Over the years modders have used things like X-Carve, Ooznest and Shapeoko CNC machines and they seem good enough for acrylic, but they’re not rigid enough to start messing with aluminium.

For a long time Maki Role/Praetex Design was using a High-Z T-1000 and produced some stunning work, but we’re now talking semi-professional equipment costing multiple thousands.

You’d probably be better off heading over to https://www.reddit.com/r/hobbycnc/

By the look of it the dragon is cut into the surface of the IO cover, so that gives you a nice and flat surface.

I’d get some reasonably sturdy card stock and cut out a cover piece to match the shape of the dragon panel or the entire IO cover. Slap some vinyl wrap to the card stock and just stick it down with some double-sided tape.

Fucking love your jank.

I got one of those blocks floating about, was very impressed with the microchannel density.

who said anything about using the same radiator? AIOs are closed loop systems, you can’t (usually) repurpose them into an open loop.

OP has obviously ditched the dead AIO and strapped on a block for use in a totally different loop.

no, the old pump got clogged because Cooler Master fucked up the manufacturing

didn’t watch the video, did you

There’s nothing special per se about that cable. All you need are 2 wires crimped into a 2-pin Dupont connector for the motherboard, with the appropriate crimps for the military switch at the other.

So really the only tricky thing to find would be the connectors for the military switch and, assuming you can’t just solder them on.