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  1. I have revised my plan! I was supposed to go on another forum, but I noticed that the thread was dead so I gave up. Sorry for any repeated info. I've mostly been looking at EK stuff. The idea is to have a 420mm and 280mm radiators cooling the CPU (9900KS) to start with, then add the GPU into the loop once 3080Ti comes out.EK 420 CE radiator is 145x460x45. The 5.25 bay is 150mm wide, so I can just barely fit it in. I could drill the six rivets and get rid of the it altogether, but I'd rather not if I don't have to. Clearance from the top of the case to the motherboard panel seems to be 70mm, which is 45mm+25mm, radiator + fan. I plan to mount the radiator to the top and mount the fans onto it since they are slightly narrower at 140x140x25. All this combined with the fact that there should be a horizontal gap of 15mm going from where the radiator ends and plate starts should give me more than enough room to pass a CPU power cable to the socket. I have Corsair HX1200i with the flat cables that are about 2-3mm thick which makes it even more plausible.EK 280 CE is 145x320x45. It should fit nicely in the front. I plan to mount the reservoir-pump combo onto it. All those component combined should extend 45+88 (the pump) +10.5 (from the bracket) = 144mm from the front of the case (the fan mounting plate). That leaves more than 55mm to my current GPU which isn't small (Gigabyte 2080Ti G1 gaming).The CPU block would be standard EK velocity. I considered a monoblock (Aorus Master Z390), but I was told cooling the VRM won't make much of a difference, the CPU block is almost the third of the price and I can reuse the block on any future 1151, 1200, AM4 and hopefully AM5 build.I also plan to use soft tubing (matte black with clear liquid for the least amount of hassle). The problem I'm having now is deciding how to route the cables and where to put the drain mechanism. Depending on the radiator orientation, I have 4 options which you can see in the attached thumbnails (drawn haphazardly, not to scale).If I put the outlets of 280 towards the bottom, I can attach a drain mechanism to it, as it's the lowest part of the loop. However, getting air out of it might prove difficult since it might get stuck in the top. Reversing it I have no problem with the air, but my lowest loop point now has no place where I can attach a drain.As for the 420 goes, I'm not sure if I'll be able to connect the tubes if they're towards the back (I intend placing one 140mm fan on the back). Even if the fan doesn't block it, the outlets could be stuck between the case, the attached radiator fan and the motherboard IO plastic. If I turn it forwards I need to go around the 5.25 bay, but I guess that's better than the diagonal I'd have to do to get from the back of the case to the front radiator.What are your thoughts on this? How would you turn each of the radiators? Where would you put the drain?Is there a flaw in my plan? Do you see something that I missed that might make all this not work? Here are the possible configurations (the more I think of it the more I suspect that 2nd and 3rd might not work at all due to not having enough space for tubes going in and out of the 420: P.S. Should this be a new thread? I didn't want to spam.
  2. Are we looking at the same thing? Thank you for your input regardless, I'll take it into consideration when I make my decision.
  3. Thanks, I get it. The alphacool reservoir has a fill port in the front, option B2.
  4. Can you elaborate a bit more on your second sentence? I'd rather pay a bit more and have a piece of mind that it won't fall apart. I have a bay reservoir option that has a fill port that would be easily accessible on the front of the case.
