Have seen some great creative builds and I wanted to share my most recent upgrade, where I had to solve a pretty niche challenge with vertically mounting these new gargantuan GPUs in a reverse build. It started with an upgrade to my CPU and ended up switching to a new case, due to the flipped configuration. The only good space I had was in the window sill and I wanted to still be able to appreciate the fishtank – thus the reverse build idea!
Solving the GPU situation was imperative, as the GPU is literally hanging "off" the PCIE slot and it had significant sag with how big these heat-sinks are getting nowadays. Some fishing line and a bit of a MacGyver solution was about the most elegant fix I could come up with, but I'd like to hear if there are any other suggestions, currently concerned if the line would stretch over time, especially when heat cycled.
Specs:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D
- Mobo: GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO
- RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6000 CL30 (2x16GB)
- GPU: GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER GAMING OC 16G
- Cooler Master V3 VGPU Stand
- Case: Lian Li O11D EVO RGB (Reverse Mode)
- PSU: Corsair HX1000 1000W 80+ Platinum
- AIO: Lian Li Galahad II Trinity SL-INF 360mm
- Fans: Combination of Lian Li UNI FAN SL-INF 120mm and 140mm (std and reverse blades)
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Looking at pic #3 gives me anxiety.
Looks great, but you forgot the most important specs – the keyboards!
You might wanna adjust that rad to have the pump below to not have air in the pump.
Flexing on them neighbors having it in the window
Very clean!
Put a tube that follows the exhaust of your PC outside the window
rip the pump when the liquid starts to evaporate.
Your AIO is installed in the absolute [worst](https://youtu.be/BbGomv195sk?t=885s://youtu.be/BbGomv195sk?t=885) way it ever could be. The pump should never be at the highest point, it will cause any air in it to go to the pump, cause it not to pump water, and also damage the pump eventually.
Radiator is placed like you speedrun pump failure… pump is the highest point, will accumulate air in it…
Thought that was a fking head on the window on pic #1
Back in 2010. I bought a PC as a gift to myself for my 21st.
We had no such thing as RGB but fans with LED lights that was one standard color.
I went and bought Amber LED’s and replaced every white LED on all my fans just to have this effect.
Damn we have it good these days.
Never advertise you have a pc like this next to the window to anyone
Where’s your mouse mat from? I do a black and orange theme and work in mapping. This thing is perfect and I need one!