Same here. If I'd been doing them 10 years ago I'd be willing to keep moving forward with them but starting from scratch at this point is more time and money than its worth for my setups.
Yeah, I knew already before starting this project that I really don't have the time for this **** anymore, and actually executing on the project has been proof of that.
That was kind of the motivation though.
I want to do it once. Build an overkill water cooling loop that I will never need to upgrade, and make it modular with QDC's allowing me to easily swap out components as time goes on.
With a little luck, I'll be able to go a long time with the only needed work being to replace the coolant every 1-2 years.
At least that is the hope.
Man if it wasn't for the waterblock I might want it. I'm not ready for custom loops. I think I'm aged past doing that at this point. lol.
We will have to see how that goes.
I haven't listed it yet, as I still need to clean the block a little before taking pictures and trying to sell it.
It is generally in very good condition (pretty much like new) except a little of the blue dye from mu old coolant dried in one spot inside the block and just won't come out no matter how much I flush it. It is going to need to be opened and scrubbed a little.
Traditionally it is nearly impossible to sell used GPU's with water blocks installed on them. Most water cooling enthusiasts do so for high end systems, and are less likely to want a previous gen GPU when you upgrade...
...but with how weird the GPU market is now, and the 4090 still being the second fastest GPU out there, it may be different this time.
I'm going to try to sell it with the block, but if I don't have any takers, I may reinstall the stock cooler.
For someone who
does want to water cool a 4090 though, it will likely be a great deal, as the EK water block on this thing was not cheap, and I bet I'll barely get much more for it with it on there, than I'd get for the stock 4090.