I poured a block to make my own waterblock in my high school metal shop. I too found that I had to go well beyond the stated melting point to not get a porous and nasty pour. I was using mostly fresh copper with a small bit of recycled. Your experience sounds very similar to my own. Killer build, love to see it. 👌🏻
Not well versed in the matter but still gonna hazard a guess Maybe because it's too close to the melting but obviously much hotter than surroundings it has loss to both radiation and convection that it already starts to solidify at random parts too fast to allow the liquid metal to settle uniformly enough (and why going hotter helps, because it needs to lose way more heat, so it doesn't easily start to solidify on random spots during pouring, also why probably why they sometimes recommend to heat up molds)
A true artisan you are Erick. And kudos for casting the copper plate yourself. I've only taken an introductory course in metallurgy in my schooling, so I can't say for certain the cause of the low strength of your previous attempts. But, impurities may have been to blame. The introduction of impurities can affect the final crystal structure, which for pure copper is FCC (face centered cubic). The fact that your previous unsuccessful attempts fractured seems to indicate the likelihood of impurities, as pure copper is very ductile. It's also possible that the temperature wasn't high enough. Usually when dealing with alloys, you want to reach a temperature known as the liquidus. This is the temperature beyond the melting point where the metal forms the least amount of crystals and is said to be homogeneous. If it's below the liquidus temperature, then more crystal growth can lead to a weaker crystal structure, resulting in less areas for atoms to slip and therefore causing the part to fail. Raising the temperature could have reached this point, but to what temperature exactly, I'm not sure. Increasing it a couple hundred degrees Celsius sounds like a safe bet. But that's if your smelting furnace can reach those temps. I hope this helps.
Thank you for taking the time to comment. I think you're right. It seemed to be successful after a combination of adding pure copper stock and increasing the heat. I'll keep this in mind for future pours.
I have no experience with melting, casting or machining metals except for lead pouring on New Year's Eve. I really enjoyed the ridiculousness of this build.
This is one of the coolest cases I’ve ever seen. Very inspiring that you designed, and manufactured the cold plates and exterior items. Phenomenal work!
I think it's possible for a company like EKWB to make blocks like this. They could make a standard sandwich style water block, then sell specific GPU cold plates that attach to it to fit the hundreds of different GPUs out there. Maybe this video will inspire the idea.
Your dedication to mastering your craft is unmatched- always learning, improving, and striving for excellence. Can’t wait to see what’s next! So very proud of you!!
@@NotFromConcentrate lol! I actually had a whole other comment typed out to both of you, but apparently it didn’t meet the community guidelines. 😂 YOU are awesome too!!!
I’ll tell you a secret. I only learned all of this about three years ago. I constantly make mistakes, but I keep going and work hard to improve. I usually just throw myself at it until I get it right. Thanks for watching!
I watched the prequel, and I was both amazed and scared. Then I watched the sequel, and I am terrified. The engineering, the creativity, and the attention to detail are just... amazing and beyond anything which I have seen.
Jeez Louise, you guys are insane and fantastic at the same time for pushing small form factor limitations. This is fantastic and incredible. I can't wait to see what you do next.
I don’t have any experience melting and casting metal but man that’s dope cuz u really made ur own special identintifying piece of computer technology from your own know how to a high degree
Super duper clean. Reminds me of when you open up a Mac and all the parts are so satisfyingly fitted together. Would love to see this style of build with more power hungry components
In terms of liter per fps, gaming laptop still has an edge. I stopped looking at small form-factor pc when I started comparing gaming laptop performance/ liter vs small form factor PC performance per liter. But still, good work!
I was feeling a little bit smug having just slotted a 6 core cpu + RTX A2000 into a ZS-A4DC, to make a small but capable SFF gaming rig. Then I saw this vid. 😮 Daaaamn. That's gorgeous.
There is one thing that could be issue in recycling metal... for jewelry casting you have to use a certain percentage of new metal (casting grain) with the reuse metal whenever you're casting an object. The percentage for silver is suggested to be 70/30 (used/new) I believe. But for copper it may be different. There's also plastic around the copper windings and other contaminates, inside the copper tubing that may have contributed to some issues additionally after casting the ingot Annealing it before working the copper makes it softer and less brittle. Torch it till it glows light red (in a darker room) and dunk in water... The multiple melts burnt off residual contaminates in the metal probably. That's what Ideas I have for you hope it helps
Wow...just wow. It's nice to see YT streamers do some really custom builds instead of the same saturated, buy parts from store, slap it in some ATX case with store bought AIO's and call it a liquid cooling video. This was pretty awesome!
