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Yeah, it wasn’t easy and I had to modify the case a bit to fit a radiator above the mobo and to fit the massive MSI 1080 ti. 
 
Both the CPU and GPU run around the 60-70° range under load. I wish the mobo didn’t have the massive vrm heatsink, to be honest. It blocks about a third of the radiator. 
 
 

Case: Cougar QBX
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Impact
CPU: i5-4690k OC to 4.7 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 AIO w/ Prolima thin 120mm fan
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: MSI Gaming X GTX 1080 Ti
SSD: PNY 250GB
HDD: WD 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution SFX 550W w/ custom sleeved cables.

Wanted a small 4k gaming box. Pretty stoked with how it turned out! Making the cables was tedious as hell but make a huge difference in this tiny case, looks and airflow equally! I want to ditch the HDD and get a 1TB SSD and replace the current SSD with an m.2 drive. 
 
8288 in Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/31490967?

Case: Cougar QBX
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Impact
CPU: i5-4690k OC to 4.7 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 AIO w/ Prolima thin 120mm fan
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: MSI Gaming X GTX 1080 Ti
SSD: PNY 250GB
HDD: WD 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution SFX 550W w/ custom sleeved cables.

Wanted a small 4k gaming box. Pretty stoked with how it turned out! Making the cables was tedious as hell but make a huge difference in this tiny case, looks and airflow equally! I want to ditch the HDD and get a 1TB SSD and replace the current SSD with an m.2 drive. 
 
8288 in Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/31490967?

I've recently gotten into the habit of putting Live and Wan Show stuff into my playlist as they tended to be (sometimes temporarily) unlisted.

Case: Cougar QBX
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Impact
CPU: i5-4690k OC to 4.7 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 AIO w/ Prolima thin 120mm fan
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: MSI Gaming X GTX 1080 Ti
SSD: PNY 250GB
HDD: WD 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution SFX 550W w/ custom sleeved cables.

Wanted a small 4k gaming box. Pretty stoked with how it turned out! Making the cables was tedious as hell but make a huge difference in this tiny case, looks and airflow equally! I want to ditch the HDD and get a 1TB SSD and replace the current SSD with an m.2 drive. 
 
8288 in Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/31490967?

Case: Cougar QBX
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Impact
CPU: i5-4690k OC to 4.7 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 AIO w/ Prolima thin 120mm fan
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: MSI Gaming X GTX 1080 Ti
SSD: PNY 250GB
HDD: WD 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution SFX 550W w/ custom sleeved cables.

Wanted a small 4k gaming box. Pretty stoked with how it turned out! Making the cables was tedious as hell but make a huge difference in this tiny case, looks and airflow equally! I want to ditch the HDD and get a 1TB SSD and replace the current SSD with an m.2 drive. 
 
8288 in Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/31490967?

Case: Cougar QBX
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Impact
CPU: i5-4690k OC to 4.7 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 AIO w/ Prolima thin 120mm fan
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: MSI Gaming X GTX 1080 Ti
SSD: PNY 250GB
HDD: WD 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution SFX 550W w/ custom sleeved cables.

Wanted a small 4k gaming box. Pretty stoked with how it turned out! Making the cables was tedious as hell but make a huge difference in this tiny case, looks and airflow equally! I want to ditch the HDD and get a 1TB SSD and replace the current SSD with an m.2 drive. 
 
8288 in Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/31490967?

Thank you! So far the PSU has been perfectly fine, no issues. I even have a pretty decent overclock on the GPU and CPU.

Case: Cougar QBX
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Impact
CPU: i5-4690k OC to 4.7 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 AIO w/ Prolima thin 120mm fan
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: MSI Gaming X GTX 1080 Ti
SSD: PNY 250GB
HDD: WD 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution SFX 550W w/ custom sleeved cables.

Wanted a small 4k gaming box. Pretty stoked with how it turned out! Making the cables was tedious as hell but make a huge difference in this tiny case, looks and airflow equally! I want to ditch the HDD and get a 1TB SSD and replace the current SSD with an m.2 drive. 
 
8288 in Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/31490967?

Case: Cougar QBX
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Impact
CPU: i5-4690k OC to 4.7 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 AIO w/ Prolima thin 120mm fan
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: MSI Gaming X GTX 1080 Ti
SSD: PNY 250GB
HDD: WD 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution SFX 550W w/ custom sleeved cables.

Wanted a small 4k gaming box. Pretty stoked with how it turned out! Making the cables was tedious as hell but make a huge difference in this tiny case, looks and airflow equally! I want to ditch the HDD and get a 1TB SSD and replace the current SSD with an m.2 drive. 
 
8288 in Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/31490967?

Case: Cougar QBX
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Impact
CPU: i5-4690k OC to 4.7 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 AIO w/ Prolima thin 120mm fan
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: MSI Gaming X GTX 1080 Ti
SSD: PNY 250GB
HDD: WD 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution SFX 550W w/ custom sleeved cables.

