Endgame ITX - Dan A4-H2O Liquid PC

[@karlo4664]

That is just a work of art. I love SFF builds. And you’re one of the few builders that just makes them right!

[@wdbaudio]

I didn't think it was possible for you to top your cinematic game but you continue to prove me wrong! Incredible work as always, Ali!

[@poopzillahhh2064]

Your camera work, as always, is incredible!

[@arnavprabhakhar]

We need a dedicated video explaining his camera gear, techniques and the overall production process

[@sirpraysalot6931]

@@arnavprabhakhar agree

[@Idfextz]

I would sell both my kidneys for that PC 😂 amazing work as always

[@igavinwood]

Yeah. This channel is the premier channel for SFF. About 2 years + ago someone wrote "PC Porn" as a descriptor. It's certainly that. The camera work, clear and concise hosting along with great info just make it so damn good. My fav channel I watch to get inspired, or hungry, for that next ITX build.

[@dbwildcat20]

Agreed

[@takumi612ud]

the quality of the video is so pleasing to the eye...damnn

[@DanielBerthellemy]

EKWB should sell a pre-made kit likes of yours with tubes and everything for Dan A4-H2O.

[@betaunknown]

Top notch production quality - both the video and the system build!

[@igor.lacerda]

10 seconds in and already, what a video! hahah 🤘

[@lorenz_hat3273]

Wow, exactly the video I was looking for!

[@tossabaddle]

Just finished my build in this case. Thanks for the bracket, design and testing the fitment on the fans! Would not have gone that way without your video. Almost wish I'd gone with hardline, as that would allow for some tighter bends.

[@Kabodanki]

Best channel for PC build hands down. No BS, straight info

[@cj_zak1681]

Amazing build, this is the first build I have seen you or any other techtuber put together that has genuinely piqued my interest in small PCs. You...are a genius

[@zeeshansindhu]

Awesome build man 👍🏻

[@Prometheusz99]

Beautiful work dude!

[@almog8472]

Build looks sick man !

[@againstBelialDW]

This build looks so dope!

[@ReviewedByAndy]

This meets and maybe exceeds MKBHD levels of production quality. Optimum is easily the best PC enthusiast channel point blank.

[@Slyfoxes05]

As usual, great build and camera work geesh! I would like to attempt this one day

[@rexhasta]

as someone who doesn't know shit about pc building (i bought a prebuilt lol) i'm so out of my depth its insane, the amount of work and expertise here is nuts to me. great work as usual

[@PabzRoz]

Yet another beautiful build and stunning quality video. Thinking about how crazy ITX builds are going to be when AMD's Zen4 processors release hopefully keeping their efficiency while giving crazy performance. Less heat with that much performance is going to be so exciting lol.

[@DREEGUHZ]

Damn that is so sick! love it!

[@diswazzi1683]

I wish EK made pre-built ITX machines like this

[@WaRn00b85]

Looks so cool! Nicely done man.

[@Scoobied77]

Still not a patch on the NR200P MAX. The king of performance ITX cases. 👑👍

[@999-y7j3x]

This is my *dream* build ❤️

[@WispyFrost371]

This is only the second PC build on KZbin that I've saved for future reference, and the first one was also from you. One thing I've always wondered about water cooling setups - will degassing the cooling line/filling it under vacuum be of any benefit? There are tools that do this for a car's coolant systems . (though I don't think there's an absolute advantage, just being a snobby nerd)

[@brianluo5480]

How are you still not 1M yet

[@808stab]

I pray to god everyday, that one day optimum will gift me one of these beauty itx build🙏🏼

[@accumulator4825]

It's beautiful man

[@silverfalcon068]

Ahh yes, another well made video to get me to buy expensive things that I dont need.

[@hugorodriguez8422]

Pretty sick build

[@angusgluck4946]

That is so clean dude

[@constantnima]

Absolutely perfect bro ! I hope im gonna be able to replicate this soon but with soft tubing of course 😀

[@sauravpradhan7881]

His video is so satisfying

[@guessit5036]

As always, quite solid and sexy build. Good job. Wish I can do something magical with BitFenix Portal, because I kinda like the look of Portal's sentry turret. Don't want to replace it for NR200, but the lack of airflow/high temperatures are a potential threat to components.