Maan that make me think my SFF build is a joke🤣🤣🤣 Insane work man! Not done yet but when done it's a 11400f with a 5600xt in sub 8liters No custom part's tho and a be quiet shadow rock lp and not something super tiny like the noctua 92.
Not only did you cast your own waterblock fin stack and build a full double-core custom CLC, but through lots of pre-planning you crammed it into the tightest possible package for the hardware involved. Sure it's pointless on a productory level, but as a piece of technical design it's nothing short of art. Great job guys.
This design is better than every other mini PC I've seen on the market, no joke. And that's before you consider that it's able to take on a 3060 at almost equal performance. Absolutely mind blowing.
Did you guys check the new RTX 4000 ADA sff workstation gpu announced by nvidia a couple days ago? It comes with 20GB VRAM,DLSS 3,Improved RT cores and rasterization perfomance is estimated to be about an RTX 3070 at just 70W. It is essentially a cut down RTX 4070 ti,pretty cool if you ask me. I'm sure your Copper plate should line up exactly with the 4000 ADA sff as it's exactly the same size of and RTX A2000,could essentially have a PC more powerful than an PS5/XSX at nearly the size of an XSS in this S4T case. Throw in a Shunt mod and overclocking with the new card and i think you could reach RTX 3080(?) levels of perfomance. DLSS3 would also help immensely in demanding games.
"I made a mistake and had to use neodymium magnets to fix it." This is the most nerdy, 40k solution I've ever heard. And far from the first time I've heard it.
Seriously a work of art. Ive only built a few SFF systems in real life, but ive built countless in my head lol, this is something i had figured no one had both the skills and the motivation to actually create. Cant believe how tiny you made that custom loop and im amazed at the performance uplift with such a small rad! Great work!!
Perhaps copper has a curtain melting point, but the oxides and impurities that form when melting have a much higher melting point. I know it’s a problem when I weld aluminum without scratching off the natural oxide layer that forms in air. Awesome build. Haven’t seen anything quite like it.
I realise that I'm late to the party; I've just come across your channel now... However I just wanted to express my admiration for the quality and beauty of this custon cooling solution. This build is pure genius!
Love the video! I've been wanting to see more content on modded turing workstation cards like the a2000 and a4000 but most videos only go over their performance for mining. There's some serious untapped potential for these cards and I love seeing it get explored for their advantages in size and power consumption!
I haven't seen the video yet but by the title I'm thinking SFF Amiga 2000. I somehow don't think that's what I'm getting but that doesn't necessarily mean I'll be disappointed. Lessgoou!
To avoid bubbles and other anomalies in copper you have to add a deoxidizer because copper absorbs oxygen and releases it as it cools. Phosphorus is good. Adding a Flux will also not only help the deoxidizer mix but it will also help prevent some oxidation in the first.
This was amazing to watch. Such an inspiration and great to see each step and the thinking that went into it. Closest I ever got to modifying anything of mine was when I took a Cooler Master server copper heatsink and fitting it with heatpipes and attaching it to my evga 1060sc with rewired laptop fans to make it essentially a single slot.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Sounds like a great mod and I love when people share their experiences. That’s what this is all about. Supporting each other’s work no matter how big or small.
Next level compacting of parts. Recycled custom poured copper. Raw aesthetic sense. Tiny fucking case. This channel is so absolutely *by* SFF makers, *for* SFF makers. It's art. Thank you.
Love to see the RTX A2000 getting some more attention, given it's immense frame-per-watt. I wanna try my hand at building an efficiency gaming PC one day.
Incredible work! 😮 for casting add anywhere from 5-20% raw material volume overhead (depending on scale). Smaller projects = higher overhead. Then distribute evenly across all dimensions and reduce to desired spec afterwards 👌
As both a master hvac tech and certified infosec analyst, I fkn love you’re channel. I just found it. I also scrap and have a lot of stuff laying around. You engineered the hell out of this and it’s unbelievable quality. Great job and you got a new fan and sub 🫡
The reason why the full cover block was difficult to fabricate was because you poured the copper instead of using a piece of stock copper plate . I have to say that while recycling is great, the amount of fuel used to melt the block plate down twice kind of uses resources too and the composition of the copper plate (which would affect its conductivity). Love the dual sided coldplate though. Makes a lot of sense and I wish there was someway to make this concept commercial and adaptable to multiple Motherboards and graphics cards.