  5. I'm in process of planning a custom loop. The case I have is 750D and I'm trying to decide how to deal with the pump/resevoir combo. I'd be using soft tubing (matte black, with clear coolant, whatever takes the least maintenance possible) and compression fittings for soft tubing. The loop is 360x38mm radiator on the top (EK-PE) and 280x45mm (EK-CE) radiator in the front (ports on the bottom with drain system attached). For now, I'd only cool the CPU (9900KS, EK velocity), I'll expand the loop with the GPU once 3080Ti comes out. As for the pump and reservoir, I have several options: Option A (ek pump+tube reservoir): I can mount a EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM (incl.pump) using a EK-UNI Pump Bracket (140mm FAN) Vertical to the front radiator. That would cost me about 156eur. Option B1 (ek pump+bay reservoir): I can get EK-DBAY D5 PWM (incl. pump). I'd place it in the two bottom 5.25 slots. There would be enough clearance for the top mounted 360x38mm along with 25mm high fans. However, I wouldn't be able to access the fill port and would have to pull the unit out of the case, have it dangle slightly on the edge and fill the loop that way. The cost would be about 152eur or 130eur, depending on whether I go with the fancy acetal finish or not. Option B2 (ek pump + alphacool reservoir): Alphacool Eisfach - Single Laing D5 - Dual 5,25 Bay Station does have a port that is accessible from the front, but I would have to by the motor separately (EK-D5 PWM G2 Motor (12V DC Pump Motor) - Sleeved). The unit with VPP755 is not available for several months and I've heard bad things about VPP755 pump. This would cost me 131eur. What say you? What would you pick? Why? Any other advice?
  6. Does anyone else have issues with CRG9 and playing HDR content? HDR works great with youtube in chrome, and it seems to work in games (AC Odyssey, it doesn't look quite right, but that might be due to the game implementation), however, I can't get MPC-HC (with madVR) to play HDR content properly. It looks the same as it does when I try to play it on an SDR monitor. Samsung didn't release any info regarding potential firmware bugs, and there are quite a few people on reddit complaining about similar issues. Does anyone here have this monitor? Can you play HDR video in MPC or any other player?
  7. I'm happy to report that CRG9 is the latest monitor selected for the rtings.com review, I'm just not sure when they'll do it exactly.
  8. Have you managed to figure anything out?
  9. Non native would work for monitors with the same aspect ratio. Try with the EDID, there isn't a ton of info I could find, but this looks like only thing that just might work... I'd try myself, but I'm not sure if I want to get the monitor if it doesn't work...
  10. I've played on surround at 7680x1440 using 4k 2k 4k configuration, so the resolution most certainly does not have to be native. So I'm making a choice between playing at 3440×1440 or 7680x1440, right? Have you ever tried EDID editing?
  11. So, I have a XB271HU as my primary display. I've been itching to buy two more for a proper triple display setup (I have a 4k one that I will sell due to DPI and scaling not working as well as I want it to, and another which will be repurposed) However, a wild used x34p appeared for a price similar to a new XB271HU and now I'm thinking about getting one of each and putting x34p in the middle. I have a 2080Ti and a crappy CPU that is about to be replaced as soon as Zen 2 drops. I can push 60fps and even a bit higher on triple 2k and I doubt that the CPU is the bottleneck at this point. I also doubt I'll be able to play anything decent on 2x2k and 21:9 2k, at least not without compromising performance. Would nvidia surround even work with that, if not natively, then with an EDID hack or something similar? On the other hand I could just play on the 21:9, and have the other two as side ones. I'd still like them at 144Hz, because everything is so so smooth and I can't go back to 60Hz. I could also play some games in 16:9 if I wanted to. Anyway, I'm here to be convinced either way, what are your experiences, pros, cons?
  12. I currently have a laptop and a desktop. The desktop is attached to the both monitor, while the laptop is attached only to the monitor closer to it. I usually only use my desktop at home, but I connect the laptop every now and then, I'm getting synergy as well, so I can use the desktop peripherals to control both computers. Here's where it gets interesting. The monitor that is shared, sometimes I'll use it with my desktop, sometimes with my laptop. However, when I switch inputs on my monitor, the device whose extra screen I just took out will still act as it's still there (it is, I just can't see it). Is there any fast way I can create two monitor configurations for my devices (one which uses the middle monitor and the one which doesn't) and have them switch with a keystroke? Something simpler than messing with the display settings. That way, when I need to change the configuration, I only need to change the input on the monitor and do whatever the quick action is on each device for them to adapt to the new situation. Any ideas?
  13. My antivirus went haywire when I tried to download it. It's a shitfest of adware. It's an older post, but seems to still be relevant.
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