Just finished my build in this case. Thanks for the bracket, design and testing the fitment on the fans! Would not have gone that way without your video. Almost wish I'd gone with hardline, as that would allow for some tighter bends.
Amazing build, this is the first build I have seen you or any other techtuber put together that has genuinely piqued my interest in small PCs. You...are a genius
as someone who doesn't know shit about pc building (i bought a prebuilt lol) i'm so out of my depth its insane, the amount of work and expertise here is nuts to me. great work as usual
Yet another beautiful build and stunning quality video. Thinking about how crazy ITX builds are going to be when AMD's Zen4 processors release hopefully keeping their efficiency while giving crazy performance. Less heat with that much performance is going to be so exciting lol.
As always, quite solid and sexy build. Good job. Wish I can do something magical with BitFenix Portal, because I kinda like the look of Portal's sentry turret. Don't want to replace it for NR200, but the lack of airflow/high temperatures are a potential threat to components.
I've done much the same with a 3090 but an old 9900k, it's a compromise but I don't need the fastest cpu only a decent gpu for work. Gorgeous build though and much better looking than mine.
Awsome build man, it really looks amazing. I'm thinking of switching from my SSUB Meshy to this. Would a 6900XT in reference design with an EK block and EK-FC Terminal Rotary 90° fit with the coolant tank?
As an aspiring professional colorist, the color grading on this video, as always, is top notch! The way you push the highlights, yet they never clip, is exceptional. Really accentuates the silver sparkle on the case. Great job making the green coolant pop, a visual feast.
Yeah. This channel is the premier channel for SFF. About 2 years + ago someone wrote "PC Porn" as a descriptor. It's certainly that. The camera work, clear and concise hosting along with great info just make it so damn good. My fav channel I watch to get inspired, or hungry, for that next ITX build.
You have no idea how helpful this is! My A4-H20 arrived yesterday and my EK x570i monoblock and special edition 3080ti waterblock should be here this week. After putting the psu and mobo in for a test fit last night I was wondering where the heck the tubing was gonna go. This is super helpful. Thanks so much and as always great job on the build!
@A Frosch 🐸 Would be messy and the gpu would be dumping alot of hot air into the case that would go into the 240 rad. I've found gpu and a cpu in the same loop isnt bad my pump is now locked at 1800rpm and fans at 1200rpm and its silent.
I've just completed my A4 H2O build with a full custom loop based off the Eisbaer LT solo and was able to fit TWO radiators. The typical 240mm up top, and In front of the 3080 Extreme Waterforce block fits an Alphacool Nexxous radiator from their server style series. It's a 45mm thick 2x60mm radiator and I'm having great thermal results at extended stress tests. It fits like a glove in the hole in front of the case. I'll laser cut a 3mm mesh grid on the front panel to match the side panels next week, but for now it runs without the front panel snapped in, but still looks great. System details: ROG strix z690i, i7-12700k. Aorus RTX3080 Extreme Waterforce 12gb, 32gb DDR5 Fury RAM, WD Black 2TB, Eisbaer LT 240 system with added 120x60x45mm radiator and all clear lines run inside the anti-kink springs. I'm using 2x Noctua NF-p12 redux 120mm fans 1700rpm, and 2x 6015 fans from amazon that sound very reasonable for 5000rpm. I know you've said that loop order really isn't a factor, but I put the smaller radiator between the i7 and RTX3080 just to keep things tame. I even added a leather handle to the entire build as a sort of tribute to the Loque Ghost premium look. This build was driven by necessity as I'm a professional product designer, but heavily inspired by Optimum Techs info and style of doing these SFF builds. I'm not a big social media/ youtube person, but if you'd like some photos or details, I'd love to share.
As a sucker for green this looks amazing just by the thumbnail! Finished the video, absoultely beautiful! and the noise levels are better than my Define R5 but that's on my HDDs
Hi Ali! Your videos and build are sooo clean and well made. Your videography is almost other wordly, thanks for these quality pieces of art. I'm sure my eyes and ears will be treated everytime I receive a notification from you. Thanks for the service :D (the 50 PC tips video was so clear, fast and on point)
Dude, solid coloured coolants are garbage. I had EK Cryofuel Solid Azure blue in my custom rig, within 6 weeks it had broken down completely and left sediment deposits ALL over the CPU / GPU block and tubing. Just had to strip it down and clean it. Yes, the loop was flushed before filling. Yes, I was sterile. Yes, it never got above 45c.
