Hey guys, well I am in the planning phase for a new small form factor build.  If you do not remember me, I did the build on a Digital Storm Bolt II case where I redesigned the front assembly so I could integrate a custom loop into the build.  

 
Since I am into small form factor challenges, I decided to try this with a Falcon Northwest Tiki case.  It is my personal favorite case for a sff but it is lacking the cool touch of a custom loop. XD  So time to put the design hat on and see what I can some up with.  Got the case so far and now I am motivated to get this build on.  Since I am in no rush, I am looking to have this build done within a month or two.

Here is the case I just received.




 
Here is my last Tiki build.



 
The motherboard I will be using is the EVGA Stinger Z170.  Today I mounted a EKWB Supremacy EVO Copper block onto the board and mounted the board into the case so I can start designing a layout for the radiator and fan.  Got the idea for the layout but still need to tweak it a little.





 
Decided to design a front end that will act as a water distribution panel for the water cooling.  Got Jim from Clockwork Industries helping me out on this one.  I sent him the design and he will be building it.  Huge thanks to Jim on this one.  Here is the design.
 

 
Over the time frame that Jim has been working on this portion of the project, he has been updating me with the pictures.  Here is the build pics of the water distribution.  














 
 
 

Awesome

Hey Drerex,it has been a while I seen you around 
Very cool that you got something new coming here, it looks really nice
 
Keep it up bud !!

I was wondering how you would do that on such a small case. Pretty cool!

This looks really excellent.

Quick disconnects FTW!! I love them things, makes maintenance a lot easier.

Looking forward to more pics

That's insanely awesome!

This project continues its awesomeness with each post.

Coming along nicely.

What rad are you going with? I like all the acrylic work shots.

Wow,blown away. Quite the mod Derex. 

Thanks notfordman!  

Hey Knight, I am mainly using Autodesk Inventor Pro 2017.  I used that for the sheet metals, water distribution blocks, and renderings.

To be honest Autodesk Fusion 360 is a good one for free to use.

 
Very creative way to move coolant around, and it looks awesome. You should patent that design dude. Wonder if there's a way to somehow laminate the two pieces together so the small screws aren't even needed.