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.
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
Motherboard
$ 169.99
Memory
$ 249.99
Graphics
Storage
$ 119.90
Case Fan
$ 100.00
Cooling
Cooling
$ 33.12
Cooling
Cooling
Cooling
$ 101.99
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