Custom water cooled Node 202 with RTX 2080 and Ryzen 5

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it took 7 various adapters with a combined 6 rotary joints to make this bend happen. adding a compression or a properly secured barb fitting was not possible under the GPU due to clearance issues caused by the hump that houses a Display Port.
it took 7 various adapters with a combined 6 rotary joints to make this bend happen. adding a compression or a properly secured barb fitting was not possible under the GPU due to clearance issues caused by the hump that houses a Display Port.
4 way adapter added because i needed a port to bleed air when filling and because it was cheaper than a 3 port adapter even with the plugs included.
4 way adapter added because i needed a port to bleed air when filling and because it was cheaper than a 3 port adapter even with the plugs included.
20mm XPSC radiator and 15mm Noctua fan leave enough space for airflow between them and the low profile alphacool block with the optional lateral 2-port terminal installed.
20mm XPSC radiator and 15mm Noctua fan leave enough space for airflow between them and the low profile alphacool block with the optional lateral 2-port terminal installed.
Phobya 220 DC pump mounted using a custom mount i made with vibration dampening. to the right is a fill port made of a koolance male QDC with a alphacool ball valve behind it in case the QDC leaks.
Phobya 220 DC pump mounted using a custom mount i made with vibration dampening. to the right is a fill port made of a koolance male QDC with a alphacool ball valve behind it in case the QDC leaks.

Custom water cooled Node 202 with RTX 2080 and Ryzen 5

i know there were "water cooled" Node 202 PCs before, but they usually had small, low powered GPUs or no GPU water cooling at all. well, i one upped everyone (that I saw) and built a fully water cooled build with some real horse power. my Noded 202 build is also the only one I've seen that has an proper reservoir. the extra volume of water is needed to better handle heat spikes when going through intense scenes in games or other workload spikes. additionally, my Node 202 did not lose any of the front panel connectivity, which is common with this case when installing radiators.

the CPU is a place holder until AMD releases gen 3 ryzen.

CPU overclocked to 4GHz, GPU boosts to 2085MHz with 15000MHz memory clock. Temps stay in the 40-60*C range when gaming but hit as high as 80C when benching.

NOTE: some of the hardware for this unit is still waiting approval from builds.gg to get listed below.
Color(s): Black
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: Mini-ITX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 99.99
AMD - Ryzen 5 (2600)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 6
Motherboard
$ 291.00
ASRock - Fatal1ty Gaming
Chipset: B450
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: Mini-ATX
Memory
$ 134.99
G.Skill - Ripjaws V (3200MHz) (Red)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 16 GB
Graphics
$ 299.99
Gigabyte - Windforce
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 2080
Storage
$ 299.00
Intel - 660p
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: PCIe x4
Capacity: 2 TB
PSU
$ 178.02
Corsair - SF600
Wattage: 600
Form Factor: SFX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 99.99
Fractal Design - Node 202, Black
Type: Mini-Tower
Side Panel: Solid
Case Fan
$ 34.95
Noctua - NF-A12x15 PWM (Brown)
Size: 120 mm
Cooling
Alphacool - GPU Blocks
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
$ 99.99
EKWB - EK-Supremacy EVO
Type: CPU Waterblock
Cooling
Phobya - Pump
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
XSPC - Radiators
Type: Custom Loop
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