The distroplate look isn't my thing. I'mna try and put tubes everywhere! (3 months time look out for my post about how I can't bend and am getting a distro plate).
Downsizing from TT Core X9 to the O11D XL + EK Front Distro plate
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Finished the build this morning.
Im not sure about the purple/pink liquid, it looks quite dark. Maybe the Mystic Fog would have been better. Ill probably try that when I change the GPU block when it ever arrives. Ill also redo the bridge tubing on the mono block using MrJB suggestion.
Additionally I am disappointed the BarrowCH inline temp sensor only has a display temp reading and doesn't send any data to a temp prob on either the motherboard or commander pro. This messes up plans I had for a fan profile based on water temp.
Temp-wise im also disappointed. I was seeing no higher than mid 70s in Cinebench at 4.85/4.75 or with PBO enabled. Im now seeing mid 80s. This could be due to a bad mount, but still within AMD spec. A run of Timespy also saw the GPU temp reach 38C. I have been used to my test bench though in a freezing cold room which is most likely the answer for these higher temperatures.
I haven't sorted the lighting out yet so it looks a bit of a mess, but here is the final build. Ill post more when I have a decent lighting profile setup over the next few days. Im also waiting on an ARGB splitter to get the distroplate lighting working.
Im not sure about the purple/pink liquid, it looks quite dark. Maybe the Mystic Fog would have been better. Ill probably try that when I change the GPU block when it ever arrives. Ill also redo the bridge tubing on the mono block using MrJB suggestion.
Additionally I am disappointed the BarrowCH inline temp sensor only has a display temp reading and doesn't send any data to a temp prob on either the motherboard or commander pro. This messes up plans I had for a fan profile based on water temp.
Temp-wise im also disappointed. I was seeing no higher than mid 70s in Cinebench at 4.85/4.75 or with PBO enabled. Im now seeing mid 80s. This could be due to a bad mount, but still within AMD spec. A run of Timespy also saw the GPU temp reach 38C. I have been used to my test bench though in a freezing cold room which is most likely the answer for these higher temperatures.
I haven't sorted the lighting out yet so it looks a bit of a mess, but here is the final build. Ill post more when I have a decent lighting profile setup over the next few days. Im also waiting on an ARGB splitter to get the distroplate lighting working.
There are some other and slightly more custom distros for the O11XL that are a bit slimmer and have a bit of a different pump placement. This typically allows for a 3rd rad, and full access to the side fan mount slots, even after mounting the distro.
I think it has come together very nicely and with a bit more lighting work as you alude to in the rest of your post, I'm sure it will look stunning. Yeah hope that suggestion works out for you!
Sub 40 for GPU under load is good imo, but that CPU temp is very very suspect. I would expect 60-70 max under water. I have seen in other build logs, especially with EK monoblocks, that due to the thermal pads on the VRM and bad/misaligned instructions, the block not making any real contact with the CPU, people have literally had the block sit 1-2mm above the CPU. Then they went back and kind of figured out the right thermal pad layout. I'd definitely recheck this when you make the other modifications and update the GPU.
Looks amazing mate, very well done! Defo put a lot of mind and soul into this project. The satisfaction afterwards is what counts to be able to sit back and behold your creation.Finished the build this morning.
Im not sure about the purple/pink liquid, it looks quite dark. Maybe the Mystic Fog would have been better. Ill probably try that when I change the GPU block when it ever arrives. Ill also redo the bridge tubing on the mono block using MrJB suggestion.
Additionally I am disappointed the BarrowCH inline temp sensor only has a display temp reading and doesn't send any data to a temp prob on either the motherboard or commander pro. This messes up plans I had for a fan profile based on water temp.
Temp-wise im also disappointed. I was seeing no higher than mid 70s in Cinebench at 4.85/4.75 or with PBO enabled. Im now seeing mid 80s. This could be due to a bad mount, but still within AMD spec. A run of Timespy also saw the GPU temp reach 38C. I have been used to my test bench though in a freezing cold room which is most likely the answer for these higher temperatures.
I haven't sorted the lighting out yet so it looks a bit of a mess, but here is the final build. Ill post more when I have a decent lighting profile setup over the next few days. Im also waiting on an ARGB splitter to get the distroplate lighting working.
Lovely job! Congrats on a great build m8. I hope mine turns out half as good.
I did another round of testing after the water had cooled down from the GPU testing. Water was around 22C with initial tests. Second test the water was 15 and temps were very much where they should be. Prime95 at stock with the smallest fits was running at 36C and at 4.85/4.75 @ 1.37V Cinebench R20 ran at 75C which is good. It can do it at 1.325V, but wanted to test. I couldn't run 1.36V spreading the TIM over the CPU at those clocks previously. Another interesting thing was I have never seen temps go over 80C before. It would either be at 75C or would crash with a CPU over temperature warning on Bootup. Maybe one core wasn't as well mounted as the other. Ill check Prime95 smallest fft at alcove 4.4 today and see if it can cope with that. 4.5 instantly crashes with cpu overtemperature on the last mount I did. Will check if its the same again.