I wanted to do something different and new (for me). I love the challenge, whether I succeed or fail. It may not be practical or efficient, but it was a great experience.
This is super cool! I've built watercooled sub-4L systems before myself, but this takes it to a whole new level! After watching this it's confirmed I need more space for tools! haha fantastic work!
Generally to get a Clean Pour with Copper you need to heat it up Well above it's Melting Temperature (almost to the melting point of steel... i.e a rapid boil) also, the copper from wiring electric motors &tc. are generally around 97% Pure... because of the coating used to keep the individual strands from shorting out... soon as you burn it off in your foundry you're left with 99.99% Pure Copper.
Amazing, this is art! You could rotate the radiator 90º (to the sides), because you are chocking the radiator and fans, limiting the thermal dissipation.
Unfortunately, that orientation is too thick for the S4T. It get's plenty of air through the front bezel. There's a large gap to reduce pressure and air turbulence.
@@nfcerick3634 I know, it would need a few more centimeters to have room for those alphacool radiator. The Quadro GPUs can withstand higher temperatures, because of their binning, still 80c+ is alot (at least for me). It would be interesting to use a high laptop motherboard with a special case and special waterblock, but maybe they are to wide for a build like that. Smallest motherboard i could think right now, it is from the Minisforum HX90G, but it is a pure AMD system (5900HX and 6600M).
@@PauloRAgostinho The temperatures were the maximum peak values that I found during heavy loads and long gaming sessions. The important thing (at least for me personally) is that the system doesn't throttle while maintaining the highest speeds at the lowest voltages possible. I have a few ideas in mind for the motherboard design you mentioned. I hope that soon the industry will really push towards SFF components. It's better than it was years ago, but it's slow progress.
@@nfcerick3634 Peak values could be from transient power spikes and average are more important in long periods of use and of course stability is most important. It is a good idea to give a 2nd life to a laptop motherboard with something like a RTX 3070 Mobile. Of course a DYI SFF system is much better in terms of upgradability. Looking forward to see your adapation of this idea! 😁 SFF market was cool in the early days of Shuttle XPC, after that the market went very slow in progress. But the niche market is starting get bigger, because efficiency and space are a big topic nowadays.
this is illegal you are not meant to be able to fit that much horsepower and cooling into 3 liters. excellent build anyway and i hope i can make something like this someday
You should replace the case with a custom one that adds more coolant to the loop and acts as either a heat pipe or contains some kind of active cooling like a A Peltier cooler or fan.
Loved the build, came out beautifully and performed amazing. Only criticism is that you obscured that nice inlay paint work with side panel XD Regarding the copper casting, do you know if the enamel on the motor wires is an issue when doing melts? Good to see the sandwich water block, its something I have thought about a few times. I have a low profile Lenovo case that I occasionally think about doing small builds in, and I came to the conclusion that a sandwich water block like yours would be the only way to get a full sized card in there. Obviously with stuff like the A200 available that is less of an issue, but still an interesting and novel way to go about things. Never stop doing stuff like this, showing us what is possible, and showing us your creativity.
Thank you for the kind words and taking the time to post them. I'm pretty sure that the motor wires weren't the best thing to use. I couldn't verify that they weren't some kind of alloy. Plus, breaking the motors down to remove the wiring was a pain. This build was a personal test to see if I could make a sandwich style water block work, and the results have encouraged me to go bigger next time with something like an RTX 4090.
@@nfcerick3634 Managing to pull off a custom water block for a 4090 in a home shop would be an insane achievement, though I understand that you don't lose much by dropping the power target significantly on them. Might need to have some fun with a tiny endmill to get some good fins. I'm positive that however you go about it you will manage to pull off something amazing though.
Magnets approach actually making the build even more premium. Reminds me EG-1 grinder design by Weber Workshops. I think that this random decision is brilliant and maybe later you will also think about making magnetically atteching stand and side panels. Yes it will increase the cost and be a challenge to make, but also it will be a huge feature to show off.
We make 2D and 3D bezels for our cases and a "hot swap" bezel has been requested and is long overdue. This build provided a great opportunity, out of necessity, to work on a prototype.
