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side view 1

side view 2

radiator & 140mm

the other 140mm went on top as a blowout

the case is open for the full cooling.

Good thing Seasonic includes a bracket. Thought I had to purchase one.

Not liking the power ribbon. Might change that in the future.

Seasonic PSU.

120mm fan replacement.

Cut a piece of grill from the QBX side mesh.

Update View 1

Update View 2 hmmm...Grape Ape!

Really like what Asus did with the heatsink.

Most of the parts were originally build from this case. with a different AM4+ Motherboard.

Back of the Case. PSU on the left.

Removed the AIO and replaced with 120mm fan.

New Mobo, New CPU, New fan.

Waited for a while and finally found a good price for a 6800xt. Was going to get the XFX.

the Red Dragon is in!...however

The case had to be slightly bent. Inner flap had to be cut.

and the Mobo cover had to be cut off. It was blocking the GPU back plate.

Finalized and running smooth.

Cover goes on. Looks too clean.

Outside of the box [ so ugly that it's beautiful! ]

What to do with those 140mm AIO radiator and fans with small case such as QBX by Cougar?
How about outside? Just like those cars with external oil cooler.

The AIO radiator & fans have a 120mm adapter.
There's an air filter in the room so the dust is pretty minimum.
I need more desk space so moved everything from a Thermaltake V21 case.

Selected "Vehicle" as theme but I think it looks more like a "Borg" half-cube.

Note:

The T-Force Cardea Zero I upgraded to is 2 TB. Price reflect the unit.

After looking at the current price. Glad I bought this 2 years ago.
Only regret is getting the GTX 1660 instead of a RTX.
They were cheaper at that time.

Color(s): Black

RGB Lighting? Yes

Theme: Vehicle

Cooling: AIO Cooling

Size: Mini-ITX

Type: General Build

Contests

This build participated in 1 contest.

Rank	Contest	Date
#473	The builds.gg Stock Cooling Showdown - AIO Cooling Division	ended

Build Updates

2023 Chip, Mobo, Graphics Update

So I decided to make an AMD render machine. Thought about getting a new case but I think this QBX is fine. For now.

New stuff:

- Gigabyte B550I Aorus Pro AX
- AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
- Red Dragon RX6800 XT
- Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 Low profile CPU fan
(replaced the AIO. Now includes 1 intake fan and 2 exhaust fan.)
- 8TB WD Black (could be larger but that will induce media hoarding)

had to mod the case and mobo slightly (not a great job but works) to fit the Red Dragon.

Benchmarks:
Port Royal - 9293
Speed Way - 3547
Geekbench - Single core: 2101 / Multi core: 9989 / GPU: 143451
Cinebench R23 - Single core: 1475/ Multi core: 13417

I am eyeing Phantek Evolve Shift 2. If I do switch to that case. I will make it as another build.
Looks too clean right now.

Will keep the QBX case to make something close to a JDM/Bososoku car style thing. With that 140mm AIO outside.

All previous parts went to family members.