[@trunksviper6583]

that green fluid looks radioactive

[@techpchouse]

Excellent always great 👌🏽

[@fahadj7896]

(11:55) Please!! Add a warning timer that indicates that volume is going increase after your low sound test ⛔🛑⛔

[@wanimal668]

looks awesome！👍👍👍

[@MrDvneil]

so pretty work in there, u should leave side panel off.

[@vaghatz]

Imagine trying to pass this from an airport hand luggage scan

[@AlmightyEye]

Absolutely gorgeous build. I'm breaking down my smaller mining rig with 6 3090s soon, can I use a 3090 FTW3 Card with this case, or is the PCB too long? Also, if you step-up to a 12900K and 3080ti, I don't think the 750W power supply would suffice, might have to get a bigger power supply.

[@effervescence5664]

I've done much the same with a 3090 but an old 9900k, it's a compromise but I don't need the fastest cpu only a decent gpu for work. Gorgeous build though and much better looking than mine.

[@lisir5814]

Very good looking, but I wonder whether it needs some extra 3d printed components.

[@skyhawk21]

Great job man!!! Where did you get 30mm thick fans?? I want to try them out on my 360mm aio

[@CDubbsW0rld]

It would be cool to know what fittings were used. No one seems to put that information.

[@graceproductions]

wow, nice build! Alienware, should hire you! lol

[@illegitimate0]

Never understood the cache that people give to hardline tubing. It's simply not used in industry unless you expect shock flows or waterhammers, and you simply will never have that in a computer case. And it makes it way harder and actually doesn't seal as well generally. I don't think clear soft tubing looks bad at all either - it looks much more natural to me, actually. I just don't see it as worth it at all.

[@johnblecker4206]

I have been doing water cooling since 2003

[@d4ch577]

Awsome build man, it really looks amazing. I'm thinking of switching from my SSUB Meshy to this. Would a 6900XT in reference design with an EK block and EK-FC Terminal Rotary 90° fit with the coolant tank?

[@Deutschehordenelite]

You look at your camera display sometimes, flip it over.

[@shaunhall960]

I'd like to scratch build a copper case as well as the liquid cooling.

[@savifrank6323]

Any chance you recorded the liquid temp as well? I feel with a 12900k the liquid may be too hot and cause the pump to fail as their maximum operating temp is 50c

[@alexsiniov]

I'd love to put my 5950x and 6900xt custom water cooled into this tiny box instead of my V71 core 35kg machine :D

[@bradleybunt6556]

WOW to that build!

[@SimonDickerman]

As an aspiring professional colorist, the color grading on this video, as always, is top notch! The way you push the highlights, yet they never clip, is exceptional. Really accentuates the silver sparkle on the case. Great job making the green coolant pop, a visual feast.

[@spryte4371]

what's a professional colorist

[@GPAnims]

@@spryte4371 someone who does color grading when an offline edit is locked

[@spryte4371]

@@GPAnims ohhh ight ty ty

[@amos_bebeh]

I got a feeling that it isn't completely just about the ability to "push the highlights" but also in the fact that his shot was properly exposed 🤔

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

sounds like a cheap job to aspire to

[@GGFEvents]

Beautiful build mate!

[@Anticytizen]

You have no idea how helpful this is! My A4-H20 arrived yesterday and my EK x570i monoblock and special edition 3080ti waterblock should be here this week. After putting the psu and mobo in for a test fit last night I was wondering where the heck the tubing was gonna go. This is super helpful. Thanks so much and as always great job on the build!

[@keysncoffee7733]

Don’t you just love well-timed video releases just when you need it?

[@savifrank6323]

What cpu are you running? A 240 rad is most likely not going to be enough for anything more than maybe a 12600k

[@Anticytizen]

@@savifrank6323 5800X3D

[@CA13LE]

@A Frosch 🐸 Would be messy and the gpu would be dumping alot of hot air into the case that would go into the 240 rad. I've found gpu and a cpu in the same loop isnt bad my pump is now locked at 1800rpm and fans at 1200rpm and its silent.

