main thing with PEGT tubing, is getting it just right, when doing a bend, makes sure you get not just the area you are bending but the area out side of it as well ..dont over heat to much it will cause twisting and warp to the tube .. use the heat gun on high just to gt it to start to bend then lower it to low heat .. and work from there ... hold the tube about 3 to 4" from the heat .. 
 

Thanks, but bending is the procedure I wanted to avoid from the beginning. While I generally got the idea on how to perform the actual bends, I watched over a 1000+ tutorials, I still can't figure out how to make more than one bend and have everything align properly. I want to have all runs straight in all 3 axis, and while having one bend is relatively easy, as excess edges can be trimmed, making a second bend in the wrong place can end up making the run at an angle or not line up at all.
 
With that said, I didn't plan on doing any bends and didn't even purchase any silicone inserts or bending templates. I'll be using angled adapters to connect the tubes, like these:
 

 
 
I got 14 of those, and with 7 components that should be just enough, since there's a maximum of 2 changes in direction between 2 components.
 
This is the kind of look I'm aiming for: https://imgur.com/a/YVY8j

looks like a nice plan to up the look of your loop

Nice board
 

This is looking very good. Looking forward to more updates. 

I gave up on waiting for 10980XE, it's pretty much a nonexistent CPU. Heck, I've seen 9990XE's in stock, but not 10980XE... So I decided to get a 9980XE for now. I think I'm gonna survive without the extra 4 PCI-e lanes for now.
 

 
Preliminary testing being done:
 

 
Ok, the last two photos with no peripherals or monitor connected and a skinny PSU power cable are for show only, but I already tested it properly yesterday, and so far everything is working as expected. Haven't tried overclocking it yet, but the CPU's MC appears to be better than my current 7920X.
 
My current 7920X can handle RAM up to 4000MHZ, but 4200MHZ RAM is unstable - it fails at the beginning of Memtest86 Test 2, the system resets within seconds. A few months ago I tried a 9960X, but it turned out much worse, it couldn't even handle RAM above 3600 or 3800MHZ (don't remember exactly), or it would start dropping memory channels.
 
The new 9980XE works fine with 4000MHZ RAM and it handles 4200MHZ RAM until Memtest86 Test 6 or 7 starts, then the system reboots. This already looks promising, I will probably have to play with SA and IO voltages, because I only enabled XMP, and didn't adjust anything else. But still, even if I won't be able to get the RAM run stable at 4200MHZ, running 8 sticks at 4000MHZ is pretty good for LGA 2066 based platform from my experience.
 
 
 

Looks pretty nice with the custom blue rgb, how do you like the encore board?  I've not seen anyone really use that board yet.

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R6EE is a fairly new board, (just like 10980XE, except it can be bought), but you should be able to find a handful of reviews. I haven't tried overclocking the CPU yet, but the options in the BIOS are far more extensive from what I've seen on any of my previous Asus's X299 boards. Overall it's a solid board (it better be at $1000CAD price point), I was choosing between R6EE and Prime X299 Edition 30, and the R6EE features and benefits outweighed the E30 benefits.

Yeah mostly I think most people on X299 are sticking with their old boards, if Intel could actually get some CPUs out to retail then maybe more people might go for that board since it's pretty killer.  Prime 30 is confusing since it doesn't seem to offer any more than the cheaper prime or strix models do.

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I got all the tools and materials needed, what do you think of my first hardline runs?
 

Yes now that is looking great. How about a picture showing the entire build?