I Built the Ultimate 2.5 Liter SFF Workstation PC

[@FriesenDesigns]

If you are finding the background music a bit loud relative to the narration make sure that “stable volume” is switched off in video settings. Having stable volume switched on seems to be bumping the volume of the music.

[@hananas2]

oh what it does

[@1SMHARRIS]

Stable volume is on. I still find the music distracting, especially the bouncing intro music. Honestly, on build and instruction videos, I much prefer no music.

[@FriesenDesigns]

@@1SMHARRIS Just to be clear stable volume should be switched off if you want less music volume. But yea, I will reduce the quantity of music in future videos.

[@laureeeeeeeeeeeeeeen]

Oh thank god *that* is what was making you sound robotic and weird. I thought your mic was just terrible. Why would KZbin put that on by default.

[@moenibus]

what about don't using the ridiculous music? it's easier for everyone if YOU modulate your audio output, not us, just for you

[@CraftComputing]

Dude, beautiful build! Gotta love the little ADA GPU.

[@FriesenDesigns]

Wow! I have been watching your videos for quite some time, super cool that this reached your eyeballs :)

[@jsol1337]

@@FriesenDesigns This project is the kind of crazy I like 🙂 Great stuff.

[@misterbigglesworth]

Also just watched your video comparing the low profile GPUs. Doing great work.

[@guristoski2625]

@@FriesenDesigns post a way to get in contact about buying one.

[@unknowntechio]

This is an awesome project. We need more folks like you to really show how SFF should be done. Nice job!

[@FriesenDesigns]

Thanks! Hope the video was entertaining

[@Iosthought]

This is a really cool project and I get it from a hobbyist standpoint. What I don't get is the people that go SFF for a PC that will never leave their desk, what do they do with the extra desk space they so desperately needed? It really cracks me up when that low-profile Noctua cooler they overpaid for isn't cutting it so they take off the side panel and leave it off so they can install a real CPU cooler, leaving it sticking out the side of the case smdh

[@SolydTech]

​IMO, ​there's something super satisfying about a build with super optimized space to performance efficiency. Plus the added benefit of it looking like techno desk art 😅

[@eXsoR65]

I second this! We need more folks to really show how SFF should be done!

[@JasonCrosen]

Nice to see someone design and build for Solidworks use and not just games.

[@FriesenDesigns]

Thanks! Definitely harder to find those industry focused videos to see how things would work in your niche so I always love to stumble across them too.

[@Jacketz123]

I saw the size in the thumbnail and immediately was like “yep, it’ll be an external water cooling build..”. Damn I’m happy to be wrong! Seriously impressive build man. I’m a long time viewer of NFC (Not From Concentrate) Systems, and they would be proud of this. Congrats brother!

[@FriesenDesigns]

Yea his channel makes some really cool stuff. Can't beat air cooling if you want a lightweight solution for the backpack!

[@justaddguitar]

From engineer to engineer: job well done! From idea to complete project.

[@averymathieu]

the best 2.5 liter build bar none

[@ribeirinhu]

What a sick build, insert Bruce Wayne quote: "does it come in black?" great job man

[@FriesenDesigns]

Definitely spent a long time debating going black Anodization. Ultimately decided against because I would be so sad when it scratched while traveling but I think it would look incredible. Maybe I will order a few black anodized if I do a small run.

[@uglyrikk]

Really hope this video gets more attention. The sff community needs more motivation for FULLY custom builds

[@TheNicCraft25-go8he]

Could you make the project files available for download?

[@timg2727]

This is such a cool build. I love that you used the entire case as a heatsink. It was a great way to engineer around the limited space.

[@usf-l5f]

Hi Jeffrey, congratulations on the amazing build. Like you, this is something I would use all day, and am expressing interest and support for a manufacture run! congratzzz!

[@rzkrdn8650]

You're actually the defining person that fills the niche that need that much power and sff, a commuting engineer! Neat, optimized and tidy. Can't wait to see your next work, external radiator cooling maybe? 🤞

[@MarkHyde]

Truly epic work - a dream portable full workstation PC!! Love your content.

