flyinion
Well, I was all set to do a 2080 Ti XC2 Ultra but I'm second guessing myself and wondering if I should do the non Ti 2080 FTW3 Ultra instead.  I'm just not sure if I'm going to hurt myself by losing out on 3GB of VRAM since I intend to probably keep whichever card for at least 3-4 years or more hopefully.  The price is a lot better on the non Ti though.  I can't seem to find any benchmark articles with the non Ti FTW3 in it though.  They're all benchmarking the Ti version.  Ugh, buying new parts is hard.

GTXJackBauer
 
You're in the planning stage it seems.  Take a deep breath.  Have you done research on custom liquid cooling?  If not, have a look a the video below to get you started.  Should also be a thread around here with links to many great places explaining the basics and maintenance involved as well as on what to look for if things head south.


 
If you honestly have and ready for planning stage, all you do here is remove the massive CPU cooler because you're about to add the CPU to the GPU loop as one big loop.  You will compensate the additional thermals by adding more rad.  Fill up your filtered intake points, usually front and top and possibly bottom with rads or fans and use the rear as a unfiltered exhaust so you're creating positive pressure and keeping the rig clean mostly from dust.  Sometimes the top is also used as exhaust.  All depends if you're able to remove the filter.
 
Once you add the CPU to the loop, you now can move the GPU to PCIe slot 1, now giving you more room for the pump underneath.  (Have you selected which pump you're looking to go with?)  The GPU once converted with a waterblock, it's physical form will only take one slot spacing but it's bracket will take two, again still leaving you a good amount room below.
 
Remember, keep the loop in one big circular flow.  Loop order don't matter.  Only matters if pump being fed by res.  Dry pump = dead pump

AHowes
Should plan for more rad. 360 rad for ea or more. New cpus are hot and gpu's are now hotter then ever as well.

More rad the better.

If ya cant fit that in the new case sell it to a friend.

I have a ek 480 XE 60mm thick rad with push pull fans single loop for my 9900k 8 core CPU running at 5.2ghz and she runs 70s full tilt. 2080ti ftw3 ultra running on another 480 XE rad and that ran 36-39c on load. Room temps from 66-72f.

I want to try for lower temps as theirs some room for improvement so I'm adding in 2 EK XE 360 rads for 4 rads total. Trying to get temps as close to room temp as possible.. Cant decide if I want to just add both pumps in one single loop or stick to 2 single loops but I'm leaning just one large loop since the CPU and GPU dont normally run full tilt at the same time so both will benefit from the 4 rads.

So anyways.. already bought a ThermalTake Core P7 that I need to mod to fit 4 rads hehe.

Thermaltake tower 900 bought a year ago. Nice case for water cooling but no room for 4 rads.. really their is no case for 4 rads.. max I find is 3.

GTXJackBauer
 
I forgot what case we were talking about here since I only see the one that's in your sig but a search throughout the form, are we talking about the newer Coolmaster H500M?  If so, here are a few pics I found with different custom liquid cooling configurations.  I'm assuming you're going soft cooling unless of course you're comfortable with bending tubing via heat gun.
 
This build has the pump/res combo installed on the radiator via a 120mm fan adapter along with a drain valve from the pump via a 3 way splitter.
 
This build you'll have the GPU vertical so you can actually see what's going on with the GPU block and it will be RGB lit as well, if you're going with the EVGA block.
 
 

flyinion
 
edit:  woops I just looked closer.  I don't know what that red build is but it's not an H500 series.