Lian Li DK-04 $10K desk build

[Krazy925]

I purchased this beast shortly before I did a complete home remodel several months ago. I am now ready to start building this beautiful case.

So I'm still in the cooling design phase.

I'm going to purchase an Aquaero setup as well as

Purchased:
5950X (currently a 5800X but supposedly have a line on the bigger processor)
Asus Formula X570
4x 32gb RAM (3200) <----- might move this over to the backup rig and grab some faster RAM
AX1200i

Currently need advice on the cooling system.

I love Alphacool radiators and will most likely use those along with Lian Li RGB unifans to simplify the wiring.
1x 480mm rad
1x 240mm rad

Currently weighing the EK pump that mounts to the back and the distro plate that is shown here.
https://www.ekwb.com/news/ek-releases-three-new-quantum-distro-plates-for-lian-li-desk-case/

Let me know what you guys think I'd love to have some people who also love PC gaming weigh in.

Thanks,

PS I have at least one other build planned for an old Case Labs s5 Mercury with pedestal to do after this build.

 

[RanceJustice]

Thanks for showing us this as you build! I personally would love to see the distro-plate ; assuming it doesn't have any limitations or problems, it should in theory be a compact, aesthetically pleasing way to handle your res / pump and other liquid cooling components. If I'm correct, for the EK kit and that particular desk model you'll need only 1 of the two "main" plates (ie the large DK-05F needs both of them) plus the modular pump-integrated distro plate unit.

Edit: I dont know how those LianLi fans stack up, but check out Noctua, EK, and Corsair MagLev too as other alternatives. Likewise, I don't know if there's anything competing at this point but if you're going liquid check out the latest EK Magnitude CPU and GPU block and then see if anyone else has something that is as performant as that ; at the moment, EK has new designs for their high end CPU and cooling blocks for the recent AMD/Nvidia GPUs as well

 

[Krazy925]

Thanks for showing us this as you build! I personally would love to see the distro-plate ; assuming it doesn't have any limitations or problems, it should in theory be a compact, aesthetically pleasing way to handle your res / pump and other liquid cooling components. If I'm correct, for the EK kit and that particular desk model you'll need only 1 of the two "main" plates (ie the large DK-05F needs both of them) plus the modular pump-integrated distro plate unit.

Edit: I dont know how those LianLi fans stack up, but check out Noctua, EK, and Corsair MagLev too as other alternatives. Likewise, I don't know if there's anything competing at this point but if you're going liquid check out the latest EK Magnitude CPU and GPU block and then see if anyone else has something that is as performant as that ; at the moment, EK has new designs for their high end CPU and cooling blocks for the recent AMD/Nvidia GPUs as well

I'm back!

I got the distro plate and the matching pump on order now. I do only need the (right) one distro plate.

I have a box full of Gentle Typhoon AP-15 that I can repurpose for this build. I grabbed an EK block and some coolant from them. I need to get some more fittings as well as some QDCs. I'm digging the Lian Li's though for RGB and the ability to daisy chain these things without extra wires.

I'm also now looking at the Aquaero which I'll most likely grab this week.

I think I should start having pictures of it being put together for the most part here on out. Now the shipping waiting game.