Not ready for a mods rig section just yet:
 
 

 
X299 Dark
i9-7940x - EKWB Supremacy EVO Full Copper Delided and using D3r8auer's direct die frame, Thermo Grizzly Kronaut
EVGA 1080ti FTW3 - EKWB Full cover, Thermo Grizzly Kronaut as well
 
I would post more pictures but the forum limit for all attached is 500kb combiend, the image above is pretty much at the limit and I don't feel like setting up an account right now for image hosting
 

Lian-Li PC-D600 is what I am going to. I will be using PETG for the final install

GGTV-Jon
...using D3r8auer's direct die frame

 

 
Why Kryonaut?  Concerned about liquid metal electrical conductivity?

GGTV-Jon
I kinda was but after having it up and ruining testing I am feeling like I had built a race car with great suspension and brakes then only went 3/4 of the way with tires. Going to complete it with Conductonaut

 
Complete... enough?
https://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/3317-phase-change-cooler-and-novec-cooling-der8auer-phase-shift
 

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Note on GPU core speed - I have seen it at 2050 but generally drops to the 2037 once the temp hits 30c
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I am going to leave the GPU with the Kryonaut as it is not thermal throttling.

Technically is throttling, but not significantly.  Possible solution:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2SIrV_4-dM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvBWDTCKspg
 

@geninfo the performance cap in GPU-Z reports Vreal as the limiting factor not thermo. I may have miss spoke above when I stated it dropped at 30c, I thought real thermo throttling started at 60c? Or does it start as early as 30c?
 
@notfordman here is a picture of the radiators - EKWB: 420 CE and an 240 SE, the later is slim for clearance issues for the VRM cooler when it gets mounted in the case
 

geninfo

GGTV-Jon
@geninfo the performance cap in GPU-Z reports Vreal as the limiting factor not thermo. I may have miss spoke above when I stated it dropped at 30c, I thought real thermo throttling started at 60c? Or does it start as early as 30c?
 

Do not know when it starts, but observed thermal throttling below 60C.

 
Update -
Have been messing with stuff. Finally paid attention to temps while running the Superposition 4k test. The GPU Core speed drop from 2050 to 2037 happens when the temps start to rise and reach 33c. It would have to reach 46c before the next drop to 2025 (which it never gets to 40c under load). The weird thing though is even when it does the core step right at 33c the PerfCap reason is always VReal - never thermo

I did mess with doing a static curv in AB last Tuesday night. With a locked 1.093v the highest GPU core clock that would hold and not lock up was 2050 and that was still under 40c (radiator fans at Max speed as I was trying to push the card for a good superposition 4k score)

Y3didya

GGTV-Jon
I did mess with doing a static curv in AB last Tuesday night. With a locked 1.093v the highest GPU core clock that would hold and not lock up was 2050 and that was still under 40c (radiator fans at Max speed as I was trying to push the card for a good superposition 4k score)

Have you first just raised Power and Temperature Limit and see what voltage it uses for its standard max boost clock? If not, go from there and see where you land :)
 
E.g.
 
1.05V 2050MHz
 
Use that as baseline and then go up slowly but surely till it crashes, then keep the clock you had for the crash and go one voltage step above that
 
But 2050 with a FTW3 is pretty good, it is above what is guaranteed with a KPE

In AB I had originally been running with the sliders for voltage, power and temp maxed and observed what the card was maxing out under load with HWiNFO64. Then I set the curve using what the max voltage that was recorded = 1.093
 
I played around with it and the 2050 is still the max stable when running all radiator fans at max. For every day use though I just run it with a saved configuration of +52 core and +650 memory which yields a 2037-2050 core clock and an good memory boost and temps that never see 40c
When playing Ark or BF1 I bump it to +64 core and +700 memory - still under 40c on all temps (core, memory and power/vrm) and pulling 200+watts under load
 
Now if I could just keep the CPU that cool