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This build has been taking quite a while to complete. The screen is being a bit temperamental, but think I have worked that out now. I made a slight miscalculation in thinking I could casually fit the ASUS TUF into the top PCIE slot while it still has the stock cooler on it. It reaches the top of the radiator and was never going to fit. Please hurry to the rescue OCUK and EK and send a block! Thought I would spend the time being testing everything else out in advance. No massive issues with the Gigabyte X670E Master. Only real hardware issue is sometimes USB disconnecting and reconnecting. Awaiting part 57, when I finish this build sometime early next year at this rate!
 
jammir said:
The usb is only for power and you have to use the hdmi for video I have a thunderbolt 4 to hdmi cable which I use for video.
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Literally just posting as you replied thanks. So, I think my only current option is attach the hdmi to usb port by threading the cable out the back of the case and plug in rear io? Never used a screen with USB before, didn't even know they provided a display!
 
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0121danwilliams84 said:
Literally just posting as you replied thanks. So, I think my only current option is attach the hdmi to usb port by threading the cable out the back of the case and plug in rear io? Never used a screen with USB before, didn't even know they provided a display!
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The motherboard has to support dp over usb-c, but you will still need to use the usb port on the display to power unit, all the cables needed should be in box with the screen.
 
jammir said:
The motherboard has to support dp over usb-c, but you will still need to use the usb port on the display to power unit, all the cables needed should be in box with the screen.
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Sorry for being dim. So, from Lumen: USB C cable into adapter that goes into mobo usb 2 header. Then: from Lumen hdmi to usb cable that goes into rear io of mobo? So sorry it’s just you could attach cables differently and EK basically just said connect all the cables.
 
Couple questions
Which case it that?
Guessing it's a lian li variant but not sure if xl
Are those 44mm radiators?
And what fittings did you use on top radiator to be able
To connect directly to the distro?
Looks like quantum torque maybe?
And any difficulties connecting cables like 24 pin etc
The ones on right edge of motherboard basically
Since I assume that's an eatx board was wondering if it
Covers up too much off the grommets?
Thanks
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
Couple questions
Which case it that?
Guessing it's a lian li variant but not sure if xl
Are those 44mm radiators?
And what fittings did you use on top radiator to be able
To connect directly to the distro?
Looks like quantum torque maybe?
And any difficulties connecting cables like 24 pin etc
The ones on right edge of motherboard basically
Since I assume that's an eatx board was wondering if it
Covers up too much off the grommets?
Thanks
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Which case it that? Lian Li Evo Regular Version
Are those 44mm radiators? Yes EK Quantum Surface P360M
And what fittings did you use on top radiator to be able to connect directly to the distro?- All Quantum Torque fittings with push in fittings for the top distro. https://www.ekwb.com/shop/stl-dragon-blood Copied this build in reverse.
And any difficulties connecting cables like 24 pin etc - Nope really easy on that front.
Since I assume that's an eatx board was wondering if it covers up too much off the grommets? - No all the grommets are free and fair space around them although it is packed when you put all the cables in! Finding that out when I need to make changes later! It is not an eatx, regular atx motherboard.
 
0121danwilliams84 said:
Sorry for being dim. So, from Lumen: USB C cable into adapter that goes into mobo usb 2 header. Then: from Lumen hdmi to usb cable that goes into rear io of mobo? So sorry it’s just you could attach cables differently and EK basically just said connect all the cables.
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They give two different usb cables one for internal USB header and another to wire to rear i/o that provides power to the screen and a small hdmi from screen to hdmi to your gpu i/o. I used my own hdmi to usbc for video.
 
0121danwilliams84 said:
Which case it that? Lian Li Evo Regular Version
Are those 44mm radiators? Yes EK Quantum Surface P360M
And what fittings did you use on top radiator to be able to connect directly to the distro?- All Quantum Torque fittings with push in fittings for the top distro. https://www.ekwb.com/shop/stl-dragon-blood Copied this build in reverse.
And any difficulties connecting cables like 24 pin etc - Nope really easy on that front.
Since I assume that's an eatx board was wondering if it covers up too much off the grommets? - No all the grommets are free and fair space around them although it is packed when you put all the cables in! Finding that out when I need to make changes later! It is not an eatx, regular atx motherboard.
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Thanks mate
Been sorely tempted with something similar
Saw those push fittings the other day actually so know what you mean
And I already have some 90 degree torque fittings
Really like those

Am still convinced that's an e-atx board though?
It seems to overhang the right edge?
That's my main worry that my e-atx would be a problem
Especially since it also has all right edge connectors go horizontal on mine
So thinking the fans would get in the way of trying to connect
The 24 pin etc

I was also thinking ek zmt tubing
To avoid the hassle and extra cost of hardline
But wasn't sure how straight I could get soft Tubing to go

Yours is looking really good so far
The no visible mounting hardware on cpu block is really nice

Look forward to seeing pictures with gpu in the loop
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
Thanks mate
Been sorely tempted with something similar
Saw those push fittings the other day actually so know what you mean
And I already have some 90 degree torque fittings
Really like those

Am still convinced that's an e-atx board though?
It seems to overhang the right edge?
That's my main worry that my e-atx would be a problem
Especially since it also has all right edge connectors go horizontal on mine
So thinking the fans would get in the way of trying to connect
The 24 pin etc

I was also thinking ek zmt tubing
To avoid the hassle and extra cost of hardline
But wasn't sure how straight I could get soft Tubing to go

Yours is looking really good so far
The no visible mounting hardware on cpu block is really nice

Look forward to seeing pictures with gpu in the loop
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You know what I literally believed this whole time that the X670E series was some buzzword for extreme or something! It says E-ATX on the product page :D. I am sure I checked this and I did so much research. Never really noticed it being that much bigger than the X570 Master I used to have. It is bloody heavy though. Even without the gpu you have to put some serious effort in if you need to hold it for any length of time, which I definitely did when I was filling.

