EK Quantum Kinetic FLT Evolv'd

[Jay85]

Looking awesome, how much more can you do to it?

I finally got everything I needed to do my build this weekend and it actually went pretty smoothly. You deserve a lot of the credit as I took a lot of inspiration from yours so thank you
The 3080 I preorded a month ago hasn't been dispatched yet and I was lucky enough to get a second one so when first arrives, I will install the water block I've got and sell the one in there at the moment.

I am having an issue with the GPU riser cable though, you may be able to help. Both the phantek and ezdiy cables stop the system from booting. The ezdiy one worked for a bit but after leaving it on overnight to download some games, it had shut down by morning and wouldn't turn on. I set them to use Gen 3 PCI-E in the BIOS but still no luck, have you had experience with this, any tips as I want to vertically mount it when the 3080 to water cool arrives.

Otherwise it's all working great and I'm very pleased with my first build, thanks again!

MoRa3 is on order so will install that when it comes, also wanna get a bigger 360 rad for the cpu as it still gets a little toasty but trying to squeeze anything thicker than a 30mm rad up top is abit of a mission.

Looks excellent this mate, this setup is ideal for dual rad dual loop setups as it fits perfectly while not totally blocking off intake. Allows the top rad to be cooled more appropriately than just pushing through hot air from the bottom rad.

Great job mate honestly

I can't say i've had this issue due to running Intel, but if you've already locked it in gen 3 mode and using a gen 3 riser it should run fine. Have you tried resetting back to bios defaults, then restart and back into bios again to configure it into Gen3 mode? You'd be surprised how many times thats fixed things for me when it doesn't work the first time.

Aslong as the pcie bracket for the riser cable is adjustable you'll be able to fit the vertical mounts (provided they dont need to be slotted into the back of the case). There's less rigidity with this style of mounting but its a lot more versatile.

 

[Jay85]

Just get on cad and start knocking up a design for a rad box to go under your O11
Btw what component are you going to cool with the MoRa?

Haha wish i could! Waiting to see how much this Cooling box from EK is gonna cost, If its under a £100 i'll bite.

 

[Jay85]

It's EK, I highly doubt it.

Yeah im thinking same lol, not looking forward to the pricing. If the pricing of their FE blocks are anything to go by.... gonna be another daylight robbery. Unless someone buys one, 3D Scans it and makes their own unit for half the price. I'm sure a CNC could cut these out in no time lol as its a bloody rectangle!

Colours look dope!

LM will screw you for RMA with AMD. Any staining / fading etc and it's a no go with them. LM gpu all the way though!

It's an intel cpu but the LM has been removed since it was staining the copper block. Running Kryonaut again for the time being with temps around 60c now.

 

[Jay85]

Ah, cool. What?! No jumping on the ryzen bandwagon? Tut tut. So not cool...

Would have got one if i could a few months ago but damn thing was a unicorn. Couldn't justify the cost of buying a new board and cpu when i could just upgrade the cpu for better performance. I'll wait for next gen intel or AMD whoever comes out on top by then.

 

[Jay85]

Hopefully by the time you get on the next part of your project I will finally have a waterblock for my Gamerock. Having 1240mm of rads for just a 10900K is getting me down

With the downtime companies are having, they're struggling to keep up with demand for things they do design and release making release of even newer products even slower. Hopefully it won't be too long but looking at things now its incredibly slow just restocking existing products.

 

[Jay85]

Yeah I know, but Alphacool's forums have succeeded in getting a tentative yes on them making a block for Palit and Galax cards.
One thing the pandemic has done is pushed buyers into getting brands they wouldn't normally buy.
If I get back out to work in Taiwan later on in the year I'll have a look for Bitspower and other goodies

If you do bring back a ton of goodies to sell please, i'll take some coolant monitors off you haha. Really want 2 of those Aquacomputer NEXT digital flow meters but they're out of stock and unable to ship to Uk as well! Abit bummed...

