Tiny liquid cooled PC Build

I made this project as a birthday present for my girlfriend: she uses Adobe Lightroom a lot, and of course the usual stuff, browsing the internet, watching movies etc. so It didn't need a powerful video card.

She has a tiny desk in a tiny room so in addition to not having the space to put the case, she has to have the computer really close to her: this is usually difficult to manage because tiny cases usually don't have the airflow to be silent, and the usual result is too much of a compromise between noise, performances, and space.

So I came up with this: a 240mm radiator inside a Fractal Node202, without a dedicated video card.

I had to saw a piece of metal to pass through the water hoses, then modify the AC plug to fit the radiator, and then flip the top cover and make an opening for the vent in the new position:

as you can see, the vent was originally made to fit a 140mm fan, which remains unused for the moment.

The intel 7350K is running @4500Mhz with very low temperatures under load and an almost silent noise output from all the fans. There is of course space for improvements but overall I am very satisfied, and most importantly my girlfriend loves it. :)

 

Full specs:

 

Mobo: Gigabyte Z270N-Gaming 5

CPU: i3 7350K

RAM: Goodram 8GB DDR4 2133

SSD: Intel 600p 512GB

PSU: Bequiet SFX L POWER

Cooling: Bequiet SILENT LOOP 240mm

Thermal paste: Coolermaster MasterGel Maker

Case: Fractal Design Node202

 

Done