Very excited.  by my calculation, this will get me up to about 170fps from 155fps in BF4   Going to try to get it done in the next week or two.  Everyone is still doing RGB but I'm still an all black stealth build kind of guy.  this build is going to kick some major butt.
 

• 3090 KPE hydrocopper
• 12900K 
• gskill 6600 ddr5
• z690 kingpin
• EK quantum magnitude CPU block black/acetel
• EVGA 1600 platinum
• noctuas galore
• EPDM soft tube / EK fittings... black :)

 
Only thing left to pick is the case, pump and radiators.  The case kind of drives the radiator selections.  Ideally, I'd like a tiny case with external rads.  maybe even a dual loop.  But It looks like there just arent a lot of case options to fit the Z690 board.  unless I go completely open test bench.  Seems like the possibilities are O11XL, Define 7 XL, Enthoo Pro, 7000D, 1000D
 
I am leaning towards the Fractal Define 7 XL or the Enthoo.  With how big these mbs are, there really just arent a lot of options.  I kind of want to get the case and test fit the board before I buy rads so I can measure the exact head room this go around.  rather than end up with a more for the parts bin.
 
Definitely open to thoughts and suggestions.  Pics coming once I get all the goodies.

Thanks Chaos, will do.
 
Might have to settle for lesser ram.  I ordered Trident Z5 6600 on amazon but now they say it wont be delivered until October :(  Got a lesser ddr5 Trident Z5 6000 kit in stock from newegg in the mean time so this build isnt just sitting.  This is the one I wanted.. 
 
If anyone knows where to grab that elsewhere, please let me know.  Amazon shows it as "ships from amazon" but its not actually in stock... doesn't seem like anyone has the matte black RGB .  I'd prefer the non-RGB but that only comes in 6400
 
https://www.gskill.com/product/165/374/1648539359/F5-6600J3440G16GX2-TZ5RK-F5-6600J3440G16GA2-TZ5RK


Also.. went with the Define 7 XL.  Maybe I'll do a dual loop... decisions decisions :)

Looking forward to pictures of this mod!

Looks like I can fit a coolstream 240 in push pull in the bottom intake
 
If I get a slim 480 for the top, i should be able to do push pull there.  I'd rather get the 420 for the top but it looks like the EK coolstreams are discontinued and all thats left is marked up 480s

redteamgo
Ugh, I'm returning this case.  top frame is damaged and bent pretty badly.  that just doesnt fly for $270.  i guess newegg really is that bad these days.  clearly they sent out a dinged RMA for NIB

Sorry to hear this. I hope that issue can be corrected soon. 

Couple of pics and an update.  Everyone knows this but me but the mark of a good loop is the ability to drain and break it down without fidgeting and titling for 3 hours.  My old layout looked good but was very hard to maintain.  It took me every bit of 3 hours to break it down my old Z590 loop.  It was just very tight, everything has to be ratcheted centimeter by centimeter until you can take the top frame off.  The FLT120 looks cool and saves space but its MUCH harder to work with. I bled the new loop with the D5 150ml pump/res in about 3 minutes.  With the FLT, it takes easily an hour because there is just no good way to tilt and fill.  Its just a lot of extra work.  anyway..
 
I wanted to plug up the 3090 KPE directly but the MPC BPC doesnt allow enough clearance so it continues to be vert mounted.  Also, the Z690 KP has no onboard HDMI/DP.  So if you're building, don't buy the 12900K, its a waste of money.  I didn't realize it until I started plugging stuff in hah.  The 6600 XMP3 Gskill blades posted right away with no problem.  I haven't started messing with CPU overclocks yet.  The most pressing matter is figuring out how to turn the RAM LEDs off.. :P
 
Lastly.. I bought a MORA3 420 Pro but its going to be a few weeks.  After the newegg sent me a damaged case and I started mathing out all of the new bits more carefully... it just doesn't make any sense at all.  Existing case can fit the board.  More rads would have cost me another $300-400 plus the case at $300 +/-... so $700 on rads and enclosure.  It makes a lot of "sense" to go nuts on a push pull MORA at that point seemingly.
 
Using a couple of EK 360 external rads for now sitting on top of the case for now.  Its so much easier to work in a case when you get rid of all the radiators LOL
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
and we are now RGB free :)
 
 
 

 
cleaned up the wire runs a bit.  I really love this TBE 200 pump and bracket.  I attached the pump to the pump bracket with dampeners and then attached the bracket to the case with dampeners.  The FLT120 D5 was significantly louder, probably from being just exposed and on a rail frame.
 

 
More to come once I get the MORA.  Going to clean up the soft tubes, PSU cabling, do QDC's on a passthrough in the PCI slot, second pump when it arrives.
 
I really really like watercool products.  The MORA is big but it sure seems like there isnt a better value out there in ambient water cooling.  I wish they made a black heatkiller block.