 

[Jay85]

Seriously? Aquacomputer won't ship to uk?>

Nope, check it out. If you go to the shop and add any items to your basket, it will show up as DHL can't ship to this country and DPD can't ship to this country. Nothing works, i've emailed them about it but no reply yet. My last email took around a month to be answered.

 

[Jay85]

I asked the same thing, after finally getting a response from them via the alphacool.de address rather than the .co.uk which never gets answered. They will ship but the order has to be over a certain value (I believe it's £135). They have to enable it on your account manually to be able to place the order. Backwards but it's because of our favourite "B" friend - Brexit.

I put an order in 18th January and it's only just about to get to me

It's rubbish everywhere atm, trying to buy anything from Europe is a no go. Someone said in the other thread though that Aquacomputer is testing sending parcels to the UK and if its successful they will resume shipping.

figures crossed it works out! Don't even mind preordering stuff at this point, can't even do that atm!

 

[Jay85]

I think at this point i may as well just have kept the Mo-Ra3 order.

Double stacked and more fans!

I've reached a point where adding more rads simply doesn't not give me linear temp drops. Only 2-3c extra drop in temps down to 38c full load now.

 

[Jay85]

I'm just bored at this point and i need something to do so decided to jump into the screen mod inside the case. Already have an idea on where i wanna mount it as i've seen it done on another build. Should just have enough room to squeeze it in there.

Will have to work out how to use Aida64 and use the templates to for the all component info, gonna try and tie it into the cyberpunk theme abit more.


Ordered the following so far:






Got a few brackets already that i can use to mount it using the fan holes i've already made.

 

[Jay85]

LCD screen is here and assembled it for a quick test to gauge an idea on how big it will be and how it should fit. Tested the screen to make sure it works as well, ran flawlessly without having to use any drivers. Auto detects the secondary screen on my work pc via hdmi. So weird looking at such a small screen with windows on it haha. Should fit nicely at the back of the case at an angle rather than sitting flat against the panel.

Just need to paint the cover and probably use wrap to hide the silver bezel around the edge of the screen. Want this to meld in with the rest of the build.

Already have the sensor panel made last night but ran into some Aida64 issues surprise surprise! Hopefully i'll have this all fitted before the end of the night and slap some photos in here.









Cover on:

 

[Jay85]

Damn, came out better than i thought...

Still need to tidy up the edges as i didn't have proper wrap on hand. Ended up using Electrical tape to hide the Bezel lol but painted the casing at least.

 

[Jay85]

Looks amazing dude, now you need to start on a Valheim themed one

Haha, don' tempt me... Wouldn't even know where to start tbh, suppose i'd make it out of wood and black metal...

 

[Jay85]

@Jay85 your build is looking absolutely insane now!

Thanks for the advice you gave recently. Seems like you are definitely someone who knows their way around a custom PC!

I just got pretty much finished with this Frankenstein creation after seeing the external rad you did.

There is a lot of tubing in there now, but I think it worked out pretty good.

Just a few finishing jobs to do then we will see what she can do!

Holy crap im finally off my suspension lol!

Looks good mate, tubing can be messy but still look good! I do miss using ZMT, may have to do a ZMT build later down the line... hard line is good but such a farce to take apart when it comes to maintenance.

Are you gonna get an external rad?

 

[Jay85]

Why were you suspended? For putting up explicit images of excellence? Haters gonna hate bro!

The rads right there in the picture above. EKWB 420mm CE with noctua industrial fans.

I was gutted I couldn't get the QD's to work. I am pretty sure I got a bad sample. They just didn't fit together properly and I really didn't trust them at all!

Rather go to the trouble of having a difficult drain session and sort that out in the future.

I made the tubing length enough for the rad to go next to the PC but still able to move out the way to access the back panel.

I am just about able to lift it all as a complete unit on my own.

My original idea was to attach the rad to the case, but I ended up fashioning some funky legs from some hdd mounting kit I had around.

Nah i got suspended for breaking the rules in the wanted section. My own fault for being a numpty lol.

oh man don't know how i missed that! Must be half asleep still!

