Modding the Intel NUC 9 Extreme with James. PART 2

Today we have the second part of our Intel Mod Series - with the Intel NUC 9 Extreme. Today James runs some tests to modify the Element board to incorporate custom watercooling, including a chat with Luke, our aeronautics engineer as we plan to create our own cooling block.

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00:00 Video start
00:03 Introduction
01:03 Basemark Benchmark results
01:54 A brief recap and close up look at the compute element hardware
08:14 Some possible solutions
13:02 CAD cooling design with Luke (we will produce final cooling solution)
21:50 Test: original heatsink and attaching a block
25:50 Checking clearance
26:53 Cutting the block and attaching fittings
29:50 Thermal Compound with zip tie test
30:58 An overview of the finished solution
32:18 Post and thermal test with the prototype
34:38 … coming next

• Desoldering the heatsink VRM extension piece using the heat gun.
• Levelling off the top of the copper plate with wet sanding to improve Water block contact.
• Fitting the card back into the case to check the clearance between the Compute Element and the GPU.
• Not enough space, swapped to a different Alphacool block with a lower profile.
• Attach the Water block to the stock heatsink with Zip Ties to check clearances.
• The card fits with the water block installed with approx 5mm clearance to the GPU backplate.
• Test boot of the system with the water block fitted to check that nothing has been damaged.

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