Parts list
Sliger SM570 with handle, because you shouldn’t have a tiny case without a handle!
Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming ITX/AC
GSkill 3200mhz 32gb
I7 8086k delidded/liquid metal
EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Ultra
Samsung 970 Evo m.2 250gb boot
Intel 660p 2tb m.2 game library
Corsair SF600 Platinum
Noctua NF-A12X25 x4
Ekwb supremacy cpu block
Bitspower Lotan gpu block
Switftech MCP35X pump
Ekwb PE240 radiator
Ekwb zmt tubing
Ekwb compression fittings x8
Ekwb swivel 90 x5
Bitspower 90 x2
Bitspower extension x2
Swiftech barb x2
Alphacool Cape Corp Coolplex Metal 15 reservoir
Test temps were done using realbench for 8 hours. Temps peaked in the first 20 minutes of run time and didn’t change after that other then minor fluctuations. Peak temps are listed. Fans run at around 1500rpm in game, so fairly quiet. At stock clocks in the stress test they only spun up to 1700rpm with the curve I have set, so I could push the temps down a bit further with a more aggressive fan profile, but it’s plenty cool, and I like the quiet. The fans did run at full speed when overclocked.
54c cpu 39c gpu no overclock, gpu at 116% power
Cpu 78c Gpu 40c Cpu 5.2, 1.425v, -2 avx. Gpu 2040mhz, memory +200, 116% power
In game cpu 46c, gpu 38c.
Mobo temp 32-35c, cooler when the cpu was overclocked, as the fan speed had increased.
Build went fairly smooth. This was the first time I built a custom loop. I started by making my custom loop in a Meshify c case with only the 2 radiator fans moving air, to see if the temps would be satisfactory. I didn’t have a reservoir in the first build as I didn’t think I’d have room in the sm570. I started with a bitspower leviathan 240, but when I went to move to the sm570, I decided the fans needed a bit more breathing room. Luckily microcenter had a PE240 on the shelf.
Fitting the radiator in was tricky. The ekwb measured a hair over 130mm, and the top on the sm570 was a tad under 130mm. Made for a snug fit!
After putting everything together without a reservoir, I decided I could squeeze one in after all and started looking around for something that would fit well. Alphacool was the option I came up with, although the stock mounts don’t fit in with my gpu, what’s a few drilled holes in a brand new case? After the initial build with stock psu cables I knew I was going to be shortening them up to clean up space and let air move a bit more. I rewired the mcp35x to run off the fan port rather then a Molex, and I don’t have any 2.5” drives. That meant I could build the whole thing with just 4 cables. Even so, I pulled out a lot of extra wire.
My gpu block and cpu block were purchased at the same time. Both Ekwb nickel/acetal. Except when I got home from microcenter with my new blocks, the gpu block in the box was actually a fluid gaming alloy/plexi block! No worries, microcenter shows 4 nickel/acetal in stock, and my gpu is already in pieces all over the table top. Off I go! Except, turns out, the only other Ekwb they could find at microcenter had also been opened, and some had removed all the hardware and heat sink pads from the box. Sigh. There was however a shiny RGB Bitspower sitting there. So much for a low key build! Everyone wanted windows to see the custom loop anyways, now there’s RGB to admire too. And, Microcenter is locking up all the gpu blocks. Sorry shoplifters.
I think that about covers it. Any questions, feel free to ask, and I’ll see if I have an answer. Not amazing pics, best I could do today! That shiny plastic is a pain. As is the nickel plated everything! Reflections everywhere.
