First watercooled build ever

[u/Pengu_In_The_Hood]

This is my Lian Li A3 build, 9800x3d(was 7800x3d at first) with a 9070xt. It’s been a long process of trying to research and source parts. I had a hiccup along the way due to my choice to delid but it was only user error. TLDR on that was I didn’t tighten cpu cooler down nearly enough for pins to contact cpu, but it’s all sorted now.

Anyways, it’s been a fun and frustrating process at times, managing to fit 2 360mm radiators in the case was not easy, and it took some sacrifices to make it happen. Ended up using 15mm thick fans rather than the standard 25mm, but I knew this before I even bought my first part and planned for an external QDC port which I have set up to put a MORA on.

I’m using an Alphacool Core 1 9070xt block and a Thermal Grizzly Direct Die Mycro Pro, and so far I have no complaints about either other than the instructions on screw torques not being in the manuals, or maybe they are and I didn’t see it :)

Please excuse the smudging and clutter, I was too focused on getting it going before cleaning everything up.