BRIX PRO NUC
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One thing I found is that the printed bracket to hold heatsink down is a bit inconsistent. To solve this issue, I had the bracket laser cut in mild steel. It’s then spray painted with grey primer and matt black for protection. The nuts to hold it down is now Nyloc so they won’t lose […]

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Published 17th Jul 2017
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So I “designed” a cover for the NUC in Fusion 360. It really is nothing more than a cover with holes for USB etc. It looked pretty bland and uninteresting to be honest. So I decided to give it some graphics, and sticker-bombed it. I quite like how it turned out. The good thing is […]

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Published 27th Jun 2017
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The next step is the “base”. The design again is done in Fusion 360. The four main long screws that goes through the skeleton are used to secure to the base. The design itself is rather simple. Definitely more function than form. Mainly because my creativity isn’t with me right now. The pattern on the […]

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Published 12th May 2017
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The first step to building the case is to make a skeleton. This “frame” supports the PCB and then attaches to the water block mount, as well as allows fitting a 2.5″ drive. Structurally there are 4 long M3 screws, one at each corner, to join everything together. It’s again modelled in Fusion 360. It’s […]

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Published 3rd May 2017
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This project is not dead. I’m still working on it. This below is what I was going to put on it to experiment. It’s a full EK kit with a EK Supremacy EVO block, PE 240 radiator, and a D5 pump with res. Unfortunately I couldn’t get the water block to fit 🙁 The base […]

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Published 2nd May 2017
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So things were a bit of a roller coaster for me, and I’m spending too much time on the 3D printer (also building a new one from scratch…), hence the lack of update. So firstly, while filling I actually spilled water onto the NUC! I almost cried but then I remembered it wasn’t powered on. […]

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Published 11th Nov 2016
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Here comes a new challenger. This is an Asetek 545LC AIO water cooler with a 92mm radiator. This was my original BIG IDEA(tm) when I first got the NUC, because the dimensions are similar to the NUC footprint (102x102mm), which will make enclosure building easy, compact, and tidy. It’s a very unusual AIO in that […]

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Published 6th Sep 2016
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Okay so the neoprene idea didn’t work last time, and this time I’m trying a different material… And I’m not sure why didn’t I think of it in the first place and went around messing with neoprene sheets. This is silicon thermal pad in the right thickness (0.5mm) that is more widely available and cheaper […]

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Published 5th Sep 2016
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This my attempt of experiments on cooling a very hot NUC, and then build a custom enclosure for it afterwards with whatever cooling method I end up using. This is going to be a long project with a number of things to try, and most likely a number of failures too. So the back story […]

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Published 23rd Aug 2016