The NODE Gets Water Cooled

[ICONchad]

https://vimeo.com/214786788

 

AKiTiO who has been a proud sponsor of my film "The Southwest", recently released their Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure. With the National Association of Broadcasters trade show quickly approaching we thought it would be cool to do a flashy trade show version of the NODE. Just putting a window on the side and some RGB lights would have been easy and throwing in an all in one cooler wouldn't have been much of a show stopper, so I decided to see how extreme we could go while at the same time utilizing the existing case. That meant filling the case to the brim with custom water cooling components, a full windows 10 computer, and system monitoring sensors. Inside is a MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X card that is cooled by EKWB components. The whole system is controlled by a Corsair Commander Mini running on a Latte Panda motherboard which is a full windows 10 computer thats just about the size of a deck of cards. This is all interfaced on the 7" IPS touch screen display. The software not only controls the EK PWM water pump, but the radiator fan, LED lights, water temperature sensor, air intake temperature sensor, and air exhaust temperature sensor. It allows the user to monitor the loop and adjust settings for different types of working conditions. So you can have it running very quietly when your not rendering or gaming and then adjust it depending on the load. One side of the NODE was replaced with a custom cut matte black acrylic face that has an inlay clear window to see the water block and an opening for the touch screen. On the opposite side is a small clear window to see water flowing thru the reservoir. The EK Coolstream SE 120mm radiator and EK Vardar fan pull clean air from the rear of the case and out the front. There is two temperature sensors to monitor the in and outflow air temperature and a coolant sensor in the loop just after the water block. An EK T valve was added to aide in draining the loop, so that everything wouldn't have to be removed to flush the system. The NODE comes with a non-modular PSU that has no additional inputs for powering the loop so a Silverstone 700w PSU was added. It was hot wired so it would run without a motherboard signal and I made custom wiring to fit in this tiny case. A leftover DEMCifilter from my NCASE M1 Mini itx build was added to the side of the PSU.  

 

Components

MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X

EK Coolstream SE Radiator

EK Vardar 3000 RPM PWM Fan

EK-XRES 100 SPC-60 MX PWM Reservoir/Pump Combo

EK-FC1080 GTX TF6 - Nickel Plated Copper Water Block with Plexi Top for MSI GTX 1080

EK-FC1080 GTX TF6 Backplate - Black for MSI® Gaming X 

EK-DuraClear 9,5/15,9mm (3/8" x 5/8") Tubing 

EK-CryoFuel Navy Blue Concentrate 

EK-FC Terminal Rotary 90° - Black

EK-CSQ Plug G1/4 - Black

EK-ACF Compression Fitting 10/16mm (3/8 x 5/8") - Black

EK-AF T-Splitter 3F G1/4 - Black

EK-AF Extender Rotary M-M G1/4 - Black

EK-AF Angled 90 G1/4 Fitting - Black

EK-AF Ball Valve (10mm) G1/4 - Black

XSPC G1/4" Plug with 10k  Water Temperature Sensor, Black Chrome

Leftover ncase m1 Air Filter

 

Latte Panda Motherboard with Windows 10

Latte Panda 7" IPS Display with Touch Overlay

Silverstone SX700-LPT Power Supply

Corsair Commander Mini

Corsair Link RGB Lighting Strips

Custom Cut Matte Black Acrylic Face with Clear Inlay Window

Custom Wiring

 

[The Sloth]

i am not an expert on videos but try to calm down, relax before filming, nice video overall well done. 

 

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[ICONchad]

haha yea.. I was running on about 2 hours of sleep a night for the last week getting ready for NAB.