DDR5 at 7200 MT/s. The result is a system scoring in the 99th percentile on 3D benchmarks, capable of 4K gaming and fast engineering simulation workloads.

The build was designed with modularity in mind — the loop routing and component layout allow for straightforward future upgrades without a full rebuild.