[@ferociousbear5199]

This workstation is not only compact, but also beautiful, bravo!

[@FriesenDesigns]

Thanks! It was a lot of fun designing and building it.

[@dsonnenborg]

Really beautiful and interesting build Jeffry! I'm particularly impressed by your ingenious low-profile fan shroud and heatsink combination-what a clever solution for optimizing space. I'll definitely keep this in mind when designing my next SFF build. Until now, I've opted for pre-built cases for convenience and cost, but i think your project has motivated me to design my own next time. Given my background in product manufacturing and industrial design, its right up my alley!

[@mikechu01]

This is literally one of the coolest mini PC builds I've seen here on KZbin. The housing is gorgeous and I love what you did with the CPU cooler. Honestly it's cheaper than I expected haha. Also I know how hard cading out PC components can be, your model is gorgeous

[@FriesenDesigns]

Thank you! Definitely took some time.

[@pux0rb]

I think this is not only the best looking small formfactor build, but probably the most professional and sensible one too. I mean, this is truly small and portable, while leaving nothing behind. I love how you gave the gpu its own chamber without needing to seriously bulk out the internal volume, and the entire case acts as a passive heatsync. Really smart stuff.

[@alex_kalam]

the build is sick! it's fascinating, how efficiently the space in this tiny case is used

[@AtlantideVFX]

Omy I love this build. So tiny, it itches so well that SFFPC spot. Considering moving to Japan, that so small of a case would be perfect. If I would have the money, I would like to get this case. But the GPU alone is the price of my whole build lol, a 3D printed NFC-S4T with a RTX 3050 for low cost hahaha

[@bartekburmistrz8679]

You can propably get an rtx 4060 sff, its expensive not only because its sff but also because its a gpu for professional workloads

[@biancasmith1026]

This is incredible!! Great job!

[@MeatNinja]

Holy moly! Thank you for sharing this insanely impressive build!

[@learndesignwithdev]

This is the perfect example of "just because you can, means you definitely should" 😊 What a perfect build! Aluminium as a heat sink. Perfect! If I ever would build something like this, my only worry would be some electronic component shorting onto the metal body, and shock protection from accidental fall. 😢

[@mavenaz1975]

Would buy the kit in a heartbeat. If you decide not to do the run, would even purchase the files to send for fabrication. Excellent job and delivery of information.

[@Thomaswalker94]

Wow that's absolutely amazing!

[@blt6900]

Impressive COTS and custom bits in the tightest package possible. You win the SFF Olympics, sir

[@ajaxrynu]

Absolutely stunning! I'm really jealous.

[@FriesenDesigns]

Thank you!

[@garyadamos]

Incredible custom build, 2.5L is so crazy. Also go Tritons!

[@matthewkilgore8921]

What an awesome case! I'd be interested if you choose to move forward with producing it.

[@kV18mAs81]

That is an awesome little machine , very well thought out and built,kudos!

[@rosspeplow]

This is an impressive project, it looks fantastic, you should be very proud of yourself.

[@abdulbaisreviews4317]

You earn a sub mate, what a cool project, didn’t expected that much performance out of that thing but you just blew the expectations away

[@SolydTech]

This is awesome. Great planning and brilliant outcome 👌

[@miyakothompson]

All the content on this video is high quality my friend! The idea, the explanation, the details on the troubleshouting, but the skill required to replicate your results still is out of my league... However you do a great encouragement for myself to put some extra effort on my next build. Thanks a lot!

[@FriesenDesigns]

Go for it man! Stay focused on your stuff and try to only take inspiration for other cool stuff people make. I definitely have known that feeling of looking at other peoples work and thinking I couldn't measure up. Really difficult to shut those voices down and get to work but all you can do is keep trying.

[@TrueBlur]

Nice job on the build! I’m not too knowledgeable about hardware, but I think you explained everything in a way from decisions to hardware in a way that was easy to follow.