@@nfcerick3634 Ok, I'm not in a community, but I have 2 ideas for you. I understand that everyone loves your power buttons. But it's on the back and it's not comfortable to use it. There can be an option to make two pins on the bezel that will boot the machine on magnetical attachment - so it will work like power button. It will also save some room in a case. Another option is to make a bezel part that inside clickable like a mouse button :) also an interesting solution that I don't know if anyone tried. To make this all you need is to scrap any old mouse or buy a bunch of clickers(I know they are selling on Ali) and connect it as power button to motherboard. Also a cleaner and space-winning solution. Inside bezel will be clickable as a trackpad :) Also if you will make a carbon fiber bezel inside part - you can make it clickable on top and bottom side. Top - power, bottom - reboot. If this ideas not new - sorry for wasting your time reading this. Cheers!
I poured a block to make my own waterblock in my high school metal shop. I too found that I had to go well beyond the stated melting point to not get a porous and nasty pour. I was using mostly fresh copper with a small bit of recycled. Your experience sounds very similar to my own. Killer build, love to see it. 👌🏻
Thanks! Going well past the melting point definitely made a difference.
Not well versed in the matter but still gonna hazard a guess
Maybe because it's too close to the melting but obviously much hotter than surroundings it has loss to both radiation and convection that it already starts to solidify at random parts too fast to allow the liquid metal to settle uniformly enough (and why going hotter helps, because it needs to lose way more heat, so it doesn't easily start to solidify on random spots during pouring, also why probably why they sometimes recommend to heat up molds)
preheat the molds too, helps a lot
I do preheat the molds, and in the future I’ll be sure to heat them longer.
Amazing work, with custom metal casting to boot! You guys are true artisans
Thank you!
A master craftsman! Incredible how you guys keep on cramming more power into even smaller cases that look absolutely stunning.
We're just small dedicated SFF enthusiasts chasing the dream!
Me: They'll never get all that to fit in there.
Erick: Hold my S4T while I cast custom copper blocks
Sirs you've done it again, fantastic build!
LOL...we have the SFF fever...and the cure is more S4T!
@@nfcerick3634 lol
I thought that I reached bottom then saw 9 litres builds but you is doing cool in such a small form is beyond my imagination
Welcome to small form factor madness!
A true artisan you are Erick. And kudos for casting the copper plate yourself.
I've only taken an introductory course in metallurgy in my schooling, so I can't say for certain the cause of the low strength of your previous attempts. But, impurities may have been to blame. The introduction of impurities can affect the final crystal structure, which for pure copper is FCC (face centered cubic). The fact that your previous unsuccessful attempts fractured seems to indicate the likelihood of impurities, as pure copper is very ductile. It's also possible that the temperature wasn't high enough. Usually when dealing with alloys, you want to reach a temperature known as the liquidus. This is the temperature beyond the melting point where the metal forms the least amount of crystals and is said to be homogeneous. If it's below the liquidus temperature, then more crystal growth can lead to a weaker crystal structure, resulting in less areas for atoms to slip and therefore causing the part to fail. Raising the temperature could have reached this point, but to what temperature exactly, I'm not sure. Increasing it a couple hundred degrees Celsius sounds like a safe bet. But that's if your smelting furnace can reach those temps. I hope this helps.
Thank you for taking the time to comment. I think you're right. It seemed to be successful after a combination of adding pure copper stock and increasing the heat. I'll keep this in mind for future pours.
@@nfcerick3634 Did you preheat your molds? If so, perhaps experiment with a slightly higher temperature on your mold preheat (100-200F).
@@OkammakO Yes, I do. But that's a good suggestion. I'll heat them longer next time and see what that does.
@@nfcerick3634 If you have a non-contact thermometer it may help with consistency of mold temperature when pouring.
I have no experience with melting, casting or machining metals except for lead pouring on New Year's Eve. I really enjoyed the ridiculousness of this build.
Pure inspiration. This is art. I can only dream of reaching your level, but I do dream!
Don't be afraid to try! We make mistakes ALL the time. Thanks for commenting.
This is one of the coolest cases I’ve ever seen. Very inspiring that you designed, and manufactured the cold plates and exterior items. Phenomenal work!
Thank you! 😊
I just stumbled upon this guy and found myself unable to think of superlative good enough.The brains,the tech and the eyes.
wow.
