This is how it looked like before any modifications were done.
Painting the RAM and Motherboard
Here’s me prepping the RAM and Motherboard and before and after painting them with Matte White spray paint. that huge cooler is a Thermalrite FS140 that was originally the cooler for this build.
The Video Card that was never used
This is the Asus ROG Strix RTX 3070 that was supposed to go in the build but was later changed to an Asus EKWB. I painted the video card in white plastidip. I was lucky to be able to straight swap this card with the ekwb but this forced me to go full custom loop.
Case Feet and LCD Mounting
3D Printed the Case feet and LCD Mount. Designed by me using Tinkercad.
Acrylic LCD Cover and System Monitoring
Went through a few variations in the design of the LCD cover and used Rainmeter for the system monitoring.
Watercooling parts arrived and painted
I used mostly Bykski liquid cooling parts but a Barrow Pump-Block combo for it’s aesthetics.
The Loop and Fill
First time doing a custom loop so making it in a small form factor case was even more challenging.
Loop order goes CPU Pump Block > Left 240mm > Right 240mm > GPU then back to the pump-block.
The runs seem pretty simple but there’s a full length 500mm one at the back that goes from the left to the right rad that has 4 bends.
3D Printing and Post processing
Before all this, I had zero experience in working with acrylic, CAD modeling and 3D printing so I just learned on the fly. The post-processing of these 3D prints was definitely the most tedious part of the build. The fins on the side for the fan vents were hand cut acrylic.
Ofcourse there’s RGB
I also learned how to solder to get all these RGB Strips in place. the white side of the radiators definitely help bounce the light around.