[@Tom-bk2yc]

Crazy good craftsmanship. Thumps up man!

[@syedfahmi1436]

This video was nicely done! Really enjoyed the entire process of this build man. Looking forward to more side projects from you.

[@laureeeeeeeeeeeeeeen]

Excellent build that look is so clean and the thermal design works very well. Honestly my only note is not enough glamour shots of that awesome case.

[@FriesenDesigns]

Thanks for the kind words and the feedback. I need to get some more equipment to get better looking glamour shots I think.

[@SL4PSH0CK]

... im speechless, just wow. inspiring creativity ngl itll write this down as pointers

[@splatpixel]

Insane build, dude. Really hope you get more into making KZbin videos for this stuff. World needs more minds and skills like yours. Good stuff!

[@FriesenDesigns]

Thanks, I am going to keep at it so long as I keep having fun and nice people like you keep enjoying it!

[@MooreRetro]

Will the CAD files be for sale and or open to public transformation and modification? I think this could be quickly modded to accommodate new systems. Not every new motherboard will fit the bill, but MoBo designs are slow enough to change there should be viable builds from generation to generation with minimal changes. I have a CNC mill that I would be interested in making this design or a similar design.

[@gregeezy]

Nice work. The internals look so nice arranged the way you did them. Very slick, professional looking product.

[@eXsoR65]

Wow incredible! This is a awesome that you got so much in a 2L

[@patrickrolan8680]

Amazing job. I can't wait to see what creative (perhaps musical) ventures this channel has to offer!

[@amardeepsingh8967]

Finally someone made something that I wanna make, Love to see something new and glad to see sff build without a handle to pick it up.

[@TheBachelorPadHomeLab]

All It Takes Is One Person To Put In The Blood, Sweat and Tears To Make This Idea A Concept. All You Need Now Is To Come Up With Three Models With Alternative Specs and I’m Sure You’d Start Receiving Custom, Prepaid Orders In No Time.

[@coreyisapushover]

Why are you capitalizing every word?

[@TheBachelorPadHomeLab]

@ That’s My OCD , Please Forgive Me

[@ghosttheoremproductions5469]

Fan protectors so they aren't just open holes (safety reasons), standard mobo rear plate opening, and standard GPU mounting which will allow for a wider range of cards will drastically increase the potential market for the case. I don't need nearly the GPU compute, just enough for multiple monitors really, but would love the rest of the design.

[@kubburdigital]

there are some speculation of lacroix going back in business, im a friend of cary judd's. This is amazing build, i can surely say that you have won the sff buildspace with this build, this is something that could be manufactured and sold for a premium

[@FriesenDesigns]

@@kubburdigital I’ve heard some rumors after I shot this as well. Would be happy to see that as the boards are great.

[@nicholasreyes337]

This is an amazing build! It would work wonders for me. I'd love to see the thorough instruction video and give this build a shot

[@giangiang]

You need more subs. This shit is amazing! I've always been envious of these builds and wanted to try it myself but I don't have the money and time. hahaha

[@wimvanderschelden1369]

This is an awesome build. It's extremely satisfying to watch it be completed, and it's impressive how clean it looks and how well everything fits. I wish I could make things this nice.

[@달콤Echo]

this is superb project thanks for sharing

[@manofleipe]

Hey man, this is awesome! Incredible passion project and a real solution to a use case that is usually never covered by widely available products. Not many people have the opportunity to follow up an edge case like this with "so anyway, I built it myself".

[@FriesenDesigns]

Those were my thoughts also! Was a lot of fun to build.

[@aussiekai]

Hugely underrated channel. Keep it up dude, great work ❤

[@javierrodriguezmayor9542]

VERY impressive work & EXCELLENT well though build!!!! (cannot say more words but just given you a huge round of applause!! )

[@derbalix4806]

Awesome video. Would love to see you do more projects like this in the future. Keep it up! :D

[@michaelbyrd4004]

Awesome work! Thanks for mentioning the heat output of these machines. This is something I rarely hear reviews talk about.

