Custom Mobile VR PC idea

[Twinleaf]

So my grandma left me this cute little TV that ended up being busted and I just was watching the custom candy builds so its stoked the PC building fire in me.

What I want to do is make a system with some hard (or soft if hard would be too much) pipe water-cooling that is VR ready with a small screen where the old one was so I don't have to lug a huge monitor around! Possibly using the old knobs and buttons functionally would be a big plus. The problem is that I have never done a custom mod like this before. I've only built 5 PCs in my lifetime (Technically 6 but that was when I was 7 yrs old). I have an idea of the parts that I want to use in the build selected, I just dunno how difficult it'd be to do it all in this small of a form factor in something that doesn't already have the structure to support holding such a thing inside it. 

 

TL;DR Am I in over my head or is it possible to do this?

 

Pictures of the TV's shell:

Spoiler

CUTE TV PICS

 

[Damascus]

Wow, that's the perfect size!  What kind of budget are you working with?

[ExplosiveSloths]

Jesus that thing brings back memories.

It looks like it's possible but do you have any measurements?

 

[Twinleaf]

13 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Wow, that's the perfect size!  What kind of budget are you working with?

My budget is around 1000 dollars, plus anything from my current rig that I can fit inside.

 

 

8 minutes ago, ExplosiveSloths said:

Jesus that thing brings back memories.

It looks like it's possible but do you have any measurements?

 

I am in the process of measuring it, so I'll update ya when I get that done

[Damascus]

30 minutes ago, Twinleaf said:

My budget is around 1000 dollars, plus anything from my current rig that I can fit inside.

What's your current build look like?

[Twinleaf]

to be honest I was going to do this build around the Zotac ArcticStorm Mini but I can't find any for sale...

[Damascus]

Just now, Twinleaf said:

to be honest I was going to do this build around the Zotac ArcticStorm Mini but I can't find any for sale...

The 1080 ti?  That would eat up 75% of your budget

[Twinleaf]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

What's your current build look like?

I've got:
i7-6700K at 3.6 GHz

16 GB of DDR4 ram clocked at 2133
Two GTX 970s

and a 500 GB NVME M.2 with a 4 TB HDD storage drive

 

[Twinleaf]

2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

The 1080 ti?  That would eat up 75% of your budget

Yeah I know, but I'm selling what I don't use from my current rig so I will have a little extra

 

[Damascus]

Let's say you sell the 970s for $340, gives you a budget of $1340.

 

What are your mobo and psu?

[Twinleaf]

PSU is a Corsair RM1000X

Mobo is MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X

[Damascus]

32 minutes ago, Twinleaf said:

PSU is a Corsair RM1000X

Mobo is MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X

Let's say you get another 250 between the two, total $1590 usd

[Damascus]

How many mm of clearance do you have for the gpu?

[Twinleaf]

I just did the measurements of the case and its 1 foot long, 11.5 inches wide, and 6-7 inches tall

[Twinleaf]

of course that wasn't a precise measurement, though

[Twinleaf]

And what about PSU? I completely forgot about that... How the hell am I supposed to fit a giant box inside there? Hmm...

[Damascus]

This covers your psu and mobo

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3Chrnn
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3Chrnn/by_merchant/

Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($156.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - SF 600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $276.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-04 17:33 EST-0500

[Damascus]

What are the internal dimensions?

[Damascus]

I think you could fit a slim 240 up top and a 120 on the side with the mobo, psu and gpu sitting on the bottom.

[Twinleaf]

3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

What are the internal dimensions?

Internal dimensions are 6" tall, 11" wide, and give or take a 11" long

 

[Twinleaf]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZJpCBP

 

How's this for the rest of the build?

[Damascus]

37 minutes ago, Twinleaf said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZJpCBP

 

How's this for the rest of the build?

Keep your current cpu, RAM and storage and use the cash you saved to go full custom.

 

I can sell you:

8 bitspower fittings (best out there)  with 2 45 degree, 2 60 degree and 4 90 degree angled adapters. 

 

A reservoir with a ddc pump mount

 

1 se 240 (slim rad, should be enough to cool it) 

 

All you need are a pump and cpu/gpu blocks.  If you get the zotac mini 1080 there's a decent chance you can buy the block seperately later, though simply getting a reference card would be easiest.  What are the internal dimensions?

 

http://www.performance-pcs.com/alphacool-laing-ddc310-single-edition-silver.html

 

http://www.performance-pcs.com/new-phobya-cpu-cooler-uc-2-lt-intel-775-1155-1156-1366-2011-black-edition.html

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tW94XH
 

CPU: Intel - Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($156.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Mini Video Card  ($549.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - SF 600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $826.97

[Twinleaf]

I just posted the internal dimensions I got. 

39 minutes ago, Twinleaf said:

Internal dimensions are 6" tall, 11" wide, and give or take a 11" long

its pretty hollow on the inside so I could be able to fit a lot in there

[Twinleaf]

also the build isn't gonna begin for another month or two, still waiting on money from my first client.

[Twinleaf]

Ok so @Damascus...

What's your pricing for all that? You aren't gonna gouge me for the rest of my budget, right?