I've always wanted to see someone make a CPU-GPU sandwich waterblock. It makes a ton of sense theoretically but compatibility has always held it back.
I think it's possible for a company like EKWB to make blocks like this. They could make a standard sandwich style water block, then sell specific GPU cold plates that attach to it to fit the hundreds of different GPUs out there. Maybe this video will inspire the idea.
@@nfcerick3634 anything is possible but i bet they figured its not worth the effort considering it caters to a very specific type of customer.
Your dedication to mastering your craft is unmatched- always learning, improving, and striving for excellence. Can’t wait to see what’s next! So very proud of you!!
Thank you for your support, love, and patience while I chase these consuming dreams. I couldn’t do it without you. Love you!
Thanks Sarah! Your support means alot to...oh wait you're talking to Erick...
@@NotFromConcentrate lol! I actually had a whole other comment typed out to both of you, but apparently it didn’t meet the community guidelines. 😂
YOU are awesome too!!!
“That’s Uno.” 😂
Amazing job team. The quality of the work you do blows my mind. Keep it tiny ✊
Thank you!
im new.
when u melted down scraps, then threw it on a cnc, all the different expertise it takes to put this together, absolutely awesome work.
I’ll tell you a secret. I only learned all of this about three years ago. I constantly make mistakes, but I keep going and work hard to improve. I usually just throw myself at it until I get it right. Thanks for watching!
I watched the prequel, and I was both amazed and scared.
Then I watched the sequel, and I am terrified.
The engineering, the creativity, and the attention to detail are just... amazing and beyond anything which I have seen.
Thank you, friend! Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely unbelievable. People who do projects where the answers aren't on google are the most impressive kind of people.
Jeez Louise, you guys are insane and fantastic at the same time for pushing small form factor limitations. This is fantastic and incredible. I can't wait to see what you do next.
Thanks for watching! We love SFF!
I don’t have any experience melting and casting metal but man that’s dope cuz u really made ur own special identintifying piece of computer technology from your own know how to a high degree
Super duper clean. Reminds me of when you open up a Mac and all the parts are so satisfyingly fitted together. Would love to see this style of build with more power hungry components
Thank you! I have plans to make a similar build with top-tier components. Think of this as a test build.
That monoblock is just exquisite. Hopefully you could do the same to an actual SFF 3060
Thank you! I already have plans for a larger GPU. This was a great start.
Amazing work man! Just amazing
Nice 😎.... This video makes me feel all warm and fuzzy
In terms of liter per fps, gaming laptop still has an edge. I stopped looking at small form-factor pc when I started comparing gaming laptop performance/ liter vs small form factor PC performance per liter.
But still, good work!
I was feeling a little bit smug having just slotted a 6 core cpu + RTX A2000 into a ZS-A4DC, to make a small but capable SFF gaming rig. Then I saw this vid. 😮
Daaaamn. That's gorgeous.
Looks awesome! Well done ❤
There is one thing that could be issue in recycling metal... for jewelry casting you have to use a certain percentage of new metal (casting grain) with the reuse metal whenever you're casting an object. The percentage for silver is suggested to be 70/30 (used/new) I believe. But for copper it may be different. There's also plastic around the copper windings and other contaminates, inside the copper tubing that may have contributed to some issues additionally after casting the ingot Annealing it before working the copper makes it softer and less brittle. Torch it till it glows light red (in a darker room) and dunk in water... The multiple melts burnt off residual contaminates in the metal probably. That's what Ideas I have for you hope it helps
Thanks for the insight! I appreciate you taking the time to comment.
I dreamt of this build and here it is, my dream is real. thank you for documenting and sharing with us!
Wow...just wow. It's nice to see YT streamers do some really custom builds instead of the same saturated, buy parts from store, slap it in some ATX case with store bought AIO's and call it a liquid cooling video. This was pretty awesome!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Maan that make me think my SFF build is a joke🤣🤣🤣 Insane work man!
Not done yet but when done it's a 11400f with a 5600xt in sub 8liters
No custom part's tho and a be quiet shadow rock lp and not something super tiny like the noctua 92.
Thank you! Hope your build turns out great!