Wait what happened to your QD's? What was wrong with them?

Haha thats genius tbh! I never though of doing that! I ended up just buying a radiator stand which worked fine but doesn't give it much height off the table and more in line with the tubing exits at the back of the pc.

 

[Jay85]

Yeah, it was kind of a happy accident that I ended up not being able to attach the rad to the case.

I think it looks much better, as if I had planned the legs all along!

So, as you know I wasn't 100% sure about compatibility with the QD's. I ended up sorting all that out and got all the right fittings.

When I put the alpha cool QD fittings together to test them, I realised they just weren't lining up properly at all. I mean, they would connect to each other, male and female, but the fit was totally off and at an angle.

I tried multiple times to get it to fit right, but it would never look 100% right. I did a leak test with them outside the case and didn't seem to be any problems.

I just did not trust using them, as they just looked wrong.

I could have made a mistake, but I can't see how I could get putting two connections together wrong multiple times!

So, yeah, that's how the build turned out.

I have been so busy at work that I haven't had a chance to use the PC yet. I did a leak test for 24 hours though.

Hoping to have an F1, PC related non-working weekend!

Have you got a pic of what it looks like connected together? Mine are dead straight, not connected at a funny angle and they clip together nicely. Quite a satisfying noise it makes when it does, just a bugger to push in.

If they're that bad, might want to consider returning them. Or speak to a rep over at alphacool who can help you out. I know of someone who might be able to help if needed, he's helped me a few times with getting bits.

 

[Jay85]

Hey, I do have a pic and it actually looks great from this angle.
That was when I actually managed to get it flush as possible.
If i took the picture from straight on, you may be able to see it is connected slightly offset.

The problem area is just right of the arrows where it says "push".

I started a case to return to OCUK but I haven't gotten around to taking a decent picture of the issue yet.

I just concentrated on finishing the build as best I could without using them first.

They are pretty costly fittings, so I am going to try and sort it out.

Thanks for that. If I have any issues with OCUK then that would be good.

Ah i was gonna say, that actually looks spot on. If they lock in properly and its tight i highly doubt they will leak. When you disconnect them, do they push against each and pop off with some force?

Hard to say if its a design or a fault as i got nothing to compare with. Would love to compare these with the Koolance ones but they're hard to get right now too.

 

[Jay85]

I was since unable to get it to connect like that image again.

I tried about 5 times and went on at an angle every time, even when I was really accurate with it.

Every time I pushed them together it clicked but looked weird at the ends.

It definitely popped off with some force like air escaping so was probably water tight.

If it pops off with the same force, i reckon it should be fine. Tbf i never looked at mine at the angle you're talking about. From the top down they look fine but i never properly looked from straight on. For all i know they could be exactly the same but i have no way of verifying it now without dismantling the loop and taking the QD's off completely . I'm sure its nothing to worry about though, if their were defects in a batch lets say im sure we would have found it on reddit or some other forum by now.

 

[Jay85]

Which screen did you use Jay85? Considering putting an AIDA64 screen inside my build but there’s a bewildering selection of small screens…

It's a Waveshare 5" LCD display. All you really need for it to work is to make sure the screen has a HDMI output which you can connect to the back of your gpu and a power source through USB which i connected through the back of the motherboard. Once its all connected up, the screen should get picked up automatically in my case through nvidia control panel and set up multi monitor setup.

I've found most reviews for waveshare to be the best so went with that one, it certainly wasn't the cheapest though. Mine came with a bezel/case as well which i painted black to match my theme. I know a lot don't though so not sure how to acquire them other than 3d printing them.

 

[Jay85]

i have one of those screens but then i went on a spending spree on aliexpress and got a number of different sized screens.. now need to figure out where to incoporate in my build


Very nice rig so far Jay... it's impressive

Best get rid of that link, ocuk don't allow competitor linking .

Thanks mate! Probs a little more to come but im running out of ideas haha! Still waiting on watercool to bring an active backplate out but its taking forever .