Build Log - Sir B's Black/White/Gold O11-Dynamic

[Avacado]

26 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

Good call. Will do a closer inspection when I take the block apart.

 

Blue could also be from the Blitz Part 2, it is a bit blueish. Will see.

Yes, that is true, the fluid is blue. Could be.

[Sir Beregond]

16 hours ago, Avacado said:

Yes, that is true, the fluid is blue. Could be.

So, my distilled flushes went long as I got pulled away by work. I went and completed the distilled flushes and there is nothing in the microfins now. So seems like maybe was some sort of residue that got cleaned and then flushed? I really don't know. Took the block apart too and everything looks good, as does the nickel plating.

[Avacado]

5 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

So, my distilled flushes went long as I got pulled away by work. I went and completed the distilled flushes and there is nothing in the microfins now. So seems like maybe was some sort of residue that got cleaned and then flushed? I really don't know. Took the block apart too and everything looks good, as does the nickel plating.

Well, that is a relief. Glad its all coming together!

[Sir Beregond]

Ok, old system came out and new system went in with one of the m.2 drives. Wanted to make sure Windows got installed to the correct one and now will be installing the other 2 drives and start on the water cooling. Confirmed everything is working still including the 5900X I had to fix the pins on!

 

 

[Sir Beregond]

Alright got CPU waterblock and first rad (HWLabs 360GTX) into place. Still not quite sure how I am going to layout the tubing, so the orientation may be subject to change...

 

 

Edited April 25, 2022 by Sir Beregond

[J7SC_Orion]

18 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

Alright got CPU water lock and first rad into place. Still not quite sure how I am going to layout the tubing, so subject to change...

 

 

 

Looking good and getting there. I look forward though to see how you're going to hide 'that GPU power cable thing', or are you going for a vertical mount once GPU w-block is on ?

[Sir Beregond]

20 minutes ago, J7SC_Orion said:

 

Looking good and getting there. I look forward though to see how you're going to hide 'that GPU power cable thing', or are you going for a vertical mount once GPU w-block is on ?

No vertical mount given I have a second radiator going in the floor (HWLabs 360GTS). For now, going to just use this adapter till I figure out a solution for the 12-pin. Ugly for now, but is what it is lol.

 

Edit: Maybe in the future if I get a bigger case I could do a vertical mount, but frankly I don't want a case bigger than this standard O11-D.

Edited April 25, 2022 by Sir Beregond

[J7SC_Orion]

11 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

No vertical mount given I have a second radiator going in the floor (HWLabs 360GTS). For now, going to just use this adapter till I figure out a solution for the 12-pin. Ugly for now, but is what it is lol.

 

Edit: Maybe in the future if I get a bigger case I could do a vertical mount, but frankly I don't want a case bigger than this standard O11-D.

 

...when it is near completion / all tubed and wired up, you might be able to build a little cover for that, ahem, GPU dongle (or just leave it au naturel...).

[Sir Beregond]

24 minutes ago, J7SC_Orion said:

 

...when it is near completion / all tubed and wired up, you might be able to build a little cover for that, ahem, GPU dongle (or just leave it au naturel...).

Good point. We shall see!

 

On another note, I was much more careful removing the air cooler this time and managed not to rip the 5900X out of the socket. I saw how I could hold it down while releasing the two latches and then twisting before removing. Much better experience.

[ArchStanton]

F'ing beautiful .  I mean it.  I did not appreciate how awesome the color scheme was till these pictures.

[Sir Beregond]

41 minutes ago, ArchStanton said:

F'ing beautiful .  I mean it.  I did not appreciate how awesome the color scheme was till these pictures.

Thank you very much! Will look great once I get the white tubing going. Still gotta get the bottom rad in and figure out how I am going to mount my reservoir. I think I have a rough idea how I want the layout to go, but given the use of rigid tubing, we'll see how it goes.

[Sir Beregond]

So tonight I blocked the 3080 Ti. I am so upset with myself though as I slipped with the screwdriver on one screw and managed to do this. I don't know how to fix, or if Nvidia would send me a new backplate? Sigh...

 

 

Anyway got the Alphacool block installed and also managed to get the other radiator in. I may need to get some more fittings for the top radiator though. Its a tight fit.

 

[J7SC_Orion]

7 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

So tonight I blocked the 3080 Ti. I am so upset with myself though as I slipped with the screwdriver on one screw and managed to do this. I don't know how to fix, or if Nvidia would send me a new backplate? Sigh...

 

 

Anyway got the Alphacool block installed and also managed to get the other radiator in. I may need to get some more fittings for the top radiator though. Its a tight fit.

 

 

...going to be a great system...looking forward to see what you do with the tubing.

[ArchStanton]

Great work routing the 24-pin cable.  It has a nice even arc.  Be Quiet makes a sexy fan.  Nvidia dongle handled about as well as can be.  This is 2022 Beregond, a SATA device?  In a pure gaming rig?  Mon dieu .

[Avacado]

Looking fantastic! I love the black/gold theme. Reminds me of my Army days  I am a huge fan (pun intended) of the SW3's as well. I run quite a few and their performance and looks are bar none. Shot from the rear of the test bench.

