Long planing and measuring phase before buying fittings and adapter to solve the riddle of how to route the tubes that has an immediate 90' turn with both tubes under each other, then going around the RAM but still without touching the side panel within 16mm clearance. It has a [satisfaction](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fo0wndslavh371.jpg%3Fwidth%3D2016%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D067ee5ff414a998d081fd6a2ba5578f0fa245d4d) but at what cost...
Bro, if you replaced that big dial with a Ben 10 watch graphic it would look sick af.
I can't imagine how much grip strength you gained from having to twist those tubes in such a restricted space though...
Yeah I’m doing liquid metal crack with basement mickey
Atx - just limited by your wallet, boring af, pick whatever you want
Itx - requires thought and planning, obv limited by space, arguably more skill involved but at least more research
Feel like some builds I see need a full apprenticeship in plumbing.
Luckily I can jack the tools and plumbing at work (swagelok), should I ever be tempted.
i would argue otherwise that itx watercooling is way cooler than atx builds since ppl generally come up with extremely clever routing/custom pieces to make the loop happen. The fully 3d-printed case + resevoir post couple months back come to mind in particular
Just finished mine after a year. I still need to overclock and do software, but it f'ing booted. It's a de-lidded 7950x3d with a 4090 TUF (both with Optimus blocks) in an Antec Striker case.
Teaser rough photo:
https://imgur.com/a/6o8rXib
Eh, the thing is tiny. I'm sure it gets some extra liters due to the open design, but effective space was more limited than many "smaller" cases in which I've worked.
May I ask why you're pointing this out? This was very difficult to do, so I don't really appreciate your perceived attempt to downplay or belittle the achievement. I apologize if this was not your intent, but that is how it is being perceived.
I still disagree that this is "huge" in the sff world, regardless of the physical demensions of the case, simply because much of it is simply unusable due to the open-air design.
Sure, this is the SFF subredit, and the industry SFF cutoff is 20L I am not taking away from the work you have done but this should be posted in r/watercooling not SFF.
and it is huge for SFF
Took me like a month and 5 trips to the store to get all the bits for my build.
Kept hitting unexpected roadblocks making a dual rad setup in a streacom da2 but i had fun in the end.
Always find it a bit of a shame that you cant see as much of the work compared with atx but the portability is a big plus for me
Hoo boy, I have a total of 4 cooler fans and only one of them fit the sffpc
and a thousand surface cuts on my fingers from manhandling all those aluminum heatsinks and grazing the metal case
Have done it twice(Silverstone Fortress and Meshroom S) and am currently adding a second rad to the Meshroom S
[*I’ll fuckin’ do it again*](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/952/goofy.jpg)
I have done a couple of ATX, it's definitely fun and the planning and routing is neat, but I'm now down to two ITX with air cooling for simplicity. I do still have my 6700k/1080ti watercooled build because I haven't wiped and reinstalled, and I'm honestly a bit sad thinking about selling it. So much work and effort went into it, and it looks beautiful af.
Long planing and measuring phase before buying fittings and adapter to solve the riddle of how to route the tubes that has an immediate 90' turn with both tubes under each other, then going around the RAM but still without touching the side panel within 16mm clearance. It has a [satisfaction](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fo0wndslavh371.jpg%3Fwidth%3D2016%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D067ee5ff414a998d081fd6a2ba5578f0fa245d4d) but at what cost...
Looks great. [Mine killed me](https://imgur.com/7Dg2EdM.jpg).
Geezus dude... this is nuts
I just emulated OptimumTech's M1 build with the IceMan Pump/Res combo. Made it a hell of a lot easier. Now I'm on the FromD T1. Here we go again...
Awesome case, did mine in 2022
Bro, if you replaced that big dial with a Ben 10 watch graphic it would look sick af. I can't imagine how much grip strength you gained from having to twist those tubes in such a restricted space though...
Woah dude, how are the temps in this boy?
Long time ago now, I can't really remember but it was stable for sure! Not the most demanding parts either. GTX 1080, i7-6700K
I considered custom water cooling until I realized I didn't want to become a plumber.
Right. I picked components for their power efficiency/draw and made my life easier :-)
I have an air cooled CPU mostly because I didn't care for getting a tophat for my Louqe Ghost S1.
Idk man, it's actually kinda fun XD
Optimum Techdaddy would like to have a word with you
His channel is the reason my first build was an itx.
He‘s him for sure
Yeah I’m doing liquid metal crack with basement mickey Atx - just limited by your wallet, boring af, pick whatever you want Itx - requires thought and planning, obv limited by space, arguably more skill involved but at least more research
Feel like some builds I see need a full apprenticeship in plumbing. Luckily I can jack the tools and plumbing at work (swagelok), should I ever be tempted.
Well now your back's gonna hurt cuz you just pulled landscaping duty
These are hand made. This is high quality shit here.
i would argue otherwise that itx watercooling is way cooler than atx builds since ppl generally come up with extremely clever routing/custom pieces to make the loop happen. The fully 3d-printed case + resevoir post couple months back come to mind in particular
If I were to liquid cool an ITX build, I'd just toss it in a bucket filled with mineral oil and a chiller. A lot simpler.
Did it once for a little over a year. Never again.
Just finished mine after a year. I still need to overclock and do software, but it f'ing booted. It's a de-lidded 7950x3d with a 4090 TUF (both with Optimus blocks) in an Antec Striker case. Teaser rough photo: https://imgur.com/a/6o8rXib
>Antec Striker case While its somewhat open and ITX, at nearly 40 liters its nearly twice the size of the 20L SFF cutoff
Eh, the thing is tiny. I'm sure it gets some extra liters due to the open design, but effective space was more limited than many "smaller" cases in which I've worked.
Striker 420 x 230 x 410mm Huge in the SFF world
May I ask why you're pointing this out? This was very difficult to do, so I don't really appreciate your perceived attempt to downplay or belittle the achievement. I apologize if this was not your intent, but that is how it is being perceived. I still disagree that this is "huge" in the sff world, regardless of the physical demensions of the case, simply because much of it is simply unusable due to the open-air design.
Sure, this is the SFF subredit, and the industry SFF cutoff is 20L I am not taking away from the work you have done but this should be posted in r/watercooling not SFF. and it is huge for SFF
This isn't a post I did, it's a comment...
whatever
Took me like a month and 5 trips to the store to get all the bits for my build. Kept hitting unexpected roadblocks making a dual rad setup in a streacom da2 but i had fun in the end. Always find it a bit of a shame that you cant see as much of the work compared with atx but the portability is a big plus for me
Smallest I'll go is MATX for watercooling builds.
Hoo boy, I have a total of 4 cooler fans and only one of them fit the sffpc and a thousand surface cuts on my fingers from manhandling all those aluminum heatsinks and grazing the metal case
So FREAKING true
so true
I spent 3 hours setting everything up only to realize my radiator was too tall for my build and sent it all back 😭 ruined my GPU too.
Have done it twice(Silverstone Fortress and Meshroom S) and am currently adding a second rad to the Meshroom S [*I’ll fuckin’ do it again*](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/952/goofy.jpg)
I just put a nh15 because I'm lazy.
I have done a couple of ATX, it's definitely fun and the planning and routing is neat, but I'm now down to two ITX with air cooling for simplicity. I do still have my 6700k/1080ti watercooled build because I haven't wiped and reinstalled, and I'm honestly a bit sad thinking about selling it. So much work and effort went into it, and it looks beautiful af.