zbryant91

WTF... it keeps growing...

Added some additional fans on the thick top rad to have push pull. Serves no real tangible difference. Just wanted to fill the space. 

Thanks for checking it out. I've looked at getting a 9900k or the ks when it was available. Decided I would just wait until the next round of cpus are released and see how they stack up against the current ryzen lineup and go from there. Don't really want to put a 9900 in this motherboard as I've heard conflicting reviews about overclocking capabilities. 
 
Normally at idle it runs around 30-35C and in game never really gets over 45-50C. 

Added some additional fans on the thick top rad to have push pull. Serves no real tangible difference. Just wanted to fill the space. 

I see the LTT Backpack is well underway! How long do you think it will take to drop on stores?

Nice build man came across this while Googling how to run 2 PSU's on 1 system I've had a thor 850w explode and now a thermaltake 1200w platinum explode lastnight 
Running a crosshair formula lots of fan power and awesome bios rog 3080ti which is normally wrapped in blyski 3090 full coverage waterblocks but now sits in stock setup going to get repaired on my dime since asus just voided my warranty for Appling my own thermal pads and paste. Apparently canada has no right go to repair. LOL surprisingly the scalpers cost 3060 works rather well pretty happy with this case just need to keep a psu longer then 4to6 months 

Hi, this is my crosshair viii hero with the watercool chipset block...

Added some additional fans on the thick top rad to have push pull. Serves no real tangible difference. Just wanted to fill the space. 

I have made an account just to thank you! This is exactly what I was after!!! I assume the PE and XE rads are to wide to fit in the bottom? i was hoping to put an XE in the bottom with fans under it to raise the rad from the side skirts to save 1/2 mil, but I guess you looked at that and it doesn't work?
Thank you again!

And a few more. Will update again in a few days as I get the new pump setup installed. 

Adding more photos. 

I got a hold of a luxe 2 and stuffed a lot of water cooling components in it and wanted to share my experience since there are some key dimensions missing on the specs page as far as radiator fitment when maxing out what you can fit. 
 
My build includes: asus rog formula maximus X with an 8700k. EVGA 2080ti xc2. 1 m.2 nvme drive, 2 1tb sata drives. 2 480mm SE ek radiators, 1 360mm XE ek Rad, & 1 360mm SE ek Rad. 14 ek vardar 120mm fans, 1 notcua chromax nf-f12 for rear exhaust (just because it fits), Ek d5 pwm pump (have a dual holder and another pump on the way because the flow rate is visually pretty low unless I crank it up to about 80-100% and then it's louder than the fans, so gonna run a double to lower the speed/noise of both. Added some RGB strips as well to the sides. I wanted to maximize radiators so I could run the fans at very low speeds to keep the noise down without having to worry about temps creeping up. Water temp still gets up to about 40C with fans running around 600rpm. Which is fine by me. 
 
So biggest thing to note is that if you are running 2 480mm rads, they have to be thin rads. The SE rads are as wide as you can go because of the mounting hole locations for the front rad. Also, if you are using 360mm rads in the top and bottom, the front rad has to be slim so you have room for fittings/tubes to pass through. Should be able to see this in the photos. I originally ordered a PE 480 rad for the front but quickly found it does not fit. Also, when installing a 480 in the side location, the fans have to be mounted on the back side. Not enough room to fit a 480 in because the flanges. Could easily fit a 360 slim rad back there because it can slide in.
 
So hopefully I have explained that well enough and the photos should be help for anyone looking to plan a build in this case. Let me know if you have any questions. 

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Awesome Build! Nice G710+ too  

Thanks! 
 
Wasn't sure if it should be it's own build log or not as I was mostly just trying to let folks know about the limitations I ran into. Guess I can use this to keep some updates going though. 

It sounds like a RAM issue. Try to clean the contacts and the slot CAREFULLY.
Also, are you monitoring your temps? 
 

How about a H700?
I'd reccommend Define S2/R6/Meshify S2 or the pc-o11 dynamic, whichever one is cheaper. If you're going to do watercooling, might as well spend 50$ more on a case if you're going to spend 500$ on rads pumps blocks, etc.

theres a block version and a AIO version, I typed out the AIO version.  Tho I can easily see how you'd mistake it for that its not very clear at all

i get your point, i like upgrades too, but there has to be something WORTHY of an upgrade...2080ti is barely 20% faster than 1080ti...
 
If you sell one card for now and get into VR instead you open a whole new world of gaming to yourself and it's amazing...and again there a single 1080ti is more than enough...and when nvidia launch next gen cards which hopefuly will be a worthy upgrade to a 1080ti you'll upgrade
 
Just saying, but that's what i would do personally.

I went from 1080 tis in SLI to 2080 ti.
 
It is not worth getting a cheap one(reference PCB) unless you go straight to water. They are too hot and too loud going past 100% on their power limit. There is also a lot of binning going on so you could get a dud. 
 
My EVGA XC has a 130% power limit and it runs at 1920mhz. Temps are crazy but it can maintain 1920mhz even at 85c.  It will clock up to 2025mhz but the cooling solution won't let it to be maintained. I consider this card a mistake that only water can fix.
 
My EVGA FTW3 Ultra has a 124% power limit and runs at 2055mhz. It does 2055mhz at 67c. It will clock up to 2120 but some of the ram starts to overheat so it is not sustainable.
Three slots and 3 fans. I consider this the minimum for overclocking on air. 
 
If your i7 8700k can clock up to 5ghz there is no need to go with an i9 9900k unless you need the extra cores. The RTX 2080 ti doses need a 5ghz CPU to reach its full potential.
My i7 8700k at stock didn't even come close.

Purchased an EVGA XC Ultra about three weeks ago to replace my 1080Ti SLI setup.  So I can understand the desire to get to a single card.  If you are using an EKWB waterblock I was under the impression that the size would all be similar.
 
As for suggestions I am partial to EVGA because they have been good to me 460s, 750s, 1080, 1080Ti’s and now a 2080Ti.  I have also heard good things about the Aorus version and the MSI one as well, the FTW3 is pretty decent out of the box as well.  Zotac AMP edition I have also heard about being good.  Basically I read a ton on reviews on line and settled on something I could afford.  I really wanted the Kingpin edition but could not justify the price tag.

I use a Gigabyte Xtreme waterforce 2080 ti in a PC011 dynamic. Its snug but it fits well, Its pretty flexable tubing so the glass panel kinda just pushes the slack in

I swapped form sli 980tis to 2080 I understand why u want rid of sli
i got a msi trio great card very cool

Just Buy what you want to use and get a little extra. you're not going to save hardly any money relative to the cost of the rest of the loop. And odds are you will not be happy with some of the bends no matter what and end up redoing them a few times after a couple months before you get it right. I've redone my loop 3-4 times and changed cases twice just to keep tinkering and improving. 

Just Buy what you want to use and get a little extra. you're not going to save hardly any money relative to the cost of the rest of the loop. And odds are you will not be happy with some of the bends no matter what and end up redoing them a few times after a couple months before you get it right. I've redone my loop 3-4 times and changed cases twice just to keep tinkering and improving.