Acrylic Water Cooled Build

Category

Maker Projects

Date

August 2025

I’ve been building computers since I was 13, starting with small upgrades and eventually getting into custom water cooling. Over the years, my passion grew, and I wanted to take it further: creating a fully custom computer that reflects my fascination with transparent technology. I love the idea of seeing every little piece of hardware that is making these machines run.

Since there aren’t many fully transparent computer cases on the market, I decided to design my own. I created a full acrylic case featuring a dual radiator setup, a “floating” motherboard tray, vertical GPU mount, and a front-mounted distro block for my fluid loop. Once the case dimensions were finalized, I designed the cooling loop with a cold cathode light to make the fluid UV reactive, including a spiral that follows the light down the tubing. Every tube is hard acrylic, carefully bent into shape with a heat gun.

Functionally, the loop may not be the most efficient, but it still provides adequate cooling with an eye catching look. It’s far from perfect, but but I can proudly say I have a truly unique computer that I’ve dreamed of building for years.

Spec list:

MB: Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950x

Ram: T-Create Expert 96gb 6400MHz DDR5

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition

PSU: ROG STRIX 1000W Aura edition

Radiators: x2 Corsair XR5 360mm

Reservoir / Pump: Bitspower Sedna 011D Lite-F

CPU Block: Alphacool Eisblock XPX

GPU Block: Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acrlic GPX-N with backplate

Fans: x6 Alphacool Apex Stealth Metal Fan

Coolant: Mayhems X1 UV Clear Blue

Fittings: Various Bitspower G 1/4 "

Tubing: Bitspower 1/2" PETG Rigid Tubing

Case: Custom manufactured by https://www.tomafabrications.com/


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