I feel the same way, but I tried draining it yesterday and its a much bigger job than I thought it would be. Ill wait for the new water block to arrive as the only way to drain it would be to first completely clean it with distilled water. Its impossible to get the coolant out of each tube.
It will do Cinebench R20 4.9/4.8 @1.36 not stable though. It probably needs closer to 1.4, but overheats. Ill be setting it with a PBO CO curve and 4.65/4.6 all core for 24/7 using the Hero Dark DOC.
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Could you let me know if the Bykski temp & Flow meter has cables for reading info from the motherboard? The ones I have are visual info only and cant be in monitoring software, which limits its usefulness.
Will be doing an update to this build once all the new parts come. The following will be added.
-Corsair AX1600i with type for custom cables.
-Barrowch OLED Ram cooler for the Ram.
-Ek Ram cooler X4 for 3090 back plate
-Aqua Computer Kryographics Next Strix water block with active back plate. (I’m doing 2x active cooling lol)
2x phantek 90 degree G1/4
1x phantek 90 degree adapter
2x bitspower x cross adapter ( will hopefully align the tubing to the mono block better)
55” LG CX OLED tv monitor
I’m getting the AX1600 as the AX1500 barely fits and I need a test bench PSU when pre testing the components before installing them.
all parts ordered, none arrived yet. More to come
-Corsair AX1600i with type for custom cables.
-Barrowch OLED Ram cooler for the Ram.
-Ek Ram cooler X4 for 3090 back plate
-Aqua Computer Kryographics Next Strix water block with active back plate. (I’m doing 2x active cooling lol)
2x phantek 90 degree G1/4
1x phantek 90 degree adapter
2x bitspower x cross adapter ( will hopefully align the tubing to the mono block better)
55” LG CX OLED tv monitor
I’m getting the AX1600 as the AX1500 barely fits and I need a test bench PSU when pre testing the components before installing them.
all parts ordered, none arrived yet. More to come
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wow this looks awesome I love all the pipes going parallel with each other its quite different to most other builds ive seen recently ! look forward to seeing it after the changes ! 
You would have thought the wait time for parts was down to GPU or CPU components. Unfortunately I am still waiting on my parts to arrive.
Parts I have now received and ready to go.
-Barrowch OLED Ram cooler for the Ram.
-Ek Ram cooler X4 & oCool D-Ram X6 Ram block for 3090 back plate (May not even use these)
2x phantek 90 degree G1/4
1x phantek 90 degree adapter
2x bitspower x cross adapter ( will hopefully align the tubing to the mono block better)
55” LG CX OLED tv monitor
Parts Im waiting for,
-Corsair AX1600i & custom cables - Didnt realise PSUs were so scarce right now!
-Aqua Computer Kryographics Next Strix water block with active back plate. It has been shipped today. Not sure if I am going to stick with the EKWB with a full remount and revised thermal pad placement or this.
-MP5works Serial G1/4 Back plate cooler. This looks like the best option out of the Active back plate cooling options.
I will be spending a week or two testing everything to find the optimum cooling solution and see if I can get my 3090 Strix Ram to overclock higher, but the ultimate goal is to reduce the coil whine the current water block is producing. My other goal is to reduce the heat my 3800 CL14 Ram is giving off too.
I will be testing both the Asus Hero Dark and Gigabyte Aorus X570 extreme also.
Parts I have now received and ready to go.
-Barrowch OLED Ram cooler for the Ram.
-Ek Ram cooler X4 & oCool D-Ram X6 Ram block for 3090 back plate (May not even use these)
2x phantek 90 degree G1/4
1x phantek 90 degree adapter
2x bitspower x cross adapter ( will hopefully align the tubing to the mono block better)
55” LG CX OLED tv monitor
Parts Im waiting for,
-Corsair AX1600i & custom cables - Didnt realise PSUs were so scarce right now!
-Aqua Computer Kryographics Next Strix water block with active back plate. It has been shipped today. Not sure if I am going to stick with the EKWB with a full remount and revised thermal pad placement or this.
-MP5works Serial G1/4 Back plate cooler. This looks like the best option out of the Active back plate cooling options.
I will be spending a week or two testing everything to find the optimum cooling solution and see if I can get my 3090 Strix Ram to overclock higher, but the ultimate goal is to reduce the coil whine the current water block is producing. My other goal is to reduce the heat my 3800 CL14 Ram is giving off too.
I will be testing both the Asus Hero Dark and Gigabyte Aorus X570 extreme also.