• The pump/reservoir location - there is no mount where I wanted to put the pump/reservoir. Wires would be in the way for both the MB and 2080Ti. To get the effect and location I wanted, I had to drill new holes in the case, use extra long screws with washers and nuts - ensure each screw was aligned with the board and components all while 'floating' 3" from the case and keeping the reservoir square. Cutting screws with a hacksaw to a 2mm tolerance took a lot of patience and probably took me 5 or 6 tries (trimming a bit each time) for each screw to get it right. It is solid and very firmly mounted with plenty of space on all sides for air flow and looks great.
• The 2nd large hard drive on the back of the case. The Torque case has a HD mount position on the back but the holes are for a 2.5" drive. I had to drill new holes and use a full size hard drive bracket adapter to make it work. The holes had to go through the frame in different positions to ensure it was properly spaced on the back side and centered. The holes for 2 of the screws that hold the pump/reservoir also go through the HD bracket, so I had to add the additional thickness of the metal to the length of the screws, install the bracket, then the screws and the reservoir, then the motherboard and 2nd hard drive last.
• The Barrow CPU block did not come with the correct adapter to plug into the motherboard. I had to re-purpose an old 4 pin cable head and redo the wiring to match ASUS's pin out. I think it is very cool to see the coolant temp in the block in the large clear display.  Yes, I know the flow is backwards through the CPU block - I have low temps already and the few degrees penalty of running a block backwards is ok with me. Flipping the flow around would have been much more complicated with a few extra bends and did not look at nice as the final setup.

• The water loop took lots of patience to ensure I had consistent bends of the same radius. It was not hard, it just took a long time of measuring, warming, bending, placing, and then checking. The placement of the pump next to the 2080Ti gave me a tough choice because the RAM is so tall it blocked the port on the top of the 2080Ti - I had to use the side port.  I came up with the unique loop segment from the pump to the video card to keep the theme of flowing bends (no elbows) - it ended up being one of the most awesome parts of the build. The hardest segment to get right was the long return from the CPU to the 2nd reservoir - 5 bends in a single run. I wanted to have both fill and drain ports to help with flushing. The top fill port is on a swivel so I can connect a fill tube, open the valve, and top up/fill. Once the reservoir is full, I can swivel the fill port out of the way if needed. I did find that because the angle of the Torque case forward about 30 degrees, it may be necessary to tilt the case towards the rear so the MB is parallel w/ the floor to ensure the top of the reservoir can be filled w/o leaving an air bubble in it when the case is put back down in its normal angled position. Putting the 2nd radiator mid loop also ended up working out well since the Crosshair Formula VIII motherboard water loop segment for the VRMs was close to the end of the mid loop radiator position. I used ideas from a few other Torque builds to end up what I created and in the parts photo there is one of 3 design ideas I started out with.
• Initially I started with XSPC Blood Red coolant. The see through red was quite bright and had an awesome look. I  wanted something a bit different and when I did the flush of the XSPC fluid, I was seeing red residue all over the loop after only 1 month (yikes!). I switched to PrimoChill Vue in Crimson. Yes I had the 'foaming' issue some people have experienced at the beginning of the fill process and after the 24hour loop test, the foam was gone. The Vue swirl effect in the coolant is memorizing. It is very easy to see the coolant swirling through all the segments, in the 2080Ti waterblock, CPU block, and reservoir. I did notice that the case and ram RGB lights should be set to white to see the swirls and for photos. If the RGB lights are set to red on the red fluid, it makes the swirl easier to see, but it looks like black swirls vice red (very odd color effects of red on red). // Update Oct // I now use EKWB Blood Red and it is the best coolant I have used thus far. // see below about VUE 
• The fittings and tubing are UV reactive and of all the things in the build, this has been the one item that has been a bit hard to get to 'show' at times. I have experimented with some UV lights and even a flashlight - and it remains a work in progress.  
• The mount of the 2080Ti card is on a Cooler Master video card side mount, but the included CM riser cable was too short. I ended up ordering a Thermaltake riser cable extension cord that was the proper length. It is almost impossible to see, but there is a stress relief screw I put under the video card to help hold it in position and prevent sag. The relief screw end can be seen in the day image just under the clear part of the video card with a bit of the blue color splashing over the screw. 
• The cables coming off the rear of the Torque case seemed to be a bit disorganized for such a great build. I ended up buying 90 deg bend adapters for the USB and Ethernet ports to keep the look clean. The only exception is the S/PDIF cable to connect to my audio system.
• The power cables for the graphics and motherboard are Mod-One / Titan Rig since the stock cables with the PSU were not sleeved, and the Corsair sleeved kit that you can buy - had cables that were far too long. I did keep the sleeved Corsair 8 pin MB cable, but given its the only cable I ended up using from the kit, it is probably better to just go with all custom power cables for the MB and Video card.
• The MP600 Gen 4 PCIe drive comes with a heat sink on it. The ASUS Crosshair VIII Formula has a heat sink for NVMe drives that does not play nice w/ the MP600. I ended up having to remove a thermal pad from the ASUS board and not installing the ASUS heatsink for the NVMe drive to make it fit since the MP600 already has its own heat sink. 
• The Torque case is amazing to look at yet having the tilt like it is means that you cannot set something like a USB hard drive or cellphone on the top. There is a small slot just above the power button area that you can prop a phone or HD into and connect to the USB 3 ports / USB-C port. 
• The staff at EKWB were awesome to help me with my orders. My initial order was mis-routed in the mail (DHL thought it was Sierra Leone vs Slovenia) and the customs office at DHL got confused when trying to track the radiator(s). EKWB was awesome and set up a return for me and I re-ordered the items. DHL eventually found the package, returned it to EKWB, and the reset was history. How DHL didn't know the difference from Europe vs Africa is hard to understand - especially since I was not sending 'to' either of those places.
• I leave the glass off the Torque case. The glass is semi non clear, like 10% tinted. It would be nice if Antech had a clear glass option.

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That was a lot of cleaning work but I wanted to thank you for all of the pictures and the steps you took in the cleaning process.