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Small upgrade for the build with a Ryzen 5 5600 and a HP 3060 TI with a Bykski water block, but it was running a little hot with the DC-LT 2600 pump so I found a used EK-XRES 140 D5.

Cut some gasket from a 1mm rubber sheet to try and damp some of the vibration. Two small ones for the mounting bracket at the pump and a large one that goes between the wood case and the bottom alu plate.

Still some noise/drone and I also tried with some rubber strips to place the case on and that helped as well. Just doing some testing without the front to see if I can remove the last pump noise. Think it must be between my main alu plate and the wood case, maybe I could add some kind of foam...

Yeah I ended up drilling and tapping the cap:

So it seems that the noise comes from my angled fitting that goes to the top of the reservoir. It is touching the wall slightly, so I'm thinking that I could tap and drill a hole in the top cap of the reservoir and move the fitting to there instead.

So the PC is back in the radio again and temps seems to be fine when gaming and doing occt power test. Only really annoying thing is some sort of drone noise from the pump, which only seems to be there when pc is installed in the wood case. I'm thinking something is resonating, but not really...

Did some testing in CS2 for 1,5hours and with fans at 900 RPM and pump at full speed GPU hotspot stays around 60-61°C and CPU temp is somewhere around 50-55°C. Delta between water temp and ambient is 6-7C° and water is around 28-29°C. So I'm happy, now I just need to get it back in the radio again

Could not help myself :) Still pushing around 160-165 L/H.

Ok I'm a little less worries now :) I guess I could add another rad to see if I can decrease the exhaust temp compared to ambient and perhaps run with a little less fan speed?

So I think maybe my GPU water block is not as effective as I thought or maybe it is fine. What do people think? Loading GPU/CPU to max in OCCT temps seems to be: Ambient temperature around 23-24C. Intake coolant temp 31c Exhaust coolant temp 30c CPU max 55C GPU hot spot 64-65C GPU memory...

So I also received my GPU block (for the Asus 3060TI) and my CPU block from Liquid Extasy. Getting ready to mount the CPU cooler: Fitting GPU Block, looking damn sexy: All hoses in place and 2 hour leak test: Close up of GPU and CPU: So tried to do the flow measurement again. Setup...

So I got my self a NEXT high flow sensor and installed that to some measurements. Setup: ID6,5mm hoses CPU block: Coolermaster ML120 RGB head (the one if have been using all the time. GPU Block: None, I bypassed it since I'm running my Asus 3060TI with air cooling atm. Result: ~ 80 L/h To be...

Getting ready for the new GPU with a nice new VPP755, a little big bigger, but I managed to squeeze it in:

Just ordered GPU waterblock and cpu cooler from liquidextasy, but there is some lead time. But looking forward to try it out :)

Just got my hands on a second hand 5800x and a Asus 3060 TI mini dual V2. I need a waterblock and I saw that this German company sells a nice looking block for the GPU...

Hi Mark, I think I saw your waterblock on kleinanziegen.de I need one for my radio ITX build for my newly aquirred Asus 3060 TI Mini dual V2 https://hardforum.com/threads/mini-itx-build-in-old-30s-radio.2010508/ What is the benefit of going with the nickel plating? THanks

If you want I can do some measurements when I get the card out? Have you tried to remove your heat sink and see the PCB layout for the xfx rx 6600? Maybe it will fit.

Yes I thought so to and I got for 15$, so not to bad :) It measures rougly WxHxD = 30x17x8,5cm according to the seller, but lets see when I get my hands on it :)

No change of 2x 240 rads sadly, but could go 240x45 and then do push pull if needed. I found the Asus 3060 TI mini dual which can fit in my radio with a bykski water blok. Currently bidding on one. So the upgrade plan will be 3060 TI and If I can find a cheap 5600x I might get that as well and...

Small teaser Looking at getting this old external speaker. Measurements are ok to fit a radiator in there, and perhaps also an extra pump head. Then some new hessian fabric to match the speaker and some oil etc for the wood. Could be nice?

:) remember to get one with more depth. I really want a better GPU, but I can't seem to find something small enough.

I'm glad you have enjoyed the journey and thanks for the kind words. And I can see I need to do some sort of matching case for the external radiator, so probably more to come :)

That is not a bad idea, I will see what I can come up with :)

Small update since my build was running a bit hot when playing cs2 and the fans was getting very loud: So used an old Alphacool 240x30 radiator I had combined with the two nuctua 120mm fans. Then I bought a alpha cool radiator stand, bulkhead quick connectors and then I now have a external...

Thanks :)

Yeah think it was slightly better, but the drone sound was still there if the fan was mounted directly to the top plate. If I turn the fan around so it pushes air out instead of pulling air in the sounds becomes less audible. I have ordered 2x Be Quiet! Pure Wings 2, since the same will make...

So use some sealer and started to install the power buttons: Then I discovered that my extension power cable won't fit :( Think I will make a new back plate, but for now I'm just running the regular power cable through the cutout: And I also found out that my arctic F9 pwm fans have a...

Also used black braided sleeves for the fan cables: And put the sides back on and started to check for leaks and to bleed the system: After alot of shaking and running there are still no leaks so that is good :)

No worries. So would this be more correct: I went with the black braided sleeves?

Went with the black braided sleeves: Finished the two front buttons:

So I put braiding on the two hoses that goes through the metal sheet. Should I do them all or just keep those two? I think it looks good with the black braiding, but of course hard to see bubbles :)

Thanks for the tip, I will see if I can find something like that.

Yup access to the fill port :) I feel the same way, think I will redesign it and perhaps make the top in a dark oak finish my local shop just got.

Could I use a mat clear coat to seal it?

Alright I will see what can do to seal the wood. Started fitting the hoses and getting it ready for water leak testing. Just waiting for some better hose clips, but thinking of just using zip ties for now.

Was not planning to do anything to be honest. It is plywood, so you think I need to do seal it?

Just did a quick fit of all the plates and I think it looks pretty good? '

So just cut all the final wood plates: Front: Front with countersunk holes: Back with a little skull: Top, and I can see that my little bracket that can open to the water reservoir looks like a condom....Greaat.

So project is coming to and end soon. Triel fitted the water components and got the routing sorted: Fitted and drilled all holes etc: ' New IO Shield: It got some small feets as well :)

Definitely fun, but also dragging on Abit to be honest. A lot more complications then I thought, when I started:)