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Some radiators have extra ports or you can use a "T", "X" or "Y" block installed in your loop with enough ports to install a drain
 
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Some people use those quick disconnect fittings - they are rather large & expensive though

Didn't even think of a cap for the end of the ball valve assembly, thanks!  When I do flushes with distilled water, am I ok to let it dry out for a day uncapped after I swab it out?  Can/should I put a drop or two of mixed coolant in there for the biocide or can I cap it off ok wet with distilled water when it comes time to fill?
 
Draining and disassembling a loop seems pretty straightforward to me when it comes time so yeah, even for free I don't think I'd ever bother with quick disconnects.  Maybe if I was running a Youtube channel... I decided to go soft tubing for a number of reasons despite being comfortable and familiar with metal tube fabrication and forming and several metals.  I want to see my coolant in the lines and being able to easily, cheaply disassemble any part of my loop for upgrade-time or new builds so it seemed the way to go. 
 
I got my hands on some PETG and I like the way it "fails", how it bends real nice and easy, and isn't too fussy when I used my friend's reaming tool to set the inner/outer edges.  The tubing chattered a little bit but the chamfer quickly smoothed out to nice ruled surfaces with a quick combo of jeweler's file and 320 emery cloth.  I am going to stick it in a south facing window and see what happens to it through the spring and summer.  I might change my mind when 7nm Ryzen drops and it's CPU upgrade time but I can't really come up with a reason for quick disconnects when I can quick-n-easy cut out a section of EK Duraclear and replace it, or if end up with PETG undo my fittings, replace a seal ('cause I'm already there and again, cheap enough) and be on my way.
 
Seriously, thanks again for that cap suggestion.  You helped out in a very appreciated way.
 

bcavnaugh
I would Drop the Memory to 800 from 1050 when Folding.

I have read a number of your posts beyond our common threads and your opinion carries some weight with me.  Is this a longevity related suggestion? 
 
Knock on wood, I am pretty convinced the vocal multi-RMAers are just pushing their hardware beyond sensible.  On air, my 2080 Ti FTW3 would run +1100  in any game no problem until the memory temps crept up to the high 70ies and it began visibly disco light artifacting.  Time Spy Ultra would complete test #2 w/o artifacts above +1075 so I figured there or south was my true stable memory offset.  More testing led me +800 for 24x7 reliability with acceptable temps for any load (in my eyes < 80° C given then behavior at +1100) using the triple fan FTW3 heatpipe assembly. 
 
When I moved to the hybrid it seemed that +1050 was the place to be with +1075 being strongly suspected of being the actual limit.  I backed it off a little owing to common sense and iirc seeing you suggest as much else where in a thread I lurked.  I know it's not getting me any better F @ H performance with all that 11% ± 4% reported memory controller load while folding. However, since every little bit counts in XCOM2 so long as it doesn't crash games, fail work units, or shorten the life I am content with letting it ride as my general setting.  It has been running like this since the end of January nary a problem in extended gaming sessions or otherwise 24x7 folding.

Just got done with the specified.  8-A and 8-B are particularly nice write ups.  I hadn't come across those while getting things figured out mainly because the EK fluids were what I planned to run initially from the get go.  Concerning 10 I had an EK rep hit me up on a reddit post and they suggested hot water and the "rad dance" several times and it was what I am planning to do. Even after reading those posts I am not sure about bothering with vinegar but I have at least a week before I will have enough time to get started installing now that I have all parts in hand and in that time I suspect I will have read through all of your links.  You know I'll be back if I still am on the fence here.
 
As far as coolant, I grabbed 3L of premix EK CryoFuel while shopping.  It seemed like a safe and lazy bet.  I like the potential visibility of the opaque stuff but not interested in disassembling my blocks any more than I have to for the service life of this 2080Ti and Ryzen 3xxx.  I can only see potential problems with them.  OE coolant or not.
 
When I get the case modded and loop validated I'll post some results.  Probably will come up with another question or two between now and then...