throttlemeister

No offense, but the hate, arrogance, entitlement, elitism in the Linux/FOSS community is real. And it typically gets worse the more experience one has. Not much has changed in that regard since the early days. When I started with Linux in 1993, the prevailing answer to any question from a learner like myself at the time was "RTFM". Tough learning back then, but I still know some of the stuff I was left to figure out on my own. Mingling in Linux discussions with newbies today, particularly when Arch Linux users are involved is like stepping into a time machine, but not in a good way. 😄 Like those that know today didn't have to start at some point in the past too. Your experience is of value to others. Don't keep it to yourself. And yes, it is annoying sometimes to answer the same question over and over. But if you can't take it, don't be a dick to them, just ignore and let someone else deal with it that time.
 
Granted, the attitude is not exclusive to Linux and in fact current society is becoming more and more one of egotistical, entitled, racist, loud mouth a-holes that think they are experts in everything when in fact they don't know anything. A Karen-society. I can only hope it is a passing fad and people will come to their senses at some point and be more inclusive in their opinions and those of others. I'm not holding my breath though.

No offense, but the hate, arrogance, entitlement, elitism in the Linux/FOSS community is real. And it typically gets worse the more experience one has. Not much has changed in that regard since the early days. When I started with Linux in 1993, the prevailing answer to any question from a learner like myself at the time was "RTFM". Tough learning back then, but I still know some of the stuff I was left to figure out on my own. Mingling in Linux discussions with newbies today, particularly when Arch Linux users are involved is like stepping into a time machine, but not in a good way. 😄 Like those that know today didn't have to start at some point in the past too. Your experience is of value to others. Don't keep it to yourself. And yes, it is annoying sometimes to answer the same question over and over. But if you can't take it, don't be a dick to them, just ignore and let someone else deal with it that time.
 
Granted, the attitude is not exclusive to Linux and in fact current society is becoming more and more one of egotistical, entitled, racist, loud mouth a-holes that think they are experts in everything when in fact they don't know anything. A Karen-society. I can only hope it is a passing fad and people will come to their senses at some point and be more inclusive in their opinions and those of others. I'm not holding my breath though.

No offense, but the hate, arrogance, entitlement, elitism in the Linux/FOSS community is real. And it typically gets worse the more experience one has. Not much has changed in that regard since the early days. When I started with Linux in 1993, the prevailing answer to any question from a learner like myself at the time was "RTFM". Tough learning back then, but I still know some of the stuff I was left to figure out on my own. Mingling in Linux discussions with newbies today, particularly when Arch Linux users are involved is like stepping into a time machine, but not in a good way. 😄 Like those that know today didn't have to start at some point in the past too. Your experience is of value to others. Don't keep it to yourself. And yes, it is annoying sometimes to answer the same question over and over. But if you can't take it, don't be a dick to them, just ignore and let someone else deal with it that time.
 
Granted, the attitude is not exclusive to Linux and in fact current society is becoming more and more one of egotistical, entitled, racist, loud mouth a-holes that think they are experts in everything when in fact they don't know anything. A Karen-society. I can only hope it is a passing fad and people will come to their senses at some point and be more inclusive in their opinions and those of others. I'm not holding my breath though.

you definitely very opinionated and against new style of doing things, and you definitely seem to not know about the new tools and observability capabilities we have nowadays.
almost no one runs untested development code on prod, at least not companies that have a stable product, but that does not mean that they are not running say canary releases, and i can assure you when running canary style deployments they know specifically whats failing, how and who are the users experiencing the failures.
 
that's totally fine btw, you may be working in environments where containers, moving fast and monitoring everything may not be possible or plausible, but that does not mean there are not people doing it at scale perfectly fine out there.

