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The second design i say is far better than the first, Res inside+++. I would make the case that tiny bit bigger to fit the fan in, it just looks much better/professional. The other components will then also get some airflow from your rad. I would just have a fill port and not a res for a case of that size. um where's you HDD? Watching eagerly for progress.

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oliverw92

HDD is underneath the slimline dvd drive. it's a 2.5"

Good news! I can get the Apogee Drive Combo from my sponsors!

For a fillport, all i need is a T junction in part of the loop with a valve on the part that stems off and a fillport on the end right?

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Congrats on the sponsor. I will be watching this for sure

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You just need a T junction, preferably as close to the pump's intake as you can - it just makes bleeding easier- but you can put it wherever space will allow. And you dont really need a valve if you are using a fillport; just hook up the free barb of the t junction to the fillport (which ideally would be located higher than the other components of the loop).

Regarding the valve, you can have a valve connected to a second t junction, with a good length of spare tubing on it just sorta coiled in the bottom of the case. That makes draining the system a helluva lot simpler/easier. Otherwise you would have to drain from the fillport, which would involve flipping your case upside down. In your situation it might not be that cumbersome, since its so small, but ive had to do it with a server tower before...not fun.

oliverw92

what if i can't get the fillport higher? The radiator might be higher than the fillport you see. And yeh putting it on its front doesnt really matter if its 20cm cubed

Does it matter which section of the T junction i take it off? could i say, use the L part as part of the main loop and have one end of the inline coming off to the fillport? Or would this mess up my pressure?

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Update!


Redesigned again. Managed to get the whole thing down to 20cm x 20cm x18cm - that is including radiator and, well, everything!














Getting the Apogee Drive will mean i can make the bottom compartment smaller and ALSO means i can have 2 2.5" drives! So potentially 1tb of storage at this point in time (maybe more if larger 2.5" drives are made). Anybody got any advice on those tight bends there? Does it matter how i have T joint being used (L joint in the main loop)

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Having the fillport on the side is fine, it should be easy enough to fill it and drain it since its so small. As for the t junction, it does not matter which way its connected. So i would actually recommend to use the 90 degree bend it can give you coming off that straight barb on the radiator. Depending on clearance issues with that ...white box... on your mobo, you may need to chop down one of the barbs on the t junction to get everything to fit, but that should be pretty simple if its a typical nylon/plastic, multibarbed fitting.

On the barb closest to the pump/block, I would say get a 45deg barb that can swivel.

3/8" tubing is pretty forgiving regarding bends, so you should be just fine how it is setup. but I would recommend getting some sort of tubing clamps (I usually go for the plastic ones with the teeth), esp if you plan on moving this thing around alot. looks great, and that is the most ridiculously simple/small loop Ive ever seen

lordikon

I'd say that generally a computer that small doesn't generate enough heat to require water cooling. However, here at OCN we don't require a good reason to watercool. You're going to OC the heck out of everything in it right?

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oliverw92

Thanks for the great advice!

Yeh i was planning to get some of those clips.

Well i think it could. I can put a quad cpu on there if i wanted to, its socket 775 so the only thing that would stop me is if the psu wasn't powerufl enough. at the moment it will be an E5200 but i may upgrade it to something like a E7400.

Oh and +rep for all who helped me

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very cool ! sub'd

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