Wanted a small 4k gaming box. Pretty stoked with how it turned out! Making the cables was tedious as hell but make a huge difference in this tiny case, looks and airflow equally! I want to ditch the HDD and get a 1TB SSD and replace the current SSD with an m.2 drive. 
 
8288 in Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/31490967?

Yeah, it wasn’t easy and I had to modify the case a bit to fit a radiator above the mobo and to fit the massive MSI 1080 ti. 
 
Both the CPU and GPU run around the 60-70° range under load. I wish the mobo didn’t have the massive vrm heatsink, to be honest. It blocks about a third of the radiator. 
 
 

Case: Cougar QBX
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Impact
CPU: i5-4690k OC to 4.7 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 AIO w/ Prolima thin 120mm fan
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: MSI Gaming X GTX 1080 Ti
SSD: PNY 250GB
HDD: WD 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution SFX 550W w/ custom sleeved cables.

Wanted a small 4k gaming box. Pretty stoked with how it turned out! Making the cables was tedious as hell but make a huge difference in this tiny case, looks and airflow equally! I want to ditch the HDD and get a 1TB SSD and replace the current SSD with an m.2 drive. 
 
8288 in Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/31490967?

Yeah, it wasn’t easy and I had to modify the case a bit to fit a radiator above the mobo and to fit the massive MSI 1080 ti. 
 
Both the CPU and GPU run around the 60-70° range under load. I wish the mobo didn’t have the massive vrm heatsink, to be honest. It blocks about a third of the radiator. 
 
 

> "Good luck fitting a decent AIO water cooler in a SFF case"
> OP: "Hold my beer"
 
... Sorry, first thing I thought of when seeing the pictures. It looks sexy as hell.

Case: Cougar QBX
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Impact
CPU: i5-4690k OC to 4.7 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 AIO w/ Prolima thin 120mm fan
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: MSI Gaming X GTX 1080 Ti
SSD: PNY 250GB
HDD: WD 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution SFX 550W w/ custom sleeved cables.

Wanted a small 4k gaming box. Pretty stoked with how it turned out! Making the cables was tedious as hell but make a huge difference in this tiny case, looks and airflow equally! I want to ditch the HDD and get a 1TB SSD and replace the current SSD with an m.2 drive. 
 
8288 in Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/31490967?

Going against the grain of apparently the entire general LTT fan base but I thought this video had great points and was worth while. I also actually like the premiere feature on YouTube. If I catch it live, that’s cool because I can read along with the chat. If not I’ll wait 3 minutes and watch it from start to finish. 
 
Y’all are a bunch of fucking cry babies who are afraid of change and also honest debate. Going back to the floatplane threads now, sheesh. 

Going against the grain of apparently the entire general LTT fan base but I thought this video had great points and was worth while. I also actually like the premiere feature on YouTube. If I catch it live, that’s cool because I can read along with the chat. If not I’ll wait 3 minutes and watch it from start to finish. 
 
Y’all are a bunch of fucking cry babies who are afraid of change and also honest debate. Going back to the floatplane threads now, sheesh. 

Going against the grain of apparently the entire general LTT fan base but I thought this video had great points and was worth while. I also actually like the premiere feature on YouTube. If I catch it live, that’s cool because I can read along with the chat. If not I’ll wait 3 minutes and watch it from start to finish. 
 
Y’all are a bunch of fucking cry babies who are afraid of change and also honest debate. Going back to the floatplane threads now, sheesh. 

Going against the grain of apparently the entire general LTT fan base but I thought this video had great points and was worth while. I also actually like the premiere feature on YouTube. If I catch it live, that’s cool because I can read along with the chat. If not I’ll wait 3 minutes and watch it from start to finish. 
 
Y’all are a bunch of fucking cry babies who are afraid of change and also honest debate. Going back to the floatplane threads now, sheesh. 

Going against the grain of apparently the entire general LTT fan base but I thought this video had great points and was worth while. I also actually like the premiere feature on YouTube. If I catch it live, that’s cool because I can read along with the chat. If not I’ll wait 3 minutes and watch it from start to finish. 
 
Y’all are a bunch of fucking cry babies who are afraid of change and also honest debate. Going back to the floatplane threads now, sheesh. 

I've always wondered who the people were that actually use a device like this... lol

Update:
 
Purchased a 250GB SSD and an i5-4690k! Playing around with some lighting ideas... Also have a 230mm fan on the way to replace the two 120mm fans in the front.
 

 
Went from around 8,800 in Fire Strike with the G3258 to this with my new CPU. Loving the upgrade! 
 

What if you oriented the case so it was on its side so it resembled the hood/front end of a car? You could run a big radiator along the front behind a grill and even work in some "headlights". 
 
I I like the big blower idea, though. Could be a really cool way to incorporate that into a CPU cooler or even just as an I take for a case fan. 

Yeah, it's almost absurd but I love it as well!
 
This was my project this past weekend. Took much longer than I expected but I love the way it's turning out. Ran out of sleeving with just a few cables left unfortunately. I'll have to order some more...