Well, I can tell you that it slightly overhangs the right edge by the 24 pin but wasn't an issue for me, but could see it being an issue with slightly different connectors. I put right angle sata cables in as the normal ones looked so bad and couldn't hide the wires.

I honestly think I could do hardline and read up on it, but I think the same as you. It is way too hard if you have an issue. For example I am planning to put a gpu with a water block in the loop soon (where I have the bypass tube going intake to out) and if I wanted to I could literally just bend the tube to one side and take a cutting tool and drain a bit of the distro and plumb the gpu right in. Not saying that is the most sensible way to do it, but you couldn't get away with doing that with hardline.

I got ZMT because I was so sick of the clear tubes turning yellowish. They were actually not much harder to install than the regular tubes, you just need to be a bit creative such as attach fittings to tube before installing on a block when you can or just use a bit of extra force. Fingers were in a bad state afterwards as usual with sorting fittings.

Pretty happy with how it turned out and apprehensively looking forward to the next (arguably most scary) bit.

Thanks for checking it out :cool:
 
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jammir said:
They give two different usb cables one for internal USB header and another to wire to rear i/o that provides power to the screen and a small hdmi from screen to hdmi to your gpu i/o. I used my own hdmi to usbc for video.
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Lumen working perfectly. Thanks for the advice. I suppose it was fairly simple, but I only wanted to do it once as it's so hard to reach the cables! Decided not to mod the case for the moment in order to fit more of the screen in by moving lower.
 
Spent 8 hours Friday replumbing my loop. Was getting abnormally high CPU temperatures and it was likely my TIM had pumped/dried out. Certianly seemed that way when I pulled the CPU block. I was never entirely happy with my initial hardline route and wanted some cleaner lines.

Flipped the orientation of my top radiator and plumbed in the blocks with some parallel tubing. Largely happy with the result and it should make future maintenance and parts swapping easier. Disadvantage to such long routes and rad/res volume is draining, filling and bleeding is a PITA!

I had to move my Aquacomputer Aquero which now means the cable for my resevoir LED is too short! Need to lengthen it. (Although I am considering a ring LED for it instead) Plumbing and cabling the Aquero is a...nightmare. Fat fingers are not condusive to a good time here!

Old new comparison of CPU block routing and some opther pics of new routing along with some other new pics below!

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My first ever custom loop and also first ever hardline.

11900k, RTX 3090Ti, 64GB DDR5, 2TB NVME.

All EKWB Quantum fittings, and CPU/GPU.

It is my wife’s machine which I finished this morning (nearly missed my flight as a result). System kept shutting down with just AiO CPU cooler due to either overheating or not enough power (it had 850W but upgraded now to 1200W PCI-E Gen 5).

Previous temps 80+ C now maxing out 43C on CPU and 51C on GPU and just spoke to wife - no shutdowns today :)

Was super fun but a couple of grievances:

Lian-Li vertical GPU mount is so badly engineered that you are literally forced to use the back slot because you cannot mount in any other position due to the slots for the backplane to go into are not spaced correctly (and my Dremel is broken so I couldn’t “fix” it). This also meant I had to cut a chunk off the circuit board for the PCI-E Gen 4 Riser because you cant fit it in the back slot as the support bar screw gets in the way (it is fine with PCI-E Gen 3 Riser that comes with it because it is not as long) - super annoying how many times I had to take the damn thing out to get a dropped screw from the fan housing below because I couldn’t line up the screw hole properly until I hacked the chunk off the riser board.

Lian-Li 24V argb cable - I hate the proprietary controller - anyone know if there is a button click combo that will put it in pass through mode so it can be synched with everything else?

The EK Quantum GPU cover - makes the pink coolant look orange - a minor annoyance but still an annoyance.

The distro plate - seems impossible to run parallel tubing due to the spacing of the ports not matching the spacing on the CPU cover - so it is always going to look uneven - triggers me a little considering the very high cost of the two components.

Very glad I purchased the EKWB air pressure tester and used it before filling because I had two tubes pop on first attempt - then solid 6PSI all night with no pressure loss or popped tubes.




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Sin_Chase said:
Looks great. Bonus points for going hardline on your first custom loop!
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Thanks

And I didn’t break or melt or have to redo a single piece (although I will redo them at some point just to try to get them more evenly matched (I am a little OCD).

Hardest one was the smallest one going to back of the top rad from the top right corner of the distro plate - so short that very difficult to maneuver into the second fitting.

Also had to do some funky bends on the GPU because the end of the GPU goes past the fittings on the distro plate so I had to bend them behind the GPU to get it into the fitting.

I used the EK Configurator for the parts list and I wish it would at least have recommended some different fittings rather than just the straight ones - because I could have made things much easier with some 90s and offsets. Also more tubing would have been nice the configurator only give the minimum needed with no extras for mistakes. Also no leak tester, cutting/bending jig or heat gun in the configurator shopping list so I ended up with delays because I had to make a second order to get all the “useful” stuff after I realized I needed it.

Still - first time you expect a few hiccups so no big deal.
 
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0121danwilliams84 said:
Literally just posting as you replied thanks. So, I think my only current option is attach the hdmi to usb port by threading the cable out the back of the case and plug in rear io? Never used a screen with USB before, didn't even know they provided a display!
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I run the screen with usb as power and hdmi to the back of the gpu for output. That's the only way that i know of for these to work as you treat it as a separate screen and use Aida64 for the sensor panel info.
 
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