The Coalition Gaming Crew Presents: Duase Build Review

Hello everybody, it's Chris with the Coalition gaming crew, also known as Hellga, and I'm excited to share with you our latest build review. We've completed the duase build, which we had posted videos about earlier, and I hope you've been following along. As you can see, everything is lit up nice and shiny here.

I'm hanging out with my camera guy, Home Brw Hero, right now, and I'm really happy with the end result of this build, especially considering the cost. We managed to total damage at 250 bucks, which could have been less if I didn't need a case. If I didn't need the case, it could have been 200 bucks. That's pretty unheard of to get a good water cooling solution for that price.

I want to emphasize that this build is definitely recommended, especially for those on a budget. However, we did run into some hiccups with the graphics card, mainly because it was a non-standard PCB due to being a custom card. You won't encounter that issue if you have a reference card or can verify that the Kraken G10 is compatible with your bracket. Just do your research when it comes to buying a G10 bracket.

When it comes to my temps, I'm really important, and I mentioned them in our last video. At idle, my 970 used to be mid-40s, about mid-40s. But after putting this guy on there, idle now goes to 28 to 31 depending on ambient temperature. That's a heck of an improvement! Load temps are really the most important one for me, and they were almost 80°C just gaming. I wasn't even using any benchmarks or stressing the card in any abnormal way. But when running Valley for 40 minutes straight on Extreme HD preset, the hottest it got was 55 to 56 C – that's over a 20° drop! That's incredible.

Now, I know how high my card can get and still be just fine, so now I know how much thermal headroom I have. When I start overclocking, hopefully the card will cool just as well, and the cooler will work just as well. I believe that shouldn't be a big deal. Overall, the case is really nice, and the graphics card, cooling setup, after some little hiccups came out very well.

We're running the Corsair H55 on exhaust, the Deep Cool Captain 240 ex working pretty good too, and we have one 120mm fan on intake, which gives us a negative pressure setup. We've moved the computer up to minimize any dust it's going to suck in because it's sucking in a lot of air right now. Not just from the fan, but also from everywhere else.

If you're interested in learning more about our AIIO setups versus full custom water loop setups, cost, difficulty of setup, and how good the temps are one versus the other, we have a Tech Talk video that goes into length on all these topics. You can check it out over on our Home Heroes channel, and the link will be in the description.

That's it for our duase build review. It's complete, and Red Beast is ready to go! We'll see you next time!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up everybody this is Chris with the Coalition gaming crew AKA hellga by the way so uh the build is complete this is the duase build that uh we had posted videos hopefully you've been following along and uh as you can see it's all lit up nice and shiny here I'm out here at uh hanging out with home brw hero that's right yeah my my camera guy right now and so I'm really happy with the end result with this thing especially for the cost total damage came in at 250 bucks could have been less if I didn't need a case could have been 200 bucks if I didn't need the case actually that's pretty unheard of to get a really good uh water cooling solution but uh like I said really happy with that especially if you're on a budget definitely recommend it we did run into a lot of hiccups with the graphics card that's mainly because it was a non standard PCB because it was a custom card you're not going to run into that if you have a reference card or you can verify that that it's compatible with the Kraken G10 um or if you can verify through research that other people have done it without many issues so just do your research when it comes to buying a G10 bracket the Corsair h55 is absolutely plenty as far as I can tell for that card my temps which is really important which is what I mentioned here at the end of the last video temps temps um at idle for the uh for My 970 used to be mid-40s uh yeah about mid-40s and then I put this guy on there and idle now went to 28 to 31 depending on ambient temperature that's that's a heck of an improvement and um load temps though really the most important one my load temps were almost to 80° C that's just gaming I wasn't even using any benchmarks or stressing the card in any uh abnormal way but now running Valley for 40 minutes straight on Extreme HD preset the H the hottest this got was 55 to 56 C that's over a 20° drop that's incredible and then I know how high the card can get and still be just fine so now I know how much thermal Headroom I have uh so when I get to overclocking I can be a lot more comfortable with that so hopefully the card will still cool just as well rather the the the cooler will still work just as well when I start overclocking I believe it well shouldn't be a big deal um overall the case is really nice the graphics card uh cooling cooling setup after little hiccups came out very well and uh the Deep cool Captain 240 ex that's working pretty good too and here have a look at this you can see I have my lines I'm running the h55 on the exhaust I'm running the captain up top as an exhaust I have one 120 mm fan on intake and that's giving me a negative pressure setup so I have the computer also higher up on my desk now to minimize any dust that it's going to suck in cuz it's sucking in a lot of air right now and then not not just from the fan it's pulling it from everywhere something else too that that you guys need to check out is our Tech Talk video we go into length uh with aiio setups versus full custom water loop setups uh cost uh how hard it is to set up um how you know how good the temps are one versus the other so make sure you check out our Coalition Tech talk and that's over on home Heroes channel and uh the link will be in the description that's it the DK setup is is complete this is Red Beast and he's good to go all right Coalition we'll see you next timewhat's up everybody this is Chris with the Coalition gaming crew AKA hellga by the way so uh the build is complete this is the duase build that uh we had posted videos hopefully you've been following along and uh as you can see it's all lit up nice and shiny here I'm out here at uh hanging out with home brw hero that's right yeah my my camera guy right now and so I'm really happy with the end result with this thing especially for the cost total damage came in at 250 bucks could have been less if I didn't need a case could have been 200 bucks if I didn't need the case actually that's pretty unheard of to get a really good uh water cooling solution but uh like I said really happy with that especially if you're on a budget definitely recommend it we did run into a lot of hiccups with the graphics card that's mainly because it was a non standard PCB because it was a custom card you're not going to run into that if you have a reference card or you can verify that that it's compatible with the Kraken G10 um or if you can verify through research that other people have done it without many issues so just do your research when it comes to buying a G10 bracket the Corsair h55 is absolutely plenty as far as I can tell for that card my temps which is really important which is what I mentioned here at the end of the last video temps temps um at idle for the uh for My 970 used to be mid-40s uh yeah about mid-40s and then I put this guy on there and idle now went to 28 to 31 depending on ambient temperature that's that's a heck of an improvement and um load temps though really the most important one my load temps were almost to 80° C that's just gaming I wasn't even using any benchmarks or stressing the card in any uh abnormal way but now running Valley for 40 minutes straight on Extreme HD preset the H the hottest this got was 55 to 56 C that's over a 20° drop that's incredible and then I know how high the card can get and still be just fine so now I know how much thermal Headroom I have uh so when I get to overclocking I can be a lot more comfortable with that so hopefully the card will still cool just as well rather the the the cooler will still work just as well when I start overclocking I believe it well shouldn't be a big deal um overall the case is really nice the graphics card uh cooling cooling setup after little hiccups came out very well and uh the Deep cool Captain 240 ex that's working pretty good too and here have a look at this you can see I have my lines I'm running the h55 on the exhaust I'm running the captain up top as an exhaust I have one 120 mm fan on intake and that's giving me a negative pressure setup so I have the computer also higher up on my desk now to minimize any dust that it's going to suck in cuz it's sucking in a lot of air right now and then not not just from the fan it's pulling it from everywhere something else too that that you guys need to check out is our Tech Talk video we go into length uh with aiio setups versus full custom water loop setups uh cost uh how hard it is to set up um how you know how good the temps are one versus the other so make sure you check out our Coalition Tech talk and that's over on home Heroes channel and uh the link will be in the description that's it the DK setup is is complete this is Red Beast and he's good to go all right Coalition we'll see you next time\n"