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Well after a dozen mock ups, test fits, cuts, more mock ups and test fits this is the current state of the watercooling project. Was able to mount both pumps and res on to the UT45 like I wanted. Essentially used all the fittings save for maybe 2. I assumed the 90 degree rotary fittings were stand alone, didn't occur to me until a bit ago that they need to be coupled to a standard compression fitting. Luckily I purchased enough for the loop (including the 2 filters) Radiator outlet may be better served by a 45 degree fitting long term but tube isn't kinking so it may be OK. Still haven't been able to get the shelves yet, my aunts been using my car for her side hustle quite often while I've been on vacation so I haven't been able to go anywhere. Ideally when I go the shelf approach the rad/res/pump will all be above the pc and tubing will be fed through the shelf directly to the pc below. Probably going to put in my 3090ti to hold me over while I install the ek block. To protect the diodes from liquid metal, is clear nail polish still the preferred method? I did buy some kapton tape and still have some 33/88 electrical tape.

Well turns out there is a wrinkle on part of the server :/ Gigabyte did not enable bifurcation on the motherboard, it can be enabled with a BIOS mod just really didnt want to do that sort of thing. The Sage has it enabled by default and works on my Precision Towers so I fully expected it to be commonplace on this one. I'll look at the guide in a bit and toss a coin for looking for the hardware programmer I have somewhere. tl;dr the 4xNVME PCIE adapter is only showing 1 drive from the 4. Otherwise Unraid just booted right up, reallocated the array of drives and the cache on its own, didnt even have to point anything anywhere. See's the 80 threads available to it now with no issues. Just been cleaning up what ever I was doing at the time, server is nice and cool, and more importantly more than quiet enough to be placed in the second floor living room (hybrid office kind of setup). Overtime I do plan to replace the older 4/6TB drives there are still present in the array, they are getting looooong in the tooth so if I do anything with this system that will likely be the first step. drives on the right are 12TB each but 2 of them are being used for parity, so it doesnt add much to the "useable" pool of storage. Onto the next project for now :) Decided to go with the server build first to get my confidence back, its been some time since I built something outside of my wheel house. Damn near thought I had some crap karma for a minute there because the server wouldnt post when I tested the motherboard. Turns out, its not guaranteed that it will default to a GPU for video out since they have a chipset video output via the VGA port on the I/O. Once that was squared, then realized, sadly, one of the sticks of RAM was bad :( Anyone got 2933Mhz/3200Mhz 32GB DDR4 ECC laying around? Damned things are stupid expensive now :(

Project #1 almost done, just needs to be setup in unraid again then hopefully don't touch for 6 months lol.

Every time I see more reports of cables giving up the ghost, happy to see my 7900 XTX still chugging along even after I pushed 850w into it. Though while I may think of my card as something akin to a muscle car, 4090/5090 are still going to dust it like some exotic supercar. Rest of the watercooling stuff showed up today, tomorrow I run to Home Depot for some wireframe shelves and distilled water. Once that is done I have to move a bunch of stuff around which will probably take the better part of a day alone, then get to flushing the loop if I have enough time. Trying to not get too excited, dont want a repeat of the Sage motherboard.

Got about half of the watercooling gear today, for all the hate that EK gets the WB certainly feels premium, fairly heavy too lol, also got the 1080mm rad as well so I can take my time routing cables and such

I'm in the same boat, it may be covered by warranty but, it's still an OC profile. A warranty and what it covers doesn't change what is listed on Intel ARC. Just finished brushing, rinsing, air drying (pc duster) x2 my Pa120se (AM4), NH-D15 (10850k) and Red Devil 7900 XTX. The cost of running open air and a/c unit, dust lol. I did buy another open air frame, should be here in the afternoon. Probably going to have to switch to one of those multi-tier wire frame shelves. Running out of space on my old' wood chest. Started outfitting the server box with drives and SDD's. Also replaced the E5-2650's with E5-2697A's in my last dell tower. I really underestimated the homework for older GPU's and modding vbios, casually going about it for a bit each night before I go to sleep. The time consuming part is going to be backing up all the vbios but maybe I can just do that as I go, we'll see.

So after sleeping on it, just decided to wait it out and buy 2x NH-U14S DX-3647's for the server. More than likely wont have them in time to appreciate them which was the point of irritation. The U12 was the same price with more expensive shipping compared to the U14, so U14 it is. Do you guys follow the practice of soaking liquid metal into waterblocks? This will be the first time watercooling since X58. Until all the parts come in, I'll be benchmarking GPU's for our team starting tomorrow. Might make some prep tonight but just enjoying a little lazing about.

Chances are I may have taken up your offer, always prefer to do business with you and Fox for sure. I can also say I did make the purchases, probably the largest I have had in some time, around 1700. Now of course I just find out that the server heatsinks I bought wont fit LGA 3647. Also figure out that nearly no heatsinks worthy of note exist for LGA 3647. Looks like I'll stick with the Dynatrons I have just to get the ball rolling but it's looking like I will be building a second loop perhaps around the beginning of the next month for the server. EDIT: Turns out the Dynatrons I have also dont work since Intel did the whole square vs narrow ILM.

Yeah I was thinking one on the res after the rad and the second one as input back into the rad Sorry sleep aids kicking in, hard to think critically

This list cover the bases? @Mr. Fox @tps3443 Forgot the leak tester, Looks like EK, Alphacool and XSPC, all about the same price.

So as long as I keep the radiator standing up-right, should be fine? Also, running 2 pumps? Should I just get 2 Core 100's, Eisbecher res and remove the distro plate? Current list as-is, is that enough fittings?

Does this more or less cover all the bases? Thanks again @Mr. Fox!

I always get confused on the tubing, I know I want flexible tubing. What fittings and tubes should I go with? I found most of the same things on Amazon so it should arrive while I am on vacation. I'll see if I can find what I need on Amazon so its just one big order. Sold my second tower tonight so most of this is bankrolled by that :) I did buy 2x 2697A v4's for my last tower (currently on 2650 V4's and also just got my Xeon Gold 6248's for the server I am building to replace the Dell's that I got fed up with.

This is what I am looking at for the moment. Looks like I wont be able to get in to me quite some time though...

So I am at a bit of an impasse. Just been working 14 hour days this past month all the way up to my vacation (which was almost canceled lol). I don't like when people do this to me but here I am about to do the same. I am hoping to build a water loop for my Red Devil 7900 XTX, it's been 15 years since my last Waterloop not sure where to buy these things anymore. I'd like to get the 1080mm UT45/60 and alpha core block just not sure about the rest. Does the UT45/60 have mounting points for res and pump? Does it need a kit for that sort of thing? As payment for troubling you all I'll take plenty of pictures of the build log. I am based in the US, Texas, 76001 I know @Mr. Fox gave me some good info before I still have it favorited. I'd like to get everything purchased by tonight if possible. Thanks in advance everyone