[@FriesenDesigns]

Yes I think there is probably more I could have said/shown on the topic but I love when people give me a more complete picture of the thing in use so I did my best to convey that here.

[@CubanLegend561]

this is amazing, thank you for making the build, and for documenting it so well. Congrats!

[@Kraaketaer]

As a bit of a lapsed SFF enthusiast, this build really makes me happy. Amazing design work across the board, and you clearly did a superb job on the most difficult part of builds like this: fitting the case to the modified parts. Clearly your engineering experience showing through, as I've seen people do much worse jobs of this even with 3D scanned parts. I don't have any use for a workstation like this, so the case isn't for me, but kudos for making a great build!

[@mikexbox1]

Absolutely awesome video! Loved the narration as well! Glad it turned out so well!

[@FriesenDesigns]

Glad you liked it, Thanks for watching!

[@joh2805]

Amazing work! Best solution I ever saw for competent portable CAD workstation

[@digitalchild]

That is a very cool build! Impressive work on the design and PSU & GPU finds.

[@abelcristiantimbalari7861]

I loved this video, though you didn’t hav to skip so much footage, I really appreciate you tried to save us time. Please don’t just stop with this project :). !!!

[@FriesenDesigns]

Yeah I will keep honing my editing I am very new to this and deciding what to keep and skip has to be the hardest part. Especially when my amateur filming botches some parts. But I will keep improving I’m sure.

[@JasperLaw]

Absolutely incredible, and such an enjoyable, genuine video. Thank you for sharing it!

[@marksmello]

Man this is so good. Production run or purchasable cad would be amazing!!!!

[@00kx]

Always nice to see some content been published about sff and how can each cm counts and make a significant amount of happiness once it up n running after hours and days of planning, nonetheless amazing looking really glad to see your video.

[@dorduncuseyfullahpadisahxd]

This is amazing man! This little workstation beast is just PERFECT.

[@azaharpurwanto4505]

The music didn't bother Me, but just watching and can't do this beauty work make me sad :v Great job btw, You should open order the case and peripheral.. Also I'm waiting your next video, Your experience with this beauty.

[@fightzero01]

Dude this is so impressive. Nice work!

[@essenceofsias]

I am so in awe of the work you've put in!

[@davidf9965]

This is an incredible build and exactly what comes to mind when I think of a compact SFFPC. I'd love to build something like this someday, but it seems way beyond my current skills-especially with just a 3D printer, haha

[@hasnihossainsami8375]

What an absolutely beautiful little machine! I love custom SFF builds designed to maximize the internal space with unconventional parts. Kudos.

[@austinlarson1528]

This is one of the most impressive custom SFF builds I have ever seen. Great work!

[@TheMandinotan]

This is amazing! Your skill in engineering really shows through. Looking forward to more builds! It'll be sick if you start selling this build!

[@cognition26]

It's sick. I wouldn't build it because it's too loud and it's not enough performance for me but it is still incredible. Great job!

[@evilvendingmachine]

Im so impressed. A way better design, in particular for the cooling and the airflow, than any other compact computer I ever seen on the PC side. This it Mac Studio class design, but far more modular.

[@CogginsBrian]

Dude that was an awesome build❤. That's super cool. I always was curious about building my own ITX case. Now I know how much work goes into it lol.

[@FriesenDesigns]

It does not have to be this hard, I just wanted a challenge.

[@adensmith8553]

Amazing build, you can see the time and skill that when into this build.

[@honeysal]

I’m sure you’re aware given all the research you did, but seeing all the work you did , makes me want to see a combination project between you and Optimum for the maximum power pc in the smallest possible space. So amazing to see something so custom working so well 🔥🔥

[@FriesenDesigns]

I'd love to see him cover something I designed. He is really amazing with the camera and studio etc. my computer would probably look twice as cool with his eye.

