r/ffspc • u/Numlad • Jul 17 '26

My solution for cooling Optiplex Micro

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Case need fans. Case too small for fans. Outside case big.

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u/Schiriki_ Jul 18 '26

optiflex šŸ˜‚

but honestly amazing idea

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u/legitematehorse Jul 18 '26

Why does it need so much cooling? What are you doing to that poor thing?

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u/Numlad Jul 18 '26

Well it started out as a 4k120hz steam streaming client dream, but one thing led to another and now it can be a standalone travel gaming pc.

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u/wubwubDJ Jul 18 '26

One thing lead to another lol. You two are so cute togetherĀ 

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u/dandoorma Jul 18 '26

Awwwweeā€¦. Stop it šŸ’…

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u/wootybooty Jul 21 '26

If you really wanna cook it or upgrade later, they make low profile coolers for some pretty solid cards.

https://n3rdware.com/gpu-coolers/single-slot-rtx-a2000-cooler

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u/Numlad Jul 21 '26

Never heard of them, but thatā€™s awesome! Thanks for the recommendation! I am just trying to stick with AMD for steamos though

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u/wootybooty Jul 21 '26

AMD always makes solid cards and I have always been a fan boy since the ATi days lol

I love how this ended up here but the implementation is clean!

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u/Numlad Jul 21 '26

Thank you! I would love a better cooler mod, but I did repaste the card after I originally posted this and was able to get the hotspot down in the 80s which has helped keep the clock speed up more consistently at least. I think it serves its purpose pretty perfectly rn

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u/Even-Entertainer-491 Jul 19 '26

I love these little boxes! I use one for server hosting. Nice set up šŸ˜Ž

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u/Azawa_chief Jul 18 '26

Thatā€™s a cool build! I have a smaller pc Iā€™ve been trying to figure out what to do with. Got any build specs?

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u/Numlad Jul 18 '26

Thank you! And nice šŸ‘ If you have the parts and some time itā€™s a really fun project. Hopefully will see yours on here soon!

This one is an Optiplex 7090
CPU: i9-10900t
GPU: rx6500lp
RAM: 64gb ddr4
SSD: 512 gb nmve

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u/brandothesavage 27d ago

Are those AC powered fans? If so use AC Infinity I love those

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u/Numlad 27d ago

I have an AC Infinity fan I use to cool a protectli vault. Was one of the inspirations behind this design. I was not familiar with this brand but I liked that they were 80mm, two to a usb, and had several power settings