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Overconfidence
06-29-2006, 08:03 PM
Well, I've started planning my next giant watercooling endeavor. This time I'm trying to make a small, self-contained, high-performing mATX system.

Here's my lame photoshop-sketch:

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4295/watermatx8df.png

Everything is pretty much to scale. Size templates are from DDC+, MCR220, and Yate Loon 140mm fans. The black box at the top is a slot loading drive, and the one below-right of it is a HDD. Bottom left is a lame attempt at a power supply, but it's about that size.

The overall size of this beast is 13x13x6.5 inches, which could grow or shrink depending on the size of the walls of it. Wiring would have to be very custom + sleeved to make it not suffocate, but I could make it work.

Opinions? Problems you see? Very very rough right now, just had the idea and thought I'd at least get a bit together. The plan is to be as quiet and small as possible, and with a seasonic PSU, 14cm yates, and a DDC (Possibly undervolted on all accounts), I could get close.

Thanks,
OC

Nanometer
06-29-2006, 11:15 PM
It looks like it is cutting it very close when I look at the PSU, pump, and the radiator. The radiator size sounds good, but it might be a problem getting it all to fit. Personally, my next MATX will include a single 120mm radiatior cooling only the CPU. I didn't benefit from cooling my current card by going water, so I'll have second thoughts.

Please keep this updated I'd like to see how things come together.