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Hey guys, I'm planning on building a PC with the O11D XL, and the Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX, the case says it fits 280mmx280mm motherboards but the length of the Aorus MB is 305mm so would that fit and be okay or is it too big? It's only 25mm difference.

Budget (including currency): $5,000+ Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: It should easily do anything that I ask it to do! Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Valve Index VR Other Details This project has been over a year in the making. AMD Ryzen 9 5950X EVGA FTW 3 3080ti Asus X570 Crosshair viii Hero (WiFi) 32GB G. Skill Trident Z Neo 16-19-19-39 1 TB WD Black SN 850 NVME boot drive 2 TB Samsung 980 Pro NVME 2-2 TB Seagate Barracuda HDD in Raid1 EK Quantum front and active back GPU water blocks EK Quantum Momentum CPU water block Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL with vertical GPU mount EK Quantum Reflection front distribution plate 3- Hardware Labs Black Ice 360GTS 30mm radiators 10- EK Vardar 120 mm RGB fans F*** Ton of Primochill RSX fittings, rotaries, elbows, extensions etc. 1- EK Quantum 90° rotary elbow Lots of Primochill 1/2" rigid tubing CableMod custom CPU, GPU, 24pin Primochill VUE Powder Blue Uncountable hours of stress, annoyance, time spent waiting for a GPU, blood, sweat, tears, and of course utter and complete despair. I started ordering parts for this build in January 2021 which turned out to be a bad idea. My first mock-up and install of everything didn't post for some reason. Originally, I had intended to go with a AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, but got trapped in the NewEgg shuffle attempting to find a GPU and ended up with a 5950X that I paid too much for and can't recoup my money for. I was able to find everything immediately except for my GPU. Sometime around June, I got fed up and paid (at the time) scalper pricing for my EVGA FTW3 3080ti through ebay. After that, I had to wait for EK's delivery times from Europe, and then I got overwhelmed by the scope of the water-cooling project, so I delayed another month or so. The initial build went great! I had the stock cooler that came with the 5600X plus the GPU was air-cooled from the factory. I was able to flash my BIOS easily (thank you ASUS!), and never had a hint of a problem posting. I was initially using the Fractal Design Flex B-20 PCIe 3.0 x 16 vertical GPU adapter with the BIOS setting for the GPU (PCIE 4 vs 3) set to automatic. I initially tested the post using an Nvidia Geforce GTX 970, but I never had problems getting the 3080ti to work using the PCIe 3 cable. Windows 10 Pro installed easily on the WD Black SN850, and the system worked perfectly! I then did a rough assembly with everything air-cooled until I could get all of my water blocks and fittings delivered. Everything was perfect for a couple of months! I finally got all of the water blocks from EK. And postponed the water install because I was playing Sekiro... But, I did finally tear everything (all blocks and fittings) fully apart to thoroughly clean with Primochill SystemSoap. Then to bending tubes. The Top Radiator, both CPU, and the front GPU tubes were all rather simple. I ended up purchasing the Lian Li Vertical GPU mount for the O11 DXL with the PCIe 4.0 cable and using it instead of the Fractal Design which forced me to nest the Bottom/Sided Radiator tubes right against the fans. There is no aditional clearance whatsoever. The loop goes from the Distro --> Bottom Rad --> EK Loop Connect flow meter --> Side Radiator --> EK filter --> Distro. The connection from Side Radiator --> Distro was a pain in my a**! I ended up going with a 30° Elbow, and it still required quite a bit of force on the tube. The back of the GPU was also a b****. I had to do an immediate 90° drop down about 20mm to another 90° in order to clear the RAM. I also threw an EK Temperature Sensor behind the GPU here. Then it goes to a 180° rotary to get us back to the Distro. This is when I realized that I had a really bad leak using my Bykski Air Pressure Meter. So I took each component out of the chassis again testing each time to see that I still had a massive leak. After taking every component out, I came to the realization that either I am completely incompetent or my Pressure Tester was jacked. Sure enough putting the tester directly into a Shut Off Valve proved that it was the tester itself all