Looks like some excellent work despite the hiccups. 

redteamgo

Cool GTX
nice Rig

rjohnson11
Looks like some excellent work despite the hiccups. 

thanks guys!  more to come soon

Looking forward to that!

 

 
Very nice piece of hardware.  good tolerances, feels very premium.  Fins arent perfect but no complaints, very minor imperfects. pump and rad are leak tested.  I'm tempted to plug her up tonight but I need to make room on my desk first :P

That looks fantastic.

rjohnson11
That looks fantastic.

Thank you!

Cool GTX
Sweet Rig

Thank you!
 
Got a 1.5" cable sleeve to cover up the loose wiring and extra molex cables.  Nice and pretty now :P  
 

 
 
 
 
couple of timespy benchmarks at stock voltage
20911 baseline https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/79342493
21854 gaming OC https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/79342713
 
Ambient temp was 76F or ~24.5C when performed.  Average GPU temp 47C and 48C   So delta T is about (lol typo'd 13 at first)  23.  Thats pretty good for the HC block.  I never got much better than that and I have a M5works BC cooler.. so yeah.  But then only a 1.5C - 2.5C increase when the OC of +1000mem / +100 core / +121 power is applied.  it is super tempting to load the XOC bios and classified tool and see what I can really get but I really don't want to draw straws and blow up my KP card. and even then, I'm not sure if you'd want to daily drive an overclock like that even if you have the cooling performance.  Anyway
 
Gushing more about the MO-RA... the benefit of the MO-RA is kind of two fold.  First there is the extreme amount of rad surface area on push pull with 200mm fans.  Beasting it right there for sure.  But then there is additional benefit from getting all of the rads and obstructions out of the case.  That is a dramatic improvement to airflow and cooling.  The entire case is just cool to the touch now.  The case has seven 140s and one 120mm fan.  Four of the 140s are exhaust, three 140s are intake and one 120 is intake.
 
MO-RA 420 in push pull 200mm is possibly the ultimate of off the shelf ambient consumer cooling.  I love it.  This thing can run the heck out of excel
 

 
 
 
 

 

cotter32
That cooler looks like it could cool a motorcycle engine !
 
To the Moon !
 

lol thank you! it might!
 
 
multicore @ p-cores @ 5.3ghz, e-cores @ 3.7ghz.  I think I might be able to get the e-cores above 4ghz but I'm not sure if it will be a stable DD overclock.  CPU temp touched 100C and thermal throttle kicked in periodically. 
 

 
single core

B0baganoosh
Love it!
 
This is a similar idea to what I was envisioning with this thread. I was trying to figure out how to keep the desk-footprint small with the case that just needs a bit of airflow for VRMs and whatnot while moving all the actually power cooling to an adjacent MO-RA. I love those things. Even the one I have at work with 18-140mm fans is extremely quiet. I threw ~600W of heat into it and the water temperature went up a couple degrees (so did the ambient temp in the room after a while lol). I was also considering the 200mm's for home use.
 
Anyway, great job! It looks sweet.

thank you stopping by and for taking a look!  that is exactly what I was going for too.  keep the case footprint as small as possible and make the cooling modular.
 
I almost did the 9x2 140mm but 200mm is just a much better value.  each 200mm 1200rpm Noctua fan is <$30 direct from germany.  so you're buying 10 less fans at $30 a pop plus the 200mm moves much more air more quietly, even tho the max RPM is 1200 vs 1500 .  So "save" $300 by going with 200mm fans and be a bit quieter .  the choice is clear :P

which quick disconnects did you go with?

redteamgo

Cool GTX
which quick disconnects did you go with?

 
 
morning Cool GTX, I am using Koolance QD3 10/16 compression fittings.  cheers!
 
https://www.performance-pcs.com/water-cooling/fittings-connectors/koolance-qd3-quick-disconnect-no-spill-coupling-female-compression-10-x-16mm-3-8-x-5-8in-qd3-fs10x16.html
https://www.performance-pcs.com/water-cooling/fittings-connectors/koolance-qd3-male-quick-disconnect-no-spill-coupling-compression-for-10mm-x-16mm-3-8in-x-5-8in-qd3-ms10x16.html
 
Also... sorry.  I already cleaned out PPCs last week. :P  You will need to wait for a restock.
 
 
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Got a 22063 timespy done with +1600/+130/+121 at stock voltage. That's a best for sure.

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/30585114
 
Port Royal is more testy. I can't get past +1100m/+120c/+121p at stock voltage. Right on the edge of 15k, best with this card is 15100 in old system. I suppose I need to flip the voltage jumper just so I can say this system can get there :P

Get one of those room AC's on wheels. Make a box for your radiator setup to set in, crank that AC as low as it will go in that box and bench. Desperate times call for desperate measures lol