FEATURED The most extreme mini-ITX gaming rig you've ever seen - MAX11Lv3

MIAHALLEN · Nov 13, 2011

I just finished a build I've been working on for a customer. He requested a system to fulfill these requirements.

small

lightweight

very powerful

unique

cutting edge gaming performance

If you like what you see here, be sure to check out the full build log for details

This is what the layout looks like prior to putting in the optical drive tray....it's a really tight squeeze!

And here are the final shots of the system. The customer is planning to replace the feet with something a bit more athetically pleasing once he finds something he likes.

I welcome your comments and criticisms

Evilsizer · Nov 13, 2011

man im diggin it! i cant see anything to critic about it... im wondering did you epoxy/form the CF your self or someone did it for you? what case did it start out as, im guessing a silverstone? IMO this should be on the front page, like a projects corner section.

MIAHALLEN · Nov 13, 2011

It's faux CF by 3M

Evilsizer · Nov 13, 2011

cool, thanks for the link and i should have read your project log. cant wait to see what you got coming next!

MIAHALLEN · Nov 13, 2011

Evilsizer said:
cant wait to see what you got coming next!

Me too

Evilsizer · Nov 13, 2011

i mean, what you might be working on next. i needs the sleeps!

Devil_Dog · Nov 13, 2011

Man.. that turned out awesome. Great job! :thup:

pwnmachine · Nov 13, 2011

simply amazing!

MIAHALLEN · Nov 13, 2011

Evilsizer said:
i mean, what you might be working on next. i needs the sleeps!

I meant that for the first time in years...I don't have any more projects in view...why else would I be gaming so much lately? :attn:

capttripppp · Nov 13, 2011

As always it looks simply amazing Mia!

Ilden · Nov 13, 2011

Read about this at the evil place earlier today. This is an outstanding mod. I would have never thought about mounting the PSU to the rad and using it in that way.

I am a little concerned though; you're cooling a 2600k and 580 on a Magicool slim dual rad. Oh my... I mean I know space is limited, but ouch.

MIAHALLEN · Nov 13, 2011

Ilden said:
Read about this at the evil place earlier today. This is an outstanding mod. I would have never thought about mounting the PSU to the rad and using it in that way.

I am a little concerned though; you're cooling a 2600k and 580 on a Magicool slim dual rad. Oh my... I mean I know space is limited, but ouch.

You're not the first person to say this...but think about your statement for a minute........

....then check my temps: GPU @ 65C max, and CPU max in the 60s

......it's no match for Water & Wood, but one dual 120mm rad is still head and soulders above stock (or aftermarket) air cooling solutions :thup:

NotNero · Nov 13, 2011

I followed the build log since I joined up here, and that is a masterpiece. Looks great, very clean install... as the kids are all saying, mad props.

Jezus53 · Nov 13, 2011

Oh my sweet Lord, it's beautiful. I want to make eight of them so I can put one in every room of my house and admire it's beauty no matter where/what I'm doing.

Neuromancer · Nov 13, 2011

I still dont understand how you cool a 580 and a top level cpu with a 2x120 rad one fan of which is the psu fan (even if you replaced the PSU fan which is so easy to do) crap at room temp levels I would not use a 2x120 for a CPU let alone a heatpo like a 580.

I used a 4x120 rad on my i7 920...

I tell yah miah you did it, but it still belies physics.

MIAHALLEN · Nov 13, 2011

In what way is this cooling solution in any way inferior to the stock air coolers?

It may not be the "ideal" when you consider what we normal play with in the water cooling world, but its still head and shoulders above air cooling :thup:

freakdiablo · Nov 13, 2011

Looks sweet. If I had the patience to do something like that I would have stuck with the mATX form factor

I.M.O.G. · Nov 14, 2011

MIAHALLEN said:
In what way is this cooling solution in any way inferior to the stock air coolers?

It may not be the "ideal" when you consider what we normal play with in the water cooling world, but its still head and shoulders above air cooling

As water cooling has matured in our hobby, I've watched it become more religion than science at times. The suggested solutions often reach for ideal rather than necessary... shifting gears to what works well enough isn't easy for a lot of people, so I'm guessing thats where those comments come from.

I think a lot of the water cooling aficionados would have said the H80/H100 style coolers would never do the job they do before someone actually made the product and proved the preconceptions wrong.

Nice build, looks fly. :thup:

MIAHALLEN · Nov 14, 2011

freakdiablo said:
Looks sweet. If I had the patience to do something like that I would have stuck with the mATX form factor

Good luck fitting a mATX build into a box anywhere close to this size :fight:

I.M.O.G. said:
As water cooling has matured in our hobby, I've watched it become more religion than science at times. The suggested solutions often reach for ideal rather than necessary... shifting gears to what works well enough isn't easy for a lot of people, so I'm guessing thats where those comments come from.

I think a lot of the water cooling aficionados would have said the H80/H100 style coolers would never do the job they do before someone actually made the product and proved the preconceptions wrong.

Nice build, looks fly.

Yup

.....thanks Matt

jameseboy · Nov 14, 2011

Looks good mia =] still looking at changing the feet??? the look a tad bulky?

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