Dabadger84

Eric99
We now have queues for water-blocks? I can't even get a card, let alone a water-block....

..... the current global bassard ...
 

Dabadger84

johcamp21

Dabadger84
Oh so we don't know when exactly the queue for the Kingpin Block started?  Well that's not encouraging... here's hoping 6 seconds was fast enough to get me in the initial shipment batch, who knows how long it'll be before they get another shipment given the Kingpin is a very low-yield, low-production SKU and thereby the amount of blocks being made will be pretty small too.

Dabadger84
Oh so we don't know when exactly the queue for the Kingpin Block started?  Well that's not encouraging... here's hoping 6 seconds was fast enough to get me in the initial shipment batch, who knows how long it'll be before they get another shipment given the Kingpin is a very low-yield, low-production SKU and thereby the amount of blocks being made will be pretty small too.

Interested to hear your opinion on a hard tube loop that is pretty much installed with on 360 radiator + distro block. Say if I wanted to add another radiator - would it be a big deal to use soft tubing for that part of the loop? I'm thinking of soft tubing from distro to radiator and from radiator to CPU to tie it in. All tubing is clear.
 
Newbie to watercooling so this may be totally unacceptable. Haven't research it enough to be completely honest with you.

Honestly I have no idea, I just got back in to full custom liquid cooling recently. I avoided hard tubing because I was worried I'd mess it up :-D 
I don't see a problem with doing that temporarily, as long as the inner diameter of the tubing is the same, I don't think pressure or anything like that would become an issue.  My system is all soft tubing, and I have a whole 'nother box of unopened 3 meters worth of tubing... so technically I could redo my whole system with new tubing, but I'm hoping I don't need to do that to add a 360 + the card in...
 
I'm thinking Pump to CPU to 360 to GPU to 480 to pump/res will be the setup, with the 360 up top where the KP radiator is now:
 

 
I will have to figure out how to "re mount" the fan that's currently blocking air over the M.2 card/lower M.2 of the motherboard/chipset area once the card has a block on it. lol

TheRealMikeVan

Nike_7688

Eric99
Any word on the 3080 ti release? That might be my only hope at this point.

Latest rumors (and that's all we have) are ~May 27th for probably a FE edition. No idea if EVGA would have one same day or not. Or if the date is correct. lol just rumors really.

Lol the rumors always kill me by getting my hopes up. I keep seeing those same rumors about mid-end of May but it could easily get pushed back again. It WAS end of last year and then February, then April and now "May". I would guess sometime in 2021 and that's as accurate as I'm willing to guess 

vndragonslayer1
Straggler invites just went out

johcamp21
I have one question to ask of Mr. enewt. How do you feel seeing a KP waterblock but no KP WC card? I hope it doesn't hurt you too much inside friend.

enewt

johcamp21
I have one question to ask of Mr. enewt. How do you feel seeing a KP waterblock but no KP WC card? I hope it doesn't hurt you too much inside friend.

 
I feel like I've made all the wrong choices...If I had only purchased a KPE Hybrid and then entered today's block queue, I'd be done.  But they announced the KPE HC back in November...and then delayed it to kingdom come....  
 
So, yeah, I am not feeling so wise or spiffy today.  How are you doing?

tomgillotti
I hear there's a way to see where we are in a particular queue? I scrolled back a few pages on here but didn't see a list or anything, so I figured I'd ask. In queue: 10G-P5-3881-KR 10/7/2020 11:28:50 AM PT

Dabadger84
Edit: For anyone wondering what the tax/shipping is, it's about $42 minimum, at least for me it was.

Gotspeed_2000
 
 
You could do either of two ways you listed.  You can gap the cpu/gpu with a rad in between to try and squeeze out a little more performance out of both units since the coolant entering both would have a chance to run through a rad to cool it a little more if any, or you could do it how you said running the coolant from the GPU directly to the CPU.  Dadabadger I believe is pushing his system for max performance on over-clock tests.  So every little bit counts to those in that situation.  For gamers and most users, the slightly if any temperature changes you would have if you run the fluid to the gpu directly to the cpu or vice versa would be minimal at best as long as the pump is able to push a decent amount of fluid through the system per minute/hour. 
 
Everyone will have their ideas and such, but the bottom line is the water temp will heat up to a certain point and remain constant based on factors of the system you use.  Length and thickness of rads (length having a larger effect since more fans and surface area=more cooling if everything is a constant when comparing shorter verse longer rads), cooling efficiency of the fans on rad, amount of fluid in the system, and the amount of fluid cycled per minute/hour.  Also there are other factors such as ambient temperatures and the nexus between your ambient and operating temperatures as well.  I'm sure there are more that I'm missing, but I hope you get a clearer picture.  
 
In the end, it really depends on what you are doing and your skill level.  Going direct from the gpu to the cpu should allow for a cleaner install with the hard tubes/soft tubes you use since the components are in close proximity to each other so it would simplify installation.  If you are able to run your tubes how ever you want, then the choice is really yours.  Just research what you want to do before you start buying and look at layouts of system that use the same case as what you have to give you ideas on what you may or may not want to do.  I've been planning my O11XL for a while and ended buying a rad which I thought would fit but in the end it wont since the way I am planning to do my system has clearance issues.  I wanted to run three rads with a pump/res combo which I know is overkill but that is what I wanted to do which really complicated my build.  So plan ahead so you don't end up buying parts you don't need or will make your system more complicated than it needs to be or overextend the costs of your system.  

Nike_7688

Dabadger84
Edit: For anyone wondering what the tax/shipping is, it's about $42 minimum, at least for me it was.

What are taxes? (*giggles in NH*...*stops giggling when remembering how much shipping from CA usually costs*)

Dabadger84

Nike_7688

Dabadger84
Edit: For anyone wondering what the tax/shipping is, it's about $42 minimum, at least for me it was.

What are taxes? (*giggles in NH*...*stops giggling when remembering how much shipping from CA usually costs*)

Tax rate here is only 6.75% so it's not too horrid. Shipping was $21, cuz I got Ground, and Ground actually showed same arrival date as paying twice as much for 2nd day shipping - overnight wasn't available since it's a Friday I guess O_o or maybe I read it wrong.  But I'm pretty sure it was Ground $21, 3-Day Select $30, 2nd Day Air $42.
According to the initial estimate it'll be here Tuesday if it ships today, so *shrug*
 
And should be noted, the taxes & shipping is all I had to pay thanks to the kind folks using my associate's code around these parts for the past 6 months.

enewt

Dabadger84
Oh, I just got mine:
 
400-HC-1999-B14/23/2021 10:00:06 AM PTYes
 
Edit: For anyone wondering what the tax/shipping is, it's about $42 minimum, at least for me it was.

Congratulations Dabadger84!  Thanks for reporting back to the thread. Enjoy your wet case for your gaming goodness (I'll work on that expression...it's not quite right ).