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Hi! I need some help. I would like to build a watercooled PC. I already got the components, which are as follows: -dual MSI SuprimX 3090 -Threadripper 3970x -Zenith II Alpha Extreme -Corsair AX1600i -G.Skill Trident Z Neo 256GB 3600 Now, I don't know which house to pick. I like the design of the Lian Li O11D family, but confused about EVO or XL. EVO would be better, since I have more space on the left side of my desk, but the XL would be better for cooling overall, as I am told. My question is: with this configuration, components, would the O11D EVO be able to cool down the GPUs and CPU sufficiently? Mind you, I would like to use it as a mine when not rendering, editing or running bioinformatic softwares. Would I face overheating issues? What radiators could fit best in a case like this? I saw that the EVO can support really thick radiators on the side and on top, but I am cinserned about the bottom radiator, since there are two 3090s taking space from it, reducing its thickness. Can it be done? How loud would it be? How cool could it get, and how noisy would it be? The two cards consume around 780-800W when mining. Plus the Threadripper, is that a 1000-1100 TDP? Detailed answers or any help would be much appriciated! THank you!

Budget (including currency): $5000 CAD Country: Canada Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Anno 1800, Doom Eternal, CS GO, Rocket League, and any game I find interesting. Programs; MT4, Photoshop, and whatever software my daughter uses for digital art. Other details Im Rafal, my Game handle is usually Greadwan, at least it was from the DAoC and WoW days. Honestly its been a long time since Ive built a gaming rig and since I played any games. I use to play Unreal, DAoC, WOW, Battlefield, call of duty, Wolfenstein and such. I've been gaming ever since buying my first 486dx 25Mhz windows 3.11 gaming machine for DOOM, yes Im old hahah. My most recent gaming build was a Pentium 4 with a Zalaman reserator cpu water cooler and ATI's Radeon 128MB 9700PRO. That must of been back in 2004 or something like that, long long time ago since ive built a gaming desktop. Ive had few gaming laptops, Alienware, but now I've decided its time to build a new gaming Desktop, man how things have changed I have to re-learn most of it and get up to speed with all the new tech that's out, all the new cooling options wow. Well I started by ordering a case O11D Dynamic XL, I haven't decided on GPU yet or a monitor, most likely an RTX 3080/90, and probably a custom water cooling in the future, For now I think for CPU cooling ill stick Air cooling or maybe an AIO, but undecided on which one. Started ordering my parts, so as they arrive and the build is done Ill show it off in the Build Logs page. Component Selection Price CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor $998.50 Buy CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler $109.95 Buy Motherboard Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER ATX AM4 Motherboard $429.99 Buy Memory G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $309.99 Buy Memory G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $309.99 Buy Storage Seagate BarraCuda Pro 8 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $272.08 Buy Storage Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $249.30 Buy Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card $999.99 Buy Case Lian Li O11D XL-W ATX Full Tower Case $248.50 Buy Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $194.99 Buy Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit $179.50 Buy Monitor Gigabyte G27QC 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor $419.99 Buy Total: $4722.77

Hi, I just ordered a lian li O11D XL, I want to run 10 fans (i know it's bit much but whatever...) How would I get power/rgb control to 10 QL120 fans from corsair? For the RGB wires I can use a lighting node pro and then connect 2 lightning node cores to that. How would I get power to all 10 fans so I can still control them all through Corsair's Icue software?

As and engineer, I've learned that drawing on the experience of others is a good way to avoid expensive (or embarrassing) mistakes. Thus, I'm asking for opinions on three proposed loop layouts, two using hard tubing, and one using soft The attached images are constructed from online part images, this is not the actual computer. The tubing selections are: Bitspower Pre-bent 90-Degree Brass Hard Tubing OD16MM Silver - Length 220x300MM (2 layouts) PrimoFlex LRT 7/16 ID x 5/8 OD bloodshed red (one layout Major Components shown Lian Li 011D XL case - Case Image is from Lian Li Asus Rampage VI Extreme Encore (E-ATX) (ASUS board image was superimposed on case image with screw holes aligned) Radiator EK-CoolStream XE 360 Triple 3x120mm x 60mm Above radiator is sandwiched between six 120mm x 25mm high-SP fans. The stack-up is 110mm or 4-1/3" mounted on the case side as shown in the images. Swiftech MCP355 Pump Block Swiftech Apogee SKF "Heirloom Series" - superimposed on case image Major Components not shown Graphics card - Generic, to be upgraded to a water cooled card at a future time once I've worked out the first loop. The top radiator and fan are placeholders for a future un-selected GPU water loop to be added down the road. All metal components are copper and nickel, which are galvanically compatible. The vertical extenders are not always determined because I need actual hardware to determine the length of the risers. Sometimes text "Extender" is used as a placeholder. There is a through-hole fill port at the top, and a push-pull drain stop at the bottom. The hard tubing fittings are all Bitspower, with the exception of an EK-AF Angled 2 x 45 G1/4 Fitting atop the pump. The brass tubing is pre-bent. I used a high pressure pump (up to 20mm H2O) because the Swiftech block is known to have a high resistance. A flow meter is located next to the reservoir. A flaw I noticed while posing is that the tubing could interfere with a long graphics card if carelessly placed. Any advise offered or improvements for better function or appearance will be greatly appreciated. Also, which layout do you like most (or hate)? Thanks in advance. K-Sci

' If I remove the hard drive cage of the O11 Dynamic XL, there's a near perfect spot to fit my optical drive. My only limitation is finding a secure way to mount it - I tried fashioning a solution out of parts from the hard drive cage, but they were just a bit too restrictive to get it in the right spot. Any suggestions on how I could mount it? Ideally I'd model and 3D print a bracket, but I don't have a 3D printer.