Gotspeed_2000
Sixxgunn,
I'm glad that it helped someone and appreciate you took the time to share. For your Kingpin mounting, in the show us your 30 series gpu thread Olaf has the Kingpin vertically mounted in his build which is using a O11XL case. You can look at his and see how his came out. There are different Vertical mounting kits that can be used that have different mounting points for the gpu so that it can be moved closer to the mobo/glass. Other also can allow the movement up or down using the various slots in the case. You'll have look at your case/layout to figure out which one you want. I went with the kit from the Lian Li Lancool Mesh. It only has one mounting point from gpu so you want to run a capture card then it wont work for you, but it did allow me to have the option to move it up or down since the O11XL has so many slots in the back. The one thing to watch is the length of the Gen4 cable. Link up offers them in a variety of lengths and mounting angles so be sure to do your homework on that as well. I bought the right angle 20cm PCI-E Gen 4 cable from amazon in the 20cm length because it was the length that came with the lancool vertical riser kit. It was way to long for my build, so I had to tuck it which is common. In hindsight the 15cm would have been better in my build for my setup. But even if it was a bit long, it worked and allowed me to utilize the gen 4.
Here is the link to see Olaf's build:
https://forums.evga.com/Show-us-your-3000-Series-GPU-m3127902-p10.aspx
Hope you are enjoying your KP card. I'm getting closer to mines and I'm looking forward to my name being called.
I have to say, same thing right back to you. I appreciate the time people spend around here to help. It's not ALL salt and spice and you're a perfect example. Thanks for the links and advice; I ordered the cable and bracket and going to give that a go. What I failed to mention is, I'm using a Cooler Master C700p case, and while it's absolutely friggin' awesome, it's just a **TAD** too wide for the AIO's tube length. Seriously, we're talking an inch, maybe less, but it's just a hair too short mounting it stock. I have a backup plan to add a row of fans to the other side of the Kingpin rad in order to push the rad itself out that 1 more inch and see if that works. I'm really wanting to stick with the vert mount, but just in case, I have a plan to fall back on. Again, thank you for the time and links. He's got a great build there.
As for getting yours, hang in there. I know it's easier to say once you're name's been called but it's all I can do. I've come to think of this group as a sort of "Band of Brothers" thing. We stuck together through the battle of GPU Shortage 2020/2021 and we're still fighting....haha.
6.