I prefer Debian for my servers, as I prefer apt for package management and Debian is just the most stable and reliable. I vehemently dislike the fact systemd gets stuffed in everywhere these days, but what do you do. Ubuntu is just too bloated to be taken seriously and the rest is just marginal at best. I use just about everything though: Gentoo, Arch, CentOS, Slackware, derivatives of bigger distros. They all have pro's and cons. But Debian will always be my goto distro. Easy to setup and maintain, no fuzz, no frills just run and keep running.
 
For desktop, anything with standard KDE Plasma. Yes, you can install KDE or any desktop on any Linux yourself. I do not want that. I want to install and go. Not that I generally run Linux on my desktop. I don't run OS's to play with the OS, I run an OS to use software on top of that OS and the software I need/want runs on Windows so Linux desktop is always just going to be playground stuff, nothing serious.

Plug the hard-drive back in.
Do this vv
Parameter Random-Access Memory (PRAM) and Non-volatile Random-Access Memory (NVRAM) store configuration information about your Mac. To reset the PRAM/NVRAM, follow these instructions:
 
Restart the Mac, then press and hold down the Command + Option + P + R keys when you hear the start-up chime. Continue to hold down the keys mentioned in the previous step until you hear the second start-up chime, then release the keys. Wait 5 mins and shut down the mac.  
After doing this. Shut down the mac and do this.
 
 
Restart the Mac, and then press and hold down the Command R keys when you hear the start-up chime. Release the keys when you see the Apple logo. When the Mac has finished starting up, choose Reinstall OS X from the OS X Utilities menu, then click Continue. Follow the instructions that appear until you finish the process. If the second thing does not work then you would need a USB installer.

Yeah, I've never understood that attitude. Personally, I don't work with the OS. It needs to boot the computer and then get out of my way so I can run the software I need to run for the tasks I want to do. It should not be a day job to get your system up and running.

There's nothing wrong with the diy distributions. There is everything wrong with the attitude of some people in the community of certain distributions. Just because they like to diy, doesn't mean they have to be a jerk about it when someone asks a question. 

Linux is a lightweight OS, based on Unix. It's primarily CLI (command line interface) driven OS, but there's obviously GUIs available. Being open source, there's also a ton of different variations, from totally stripped down versions like Alpine, to more user friendly versions like Mint or Pop!, to full enterprise-class versions like CentOS, RedHat or Fedora.
 
The reason people will recommend Linux for programming is because of the rich CLI. For real programming, a command line is essentially, and historically, the Windows command line has been garbage. However, the situation has improved dramatically. PowerShell has evolved to be really powerful, and is actually even cross platform now, and Windows introduced WSL, which let's you run Linux shells in containers, to facilitate working with either Windows or Linux even at the same time. You can even do cool stuff like open a file in Linux with a program in Windows, and vice versa.
 
Personally, I think Windows now is actually the best environment for development, as you get the best of all worlds.

I don't recommend Linux on the desktop and I also don't recommend dual-booting. Yes, you can have both Windows and Linux on the same PC and that is called dual-booting, but there are plenty of things that can cause trouble. Besides all that, I'd just recommend you try something like e.g. Ubuntu Linux in a virtual-machine and seeing what you think of it.
 
Linux is open to a far greater degree of customization and it's an excellent server-platform. It's typically rock-solid, it's available for an enormous range of hardware, far greater than Windows, and it often can extracts more performance out of those platforms as well -- heavily multi-threaded workloads, like scientific simulations, are almost exclusively run on Linux.
 
I've been personally using Linux since the 90's in all sorts of forms: on SBCs, on routers, on servers, desktop, laptop etc. I still stick to Windows on my desktop and laptop and use Linux in a VM or over SSH on my servers and routers.

Yes, anything that is mounted and not explicitly excluded with the --exclude= statement will be included in the tar archive, wether is on an internal disk, external disk, or network. If it is mounted, accessible on the filesystem, it will include it. This can be good, or bad so pay attention to what you need and what you do not need.

I can actually now confirm above procedure works, as I found it interesting enough to try and test my hypophysis.
 