along. This annoyance and frustration left me to postpone any further efforts for a few weeks as I waited for an EK leak tester to arrive. This brings us to now. I have been putting the components in one at a time and testing as I go. I have the Front Distro Plate, Side Radiator, and Bottom Radiator all fully installed and leak-free!!!!! My GPU is a different story. I have a TINY leak somewhere. When testing, I slowly lose air over about 30 hours. Within the first 15 minutes, I probably drop about 0.025 bar, maybe less. I am currently talking with EK support about the best course of action. I would prefer to not have to tear the GPU blocks off and apart, but I think that is where this is all going to end up. All along, I've been struggling with the cable management. All in, I've got the CableMod CPU, GPU, and 24 Pin 10 - fan cables 10 - 12v 4 pin RGB 5 - 5v 3 pin RGB 2 - SATA 1 - Molex pump power 1 - flow meter 1 - loop temperature sensor And all of the front panel The O11's hot-swappable bays are amazing, and made the HDD's install a breeze. This chassis in general is terrific to work in. The channel for cable management is huge, and it held my massive bundles easily. Honestly, I could have done nothing and just covered the Rat's Nest with the included cable hiding wall, and nobody would be the wiser. My biggest trouble spot was getting the front panel cables to squeeze around the Side Radiator and fans. You can fit a 30mm radiator and a 25mm fan in the back, but it is very tight; the back panel may bulge a tad. I ended up having to get three Cooler Master 5-way RGB Splitters as well as one SilverStone PWM fan hub. All in, I'd say I was routing, rerouting, threading, bundling, tieing cables down, and cursing my life choices for about 3 hours. I'm satisfied with the result even though it almost looks the same.

Hi Guys I wanted to share my new build with you guys, as I think it turned out great ? I have been waiting to replace my old 3770k with something that acually gave a decent performance boost, I decided to go AMD this time as I mostly do software development and the extra cores come in handy for docker containers and compiling code. My old builds have been styled as a utility, no lights just black/brown fans and black water cooling from OCOOL, so this time I wanted to go full on RGB as we all know that RGB does make a computer about 10% faster ? This was my first custom water cooling build so I went with EKWB parts, as they are know to be good quality and I wanted something that just works I went with solid tubing as I like the aesthetics better than soft tubing. Parts currently in the system: CPU: Ryzen 9 3950x. Motherboard: ASRock X570 Aqua. GPU: Nvidia FE 1080ti (waiting for the next generation to arrive before upgrading) Memory: My old TridentZ 3200Mhz 14:14:14:34 32GB kit (I have been thinking of upgrading, but getting timings close to those on 3600Mhz kits is expensive). Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL Silver Editon as I thought it goes well into the color scheme of the motherboard. Powersupply: My old Corsair RM850 with a Cablemod kit I think the color is carbon. Harddrives/SSD's: Samsung NVMe 960 Evo 500GB , Samsung sata 860 Evo 1TB, Samsung sata 840 Evo 500GB Cooling: Distro plate: EK-Classic DP Side PC-O11D G1 D-RGB + DDC 3.2 PWM Fittings: EK-Torque 12mm HTC with black rings Fans: 6x Lian Li BR Digital Aluminum, controlled via the motherboard GPU Block: EK-FC GeForce GTX FE RGB - Nickel + EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Backplate - Nickel + EK-FC1080 GTX Ti I/O Single Slot Bracket Radiators: 2x EK-CoolStream Classic PE 360 Lighting Extras: Cheep splitter board for 5v adressable RGB bought on AliExpress, the lighting is controlled via the motherboard. Things I would like to change: There are a few bends in the pipes I would like to redo at some point, It was a learning process, and I ended up figuring out that I like the extra bends to go towards the motherboard. I would like to inject light into the main CPU cover, as it doesn't have any light out of the box, but shining light into the plexiglass from the top of the motherboard does seem to make it light up Things I would like to upgrade: I would like to get some 3600mhz RGB memory at some point with a aluminum colored head-spreader to match the build. The GPU will be upgraded when the next gen arrives. I would also like to get another NVMe drive at some point Give me your honest opinions and tell me what I could improve.

