J7SC_Orion

banned for assuming the nerds were hiding

...parts of BC can get really cold, while the 'Lower Mainland' stays a bit warmer, but still can be a fair amount of snow, never mind trips to Whistler etc...in fact, this being a confirmed la nina year, I better get some new snow tires. Past winter driving near our place...

...back in the day, I had an old, used Trans Am (T/A 6.6 WS6) I drove through the winter / snow belt between Orillia and Trent University in Peterborough. Fortunately, it had a positrac diff and semi-decent radial tires, but winter driving was still a hoot. Back then, they didn't really use salt brine but sand / gravel and regular salt...every spring time, after university but before the start of the summer job, I would have to do my own bodywork around the rocker panels and fender lips re. the 'sand blasting + salt'. I also remember minus 25 C morning start-ups - watching the oil pressure gauge indicating 'thick molasses' during long warm-ups. Nowadays, the X5 and its xDrive + 'puters takes care of things to the point that it is less fun (but safer). Unfortunately, in our region of BC, they almost exclusively use salt brine and that stuff gets into nooks and crannies and pretty much everything else, including brake calipers etc.

More nitty-gritty stuff, such as easy-to-reach power / reset / HDD light / triple USB connectivity setup for the second mobo... Also, with 'two sets' for everything in a complex build project, it's a good idea to label things

...oh I see, the desktop / Raven_B... Believe it or not, some of the icons go back to Windows 2000 Professional, via Windows XP 64, Windows 7 Pro and so on

...I have actually no idea what you folks are talking about...

...noice - that's something you don't see every day !

After test-fitting everything on Raven_A, teardown for cleaning, then final assembly starts. ...dual XSPC Ion reservoirs, backlit, glass facing the front... ...dual vertical GPU brackets for dual X570 mobos on the front; Koolance QD4s lower left... Meanwhile, Raven_B (also 2x mobos, but different arrangement with one up front and one out back) is humming away, powering a big LG 55

...Raven_B (2x mobos) is puttering away nicely, hooked up to the LG 55 IPS HDR...still got to do some cable management, though (never mind getting a new camera) ...meanwhile, Raven_A (2x mobos) got torn down today after test fitting everything. After a clean-up job, final assembly is (finally) on the docket. It took a lot of fabbing and modding for the two vertical GPU cages and 2nd mobo fitment (both mobos are ATX X570). The four Koolance QD4s that connect to the mobile cooling table are just visible at lower left.

banned for not flushing twice

...that's a bummer ! I've got 3 pieces of tempered glass from my TT Core P8 at my feet at the working area as I'm updating the Ravens build...put a note on my workbench ('look down') ...btw, have you considered get a nice, thick clear acrylic panel cut to size as replacement ? That used to be hyper expensive, but with the market for acrylic dividers (bank tellers, restaurants), there's much more supply (up to 5 mm easy) at much lower costs.

...I stay away from fluids with thicker particulates such as pastels but have had no issues with the 'clear blue'; 5L jug comes in handy for big loops.

...the above was just a test-bench 'leak test' w/ deinoized water and a bit of Mayhems XL UV blue mix w/o bleeding air etc...2x GPU blocks in series plus 360 rad. For the final loops, it will be 80% Mayhems XL UV blue w/ about 20 % deionized water

...yeah, here's a quick vid from early August test where you can see both inlet sides

Very nice ! Also: Muskoka, Ontario ? I used to live nearby in Orillia, Ontario

...might have confused D5 pumps and reference to QD4 (Koolance 1/2 - 3/4 Quick Disconnects) ...as to reservoirs, I am using two XSPC reservoirs (below), one for each circuit. However, said reservoirs have dual connections each on each side in case I want to 'siamese' loops.

Good questions, but the 3x D5 pumps w/ the white ring are just mounted together, but actually connections of each go off to a different radiator before returning to the next pump The 2x D5 in the Revo are stock and have a housing designed to control cavitation.

...I only had sporadic FS2020 play time recently as both systems loaded with it are undergoing custom fab and mods. Once complete, I might do a deep-dive into 'local cache' rather than just 'rolling cache', as much as they're related. However, with local cache, you can manually add much greater detail for selected areas...that also helps both visuals and performance a bit but is apparently quite tedious a process. ... @Andrew - I've heard a lot of folks suggest that FS2020 VR could use more hp, even with an oc'ed 3090. So far, I resisted VR as much as I'm interested in it...and went instead for a new LG C1 48 OLED and and older LG IPS HDR 55 on the two respective FS2020 work-and-play machines that have FS2020 loaded. Quite immersive in their own right, and buttery-smooth even at 4K Ultra max.

...it's a project to streamline the home-office and combine work-and-play machines mounted on a modified TT Core P8. Cooling system will serve a 5950X / 3090 Strix OC w-cooled (up to 950W all in, including peripherals) and a 3950X / 6900XT w-cooled (up to 800W all in). I'm close to finishing it (finally) and will post additional pics and information soon.

...and all the tubing for both systems from the mobile cooling table is complete as well now, up to the QD4 transitions into the case. Given the massive rad volumes of a combined of 2520x60+ and the 5x D5s, I will try to prefill the two loops as much as I can with Mayhems XL UV Blue and about 30% deionized water...otherwise bleeding air will be a long-term affair...

I finished up all the w-cooling pump and rad tubing connections today up to one end of the Koolance QD4s - everything is done in reverse on this build, for both mobos on the TT Core P8. Per below, the w-cooling table still has to be pretty_fied, but it works...'Raven A' colour scheme will be close to 'Raven B' > here. I also had a bit of a scare via a big Oops moment - was trying to Dremel off some protruding screw heads while upside down, slipped and zapped one of the Primoflex LRT with the Dremel cutting wheel ; fortunately ok re. leaks

While Raven B (posted earlier in this thread) and its two mobos have all the rads and pumps onboard the TT Core P5, Raven A (pics soon of the TT Core P8) has a separate mobile table w/wheels connected via Koolance QD4s for cooling...total of 2520x60+ rad space divided into two banks (one for each mobo / GPU combo)...wiring for 42 fans via fan hubs and 5x D5s all checked out - which is a good thing as I don't want to do that again anytime soon

..."42 is an even bigger pain in the ... " - yup, it most certainly is was ! But I wired up all 42 of them (via fan hubs) in two banks, one for each system. Amazingly, they all work as intended Daily setups are: - 1340x60+ rads for the 5950x / 3090 Strix / 3x D5s - 1200x60+ rads for the 3950x / 6900XT / 2x D5s Main cooling tubes have Koolance QD4s, so I can change / add to either of the two banks of rads. Each bank's fans can be disconnected via just one SATA; and all the cooling for both mobos is mounted to my little mobile table /wheels.

long live Nieuw-Amsterdam ! ban Swiss cheese in favour of Gouda

Yup....AND upside-down, too !