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Hi All,

Thought I'd throw up some progress pictures of my shift build. Really only waiting on hardline fitting/tubing now. Looking forward to see if this setup works, I'm coming from AIO cpu and air-cooled 2060 strix, cpu was fine but gpu would eventually choke.

This is a HTPC/gaming rig for the lounge and sits horizontal on a shelf, I'm pulling air in through the I/O side and pushing it down the front panel (sealed up the mesh and chassis holes) and into the 1st rad, then ducting the warm air into the second rad and out the bottom via the 2nd 140mm static fan. The "hope" is the cool air and removal of hot air within the case will offset the warm air the second rad receives and maintain a decent loop temp. Toying with the idea of adding a cutout for a slim 120mm where the 3.5" drive sits but will wait to see how it runs, hoping to have one 140mm idling through netflix sessions.

Specs;
2700x
b450 strix
zotac 2070 mini
silverstone psu
2x140 nf-a14
m.2 slots full
alpha-cool rads, gpu block, solo pump/cpu and fittings
printed duct and a low-profile 120 to 140 adapter for the bottom fan.

Will post completed photos and hopefully some decent thermals both stock and oc.

Edit: the 3D image it the latest concept, the 2nd picture was the 1st, using the full length strix that required a notch in the duct, it could have worked with a custom riser cable but in the end it just made life easier upgrading to the mini.

Cheers

 

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Couple of measurements for you, it can go passed the fan (for example) if you have a long enough riser cable.

Cheers

 

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Please share the 3d file, thanks

I'm plumbing it up this weekend, if it works I'll post the files for sure.

 

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ahhh little optimistic on the plumbing, took all weekend just finishing the cabling (never never again)

Anyway few more progress photos, got one piece of HT in at least!

 

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#update

Leak down test next, seriously difficult to get the bends with such limited space.

 

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cheers radu,

all plumbed up and live, pending OS install. Not quite as planned out as it could have been, turns out the pump inlet/outlet is not what I had hoped (or even considered TBH), the GPU is being feed through into the outlet...shize. I'm assuming you can't just reverse a pump impeller and this means re routing the tubing, maybe I just roll with it and see how it runs??

 

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it's not the prettiest cable management just the shortest possible run between each component, no space for combs literately, it took a ridiculous amount of time and blood but really helped with space and airflow imo.

Its all alpha-cool, 2 x 120 rads, LT solo, 5 x 90 degree & 5 x straight and a huge pile of scrap 10/13 tubing.

Managed a little bit of testing last night, Asus Tweaker took the little mini straight to 1980mhz, just with OC scanner which made me smile! Will look for 2k manually but TBH if I can maintain high 1900's in Metro I'll be a happy camper!

Furmark got the CPU (auto OC) to 70 max and the GPU (OC) to 58 max, the loop temp maxed out at 44 both fans @ 1200rpm.... I have low noise adapters on both atm, its a touch louder than the original setup at idle no joke! This was with all panels and glass on, laying horizontal.

This wasn't a heat saturation test yet, want to play around with the fans and potentially dial back the CPU (peaked @ 4.1) as I favor GPU temp and noise more than anything. At the moment I have both fans on the CPU header but think I'll move one to the chassis (on low duty) and leave the other on the cpu for high temp/max load and maybe take off the LNA if required?

So far quietly optimistic even with the backwards GPU flow but will wait for a long run on a synthetic before I celebrate too much.

Cheers

 

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Radiator Duct + mesh infill STL's

Hi All,

V2 of the duct is performing really well, takes much longer to reach saturation temp which I assume has something to do with increased flow?

The real bonus to this setup is the noise reducers on the pumps, they're barely audible now and gaming temps have improved, winning.

Attached are the STL's for both the dual pump duct (which requires a mini GPU) and the original version which is for a full length Asus strix card. Please double check the length of your card if you're going to use the full length card version of the duct, the measurement from top of radiator to the bottom of the notch is approx 45mm. I'm using 30mm rads.

I've also attached the mesh infills & 120 to 140 fan adapter which are essential if you want to do the twin fan setup like this. My 2700x is running 4.3ghz & the GPU is +380 and the water loop hasn't got passed 55 degrees.

Note I run my shift horizontal under the TV, it draws air over the I/O, down the gap in the front panel, through rad 1 and then ducted through rad 2. All exhaust is out the bottom of the case including the power supply exhaust. The result is a very cool mobo even when the water loop has maxed out.

Not sure how this would go if the fan direction was reversed and the case stood vertically, heat rises but you are dumping all the hot rad air directly onto the mobo, a slim 120 on the lid might solve that issue though? it just works so well horizontally.

Cheers