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Additional progress and some notes (caveats) about the backplate: So I changed my mind midstream and decided to use the dual MORA3 setup to cool the bench. I set aside the three white radiators I have mounted to a CASELABS SMA8 pedestal for now, as things were just getting too awkward, given my workspace: Anyway, about that backplate... While it looks nice, my design is flawed because I should have shifted the MP4 further to the rear of the backplate such that the cooling ports on both items were aligned vertically. Had I gone with the bungee cord approach to securing the block to the backplate, the problem wouldn't exist as I would have been able to accomplish that easily. Hard-mounting the block prevents that though and also prevents using the card in the first slot of the motherboard because of the location of the ram sticks. Thought about bending some hard tubing and going that route, but doing so wouldn't really resolve the placement issues and figured why bother now. ...consider it a durr moment, one of my better ones. But hey, the backplate was my first backplate, a prototype afterall (when in doubt, rationalize), and will do until the Optimum PC active block arrives. At least I was fortunate enough that I had the parts on hand to rig a connection between the backplate and the block. Next up: prep for leak testing and adjustments if needed. I'll use the dual pump setup that's mounted to the lower left of the bench frame to do that, then finish the two loops.

bant coz did i use a question mark

bant coz Fish. (though i wonder if puffer would be more appropriate)

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It's not the engine that's the problem, it's that damn flux capacitor and its propensity to displace time. I mean, who wants to go back to 1955 at 88 mph?

bant coz like the mailman, the holidaze are on their way. any early wishes (besides goodwill toward all men)?

I won't buy a car that can't get past 88 mph.

I actually did consider adding a flux capacitor to my "collage" back when I was putting it together, but it didn't make the cut back then. Now that the pandemic is over...

Needed some more of these fittings (I'm down to five left) for my Tygon so I bought out their stock (the price was too good to pass up):

Spurred on by a comment over on OCN about providing better pix, I decided to hook up the new CamRanger 2 I purchased a few weeks back, to my Nikon D810 mounted on the Polaroid MP4. I didn't break out my studio flash equipment (yet), and while the lighting from the MP4 suffices for now, it's direct and harsh, and it exposes every little nook and cranny in the "polished" copper: The MP4 setup: Love the CamRanger 2, btw:

bant coz have you asked fish for M2.5s yet?

Needed another splitty9 active for the 480 SR2 MP that will be mounted above the two 560 SR2s (all in push/pull). I use the splitty9 actives because the fans are all BeQuiet SW3s (the splitty9 actives mitigate the nonstandard pwm design used in the SW3s): (bought an extra splitty9 active just to have it on hand. It was cheap enough)

So OCD won out (the NVLINK cap alignment was actually a very easy fix, and was only off by a fraction of a millimeter). That screw is now installed:

Great ideas, guys -- thanks!

As a prototype, it's good enough for government work: If I were going to mass produce this backplate, I'd make the following adjustments: I'd shave a bit off the copper by the NVLINK cap upper left screw (right now, that's the only thing that didn't line up perfectly), and; If going full cover thermal pads, I'd leave out the slots and EVGA logo. Otherwise, it should work nicely with the Hydro Copper block until the Optimus Active block arrives. The NVLINK cap is secure, and leaving the one screw out won't hurt anything (except perhaps someone's OCD). It's really not off by much.

Some KPE 3090 backplate eyecandy... MP5WORKS block mounted: After I've waited a couple of days and tightened the screws further, the screw holes will be filled with thermal putty so that they're flush: Thermal pad between copper backplate and water block: Last but not least, elbow grease:

for use with these flowmeters (0-3.8gpm):

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bant coz imagine getting paid a lot of money to develop an app that facilitates the plotting of certain bowel movement residue on a map,

okay, i'll bite: my fish aren't fresh, but they do come with teeth.

fish? bird is a word too... bant coz sometimes it's also an appendage that flies.

Getting there (just an update): I'll probably go over it with GORD's one more time and call it ready for mounting. Going to track thermals and flow using this setup with the Hydro Copper block, then bump them against the readings I take using the Optimus Active block set.

I've never used ZMT myself, but I have noted people have complained about how well it works with certain fittings (e.g., Bitspower; pulls out of the fitting easily). I don't have that issue with the Bitspower fittings/TYGON combo I use.

Yup.