 

Edited April 26, 2022 by Avacado

[Sir Beregond]

4 hours ago, ArchStanton said:

Great work routing the 24-pin cable.  It has a nice even arc.  Be Quiet makes a sexy fan.  Nvidia dongle handled about as well as can be.  This is 2022 Beregond, a SATA device?  In a pure gaming rig?  Mon dieu .

 

It's a SSD I swear! There are only two m.2 slots on the Dark Hero as you know. I use a lot of local storage.

 

As for the 12-pin, I found an extension on PerformancePC's that I ordered. Will see if it works out ok.

 

3 hours ago, Avacado said:

Looking fantastic! I love the black/gold theme. Reminds me of my Army days  I am a huge fan (pun intended) of the SW3's as well. I run quite a few and their performance and looks are bar none. Shot from the rear of the test bench.

 

Thank you! Yeah I am really liking these fans so far. Threw 4 of them in when I still had the old rig up and was impressed with the performance per noise. Noise is always a big factor in my watercooling during 24/7 daily use outside benchmarking or something.

 

Anyway, put in another order for some snaking rotaries for the top radiator to make those fittings easier to deal with, the 12-pin sleeved extension, and I also wanted to pick up some biocide and inhibitor while I was at it since it is a very sunlit room. I will refresh the ModMyMods coolant every 3 months.

 

Tonight I will also look at test fitting the reservoir and figuring out if my drain port location makes sense. Sometimes have a hard time figuring out the best placement for that.

Edited April 26, 2022 by Sir Beregond

[Avacado]

14 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

Tonight I will also look at test fitting the reservoir and figuring out if my drain port location makes sense. Sometimes have a hard time figuring out the best placement for that.

As long as it's low, it really doesn't matter where. Use a datavac to facilitate drainage. I usually have multiple extra lengths of soft tubing with a fitting to attach to fill ports after gravity drainage to then use the datavac. 

[Sir Beregond]

4 hours ago, Avacado said:

As long as it's low, it really doesn't matter where. Use a datavac to facilitate drainage. I usually have multiple extra lengths of soft tubing with a fitting to attach to fill ports after gravity drainage to then use the datavac. 

Great idea. Already have the data vac. Have had it over a decade at this stage.

 

On another note, not sure this will be the final fan orientation or not. Was really struggling to figure out intake/exhaust layout for this case. I think at this stage, just going to have to put it together and see how it goes.

Edited April 26, 2022 by Sir Beregond
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[ArchStanton]

FYI Safedisk dropped a new beta BIOS with Agesa 1207 in ASUS ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Overclocking & Discussion Thread | Page 559 | Overclock.net (post # 11,176).

 

[Sir Beregond]

36 minutes ago, ArchStanton said:

FYI Safedisk dropped a new beta BIOS with Agesa 1207 in ASUS ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Overclocking & Discussion Thread | Page 559 | Overclock.net (post # 11,176).

 

Thanks, will really have to read up on this stuff.

 

On another note, PPCs still hasn't shipped my order, so makes me wonder if they needed to make that extension lol. Was hoping to get that order in by Saturday.

[Avacado]

6 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

Thanks, will really have to read up on this stuff.

 

On another note, PPCs still hasn't shipped my order, so makes me wonder if they needed to make that extension lol. Was hoping to get that order in by Saturday.

You can send an email into their modshop and they usually respond very fast to find out about the delay.  Had recent correspondence with them over that modded front panel for the O11D-XL. They were extremely helpful.  

 

[email protected]

Edited April 27, 2022 by Avacado

[Sir Beregond]

15 minutes ago, Avacado said:

You can send an email into their modshop and they usually respond very fast to find out about the delay.  Had recent correspondence with them over that modded front panel for the O11D-XL. They were extremely helpful.  

 

[email protected]

Awesome, will do, thanks!

 

Edit: Emailed. Wasn't clear if that was an off the shelf custom part or something they made custom after ordering. I get the sense its the latter. In which case I wonder if they can split my order and send the fittings. Will see what they say.

Edited April 27, 2022 by Sir Beregond

[Avacado]

36 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

Awesome, will do, thanks!

 

Edit: Emailed. Wasn't clear if that was an off the shelf custom part or something they made custom after ordering. I get the sense its the latter. In which case I wonder if they can split my order and send the fittings. Will see what they say.

They can, but you will need to reach out to sales. The fastest way is via the online chat box. response is within minutes. All orders are shipped together unless you specifically state otherwise. It could incur additional shipping costs. 

[Sir Beregond]

2 minutes ago, Avacado said:

They can, but you will need to reach out to sales. The fastest way is via the online chat box. response is within minutes. All orders are shipped together unless you specifically state otherwise. It could incur additional shipping costs. 

Yep makes sense. I spoke with the mod department and they confirmed it as being off the shelf of which they had "18 in stock" of. So need to figure out what's holding up the order.

[Avacado]

3 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

Yep makes sense. I spoke with the mod department and they confirmed it as being off the shelf of which they had "18 in stock" of. So need to figure out what's holding up the order.

2 things of note. If you clicked "Rushed Order", make sure you get your money back as it went past that deadline. Also check your rewards (Points) balance as I often have to remind them of the points i'm owed.