My Thor-Zone Mjolnir build - first time doing fully custom water loop

[howardbuilds]

I waited almost two years for this case, and spent about a month gathering parts for it. 

 

At the end the cooling is just not enough, with only one fan on a 240 radiator.

 

Full build video here

 

CPU Side:

 

 

GPU side:

 

With Panel on:

 

Front side:

 

Parts list:

Thorzone Mjolnir Case
Asus ROG Strix X570-I Gaming Motherboard
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU
WD Black SN850 2TB m.2 NVMe
Corsair SF750 power supply
Gigabyte AMD RX6800 XT GPU
Bykski GPU water block for Gigabyte RX6800XT
Barrow GPU waterblocks upgrading fittings 360° rotary terminal connector
Alphacool DC-LT 2600 pump
Alphacool Eisstation 40 DC-LT Pump Top
Alphacool Eiszapfen Temperature Sensor
CORSAIR Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB 3200
Barrow Dabel-20a super thin radiator
Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM chromax.Black.swap 120mm fan
CORSAIR Hydro X Series, XF Compression, 10/13mm fittings
CORSAIR Hydro X Series XT Softline 10/13mm

[tealflip]

Only one thing I have to say, that looks really good. A pain to upgrade in the future but still amazing.

[howardbuilds]

3 hours ago, tealflip said:

Only one thing I have to say, that looks really good. A pain to upgrade in the future but still amazing.

yea its already a pain to build in this case lol everything is just 1-2mm tolerance 

[DJ46]

Holy moly, that is an impressive little powerhouse!

As someone who has experience with both cramped ITX builds and a little bit of watercooling I can tell how fiddly it must've been to put this together.

 

I wonder if the rad could do a better job if the case was flipped upside-down, so that it has more room to breathe instead of being right against a desk.

Though that might require moving some of the loop around so that the pump isn't higher than the res, which may be impossible given how tight it is.

[howardbuilds]

12 hours ago, DJ46 said:

Holy moly, that is an impressive little powerhouse!

As someone who has experience with both cramped ITX builds and a little bit of watercooling I can tell how fiddly it must've been to put this together.

 

I wonder if the rad could do a better job if the case was flipped upside-down, so that it has more room to breathe instead of being right against a desk.

Though that might require moving some of the loop around so that the pump isn't higher than the res, which may be impossible given how tight it is.

I actually tried that you see the case bottom has that mesh dust filter? if I flip it it will not clear the GPU waterblock terminal and it will stick out  thats why i went with this configuration. This case is literally my worse nightmare LOL 

[gleetk]

Gold and Matte Black Fittings with Matte Black hardline would look epic af in this case.

[howardbuilds]

On 3/7/2022 at 10:19 PM, gleetk said:

Gold and Matte Black Fittings with Matte Black hardline would look epic af in this case.

yea it would! I was thinking about doing a hard line but it would be so hard to do i gave up on it. because 1 line will need to cross from one side to the other (in this case from CPU outlet to the GPU inlet) the space tolerance for a hard line is just very minimal

[howardbuilds]

updated parts list 

[gleetk]

On 3/9/2022 at 12:47 PM, howardbuilds said:

yea it would! I was thinking about doing a hard line but it would be so hard to do i gave up on it. because 1 line will need to cross from one side to the other (in this case from CPU outlet to the GPU inlet) the space tolerance for a hard line is just very minimal

Do a mix of both? Soft in the rear, hard in the front... (unintended pun)

[howardbuilds]

On 3/15/2022 at 11:57 PM, gleetk said:

Do a mix of both? Soft in the rear, hard in the front... (unintended pun)

LOLOL thats a good idea i might try that. But man overall this case is just a disappointment 

[howardbuilds]

yea tried hardline and its almost impossible to do