@@nfcerick3634 Thanks a lot mate!✌️ Currently making the front of it with Cherry wood!😍th-cam.com/video/VtrDFXF8Yaw/w-d-xo.html
Not only did you cast your own waterblock fin stack and build a full double-core custom CLC, but through lots of pre-planning you crammed it into the tightest possible package for the hardware involved. Sure it's pointless on a productory level, but as a piece of technical design it's nothing short of art. Great job guys.
This design is better than every other mini PC I've seen on the market, no joke. And that's before you consider that it's able to take on a 3060 at almost equal performance. Absolutely mind blowing.
Thank you! I was really impressed with this builds performance too.
Did you guys check the new RTX 4000 ADA sff workstation gpu announced by nvidia a couple days ago? It comes with 20GB VRAM,DLSS 3,Improved RT cores and rasterization perfomance is estimated to be about an RTX 3070 at just 70W.
It is essentially a cut down RTX 4070 ti,pretty cool if you ask me.
I'm sure your Copper plate should line up exactly with the 4000 ADA sff as it's exactly the same size of and RTX A2000,could essentially have a PC more powerful than an PS5/XSX at nearly the size of an XSS in this S4T case.
Throw in a Shunt mod and overclocking with the new card and i think you could reach RTX 3080(?) levels of perfomance. DLSS3 would also help immensely in demanding games.
There are OEM manufacturers writing notes as they watch this.
"I made a mistake and had to use neodymium magnets to fix it." This is the most nerdy, 40k solution I've ever heard. And far from the first time I've heard it.
wow that was incredible! a wide variety of skills and knowledge
Seriously a work of art. Ive only built a few SFF systems in real life, but ive built countless in my head lol, this is something i had figured no one had both the skills and the motivation to actually create. Cant believe how tiny you made that custom loop and im amazed at the performance uplift with such a small rad! Great work!!
Thanks for the kind words
Insane amount of work! The result is magnificent, this is a piece of art.
Perhaps copper has a curtain melting point, but the oxides and impurities that form when melting have a much higher melting point. I know it’s a problem when I weld aluminum without scratching off the natural oxide layer that forms in air.
Awesome build. Haven’t seen anything quite like it.
I realise that I'm late to the party; I've just come across your channel now... However I just wanted to express my admiration for the quality and beauty of this custon cooling solution. This build is pure genius!
Now that’s what I call pure craftsmanship. Also, I am thinking about getting the RTX A2000 for my Dell prebuilt.
Looking forward to Asrock X600, RTX 4000 20GB and 7950X3D or 7800X3D. That will be the ultimate SFF build.
Absolutely ridiculous, I love it
Absolutely gorgeous work. Love seeing metallurgy involved with recycling copper.
Thank you! My scrap box is deep so you can be sure I'll do more in the future.
this one forsure has to be the coolest sff builds ive seen
Glad you like it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Simply amazing. You sparked my interest in SFF again!!
That’s great!
Love the video! I've been wanting to see more content on modded turing workstation cards like the a2000 and a4000 but most videos only go over their performance for mining. There's some serious untapped potential for these cards and I love seeing it get explored for their advantages in size and power consumption!
Love the lighting on your cnc beauty shots! :D
I appreciate that. I'm always worried that it isn't good enough.
Super awesome build! I would prefer blue over purple, but incredible custom build!
I haven't seen the video yet but by the title I'm thinking SFF Amiga 2000. I somehow don't think that's what I'm getting but that doesn't necessarily mean I'll be disappointed. Lessgoou!
Wow that looks amazing. Nice work dude.
ive only ever heard horror stories about machining copper. this is insanely impressive
It definitely requires more TLC. Plenty of coolant is the key. Copper can start to cut like jello if it gets too hot.
To avoid bubbles and other anomalies in copper you have to add a deoxidizer because copper absorbs oxygen and releases it as it cools. Phosphorus is good. Adding a Flux will also not only help the deoxidizer mix but it will also help prevent some oxidation in the first.
Thanks for the tip. I’ll look into it. Always eager to learn new things!
This was amazing to watch. Such an inspiration and great to see each step and the thinking that went into it.
Closest I ever got to modifying anything of mine was when I took a Cooler Master server copper heatsink and fitting it with heatpipes and attaching it to my evga 1060sc with rewired laptop fans to make it essentially a single slot.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Sounds like a great mod and I love when people share their experiences. That’s what this is all about. Supporting each other’s work no matter how big or small.
