Even though they end up looking nice and clean, I wanted to avoid the O11 distro-plate and do something unique. I also wanted to keep the front window. I liked the sleek look of the EK Flat reservoirs so I decided to go with that and have just bottom-up airflow.

In general I like the components to be what is seen, not the lights but use the lights for accent colors. In addition to the fans I also two vertical light strips behind the right and left posts to provide white ambient light.

One challenge was what to do about the reservoir being see-through. I though about just using a frosted glass sticker but first experimented with taping a printed photo and this actually looked better than I ever expected. They key was to use smartphone wallpaper images due to the very narrow aspect ratio. I also put a little bit of black electrical tape to the side of the pump so that the whole bottom of the res is blacked out.

I've since upgraded the GPU to a 4090 but still waiting on the waterblock for it.

Specs in Photo:
Case: O11 XL
GPU: Asus Strix RTX 2080 TI with Phanteks block
CPU: i7-12700k with EK Velocity^2 block
MB: Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Formula
RAM: G.Skill 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6000
Fans: 6x Lian Li Uni-Fan 120 SL-Inf
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W
Storage: WD Black SN850 2TB
Cables: custom cables from CableMod

Cooling:
Fittings from EK and Bitspower
2x 360 Radiators - corsair 30mm on top, alphacool 45mm on bottom
EK Flat Res with D5