So yeah, GPU is back from RMA, I've played a few hours of DOOM, and a bit of No Man's Sky, and I've only heard 'normal' amounts of coil whine using the EK block and backplate. Though, I had zero noticeable coil whine when on air. I've read that removing the EK backplate can almost eliminate it, but I'm not sure I want to go that route... we'll see. But for now, I'm happy that I have a GPU that doesn't scream at me as I'm playing, or opening the start menu, or editing photos...

I also installed a sensor panel monitor, running AIDA64 Sensor Panel. I have some more tweaking to do on this, but it displays what I need for now.

To Do list:

- Custom length GPU and Motherboard cables (the cable mod cables are okay, but I'm addicted to MDPC-X... and I just like cables that fit the build)
- Change out the pump. The pump is louder than I expected, and I think it has to do with when I was filling the loop. I may have run the pump dry for a few seconds on accident. Let's just say family comes before computers, even if said family causes a broken pump I still runs fine though, just loud. I know DDC's are louder than D5's by quite a bit, but I've heard, and even had quieter DDC's... and that was more than a decade ago... I would expect the 4.2 to be quieter than the Laing DDC I had that long ago.... this list item is getting long... I'll stop now...
- Continued cable management: I had to get rid of the TouchAqua RGB controller as it was causing issues, so now I have the Fans on one motherboard channel, and the blocks, res, and case RGB on the other channel. OH! And I'm running SignalRGB rather than Armoury Crate. Crate screwed with build stability to the point that I had to reformat and reinstall Windows. ASUS, get your crap together... some of us still build PCs... take some time away from your laptops and give us some attention... please...
- Memory... freakin' memory... I can't get lower than C18 even at 3200, and this is supposed to be C18 at 4000!!! I'm honestly new to have to tweak this much with memory... the last time I had to do this was with the Athlon XP, in an Abit motherboard... 20 miles, in 33 feet of snow, up hill, and there was a hurricane, too!
- Not priority, but the water temp sensor I'm using is only showing water at 27 to 29 C all the time, no matter what, which doesn't seem right... I'd like to correct this sometime, but I have fans set to static right now, and it cools just fine... but things that don't work as intended really bug me...

Okay, that was a lot of text, and I'm sorry... I suck at this... man I wish I could build for a living... just not enough interest in the land of corn and soy beans

3080 ti developed TERRIBLE clicking… turns out it was coil whine… really bad coil whine…

The system is up and running, but the lighting does not work, and I'm not happy with the PSU cables, so I'll be making my own in the next few weeks. For now, here are some pics all built, but not filled... OH! I noticed that my 3080ti makes strange noises anytime I adjust clarity/texture/luminosity in Lightroom... almost sounds like a hard drive. Anyone else have this issue?

Wire management is my happy place

The first of three layers of cables is complete… the next layer only has two cables: the CPU and GPU blocks… the third consists of the motherboard and GPU power cables… victory is near…

So yeah... decided that I hate all of the SATA power connectors I had... decided to terminate all of them to SATA/AUX PSU plugs, and plug them directly into the PSU... this is also my first time going 'shrinkless'... This just a small update... I've also decided to eliminate the front sound cable, as I never use these... and I've also begun sleeving the remaining case wiring, except for the USB3 cables... but all of these flimsy, flat wires are getting sleeved... I've also decided to eliminate the Lian-Li controller, and hook everything directly to the motherboard, thus removing a ton of cables... but now I need to be sleeved extension... well, so much for the short update... 😅

Not groundbreaking, but I decide to take some update photos, mostly to try and get my photog skills back (switched to manual and raw for the first time in 4 years... scary). I need to bring Danbo back into this... next time

I looked at the spacing between the frame of the case, and the top panel, and found that a fill port will fit... so now I can fill the G1 all the way... and I've always liked fill ports, but I've never installed one...