This is absolutely beautiful! Keep up the amazing work and continue to push the boundaries of what is possible. You all are wonderful. 👍
Next level compacting of parts. Recycled custom poured copper. Raw aesthetic sense. Tiny fucking case. This channel is so absolutely *by* SFF makers, *for* SFF makers. It's art. Thank you.
Thank you, Theo!
Love to see the RTX A2000 getting some more attention, given it's immense frame-per-watt. I wanna try my hand at building an efficiency gaming PC one day.
When I first saw it, I didn't give it the credit that it deserves. It's pretty amazing!
Im not into sff builds at all, but your content is top notch, love watching it!!
Come to the dark side! I won't tell anyone! 🤫Thank you for watching!
man that thing is TINY
You should commercialise this! Great work!
An absolutely beautiful engineering work of art
absolutely beautiful
Love to see micro-manufacturing and PC building in one video, subbed
If you look real close you can tell they broke several laws of physics.
Incredible work! 😮 for casting add anywhere from 5-20% raw material volume overhead (depending on scale). Smaller projects = higher overhead. Then distribute evenly across all dimensions and reduce to desired spec afterwards 👌
Thanks for the advice!
Damn that's cool, hard to believe is sooo close to a modern high tier pc but at 1/10th the size
Duude! Your builds are next level!
As always, great work Erick! Keep it up
Thank you, Chris! Love your support!
As both a master hvac tech and certified infosec analyst, I fkn love you’re channel. I just found it. I also scrap and have a lot of stuff laying around. You engineered the hell out of this and it’s unbelievable quality. Great job and you got a new fan and sub 🫡
Thank you! Welcome to the channel!
7:40 look at this power cable! So much attention to detail!
That's the best part of this build. No need to lug a power brick. Just plug it in. We love using aviator connectors for these.
Nice work. Keep it up! It would be great to see more tiny tech on the market 🤗
Thank you!
Damn. Just damn. Insanely clean and sick!
Absolutely outstanding work!
Thank you!
The reason why the full cover block was difficult to fabricate was because you poured the copper instead of using a piece of stock copper plate . I have to say that while recycling is great, the amount of fuel used to melt the block plate down twice kind of uses resources too and the composition of the copper plate (which would affect its conductivity). Love the dual sided coldplate though. Makes a lot of sense and I wish there was someway to make this concept commercial and adaptable to multiple Motherboards and graphics cards.
I wanted to do something different and new (for me). I love the challenge, whether I succeed or fail. It may not be practical or efficient, but it was a great experience.
I can't believe you guys can cram so much power into such tiny cases, I love it, each one of them is a piece of art
Thanks, Angel! We love that you love it! ❤
wtff this is amazing!~ deserves so much more attention
This is freaking AMAZING! Very well done.
Thank you, friend!
This is so awesome!! Great job!
Thank you!
This is pure insanity of the greatest kind.
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@@nfcerick3634 what watercooling pump did you use? You've certainly planted a seed for a future project to this hopefully
I had absolutely no idea packing a full desktop water cooled loop into a sub 3 liter case was possible
Yet another amazing build 🙌
Every Build you do turns out even more insane than the Last one! 🤯
Thank you for the support and kind words. Hope I don’t disappoint with the next one!
I adore the S4T. God-tier little case.
This is super cool! I've built watercooled sub-4L systems before myself, but this takes it to a whole new level! After watching this it's confirmed I need more space for tools! haha fantastic work!
Get after it! You can NEVER have enough tools. Thanks for watching!
This is sooo cool seeing people melt recycling old materials to build pc parts and stuff is awesome work bud
Generally to get a Clean Pour with Copper you need to heat it up Well above it's Melting Temperature (almost to the melting point of steel...
i.e a rapid boil) also, the copper from wiring electric motors &tc. are generally around 97% Pure... because of the coating used to keep the
individual strands from shorting out... soon as you burn it off in your foundry you're left with 99.99% Pure Copper.
I agree. Thanks for the tip!
No worries
I need this in my current situation of moving around quite a lot
Insane! I am extremly happy to have discover this channel and your reality!!
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What an epic build. Absolute top notch, borderline insanity! Wow!
I love the chosen color palette
YES I LOVE IT! THIS IS TRUE PC MODDING LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF XTREME BUILDS AND OVERCLOCKING!
Amazing, this is art! You could rotate the radiator 90º (to the sides), because you are chocking the radiator and fans, limiting the thermal dissipation.
