My scratch built Sub 14L Mini ITX tower with AIO water cooling on the CPU

[neilhart]

Yesterday I was working with my collection of Hackintosh systems and as I updated the OS on this scratch built mini ITX tower, I thought that some SFF Forum members might like to see this unique system and how it was created.

So the build is documented on TonyMacx86 here https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/neilharts-scratch-build-3-mini-itx-tower.133773/

With photos like this:

Enjoy,
Neil

 

[Mtthwmths]

That use of the old G5 air dam plastic to fit the GPU is awesome!

 

[AleksandarK]

Very interesting build!

I generally love the style of your work and the way you build cases. Its different and unique.

 

[neilhart]

Very interesting build!

I generally love the style of your work and the way you build cases. Its different and unique.

So I call this style "Industrial" where screw heads show and most every panel is a structural part of the case.

Neil

 

[Solo]

I will be over shortly to de-sticker that power supply.

 

[calvinpp]

This is very cool. I presume it is running High Sierra at this point?

 

[neilhart]

This is very cool. I presume it is running High Sierra at this point?

Yes I just upgraded the OS to High Sierra 10.13.3 and added the supplemental OS update. I also maintain a bootable Mavericks 10.9.5 as that version IMHO is the best one in recent years.

As a side note I own and maintain 20 systems where most run current or late versions of Apple OS X, with the exception of the 3 Apple laptops, are either scratch builds or modded Apple cases running PC hardware.

Neil