Define Nano S - Budget gamer rig with a acrylic windows and RGB

hemandk

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So building a small budget gamer rig for my son for his birthday, and since that is the 18th of december I have a deadline that is coming up fast.

Specs:
Chassis: Fractal Design Define Nano S
Motherboard: Biostar x370gtn (left over after my upgrade in my other build thread)
Ram: 2x4 GB DDR4 3200mhz
SSD: Samsung Evo
CPU: Ryzen 2600X
GPU: Gigabyte 10606GB
Fans: 3x Arctic P12 PST PWM RGB
PSU: Corsair CX430

Water cool loop:
I had a radiator, hose, cooling head with pump from my last itx radio build.
Then I also had a small brake fluid reservoir from a bike and after a bit of modifying the lid a small custom loop was made :)
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The bracke reservoir came with a small bracket, so modified the top so it can be mounted inside the case:
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We got a nice laser cutter for acrylic, paper etc at work so gave that a go.
I made a full plate for the cabinet side and the a paper sheet so I could spray paint the inside (3 layers) also did the same with the front:
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A pic of the inside, still need to mount the water cooling loop and one RGB fan.
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I love your DIY water loops! That old-school make-it-work-on-the-cheap spirit warms my heart and puts a smile on my face.
Cool stencil too!
 
I love your DIY water loops! That old-school make-it-work-on-the-cheap spirit warms my heart and puts a smile on my face.
Cool stencil too!
Thanks. I was trying to keep this on a budget so that meant clearing the basement for parts :)

However there is a little noise from the pump in the CPU, so I think i will try and change that moving forward. Maybe get a cooling pump head with RGB.
 
Minor update - rebuild the water loop to include the GPU with a kraken G12 and a DC-LT 3600 and a eisstation 80.

Bleeding the loop
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Starting to get everything back in place:
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