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It is definitely possible! However you will have to create a mounting mechanism that will clamp the AIO/CLC block to the socket 370 tabs.
 
How much are you willing to spend on this to make it work?

you don't need a whole lot of mounting pressure for direct die cooling.  just the weight of the cooler is plenty.  if this is for a short term overclocking session, set the pc on it's side, add a bit of blue tac on the corners of the substrate, and simply place the cooler on top.  if this is for long term use I have had luck using thermal tape to keep lightweight heatsinks on.  you could almost certainly get away with one of dynatron's skived heatsinks

I think it would work, but you would have to find a cooler with a pretty small contact, since those capacitors near the socket look like they could be a problem. Good luck attaching a cooler!

Here is my latest build, my long lasting dream finally came true.

I've always loved the PS2, it's my favourite console ever not only for the cool futuristic design that still looks nice 20 years later but also because it's the one I used the most.
Since I played Shadow of the Colossus no other console gave me the same feelings anymore, I was the guy that was carrying the PS2 at parties even if the other guys wanted to play Halo Reach in multiplayer, that's how much I love this console.

I feel that the build is now complete, but I will make photos of the inside once I get the longer sata cable I?ve ordered on Amazon to get a better cable management inside.

The desktop is a mixture of Nexus Ultimate and Rainmeter to make it feel more like a console rather than a small form factor computer, and it's also designed to be operated from afar since this is my bedroom media center.

The dvd tray works, but there is a software button to open it because I couldn't make it work from the original ps2 eject button. The power button works tho.
 
To make enough room for the Dvd reader I had to get rid of the GPU, but in the end it is a better choice this way because the motherboard I used in this one is a SFF that comes from the Deskmini A300 barebone project, and it has no PCIe slots anyway
(Big thanks to The Terk here, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrLj2R-tdrZFpGpPuyOCWtw , that inspired and guided my project in this direction).

I've used it exstensively for some time and temperatures are rather OK and even if Vega11 is not that good it can play most games at 720p medium setting without overheating. The back has an additional fan and some nice grilles that came from another SFF computer case that I wanted to throw away.

It's a very nice project that wasn't really hard to do, but it made me really appreciate the PS2 hardware more. And now I really want to make some other SFF computers in cases that were not intended for computers.
 





EDIT: I finally got the last sata extension cable that I needed to make a better cable management and I took a picture of the inside:
 

First time doing this, and the anxiety level already went up...
Cool let me see if I can get over it, and slowly build this up.   
 
=====================  The Back Story lolz bare with me on this i'm trying ===========================
 
Common things I have running in the room. 
  - Gaming Rig:  Vm Prep Environment / Web Design - Dev /  Programming - Pen, studies "slowly fading" / Gaming cause let's be real lol.  
  - ESXI: Svrs (2 Linux, 1 Win)   
 
Gaming Rig:    Corsair 240 Air, 6700k, Vegeance LPX 3200, ROG Strix OC 1070, Rog V Gene Viii Everything Corsair after this....... lol 
ESXI: Mac Pro... Don't shoot me...   8 core Dual Xeons, 10 Gig ECC.   Trust This pretty much was put to an end, and i'm now using that thing as a support stand for the 4th monitor "Images will show the 4th lol, try to imagine how i hooked a Kento stand to a macpro lol.  
 
 

 
 
==============So that went out the window, when a friend decided to bribe me for the parts lol. ===============
Upgrade dubbed: Khali my new girl.  
 
spec:
8700k
32 ddr4 
Rxt 2080 ti aorus extreme 
Aorus Master
970 pro 1tb (OS or Critical Soft
960 pro 256 (Vm's Testing)
2tb Samsung SSD (Gaming)
 
So time to pull the table out, and get to work. 
 
 
 

 
 
=======================Now what's coming i blame my 420 moments of watching Linus like the rest of us ==================
 
But brotha I can't afford the same juice as you, cause Protocase loosing their minds for what their charging to make your case, so I opted for something simpler: 
 
 
 My wife's build, more on that later, and my case is downstairs along with the 1/2 racks.  
 
Then things got interesting... thanks to my wife's job, from an simple router switch to: 
 

 
  Before I used the Macpro as a stand....After... 
 

Hey there, so for my own custom build didn't go crazy over priced but here we go
 
Case; In win 303 C with the rgb front panel lights
Mobo; Asus tuf z370 plus gaming
Cpu; 8086k oc'ed to run base 5 GHz
Cooler; Captain 360ex
Graphics; MSI 1080ti gaming X
Ram; 2x 8 gig trident z rgb 3200
Drives; M.2 wd blue 1TB, Seagate barracuda 2TB
Accessories; 3 Corsair 120 LL fans, Orico 7x USB 3.0 hub (internal)