[@savifrank6323]

@@Anticytizen good luck. Make sure you have a way to check fluid temperature. Higher than 50C will kill your pump pretty quick

[@justingoelz953]

I've just completed my A4 H2O build with a full custom loop based off the Eisbaer LT solo and was able to fit TWO radiators. The typical 240mm up top, and In front of the 3080 Extreme Waterforce block fits an Alphacool Nexxous radiator from their server style series. It's a 45mm thick 2x60mm radiator and I'm having great thermal results at extended stress tests. It fits like a glove in the hole in front of the case. I'll laser cut a 3mm mesh grid on the front panel to match the side panels next week, but for now it runs without the front panel snapped in, but still looks great. System details: ROG strix z690i, i7-12700k. Aorus RTX3080 Extreme Waterforce 12gb, 32gb DDR5 Fury RAM, WD Black 2TB, Eisbaer LT 240 system with added 120x60x45mm radiator and all clear lines run inside the anti-kink springs. I'm using 2x Noctua NF-p12 redux 120mm fans 1700rpm, and 2x 6015 fans from amazon that sound very reasonable for 5000rpm. I know you've said that loop order really isn't a factor, but I put the smaller radiator between the i7 and RTX3080 just to keep things tame. I even added a leather handle to the entire build as a sort of tribute to the Loque Ghost premium look. This build was driven by necessity as I'm a professional product designer, but heavily inspired by Optimum Techs info and style of doing these SFF builds. I'm not a big social media/ youtube person, but if you'd like some photos or details, I'd love to share.

[@monstercoo]

I want to see this!

[@willyyboi]

Seconded! I’d really like to see your build as I’ve been obsessed looking at SFF builds recently.

[@degigi2003]

Yeah, please share!

[@UpStart5]

I'm very intrigued with the additional radiator. If you could provide pics that would be amazing!

[@kadematyis6578]

Please share!

[@xTheMoegamer]

As a sucker for green this looks amazing just by the thumbnail! Finished the video, absoultely beautiful! and the noise levels are better than my Define R5 but that's on my HDDs

[@haru_ayukawa]

Love the amazing work! Optimum never fails to bring the best content to ITX community👍👏

[@Noah-yw5nx]

Hi Ali! Your videos and build are sooo clean and well made. Your videography is almost other wordly, thanks for these quality pieces of art. I'm sure my eyes and ears will be treated everytime I receive a notification from you. Thanks for the service :D (the 50 PC tips video was so clear, fast and on point)

[@salahmed2756]

Saw the thumbnail and instantly click on it

[@le_nirnoy]

1 like and no comments, lemme change that Btw, I did the same thing😅 just saw the thumbnail and clicked on the video

[@popcorny007]

Your production quality is INCREDIBLE, in all aspects. Love, love, love your work

[@WeRemainFaceless]

Dude, solid coloured coolants are garbage. I had EK Cryofuel Solid Azure blue in my custom rig, within 6 weeks it had broken down completely and left sediment deposits ALL over the CPU / GPU block and tubing. Just had to strip it down and clean it. Yes, the loop was flushed before filling. Yes, I was sterile. Yes, it never got above 45c.

[@vladyu7441]

ugh, please build me one.

[@Arek_R.]

Jesus Christ man can you stop making such high end professional videos? You make all other youtubers look like fucking amateurs... xD

[@giff74]

Did he move, or maybe get into an office? I thought he mentioned last year he would be getting into a new place in 2022. Outstanding video as always!!

[@caldeio]

Nice, doing this right now! Just waiting on my micro fittings. I have straight fittings on right now and tubes hanging out :) amd 5700x and Vega 64 Asus x570-i (have normal am4 block, thinking full motherboard block) Just about 300w Highest is 78c on cpu and 61c on hotspot gpu Room is 72-84f From my research the gpu has to be 240mm or less to fit with the flt80 ddc (my Vega is 268, so the front panel stays off until I hopefully upgrade this winter) Ok now to watch the video!

[@petzkub]

OMG OMG OMG, take my money :D Prettiest ITX build I've ever seen.