What I did:
1) installed Deepin Linux distribution from ISO in a virtual machine. I used Hyper-V, but it can be any or it can be installed on the physical machine.
2) after installation and initial configuration, dumped the entire system into a tar file like above. Due to the specifics of Deeping I had to include /run and /media in the excluded directories. Make sure you have enoug space to store the file on the location you are saving too. It can get quite big, depending on the size of your system.
3) ran the WSL --import with the resulting tar file from the previous step
4) fired up wsl with a fully configured and working version of Deepin Linux 
 
Including the base install of the system, the whole process took less than 30 minutes to complete. So whether you want a Linux distribution that's not available in the MS Store, you have a VM you want to run in WSL instead or even a complete running system, this is a very quick and easy way to being able to run those inside WSL and not having to dual boot to access or use certain tools/files or have the overhead of a full-blown VM.
 
Obviously the architecture needs to match. This before anyone tries to dump his Raspberry Pi install into a tar file and attempts to run it in WSL on an x86 PC.  

Actually, you can (I think).
 
On your Linux system:
$ sudo su - # cd / # tar -cpzf backup.tar.gz --exclude=/backup.tar.gz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/dev --exclude=/sys /  
Then copy the backup.tar.gz to your windows system. Now, here's the thing I am not entirely sure. I know for a fact you can import this file into a docker container and run it. I also know for a fact you can export a docker container and sideload it as a distribution into WSL2. So my assumption is you can import this directly into WSL2 as well.
 
gunzip the file so you end up with the file backup.tar (you can also omit the z flag in the tar command above, but you will end up with a huge file to move around)
 
Then open a CMD window and issue:
wsl --import "<Your_Distro_Name>" "<Location_to_store_your_Distro>" "PATH/TO/<archive.tar>" --version 2
 
This _should_ work. If it doesn't, the quick solution would be to import the tar.gz into a new Docker container, en then export it from Docker so you can then import the resulting file into WSL2.
 
Hope this helps. I have no tested this, but I have used Docker exports to create and sideload my own Slackware distribution for WSL2 that is not available otherwise.
 
 

@seapriestess psst... I am a manager and encroaching 50..

There's never going to be a problem getting work in IT. There will ever be a problem getting work in IT thinking your degree will let you do cool stuff and get paid the big bucks. Problem is, you may have a degree when you are done but you don't know diddly squat yet. This is a problem with every field, but probably more so in IT. The degree will help in that as you accumulate knowledge by starting from the bottom and learning, that degree will help you advance a lot quicker than those who don't have it. Not that there is a glass ceiling in IT that stops people without fancy degrees advancing beyond helpdesk duties, but a degree demonstrates a capability of a certain way of thinking that will help you.
 
Just don't be afraid to start at a level that you feel is beneath your education level. That, or go into consulting and get either burned out real quick or advance real quick depending on your level of tolerance for BS.

There's never going to be a problem getting work in IT. There will ever be a problem getting work in IT thinking your degree will let you do cool stuff and get paid the big bucks. Problem is, you may have a degree when you are done but you don't know diddly squat yet. This is a problem with every field, but probably more so in IT. The degree will help in that as you accumulate knowledge by starting from the bottom and learning, that degree will help you advance a lot quicker than those who don't have it. Not that there is a glass ceiling in IT that stops people without fancy degrees advancing beyond helpdesk duties, but a degree demonstrates a capability of a certain way of thinking that will help you.
 
Just don't be afraid to start at a level that you feel is beneath your education level. That, or go into consulting and get either burned out real quick or advance real quick depending on your level of tolerance for BS.

There's never going to be a problem getting work in IT. There will ever be a problem getting work in IT thinking your degree will let you do cool stuff and get paid the big bucks. Problem is, you may have a degree when you are done but you don't know diddly squat yet. This is a problem with every field, but probably more so in IT. The degree will help in that as you accumulate knowledge by starting from the bottom and learning, that degree will help you advance a lot quicker than those who don't have it. Not that there is a glass ceiling in IT that stops people without fancy degrees advancing beyond helpdesk duties, but a degree demonstrates a capability of a certain way of thinking that will help you.
 
