Solve 528: CPU requires liquid cooling system on Z420 MB

[Snoopmasta]

I'll add a few pictures of this lovely project since I'm going to sell it again. It has been just for the fun of it. Also getting it up to Windows 11, quiet and stable has been a really entertaining journey. 

Thank you @SDH for the great advice and help! 

Oh, and I also repinned the NF-9A PWM on the CPU cooler into the original 6 pin connector. Works fine. 💪🏻 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SDH]

Impressive the speeds you're getting from your WD_BLACK SN770 1TB M.2 SSD there. Nice use of that as a documents drive.

I'm hoping you'd be willing to share the brand/model of your two matching single-slot-width M.2 heatsinks, and also the small PCIe carrier card you've got that WD_BLACK mounted in your lower video slot. I'm assuming you picked those for good reasons and I've never seen a short PCIe interface card like that:

Nice build...

[Snoopmasta]

Ahhhh, sure!

The M.2 cooler is a "be quiet! MC1". There is also a taller one but I deem that unnecessary for a PCIe 3.0 interface and speeds. The max. temperature I saw during testing was 45°C.

 

The PCIe Adapter used for the WD_Black SSD is the  "GLOTRENDS" one in the Amazon screenshot below. I selected this one because of its simplicity and potential 16x bandwidth for future builds. As I may use this one in my actual PC at one point I wanted to see if it works well and as expected. And it does! 😻

Additional information:

The duct for the front fan is a thing I constructed and 3D printed for this machine. It can be found on thingyverse and makerworld. I just didn't want to buy another full system to avoid the horrible prices you have to pay for an original one. It has been more fun like that and I'd say it works rather beautifully. 

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6462087

I wish you a great weekend and thanks for the interest into my build. 🤗🙏🏻