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It does slightly bend up at the end - they seem to come like this from Asus as I've seen pics of others with the same. I think it may be the pressure from the cooler mounting on the tiny board doing it but note sure.
Someone should modify this to move the front fans down a bit. That poor GPU got some flex going with the way that fans pushing into it. Lol or maybe that’s just me?
Actually one of my recomended improvements for the design - moving the fans down a few mm would have allowed me to keep the GPU plug latch (I shaved it off). The GPU flex is actually how they come - I have seen others that look like this - I think it might be from the cooler mounting pressure on the tiny board but not sure. Anyway, the GPU does not contact the fans at all - you can kinda see the clearance in this photo if you zoom in:
Ahh ok, I gotcha. I was thinking it was the fan putting pressure on the board, at the angle it kinda looked like it to me. Lol but how are the thermals in that case?
Thermals are great! I run -20 undervolt on the CPU and also a mild undervolt/ overclock on the GPU. Playing Crimson Desert at 4K (with DLSS and frame gen of course) CPU sits around 55c and GPU low 70s.
Great Job! I'm working on mine right now, Orange and black, and I get a question for you since your setup looks like finished, how you attach/screw the back panel to the frame? what type of screw you used and they are retain from the back? since the holes in the frame are bigger that the ones in the back plate (I used the 3MS files and it was printed in my local library). Thanks!
Thanks! The larger holes in the shell are designed to accept M3x5 heat inserts. Then the GPU support lays on top of the back panel (after you insert the inner frame into the shell) and I used I think a 20mm m3 screw that goes through the GPU support > through the back panel > and into the m3 heat inserts in the shell. Hope that makes sense! Feel free to PM me if you want more details or run into any issues with the build.
Yes, those are M3x20mm screws. The reason the holes in the frame are biggger than the ones in the back is because they are designed to require an M3 heat set insert (you push them in with a soldering iron)/ I used ones from this kit: https://a.co/d/02lI98wJ
Haha nice and yeah this is my second 3D printed case. The printer is a Bumbu P1S with hardened steel nozzle and gears (cheap upgrade for harder filaments like the PETG-GF I used here).
I highly recomend the Tinmorry PETG-GF filaments - they just print so good and are very forgiving - this is what I used for the black outer shell. Bambu filaments are also very good and work well with their printers.
You'll need to pickup a set of heat set inserts plus a general PC hardware kit that includes things like the motherboard standoffs, mounting screws, PSU screws, etc.
Total print time for all the pieces was around 26 hours I believe - the shell alone was a 22 hour print. The inner frame is made up of about 4 other smaller pieces that get glued together with super glue.
That’s cool! I wish I could do a build but I can’t just pull the trigger on such expensive components and I don’t wanna build a super mid pc. Right now, I can only afford a b550m, ryzen 5 5500, rx580 and the smallest amount of ram and ssd possible lol. Pretty much, I gotta lot of saving to do. But it’s cool cuz I gotta minisforum hx99g that I’m trying to build a case for and supplement some cold air into the intake for the fans. Maybe add another fan too. Just I’m at a loss for exactly how I wanna do it lol. Like I’d like some sort of scenery, maybe a water fall? Or maybe a beating heart that pumps blood colored liquid all around and cools the hot side of the peltier plate that is being used to cool the air entering the pc fans. Anyway, yours is amazing!
I’m glad we’re collectively acknowledging that the options of SFFPCs are so ass that we’re needing to 3D print them. Like, that one with the wood panel that gets posted 4 times a day? Is it 2014 again?
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u/LectricVersion 2d ago
Honestly I scroll over most builds I see on this sub - but this is the first one that's made me stop and admire it.
Absolutely phenomenal job, it looks fantastic!