Just don't be afraid to start at a level that you feel is beneath your education level. That, or go into consulting and get either burned out real quick or advance real quick depending on your level of tolerance for BS.

LOL @GamerGuyEbby No need to mate. Completely voluntarily and it was a good system to use for that time. A computer is a tool that enables you to do certain tasks. What it runs is irrelevant as long as you can do those tasks. Once it doesn't provide you with what you need, use something else that does. I don't get the fanboyism for either camp. It's just a computer. It's not a religion, nor does it save your health or pay the bills. It may help you to pay the bills, but that comes back to it being a tool for certain tasks.

A while ago, I starting thinking again about a new computer. My current hardware, a Macbook Pro from 2012 while still fine was getting a bit annoying when doing photo and video editing. A new Apple was quickly ruled out of the question due to price/performance/upgradability reasons. So it had to a Windows PC, which I could build myself. After reading a lot lot and watching tons of YouTube videos, I decided for the X99 platform.
 
Next was collecting parts.

 
This took a while as not all the money was available to get things at the same time, however it's also tricky due to the volatile nature of computer parts prices. I decided to leave things like motherboard, cpu and memory for last and first focus on the less volatile parts like case, powersupply, cooling solution, etc.
 
By the time I was ready to commit to the remainder of the parts, the GTX1080 was just released and since starting from scratch it didn't seem like a bad idea.

 
Decided on a Founders Edition, as that would be the easiest with regards to a waterblock as I had decided upon doing a custom loop as well. Not much use in buying something with a fancy cooler only to rip it off immediately.

 
So it can be replaced with a shiny new one from EK.

 
Then it got time to start throwing things together in the case. This was more of a challenge to what remembered from over 10 years ago, but then again, back then I didn't have to pay attention to watercooling and routing hoses. In the end, it came together pretty well. I'm also very happy with the custom sleeved power cables I ordered from CableMod. It is just a small detail, but it does look good.

 
Also the back deserved some attention. In the past, I would just throw things together and not worry to much, if at all, about cable management. It wasn't a thing at all when I last build a computer. This time around, I wanted to do it nicely even if nobody but me will ever see it.

 
After this, it was time to fill the loop and do some leak testing. More than 12 hours later a thorough inspection revealed no leaks, so time to fire the thing up and see if it actually works! Fortunately, it does and after doing some initial tests and setup, the final result is here.

 
There is still some stuff that needs attention
- The ugly red cable from the waterpump on the back
- The ugly multi-colored cables from the waterpump in the front desperately need sleeving
- Some motherboard cables reveal colored wires where I don't want them.
 
Other than that, I'm pretty happy.
 
But, since this is a tech forum, here are the specs of the machine:
CPU: Intel i7 5960X
Motherboard: Asus Deluxe-2
Memory: 64GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400
Videocard: EVGA GTX1080
Storage: Samsung 950Pro nvme M.2 SSD & Crucial M500 1TB SATA SSD
Cooling: dual radiator custom loop, all EKWB parts
Screen: LG 34UC98
 

 
The box is overclocked to 4.6Ghz base and 4.7Ghz turbo, and the GPU is overclocked to +248/504 making it over 2100 core and 5500 memory clocks respectively. As far as performance goes, 20240 in Firestrike, 1680/160 CB R15 (CPU/GPU) and over 33000 in Geekbench looks pretty good to me.
 
Hope you enjoyed this.

A while ago, I starting thinking again about a new computer. My current hardware, a Macbook Pro from 2012 while still fine was getting a bit annoying when doing photo and video editing. A new Apple was quickly ruled out of the question due to price/performance/upgradability reasons. So it had to a Windows PC, which I could build myself. After reading a lot lot and watching tons of YouTube videos, I decided for the X99 platform.
 
Next was collecting parts.