[@BSEUNHIR]

Very nice. This is the stuff I came here to see :D I opted for a Q58 to be able to fit the tried and true HWLabs 280 in it for some extra grunt.

[@JohnK26]

Super clean build! The ek gpu water block looks amazing here, 10/10 aesthetics

[@drew4716]

I think this video is a testament to just how far ITX has come. Space efficiency, popularity, cost, and ease of building have all skyrocketed in the past few years for ITX components and PC's, and this build exemplifies that in so many ways.

[@cmja09]

just got into pc building, went with SSUPD, build went fine. Now I'm ordering mech keebs parts and might go custom liquid cooling later idk.

[@swizzler8053]

That's a perfect case for a custom loop. You can fit two rads in it.

[@jonymerida]

Minimalist on the outside and complex on the inside. ¡Very cool!

[@JoeyPalma]

The toxic waste green makes this build pop! Great work as always, Ali.

[@HardwareFRA]

Extreme quality ! Like everytime... Verry good job, keep it up 🔥💪

[@CharlieBrwn8]

Work of art

[@_Randwulf]

Ali my man, you've outdone yourself again... Always enjoy all of your builds... 😎👍

[@yaoming3435]

Is it just me, or as of recently have GPU prices in Australia been returning to MSRP?

[@SebiLegend]

As always Ali ist a Master of SFF Liquid Dream PCs, incredible! 🥳🥰

[@yeahnar1684]

why do you never use noctua fans they are so much better then anything else. 2000 rpm at the same decibel level as other 1500 rpm fans.

[@gamerscore88]

I love your builds, they always look so clean and perfect.

[@Bryanp08]

The cinematic shots are just sooo good! Keep up this incredible work.

[@garth2445]

Any chance you could print that 3D model frame piece for me and i paypal you lmao, i dont have such device, i live in WA

[@ValenGR86]

Imagine upgrading this thing it would be a headache

[@extremelydave]

You could easily have a side job as a product photographer as your video skillz are tremendous.

[@ad4ptfps]

Man this PC is such a beautiful no cap and build like a champ as well well done man and video quality is top notch

[@Saqeebh]

C'mon man show us the FormD T1 V2, I know you're gonna blow my mind

[@ryogaming4771]

I would like to know the coolant temp on this, since it's only have one small rad. Depending on the tube material, hard tube can pop when coolant temps is too high (don't remember witch of witch is more sensible to this tought )

[@savifrank6323]

Yeah would be nice to see. Not only the tubing, but DDC pumps can start to fail if they reach 50c or higher, which based off the 79c max cpu temp it's probably pretty close.

[@misaelperez1077]

I don't like itx builds that much, but I really enjoy this videos. Great content.

[@EPIKSTER]

the beginning of the video might actually be the best 30 seconds of video I have ever watched

[@Spyder756]

Your camera and editing work are immaculate. Love these build vids!

[@NukeBreath]

That is absolutely got to be one of, if not my favorite build I've ever seen. It's a shame with cover on it hides most of it. But guess you don't have to have it on. I now have a new goal build. Amazing

[@extremelydave]

Get some clear acrylic and a Dremel drill and make your own clear side panel and enjoy the view....

[@shagrua]

day two of asking for a community discord

[@MrMiga88]

beautiful, small and powerful that's what I'm looking for

[@blackknight50277621]

Phenomenal build, 10/10

[@DrBreezeAir]

Out of all tech KZbinrs, you are the only one who has a proper taste.

[@inmypaants]

Been waiting for another vid like this from you!

[@MrHack72]

Amazing Work, The work behind this build is impressive.

[@garrettcole4337]

What were the coolant temps at? I know you don't have a sensor in, but when I ran a similar build - 5900x and 3080 in the same case, my coolant temps were unacceptable with fans at 80% - two Noctuas for fans.

[@VagranT999]

Hi, what temps did You have?

[@garrettcole4337]

@@VagranT999 I was at about 52° on coolant at load. Heavy undervolt on CPU and a decent one on the GPU. CPU would hit my thermal throttle at 80 degrees, GPU about 65°