building a pc as compact as possible.
1 hour ago, frostybirb said:I absolutely love compact pc builds, but they are never compact enough for me and I've been trying to figure out ways to make an even smaller build. Recently though when I saw the LTT video featuring the Comino RM. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbf4800fkfQ&t=736s)
I saw how the graphics cards were sandwiched together and it go me thinking about if that were to be done with a CPU and GPU instead. to make the build even more compact it would be a case with an acrylic distro plate side panel and the front face would be a 240mm radiator in the front with the Front panel IO actually being on the top and a mesh back with a single smaller fan to help vent the passive heat build up from the SSD, ram, etc. obviously this would have to be a fully custom build but i think it has potential. It may not be the prettiest or easiest to build in case but obviously the whole design could be adjusted to have absolutely uncompromised performance in the smallest possible foot print. Thoughts please?
It sounds to me like You want to save yourself a water block and some hoses by placing the cpu and gpu opposite each other on each side of a single water block.
This whole thing is super non standard. It breaks the heck out of form factor and would likely work with only one specific motherboard and one specific card.
things I can think of off hand that would have to be considered:
-the pcie cable:
not sure which way the card would go. Riser cable might need to be super long and extra funky.
-the gpu card/motherboard sandwich:
A gpu pcb is not unlike a motherboard pcb in that it has various bits on it that each need theor own levels of cooling, and a gpu card wouldn’t be all that much smaller than an itx motherboard. 30xx cards are unusually short so I can’t say there would be no room, but itx boards tend to have tall bits so they can fit everything on the board. They tend to look like bowls with things rising up on all sides around the cpu. That sandwiched cpu/gpu possibly full coverage double VRM cpu/gpu water block might need to be awful thick to clear things. Water blocks tend to be complicated as far as where flow goes to actually get water across the micro fins and to the various other parts as well on a full coverage block so where each bit of cooling is needed on each board would be need to be thought about. If no full coverage airflow would have to be considered. Also attachment. Where do the screws go? This sounds like a lot of time in a CAD program working out how the fancy double water block works, and might require revisions after testing.
UPDATE: had a thought: if you can get a cpu block and a gpu block that are actually flat on top you could just connect them, or you’re willing to make a third block that acts as an adaptor between a separate cpu block and gpu block you could use stock stuff and only worry about attachment of the gpu (and airflow) the connection fittings could be a bugbear.
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