As an assistant manager at a computer business, year after year I had upgrade envy. I stretched out my previous i7-920 build for 11 years. Chipset after chipset later, I decided on Alder Lake (LGA 1700) and I tend to go BIG so it lasts me several years. As of November 11, 2021, I began purchasing parts. At first, I had purchased the NZXT Z63 closed loop water cooling unit. The LGA 1700 bracket kit took too long to arrive so I returned the unit and when the kit arrived, sold it too. After doing more research, I was familiar with Arctic and decided on the Liquid Freezer II A-RGB unit. Their support was excellent and two weeks later received its bracket kit. The PCB cover (Rev. 1) that the cooler uses isn't designed for LGA 1700 but removing two screws - the under-cover was removed without affecting operation.
 
Working at a computer store has its perks - access to video cards no one else has regular access to. One of my suppliers mentioned that they got a few cards in. One or two business days later, I had my EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING in hand.
 
The case is one of my favorites: Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB SIGNATURE SERIES Mid-Tower Smart Case - Neon Night. I had it cross-shipped to Canada.
 
https://www.modsrigs.com/detail.aspx?BuildID=44326
 
Note - Some photos have reflections of surrounding items. I just built the computer at the shop I work at and set up the computer in my room late Tuesday night. One benchmark has been completed.
 
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Vertically mounted Arctic Liquid Freezer II beside motherboard.

Thanks, rjohnson11. Since then, I uploaded photos to a free image posting service and embedded them in the OP.

Very nice looking..... 👍👍

VERY NICE! 

Thank you.

On my Mods Rigs, the benchmark for 3DMark says the RAM is 4800 MHz. Currently, XMP is bugged for DDR5 and Intel is working on a fix. When enabled, it BSOD's. Others on Reddit have the same issue. That's why it's not running at its rated speed.

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NazcaC2

Gone Cruising
Beautiful! May I ask where you had the graphics done on the glass and case panels?

It's actually a variety of the Corsair 5000X case (Signature Series). There are five designs to choose from (Neon Night, Triptych, Shift, Planetary and Glitch).
Click Here to see Neon Night and to choose other varieties from the dropdown
 
Thanks, both of you.

Wow, didn't see those!!!

 
Nice!   

Really cool looking rig!!! Diggin it! +1

Thanks you two. It wasn't cheap but it was worth every dollar. And, it was quite fun to build.

Thanks, notfordman. I felt like I stretched out my past build long enough. Even my 60 Hz IPS monitor feels pretty smooth with the new system.
 
Maybe in a few months, I'll get another monitor with G-Sync Ultimate and a quiet mechanical keyboard.