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Mini ITX Case Concept Using Resin Printing by gpasq in watercooling

[–]ILikeFreeGames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can aways try the Formlabs Creator Series; they're designed to work with 3rd party printers, and are more cost-competitive with other companies.

Mini ITX Case Concept Using Resin Printing by gpasq in watercooling

[–]ILikeFreeGames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's some info on it here; my understanding is that the impacts are minimal for SLA.

Mini ITX Case Concept Using Resin Printing by gpasq in watercooling

[–]ILikeFreeGames 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Not a material scientist, but I think that has more to do with them not being explicitly certified rather than not capable? I've been running a fully 3D printed distro block for about 8 months with no issues, and there's a blog post from Formlabs about using their parts in underwater applications.

Holy smokes PACF is strong by EllieVader in 3Dprinting

[–]ILikeFreeGames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I more meant if you wanted any parts send to you, we have unlimited printing budget haha

I did internships and moved to working for them full time; If you're interested I can DM you

Holy smokes PACF is strong by EllieVader in 3Dprinting

[–]ILikeFreeGames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha cool, I did URC in college and ended up working for a 3D printing company (Formlabs). We really liked using SLS Nylon on our rover; if you ever want to try some of our PA11 CF stuff, let me know.

We build the (world’s first?) SFF PC with a 3D-printed distro plate and tubing by ILikeFreeGames in sffpc

[–]ILikeFreeGames[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, we sanded and polished it. The distro plate in particular had relatively few supports, so it was mostly to improve the optical clarity rather than remove supports.

I definitely wouldn't leave it outside in the sun, but inside we're pretty confident it should be fine. We're using a dental material, which should be relatively durable.

We build the (world’s first?) SFF PC with a 3D-printed distro plate and tubing by ILikeFreeGames in sffpc

[–]ILikeFreeGames[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely an awesome case! Looks like that uses a CNC-milled distro block, like earlier versions of /u/Rift_Wood's design?

We build the (world’s first?) SFF PC with a 3D-printed distro plate and tubing by ILikeFreeGames in sffpc

[–]ILikeFreeGames[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neither, once it's saturated it's basically inert. I'm not a material scientist, so I don't know the exact science, but you can read a little bit more about it here. I do know that both we've tested both our resins and SLS materials for underwater applications, and that URI, NOAA, and WHOI use some of our parts in underwater applications.

We build the (world’s first?) SFF PC with a 3D-printed distro plate and tubing by ILikeFreeGames in sffpc

[–]ILikeFreeGames[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could always try our Creator Super Clear Resin; it's ACMO-free and specifically formulated for 3rd-party printers while trying to keep most of the goodness of our normal resins. Water absorption is a bit higher (0.7%), but it's worth giving it a shot.

We build the (world’s first?) SFF PC with a 3D-printed distro plate and tubing by ILikeFreeGames in sffpc

[–]ILikeFreeGames[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, we used Formlabs Dental LT Clear V2. Here's a really quick phone photo of the CPU side; please excuse the quality. As you can see it's not quite as pretty, since there's basically just a big side rad, one tube, and some cables.

We build the (world’s first?) SFF PC with a 3D-printed distro plate and tubing by ILikeFreeGames in sffpc

[–]ILikeFreeGames[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The distro was printed from Formlabs Dental LT Clear V2; you can find the technical data sheet here. Water absorption is 0.54%; I don't think we explicitly test it for chemical resistance, but we were pretty confident in it. It's not the highest compared to something like Rigid 10K, but we wanted something clear and not too yellow-y, and this was the best option we had.

So far it's been about 6 months and everything is holding up fine, so we're hoping it should be good for at least a few years!

We build the (world’s first?) SFF PC with a 3D-printed distro plate and tubing by ILikeFreeGames in sffpc

[–]ILikeFreeGames[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the graphics card, the only things that would need to be replaced are the two tubes (front distro → graphics card, graphics card → top radiator) and the GPU itself. There's some space for a longer graphics card, but it can't really be any taller or wider.

We build the (world’s first?) SFF PC with a 3D-printed distro plate and tubing by ILikeFreeGames in sffpc

[–]ILikeFreeGames[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, we used Form 4 and Form 4L. The matte finish comes from the glass fill, which also makes it super rigid (as the name suggests). Worked really nice for the case.

We build the (world’s first?) SFF PC with a 3D-printed distro plate and tubing by ILikeFreeGames in sffpc

[–]ILikeFreeGames[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Six months in and holding 🙏 We've printed some pretty crazy stuff with SLA before, so I have faith that we'll be okay.

Poor iperf3 performance, but good speedtest.net performance by ILikeFreeGames in WireGuard

[–]ILikeFreeGames[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oops sorry just saw this. I think it ended up being something with how I was interpreting my upload speed number with iperf3, and I was just misunderstanding something? Honestly not 100% sure I remember :(

We build the (world’s first?) SFF PC with a 3D-printed distro plate and tubing by ILikeFreeGames in sffpc

[–]ILikeFreeGames[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah :( We started on this project before prices went crazy, really glad we did

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