Nice, doing this right now! Just waiting on my micro fittings. I have straight fittings on right now and tubes hanging out :) amd 5700x and Vega 64 Asus x570-i (have normal am4 block, thinking full motherboard block) Just about 300w Highest is 78c on cpu and 61c on hotspot gpu Room is 72-84f From my research the gpu has to be 240mm or less to fit with the flt80 ddc (my Vega is 268, so the front panel stays off until I hopefully upgrade this winter) Ok now to watch the video!
I think this video is a testament to just how far ITX has come. Space efficiency, popularity, cost, and ease of building have all skyrocketed in the past few years for ITX components and PC's, and this build exemplifies that in so many ways.
Any chance you recorded the liquid temp as well? I feel with a 12900k the liquid may be too hot and cause the pump to fail as their maximum operating temp is 50c
I would like to know the coolant temp on this, since it's only have one small rad. Depending on the tube material, hard tube can pop when coolant temps is too high (don't remember witch of witch is more sensible to this tought )
Yeah would be nice to see. Not only the tubing, but DDC pumps can start to fail if they reach 50c or higher, which based off the 79c max cpu temp it's probably pretty close.
That is absolutely got to be one of, if not my favorite build I've ever seen. It's a shame with cover on it hides most of it. But guess you don't have to have it on. I now have a new goal build. Amazing
What were the coolant temps at? I know you don't have a sensor in, but when I ran a similar build - 5900x and 3080 in the same case, my coolant temps were unacceptable with fans at 80% - two Noctuas for fans.
@@VagranT999 I was at about 52° on coolant at load. Heavy undervolt on CPU and a decent one on the GPU. CPU would hit my thermal throttle at 80 degrees, GPU about 65°
Not entirely related, but since you had one in that setup: I can understand a keyboard with no numpad, because some people just don't need it. I'd never buy anything less than a full one, myself, because I need the numpad, but I get it. I will NEVER understand a keyboard with no arrow keys or insert/delete/etc keys. The first and only time I used one, I was instantly irritated when I had to edit a text field and had to move the cursor with the mouse. Unusable and ridiculous. I cannot imagine living with such a small keyboard daily, and I don't understand why anyone would pay so much for a keyboard that's missing crucial keys that a crappy $10 walmart keyboard has.
If you game only a 60% is better because is smaller and you have more room for mouse movement witout having your arms too away. If i need to work with a keybooard a 75% is my choice. No numpad but it have the crucial key you need. Also you can do the crucial key you're missing in the 60% with a combination of keys.
Hey, thanks for what you’re doing in the SFF world, absolutely love it. I am currently building my new pc in the A4H2O case and my first intention was to wait for the new 4080, but one of my friends proposed to buy his 3090 FE for a very good price (around 950 us$), I am tempted to buy it, but I’m not sure. I’ll be glad if you tell me wile the flow through design of the 3090 work good in the a4h20 as it is slightly bigger than the cases in your videos (itx vs 3080fe)? Should I still buy the 3090 or wait for the 4080? Thanks in advance!
I am not Optimum Tech, but if u can afford 950$ for a 3090, do it. A 3090 is _plenty_ good for whatever you want to do (video editing, rendering, ML, etc.) If you feel buyers remorse, just my opinion: you will always feel remorse chasing bleeding edge tech. Chances are, atleast for Lovelace, a 4080 might match or beat a 3090, but performance per watt, it might be the same, more or less. And for Ampere/Lovelace, where the norm is 350W/420W, I think performance per watt is relevant. tl;dr go for 3090 if u can afford ur friends price. new gen might not be that much better perf/watt.
That is an absolutely fantastic ITX build. The cinematography is amazing, in my opinion you and Hardware Canucks have the best B Roll in PC build videos.
Your videos are my late night content to calm down and enjoy. The estetics are just so pleasing. The build is awesome by the way. Looks super cool and its good to see that not every mini itx has to cramp a 3090 and a 12900k inside.