 
This took a while as not all the money was available to get things at the same time, however it's also tricky due to the volatile nature of computer parts prices. I decided to leave things like motherboard, cpu and memory for last and first focus on the less volatile parts like case, powersupply, cooling solution, etc.
 
By the time I was ready to commit to the remainder of the parts, the GTX1080 was just released and since starting from scratch it didn't seem like a bad idea.

 
Decided on a Founders Edition, as that would be the easiest with regards to a waterblock as I had decided upon doing a custom loop as well. Not much use in buying something with a fancy cooler only to rip it off immediately.

 
So it can be replaced with a shiny new one from EK.

 
Then it got time to start throwing things together in the case. This was more of a challenge to what remembered from over 10 years ago, but then again, back then I didn't have to pay attention to watercooling and routing hoses. In the end, it came together pretty well. I'm also very happy with the custom sleeved power cables I ordered from CableMod. It is just a small detail, but it does look good.

 
Also the back deserved some attention. In the past, I would just throw things together and not worry to much, if at all, about cable management. It wasn't a thing at all when I last build a computer. This time around, I wanted to do it nicely even if nobody but me will ever see it.

 
After this, it was time to fill the loop and do some leak testing. More than 12 hours later a thorough inspection revealed no leaks, so time to fire the thing up and see if it actually works! Fortunately, it does and after doing some initial tests and setup, the final result is here.

 
There is still some stuff that needs attention
- The ugly red cable from the waterpump on the back
- The ugly multi-colored cables from the waterpump in the front desperately need sleeving
- Some motherboard cables reveal colored wires where I don't want them.
 
Other than that, I'm pretty happy.
 
But, since this is a tech forum, here are the specs of the machine:
CPU: Intel i7 5960X
Motherboard: Asus Deluxe-2
Memory: 64GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400
Videocard: EVGA GTX1080
Storage: Samsung 950Pro nvme M.2 SSD & Crucial M500 1TB SATA SSD
Cooling: dual radiator custom loop, all EKWB parts
Screen: LG 34UC98
 

 
The box is overclocked to 4.6Ghz base and 4.7Ghz turbo, and the GPU is overclocked to +248/504 making it over 2100 core and 5500 memory clocks respectively. As far as performance goes, 20240 in Firestrike, 1680/160 CB R15 (CPU/GPU) and over 33000 in Geekbench looks pretty good to me.
 
Hope you enjoyed this.

@Dzzope yes, I did. And then I found out it is virtually impossible to do on X99 so I said feck it, I'll go back to Windows. I'm not much of a fanboy anyway; an OS to me is just that thing you need to install in order to be able to run the programs you want to use.
 
@DEcobra11 I admit the PSU was dimensioned originally on a single GTX980Ti, but the price difference is virtually non-existent between this and a slightly less powerful one so I just left it at that.
 
As far as eco mode: can't really tell yet when the fan kicks in. It is very quiet though (entire system), which is just what I like.
 
@rhyseyness thanks. Up to 10 years ago, I was an avid overclocker and sytem builder, always upgrading something. Then I got a Mac and it had to 'just work'. Now I still want it to just work, but that's not an excuse to not try to make it as nice as possible.

A while ago, I starting thinking again about a new computer. My current hardware, a Macbook Pro from 2012 while still fine was getting a bit annoying when doing photo and video editing. A new Apple was quickly ruled out of the question due to price/performance/upgradability reasons. So it had to a Windows PC, which I could build myself. After reading a lot lot and watching tons of YouTube videos, I decided for the X99 platform.
 
Next was collecting parts.

 
This took a while as not all the money was available to get things at the same time, however it's also tricky due to the volatile nature of computer parts prices. I decided to leave things like motherboard, cpu and memory for last and first focus on the less volatile parts like case, powersupply, cooling solution, etc.
 
By the time I was ready to commit to the remainder of the parts, the GTX1080 was just released and since starting from scratch it didn't seem like a bad idea.

