Overkill HTPC

[Overkill]

HTPC is 5+ years old and needs to be replaced, wanted something i could play some racing games on and maybe LAN with if needed. Have most parts here, with some still on their way:

Raijintek Ophion EVO
Dell 1080 with EVGA Hrydro copper block GPU
Asus ROG Strix 470i MOBO
Ryzen 2700x CPU
32g DDR4 vengeance Ram
Silverstone SX800-LTI PSU
WD Black 250GB M2 SSD
2x Barracuda 2.5" 5TB HD
Alpacool Eisbaer LT CPU Block/Pump combo to save room
Mixed EK and Bitspower Cooling


Should be interesting as this is quite a small build for me. Going with PETG as that is what i used for my big build and had no issues with it. Will update with pictures as it comes together.

[Overkill]

Tight fit.

[Hooded]

Looks good so far.
Gonna be a challenge.

[nass]

I use to watercool shuttle pc's years ago but we would do it externally, corsair used to make a unit just for that all being off topic, looks like a cool challenge as Hooded mentioned. Am in to see how it comes about.

[Overkill]

Going to be a squeeze for sure:


For perspective:

[Overkill]

Not much of an update just yet. EVGA hydro block wouldn't fit with fans and Rad, purchased a used EK block, didn't have the DVI cut out, had to swap with my buddy who had just rebuilt his loop. nice to have good friends!

[Overkill]

All wrapped up.

[dknourek]

Nice job! Some of the tube bends looked like they would have been a lot of fun and by fun I mean the exact opposite haha

[Overkill]

Nice job! Some of the tube bends looked like they would have been a lot of fun and by fun I mean the exact opposite haha

My SMA8 was much easier. There are some bends in this that do not look great if you get close, but it wasn't enough to re bend. Issue I had was with bends too close together, the second bend would cause the first to let go when heated and I wasn't interested in building a jig to hold it.

Also realized after the fact that the pump is running reverse. Originally had the loop continue from the GPU to the top res port, but that is where the air would sit, hence the odd extension at the top of the res.

[dknourek]

My SMA8 was much easier. There are some bends in this that do not look great if you get close, but it wasn't enough to re bend. Issue I had was with bends too close together, the second bend would cause the first to let go when heated and I wasn't interested in building a jig to hold it.

Also realized after the fact that the pump is running reverse. Originally had the loop continue from the GPU to the top res port, but that is where the air would sit, hence the odd extension at the top of the res.

Ah, I see. i had to do similar to a recent build with adding an extension to the top of a res. Bummer about the pump though, looks good either way

Ive run into the problem of bends being too close and near impossible to bend, Ive still not found a good solution other than setting up a jig which is a pain in its self lol.