Modding the Intel NUC 9 Extreme with James. PART 3

Today we have the third part of our Intel Extreme NUC 9 series. In this episode our guy James Dawson focuses on more watercooling inside the diminutive INTEL chassis. This is a fun, but tricky chassis to work with. Stay tuned for the next update as well, which will feature some case mods!

00:00 Video start
00:03 Introduction and update
02:11 Founders Edition RTX 3080 - custom waterblock
03:15 Removing the stock cooler
07:17 Look just how small the GPU PCB is!
07:40 Alphacool waterblock / backplate - saving space inside the chassis
11:00 Pump/Res combo spacing / mounting and cabling
14:30 System install
16:41 System cooling configuration and radiator fitting - 2x 90mm test
19:21 Several hours later - the cut out, some cleaning up
20:45 Mounting the radiator and fitting fans
23:14 Fitting done - powering it up
24:11 Jumping into the BIOS - some thermals
26:58 30 minute load results and noise levels
28:06 In the next video

Current System Spec:
• CPU: Intel Core i9-9980HK
• Motherboard: Intel NUC 9 Extreme Compute Element board
• Memory: 16GB (2 x 8GB Modules) SKHynix DDR-4 2133 (temporary solution for testing)
• Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
• 1st storage device: 2TB WD Black SN750 PCIe Gen3 x 4 NVMe M.2 SSD
• 2nd Storage device: 2TB WD Black SN750 PCIe Gen3 x 4 NVMe M.2 SSD
• Case: Cooler Master NC100
• System fans: Cooler Master
• Power supply: Cooler Master V650 SFX / Seasonic Focus SGX-650
Custom Cooling hardware:
• CPU water block: Alphacool NexXxoS XP³ Light - Black V.2
• Graphics card water block: Eisblock Aurora GPX-N RTX 3080 FE with backplate
• Tubing: AlphaTube HF 13/10 (3/8"ID) - Ultra Clear
• Fittings: Eiszapfen 13/10mm compression G1/4 – chrome

INTEL INNOVATION : intel.com/innovation ( https://t.co/oexmc5zGAd?amp=1)
VISIT INTEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk7SjrXVXAj8m8BLgzh6dGA
VISIT INTEL TECHNOLOGY: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_9tBCeHdBG13If451X7FRw
GHOST CANYON: https://simplynuc.co.uk/ghost-canyon/
SCAN: https://www.scan.co.uk/shops/intel/ghost-canyon-nuc
EBUYER: https://www.ebuyer.com/store/Components/cat/Barebones/Intel

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