 
Decided on a Founders Edition, as that would be the easiest with regards to a waterblock as I had decided upon doing a custom loop as well. Not much use in buying something with a fancy cooler only to rip it off immediately.

 
So it can be replaced with a shiny new one from EK.

 
Then it got time to start throwing things together in the case. This was more of a challenge to what remembered from over 10 years ago, but then again, back then I didn't have to pay attention to watercooling and routing hoses. In the end, it came together pretty well. I'm also very happy with the custom sleeved power cables I ordered from CableMod. It is just a small detail, but it does look good.

 
Also the back deserved some attention. In the past, I would just throw things together and not worry to much, if at all, about cable management. It wasn't a thing at all when I last build a computer. This time around, I wanted to do it nicely even if nobody but me will ever see it.

 
After this, it was time to fill the loop and do some leak testing. More than 12 hours later a thorough inspection revealed no leaks, so time to fire the thing up and see if it actually works! Fortunately, it does and after doing some initial tests and setup, the final result is here.

 
There is still some stuff that needs attention
- The ugly red cable from the waterpump on the back
- The ugly multi-colored cables from the waterpump in the front desperately need sleeving
- Some motherboard cables reveal colored wires where I don't want them.
 
Other than that, I'm pretty happy.
 
But, since this is a tech forum, here are the specs of the machine:
CPU: Intel i7 5960X
Motherboard: Asus Deluxe-2
Memory: 64GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400
Videocard: EVGA GTX1080
Storage: Samsung 950Pro nvme M.2 SSD & Crucial M500 1TB SATA SSD
Cooling: dual radiator custom loop, all EKWB parts
Screen: LG 34UC98
 

 
The box is overclocked to 4.6Ghz base and 4.7Ghz turbo, and the GPU is overclocked to +248/504 making it over 2100 core and 5500 memory clocks respectively. As far as performance goes, 20240 in Firestrike, 1680/160 CB R15 (CPU/GPU) and over 33000 in Geekbench looks pretty good to me.
 
Hope you enjoyed this.

Yeah, I checked. X99 is problematic as it is not a chipset that's ever used by Apple. I'm sure it is possible somehow with the right board and some work but it wasn't worth the trouble for me. That said, if you want to run OSX and you have a Skylake Gigabyte board it's almost plug and play, very doable.

A while ago, I starting thinking again about a new computer. My current hardware, a Macbook Pro from 2012 while still fine was getting a bit annoying when doing photo and video editing. A new Apple was quickly ruled out of the question due to price/performance/upgradability reasons. So it had to a Windows PC, which I could build myself. After reading a lot lot and watching tons of YouTube videos, I decided for the X99 platform.
 
Next was collecting parts.

 
This took a while as not all the money was available to get things at the same time, however it's also tricky due to the volatile nature of computer parts prices. I decided to leave things like motherboard, cpu and memory for last and first focus on the less volatile parts like case, powersupply, cooling solution, etc.
 
By the time I was ready to commit to the remainder of the parts, the GTX1080 was just released and since starting from scratch it didn't seem like a bad idea.

 
Decided on a Founders Edition, as that would be the easiest with regards to a waterblock as I had decided upon doing a custom loop as well. Not much use in buying something with a fancy cooler only to rip it off immediately.

 
So it can be replaced with a shiny new one from EK.

 
Then it got time to start throwing things together in the case. This was more of a challenge to what remembered from over 10 years ago, but then again, back then I didn't have to pay attention to watercooling and routing hoses. In the end, it came together pretty well. I'm also very happy with the custom sleeved power cables I ordered from CableMod. It is just a small detail, but it does look good.

 
Also the back deserved some attention. In the past, I would just throw things together and not worry to much, if at all, about cable management. It wasn't a thing at all when I last build a computer. This time around, I wanted to do it nicely even if nobody but me will ever see it.