Budget (including currency): €4000,- to €4500,- Country: Netherlands Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 3D animation, GPU Rendering, Fluid Simulations, Motion Design (In AE) Parts: PCPartPicker Part List: https://nl.pcpartpicker.com/list/xz927X CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (€800.00) CPU Cooler: NZXT KRAKEN Z73 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (€253.85 @ Megekko) Thermal Compound: Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut 1 g Thermal Paste (€13.90 @ Megekko) Memory: HyperX Predator - DDR4 // 128 GB: 4 x 32 GB - DIMM 288-PIN - 3600 MHz (€628.00) Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard (€185.00 @ Alternate) Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€125.00 @ Azerty) Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€229.00 @ Paradigit) Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€229.00 @ Paradigit) Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB Founders Edition Video Card (€1549.00) Case: Lian Li O11D XL-X ATX Full Tower Case (€199.90 @ CD-ROM-LAND) Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS PX 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€160.00) Case Fan: Noctua S12B redux-1200 PWM 59.1 CFM 120 mm Fan (€18.10 @ Megekko) Case Fan: Noctua S12B redux-1200 PWM 59.1 CFM 120 mm Fan (€18.10 @ Megekko) Case Fan: Noctua S12B redux-1200 PWM 59.1 CFM 120 mm Fan (€18.10 @ Megekko) Case Fan: Noctua S12B redux-1200 PWM 59.1 CFM 120 mm Fan (€18.10 @ Megekko) Case Fan: Noctua S12B redux-1200 PWM 59.1 CFM 120 mm Fan (€18.10 @ Megekko) Case Fan: Noctua S12B redux-1200 PWM 59.1 CFM 120 mm Fan (€18.10 @ Megekko) -------------------------------------- Total: €4481.25 Notes: Oke so first of all I know that some of these parts are pretty much impossible to get right now (Like the GP and probably the CPU as well.) I'm not planning on buying all of this at once, but to buy everything whenever it is available. A while back I already posted on this forum with some plans on building a new PC. I've gotten some great tips, mostly to wait! I did and now I'm once again getting ready to build a new PC. With that out of the way, some info! I'm building a new PC for work. I'm an animator that works in Houdini, Cinema4D (With Octane renderer) and After effects primarily. Often the working files are stored on a local NAS, I know it's not the fastest but this way everyone can reach them. With this in mind I added 3 SSDs: a 980 Pro for the OS and Software a 980 Pro for Cashe files. a 860 Evo for extra storage. (Think download folder and a place to render too before placing it on the NAS) I choose the amount of RAM because of simulations in Houdini/AE and large scenes in C4D. I'm running 64GB at the moment, but still find myself running out on occasion. I've heard people say that the case will feel rather empty, which is fine with me. I chose the case mostly because of the hot swappable disk drives in the back. I've never done any overclocking, but would like to try to do so at least a bit. A few questions I have right now: - Are there parts here that are overkill/lacking compared to the rest and will it work together. - What do you guys think of these case fans? I've also been looking at the noctua nf-a12x25. - Do you guys think the 3600 Mhz memory will be a noticeable difference over say 3200 Mhz? Seeing as this would about a €120,- difference. - This €120,- Would be spend on Upgrading the Motherboard to have Wifi / BT, not a necessity but it would definitely be nice to free up some USB slots that are filled with Bluetooth dongles. Sadly the AORUS ELITE WIFI doesn't seem to be available in the Netherlands. Do you guys have a good alternative for this? - If not for the Motherboard what else would be a worth while upgrade here. - Do you guys have some good resources for teaching overclocking, or at least have a place to start? Any information would be greatly appreciated! Even if they are things I did not specifically ask for. Thanks in advance! Jim