Unfortunately, that orientation is too thick for the S4T. It get's plenty of air through the front bezel. There's a large gap to reduce pressure and air turbulence.
@@nfcerick3634 I know, it would need a few more centimeters to have room for those alphacool radiator.
The Quadro GPUs can withstand higher temperatures, because of their binning, still 80c+ is alot (at least for me).
It would be interesting to use a high laptop motherboard with a special case and special waterblock, but maybe they are to wide for a build like that. Smallest motherboard i could think right now, it is from the Minisforum HX90G, but it is a pure AMD system (5900HX and 6600M).
@@PauloRAgostinho The temperatures were the maximum peak values that I found during heavy loads and long gaming sessions. The important thing (at least for me personally) is that the system doesn't throttle while maintaining the highest speeds at the lowest voltages possible. I have a few ideas in mind for the motherboard design you mentioned. I hope that soon the industry will really push towards SFF components. It's better than it was years ago, but it's slow progress.
@@nfcerick3634 Peak values could be from transient power spikes and average are more important in long periods of use and of course stability is most important.
It is a good idea to give a 2nd life to a laptop motherboard with something like a RTX 3070 Mobile. Of course a DYI SFF system is much better in terms of upgradability.
Looking forward to see your adapation of this idea! 😁
SFF market was cool in the early days of Shuttle XPC, after that the market went very slow in progress. But the niche market is starting get bigger, because efficiency and space are a big topic nowadays.
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this is illegal you are not meant to be able to fit that much horsepower and cooling into 3 liters. excellent build anyway and i hope i can make something like this someday
This is insane! I love the work yall did.
it looks amazing, i would love to se it with clear side panels so you could admire the crafting inside
You should replace the case with a custom one that adds more coolant to the loop and acts as either a heat pipe or contains some kind of active cooling like a A Peltier cooler or fan.
Loved the build, came out beautifully and performed amazing. Only criticism is that you obscured that nice inlay paint work with side panel XD
Regarding the copper casting, do you know if the enamel on the motor wires is an issue when doing melts?
Good to see the sandwich water block, its something I have thought about a few times. I have a low profile Lenovo case that I occasionally think about doing small builds in, and I came to the conclusion that a sandwich water block like yours would be the only way to get a full sized card in there. Obviously with stuff like the A200 available that is less of an issue, but still an interesting and novel way to go about things.
Never stop doing stuff like this, showing us what is possible, and showing us your creativity.
Thank you for the kind words and taking the time to post them. I'm pretty sure that the motor wires weren't the best thing to use. I couldn't verify that they weren't some kind of alloy. Plus, breaking the motors down to remove the wiring was a pain. This build was a personal test to see if I could make a sandwich style water block work, and the results have encouraged me to go bigger next time with something like an RTX 4090.
@@nfcerick3634 Managing to pull off a custom water block for a 4090 in a home shop would be an insane achievement, though I understand that you don't lose much by dropping the power target significantly on them. Might need to have some fun with a tiny endmill to get some good fins.
I'm positive that however you go about it you will manage to pull off something amazing though.
Magnets approach actually making the build even more premium. Reminds me EG-1 grinder design by Weber Workshops. I think that this random decision is brilliant and maybe later you will also think about making magnetically atteching stand and side panels. Yes it will increase the cost and be a challenge to make, but also it will be a huge feature to show off.
We make 2D and 3D bezels for our cases and a "hot swap" bezel has been requested and is long overdue. This build provided a great opportunity, out of necessity, to work on a prototype.
@@nfcerick3634 Ok, I'm not in a community, but I have 2 ideas for you. I understand that everyone loves your power buttons. But it's on the back and it's not comfortable to use it.
There can be an option to make two pins on the bezel that will boot the machine on magnetical attachment - so it will work like power button. It will also save some room in a case.
Another option is to make a bezel part that inside clickable like a mouse button :) also an interesting solution that I don't know if anyone tried. To make this all you need is to scrap any old mouse or buy a bunch of clickers(I know they are selling on Ali) and connect it as power button to motherboard. Also a cleaner and space-winning solution. Inside bezel will be clickable as a trackpad :) Also if you will make a carbon fiber bezel inside part - you can make it clickable on top and bottom side. Top - power, bottom - reboot.
If this ideas not new - sorry for wasting your time reading this. Cheers!
Incredible work!
This was AMAZING! Job well done!