 
After this, it was time to fill the loop and do some leak testing. More than 12 hours later a thorough inspection revealed no leaks, so time to fire the thing up and see if it actually works! Fortunately, it does and after doing some initial tests and setup, the final result is here.

 
There is still some stuff that needs attention
- The ugly red cable from the waterpump on the back
- The ugly multi-colored cables from the waterpump in the front desperately need sleeving
- Some motherboard cables reveal colored wires where I don't want them.
 
Other than that, I'm pretty happy.
 
But, since this is a tech forum, here are the specs of the machine:
CPU: Intel i7 5960X
Motherboard: Asus Deluxe-2
Memory: 64GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400
Videocard: EVGA GTX1080
Storage: Samsung 950Pro nvme M.2 SSD & Crucial M500 1TB SATA SSD
Cooling: dual radiator custom loop, all EKWB parts
Screen: LG 34UC98
 

 
The box is overclocked to 4.6Ghz base and 4.7Ghz turbo, and the GPU is overclocked to +248/504 making it over 2100 core and 5500 memory clocks respectively. As far as performance goes, 20240 in Firestrike, 1680/160 CB R15 (CPU/GPU) and over 33000 in Geekbench looks pretty good to me.
 
Hope you enjoyed this.

A while ago, I starting thinking again about a new computer. My current hardware, a Macbook Pro from 2012 while still fine was getting a bit annoying when doing photo and video editing. A new Apple was quickly ruled out of the question due to price/performance/upgradability reasons. So it had to a Windows PC, which I could build myself. After reading a lot lot and watching tons of YouTube videos, I decided for the X99 platform.
 
Next was collecting parts.

 
This took a while as not all the money was available to get things at the same time, however it's also tricky due to the volatile nature of computer parts prices. I decided to leave things like motherboard, cpu and memory for last and first focus on the less volatile parts like case, powersupply, cooling solution, etc.
 
By the time I was ready to commit to the remainder of the parts, the GTX1080 was just released and since starting from scratch it didn't seem like a bad idea.

 
Decided on a Founders Edition, as that would be the easiest with regards to a waterblock as I had decided upon doing a custom loop as well. Not much use in buying something with a fancy cooler only to rip it off immediately.

 
So it can be replaced with a shiny new one from EK.

 
Then it got time to start throwing things together in the case. This was more of a challenge to what remembered from over 10 years ago, but then again, back then I didn't have to pay attention to watercooling and routing hoses. In the end, it came together pretty well. I'm also very happy with the custom sleeved power cables I ordered from CableMod. It is just a small detail, but it does look good.

 
Also the back deserved some attention. In the past, I would just throw things together and not worry to much, if at all, about cable management. It wasn't a thing at all when I last build a computer. This time around, I wanted to do it nicely even if nobody but me will ever see it.

 
After this, it was time to fill the loop and do some leak testing. More than 12 hours later a thorough inspection revealed no leaks, so time to fire the thing up and see if it actually works! Fortunately, it does and after doing some initial tests and setup, the final result is here.

 
There is still some stuff that needs attention
- The ugly red cable from the waterpump on the back
- The ugly multi-colored cables from the waterpump in the front desperately need sleeving
- Some motherboard cables reveal colored wires where I don't want them.
 
Other than that, I'm pretty happy.
 
But, since this is a tech forum, here are the specs of the machine:
CPU: Intel i7 5960X
Motherboard: Asus Deluxe-2
Memory: 64GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400
Videocard: EVGA GTX1080
Storage: Samsung 950Pro nvme M.2 SSD & Crucial M500 1TB SATA SSD
Cooling: dual radiator custom loop, all EKWB parts
Screen: LG 34UC98
 

 
The box is overclocked to 4.6Ghz base and 4.7Ghz turbo, and the GPU is overclocked to +248/504 making it over 2100 core and 5500 memory clocks respectively. As far as performance goes, 20240 in Firestrike, 1680/160 CB R15 (CPU/GPU) and over 33000 in Geekbench looks pretty good to me.
 
Hope you enjoyed this.