Good day, I am new here so please let me know if I have done anything incorrectly.
I recently built an ITX build in a fractal torrent nano and it has given me the urge to design and build a sff fully water-cooled pc to go even smaller.
So I set myself the following challenges when starting the design:
1. Must be less than 6L - was originally 5L but after increasing the rad size I quickly realized that was going to be impossible.
2. Must contain all the components - no power bricks or external rads.
3. Use as many off the shelf products as possible to make the project repeatable.
The parts I have put together so far for the build:
1. Aorus B650I Motherboard
2. Ryzen 5 7600x
3. 32gb of DDR5 G skill ram
4. 970 pro 1TB NVME
5. MSI 4070super Ventus 2x
6. Alphacool Eisblock Aurora RTX 4070TI Ventus with Backplate (on Order)
6. Alphacool NexXxoS ST25 Full Copper 92mm Dual Radiator (on Order)
7. Alphacool NexXxoS XP³ Light - Black V.2 CPU block (on Order)
8. Alphacool DC-LT 2 - 2600rpm Ceramic Pump (on Order)
9. EKWB HTC 12 Fittings (on Order)
10. Custom designed 180mm (Dual 92mm) Distro plate for pump above.
11. Custom lazer cut case.
12. ID Cooling - 9215 ARGB fans x 2 (on Order)
13. Enhance 7660B 600W flex ATX PSU (on Order)
So the plan is to build a sandwich style layout case based heavily off the Velka 3 but extending the height up to accommodate the radiator and fans and extending the front out a little to accommodate the custom distro plate. My current dimensions are 260 (h) x 230 (l) x 100mm (w) = 5.98L.
I live in South Africa and some of the items I have ordered from Alphacool have around 9week lead time so this may be a slow thread I do apologize. So far I have all the components 3D modeled to ensure they all fit and will focus on the distro design and case design once I have confirmed everything. Where am I so far:
Hope you all enjoy and let me know if you have any advice, I am a bit worried about the cooling capabilities but I am planning to undervolt and tried my best to choose components that are efficient ass possible +- 300w TDP max. Will update regularly as parts come in and as I make progress on the design but I really feel the finished product is not going to disappoint.
I recently built an ITX build in a fractal torrent nano and it has given me the urge to design and build a sff fully water-cooled pc to go even smaller.
So I set myself the following challenges when starting the design:
1. Must be less than 6L - was originally 5L but after increasing the rad size I quickly realized that was going to be impossible.
2. Must contain all the components - no power bricks or external rads.
3. Use as many off the shelf products as possible to make the project repeatable.
The parts I have put together so far for the build:
1. Aorus B650I Motherboard
2. Ryzen 5 7600x
3. 32gb of DDR5 G skill ram
4. 970 pro 1TB NVME
5. MSI 4070super Ventus 2x
6. Alphacool Eisblock Aurora RTX 4070TI Ventus with Backplate (on Order)
6. Alphacool NexXxoS ST25 Full Copper 92mm Dual Radiator (on Order)
7. Alphacool NexXxoS XP³ Light - Black V.2 CPU block (on Order)
8. Alphacool DC-LT 2 - 2600rpm Ceramic Pump (on Order)
9. EKWB HTC 12 Fittings (on Order)
10. Custom designed 180mm (Dual 92mm) Distro plate for pump above.
11. Custom lazer cut case.
12. ID Cooling - 9215 ARGB fans x 2 (on Order)
13. Enhance 7660B 600W flex ATX PSU (on Order)
So the plan is to build a sandwich style layout case based heavily off the Velka 3 but extending the height up to accommodate the radiator and fans and extending the front out a little to accommodate the custom distro plate. My current dimensions are 260 (h) x 230 (l) x 100mm (w) = 5.98L.
I live in South Africa and some of the items I have ordered from Alphacool have around 9week lead time so this may be a slow thread I do apologize. So far I have all the components 3D modeled to ensure they all fit and will focus on the distro design and case design once I have confirmed everything. Where am I so far:
![](https://i.imgur.com/d03H4lA.png)
![](https://i.imgur.com/GXztsqA.png)
Hope you all enjoy and let me know if you have any advice, I am a bit worried about the cooling capabilities but I am planning to undervolt and tried my best to choose components that are efficient ass possible +- 300w TDP max. Will update regularly as parts come in and as I make progress on the design but I really feel the finished product is not going to disappoint.