Down the SFF rabbit hole

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Down the SFF rabbit hole

Loved the look of the FormD T1 - so I decided to dive in. I've managed to get an RTX 3070, and I went overboard and grabbed a 5950x as well. I started with a simple 240mm AIO, but it just couldn't keep up, as it was being fed hot air from both the PSU and the GPU.

A pile of watercooling parts later, I've arrived at the pictured build.

As you can see, the PSU is flipped twice, so that it extends into the (2-slot mode) GPU side of the T1. the waterblock and PSU fit exactly, so long as you offset the psu mounting screws. A 27mm EKWB radiator sits above, and on the CPU side lives the slim XSPC radiator. Other dual-rad T1 builds I've seen somehow got the radiator in the GPU side, but I couldn't make that happen - as it is the GPU backplate had to be removed.

For a while, I was using a 2600 rpm LT pump. I didnt trust this pump at all - I purchased two and in both the wires broke off the pump body at the solder joints as I gently lifted them out of the box. I managed to repair one, and I also managed to stop the little mini-reservoir from leaking with some glue along the seams. A few months later, it died silently. The pictured Nouvolo block / pump combo is a bit louder but way more reliable so far.

I run the 5950x at stock - I'd undervolted it for a while but the extra heat was not worth the paltry increase in clock speeds. Temps are ok, although I do have to run the fans at full blast when gaming.
Color(s): Black
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: Mini-ITX
Type: General Build

Build Updates

LT pump died!

The original setup

Hardware

CPU
AMD - Ryzen 9 (5950X)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 16
Motherboard
$ 189.99
Gigabyte - Aorus Pro AX (B550I)
Chipset: B550
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: Mini-ITX
Memory
$ 59.99
G.Skill - Ripjaws V (3600MHz) (Black)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 32 GB
Graphics
ZOTAC - GeForce Gaming AMP Holo
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 3070
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 119.99
Crucial - P2 (CT1000P2SSD8)
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
$ 285.00
Corsair - SF750
Wattage: 750
Form Factor: SFX
Efficiency: 80+ Platinum
Case
FormD - T1
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Mesh
Case Fan
$ 20.88
ARCTIC - F12 PWM PST (2x)
Size: 120 mm
Cooling
Barrow - GPU Waterblock
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
$ 114.00
EKWB - CoolStream SE
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 240 mm (2 x 120 mm)
Cooling
Cooling
$ 96.99
XSPC - TX Ultrathin
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 240 mm (2 x 120 mm)
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