[@TheMathues123]

You are already an incredible person, to make yourself even more incredible, make this project open source

[@AnupamVipul]

I don't get it why don't u rotate the GPU so it's fan is on same side as pci 4.0 quality risier is available now and could allow one thin filter and mounting the case on wall or back of monitor 😊

[@FriesenDesigns]

I really, really wanted to. Unfortunately everything I could sort out made it considerably longer since it interfered with the CPU cooler.

[@AnupamVipul]

@@FriesenDesigns U really must have needed ssf & epic work . might I suggest that you make this whole case from folded Thick 3mm sheet metal then u can actually mass produce it by PCB way or similer but do rotate the GPU & have pci slot then it will fit far more things anyway give it a try when U get time from ur core venture

[@doodoo7428]

every second of this video my mouth was hung open, just when I thought "There's no way he did that" you topped the last thing you did with something even more crazy, its awesome to see how much computer you can fit into such a small form factor (albeit incredibly dense) if you're determined enough, this is sick.

[@FriesenDesigns]

This was a super nice comment to read and really made me smile. Thank you for the kinds words!

[@Skudster13]

This certainly isn't something I would be looking to build or buy, but this is a phenomenal little powerhouse with a very clever and sleek design. Kudos!

[@Kekeripo]

This is so cool! To float some ideas by you: i believe there are some shims that improve vram temp on the stock cooler Nvidia deploys. There are also copper replacement heatsinks that make maximum use of the available space inside the stock shroud to improve temps and reduce noise. Maybe you'd find the laptop cpu+itx mobo combos from China interesting to reduce power consumption, heat and noise even more. Minisforum has an amd board with the 7945hx and 55w tdp.

[@FriesenDesigns]

Yes have definitely spent some time staring at those custom gpu coolers. Really cool. Haven’t seen the shims before though sounds nice.

[@Kekeripo]

@@FriesenDesigns The shims first appeared when people used the A2000 for mining and noticed bad vrm temps due to fat thermal pads. The copper shim gets installed with some thermal paste and drastically reduced temps and i believe allowed for some oc.

[@Odwalla_YT]

Wicked stuff guy! Really loved seeing this come together, that was super slick.

[@ghost_of_m403]

Great work. It is interesting seeing how people come up with a different solution to the same problem. I would definitely support the project and participate in any group buy you might do.

[@iansterling9589]

Very nicely done! Thank you for sharing this build.

[@lawrencered7850]

I will come looking for your kit when I upgrade from my current laptop setup. I hope your able to get enough ppl like me interested

[@wanzai567]

Very cool and inspiring. I'm working on my first DIY metal case for off the shelf components. Seeing your build just makes me want to do the next one already with more customization.

[@boonie3]

Excellent craftsmanship and attention to detail.

[@samicrossfusionxben-dhiab5441]

this really inspires me to make my own stuff and start learning.

[@_Avser]

Hey man this build is awesome. great job.

[@JustDestiny260]

This is definitely something I am super interested in. I would definitely participate in a small run. Even seeing it come to life is incredible!!!

[@bhxlegend]

This is art looks so good perfect for machine learning

[@saucisse_dev]

Wow you pushed the limits so far !!!

[@tfsho]

Omg dude those power efficiency numbers are absolutely mind boggling. Honestly, the leaps and bounds these platforms have made is criminally underrated IMO. And also that little solid state GaN PSU is both sick and a brilliant inclusion.

[@FriesenDesigns]

Really cool piece of hardware isn't it. Love to see a small company like that finding success in a nieche market. Hope they continue making cool stuff.

[@mediocreDevops]

This looks beautiful, I'm trying to build my own this year

[@GhostwarGWPTC]

very cool building pushing sff to new limits

[@Lillfot]

Effort and execution: 10/10! Alternative solution: Remote access; either at home or rented server space. Inspiring video :)

[@FriesenDesigns]

Yeah definitely both solutions come with trade offs but I super appreciate your kind words.

[@AudieS71]

Excellent work!!! I can not conceive a more efficient design!!!