Dear folk!

Its been a long time since my last build and my Cyberpunk themed build being a huge success! I decided i would go back to another vertical but open frame build this time! This is by far still a work in progress. I have a few designs and custom work which i still need to complete. Stay tuned!

Having moved from a Phanteks Shift X (tall boi) to a Dan A4H2O and now this Xtia XProto-L all incorporating the use of the MORA360 external radiator for the past year and a half, I can safely say its still the best ultimate cooling solution!

The build did come with quite a few challenges, the biggest one of them all is the cable management. You really have to meticulously plan how you put everything together in sequence and definitely cannot wing it as you go! You miss a cable or forgot to put something in and you pretty much have to take everything apart again (Yes this happened to me a few times). The easiest thing by far about this build, is routing the hardline tubing. It was probably the most fun part as well especially when you can utilise pretty much any space you can think of externally. I made the use of hose clips to hold the tubing in place where it would be mounted to Quick disconnects to give it some rigidity. Even though the connection to the external radiator is through ZMT soft tubing, there is always pressure applied from the rather stiff rubber tubing once you get everything mounted and in position. Using the hose clips, negates a lot of this and keeps everything stable.

To make things even better, I use Aquacomputers Farbwerk 360 RGB controller to handle all the rgb related components and also the watercooling monitoring. This nifty piece of hardware has both temp sensor and flow sensor inputs so I can get readings from both sensors on one small device which I can hide away out of sight and is about 2” long, making it incredibly compact. Using the Aquasuite software I can output these details through the Vision Touch display which I can manually configure to display whatever stats I want. I currently only have 1 temperature sensor installed but I plan on installing a further 2 for different measurements around the loop. The plan is to have a Quadro fan controller installed at some point which will allow me to closely set fan speed according to coolant temp instead of gpu or cpu temp. This will allow for appropriate coolant temp drops before the fans spin down and will also mean less fluctuation in fan speeds. Side note, the Farbwerk 360 will also take 3pin 5v connections for rgb as well as aquacomputers own rgbpx mini jst connections which is handy if you want to use aftermarket lighting. In my case I used Phanteks Neon strips for front lighting and I also daisy chained my gpu and cpu block. The software will allow you to manually set the number of LED’s per channel to give the desired effect.

The rig consists of the following parts:

• 12700K Overclocked 5.1/4.2/4.2 1.28v
  Asus ROG Z690-I motherboard
  Asus Loki 850w psu
  Corsair Vengeance DDR5 5400mhz oc 6000mhz 1.435v with tighter timings
  RTX 3090 Palit Gamingpro
  Phantek Neon Strips
  Aquacomputer Farbwerk for rgb management
  Aquacomputer inline temp sensors
  Aquacomputer Vision Touch for watercooling stats
  Waveshare 5" LCD Display for main Stats powered by Aida64

Watercooling Hardware:

• EKWB Momentum2 Monoblock
  Heatkiller V Nickel GPU Block
  Heatkiller Tube 150 D5 Combo
  Corsair Hydro X 14mm Hardline tubing
  Corsair Hydro 14mm hardline fittings
  Bitspower/EKWB Quantum Rotaries and angled fittings
  Bitspower Digital flow meter
  XSPC Inline filter
  Koolance Quick Disconnect fittings
  Watercool MORA360 External Radiator
  Phanteks T30 fans x9
  

I'm currently waiting for a Fan bracket to be made for some additional cooling and possibly looking at getting the 30mm extension kit which should allow abit more breathing room for cable management. It's a tight fit right now, so considering it for abit more flexibility for future expansion.

I also have some new DP1.4 cables coming today so replace the mismatched ones i have right now. I contemplated getting the right angled flat cables for neatness but i honestly in this current state don't have the room to run those cables down the centre.