Case Mod - Complete Tweaked Meshlicious

Time to switch things up again, back to small fromfactor with a modded Meshlicious build
The goal of this build is to make a powerfull but quiet system with the help of dual 360mm rads.

Thank you SSUPD for reaching out and providing a white version of the Meshlicious for the build!


Case modding time





Snug it




The orginal GPU placement is taken up by rads and fans, there for the GPU needs to be compact. For this build I found a 3070Ti that has PCB length that is the exact same width as both rads but there wasn't a block available for it, but I found out that the EK 3070FE block matched 95%





First few manual trims to fit block next to the 8 pins.



One problem solved, on to the next






On to the final area, the coils next to the 8 pins, for this some new equipment was needed.


This made it possible to ''mill'' out area with the Dremel.


It close but fits great



VRM cooling area needed to be extended nex to filling the hole that was made for the coils.


For this some templates were made to cut out the shapes out 2 and 3mm copper strips


Solder supplies


VRM cooling extending prep


Soldering done


Look after cleaning it up




On to patching the hole in the block



Soldering with a lot of tin to make sure it gonna liquid tight after 1 try


After cleaning it up, doesnt look the best but will do the job.



Moment of truth

No leaks after 1h of testing

Shaving of a bit of plugs to not hit the PCB


Time for a test fit to see if everythings make good contact


Final small mods to be sure that the 8 pins are not able to touch the screws



Block installed, still need to make a custom shroud to make it a bit better.


That is it for now, more updates soon

 

bold and impressive modding on this block...

 

GRUESOME
but effective.

 

Trying to learn some new skills

If it isn't on the market, you make it

 

Cool stuff !

Been prolly 15yrs since i last did a WC mod, is it cool to run water over different metals?

 

The base material is the same, both are copper. Heck you can even buy bare copper blocks from EK. Regarding the tin, radiators are copper and brass soldered with tin. All should be good but I think a bit more regular liquid changes will be good.

 

Great work with the block - but I didn't quite follow - you had to use the dremel to cut a corner out where the gpu card 8 pin connectors are, use some cooper strip to seal the block again... What was the issue with the VRMs? Great work in doing that - a lot of effort to adapt the block to fit!

 

The VRM is slightly offset from the 3070FE placement. Added a 2mm strip on back of the block to make sure all powerstages are in full contact with thermalpad / block. Same goes for the small sqaure added on the underside.

 

It has been quite a while but its update time All the design work for the mod is done

All closed up


Glas panel and front mesh off


Basement open


Backside without mesh panel

 

Painting time



All prepped for paint


Magic in a can


Time to let the heat do it job

 

Frame assembly day

Prepping cover for the underside cover to be combined


Steel frame + aluminium plate


First one wrapped, after this I ran out of wrap yesterday.


But next day delivery Cheesecake


Once those were done it was time to assemble the orginal frame with the extra extension



Extra bracket with panel combs for cable managment


Frame asssembeld


Extended frame with original outside panel and extra cover panels. The extra panels are hold on with magnets, the color match isn't perfect but there might be a fix for that.


Shroud mounted on the modded gpu block

 

Armor!

 

Gonna be a fun challange to install it all but all the CAD work should make it a bit easier

Armored GPU

 

Dude, he has an open field... Oh, you meant the case. There's still plenty of room.

 

Build finished

 

beautiful, elegant, cable management is splendid ... flawless delicious Mechlicious

 

Kim used all the words.
Great execution. It blends in with it's environment perfectly. Running the plumbing outside makes the stock outside more interesting too.
I would have gave you flak for covering part of the I/O, but it's just the stock hdmi.
You just know you will need to use that port some day. -That's how my luck with these things run, anyway.

 

Thank you but please don't eat it

Thanks, runs on the back are great even tho its not in the case the space always will be needed for the motherboard IO and GPU / PSU to plug stuff in
Will I still get flak for covering the HDMI on the motherboard if I tell you that its has a 5900x inside of it aka no iGPU out anyways
Please don't give my your port curse