[Build Log] Cooltek W2

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Doing a quick and dirty build log for my new case I just got as I mentioned in a thread and a few people wanted to know how it is.

The case is a Cooltek Jonsbo W2, its an E-ATX cube case.

Why I calling this a quick and dirty build log is because I brought it on abit of an impulse and just moved all my gear across from my old case to this.

I didn't really pre-pan my watercooling loop and early on decided this is only going to be temporary and I will be rebuilding shortly with a different loop order and reservoir.

Apologies in advance for the poor quality photos

So...

New vs OLD

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Quick check that the rads will actually fit! The bottom RAD is far to thick and it covers bottom 2 PCI slots and blocks my USB 3.0 header. This was a mistake on my part and i will be replacing it with a smaller one.

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Gap behind the RAD

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Compromise on the front rad mounting, because the bottom RAD is so thick i had to shove the front rad as high up as it would go, this means the bottom 2 holes are not secured to the case! Fan filter will also not screw on and is just held in place by the magnets

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Behind finished. Its a mess and a very tight squeeze but like i said i will be redoing it soon

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Front side. Left it without a fan in the back atm, with all the rads as intakes the air is being forced out as it is.

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And finally with the front back on.

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Overall the build quality is very good, Hard drives could do with some sort of anti vibration though, its all metal on metal and one of my drives is quite loud.

Its a hard case to do a full loop in, you quickly run out of space in the back compartment but with better planning you could do a much better job than I have.
 
After seeing that I am now 100% sure that this is my next case. As I won't be having any watercooling I guess I will have acres of space to put my rig together in. What's the size of the fan hole at the back? Also is there any space for rubber grommets on the HDD tray?
 
Gamed on the system last night and really struggled with temperatures.

The whole case just got so hot, all the radiators as intakes is just filling the case with hot air and for some reason isn't being forced out the case.

Tried with a fan in the back as an exhaust but didn't help until it was spinning about 2000rpm which is obviously loud!

Might try slowing down the bottom fans and changing the fronts to pull instead of push to get the air moving quicker inside
 
That's a shame about the temperatures; it's a very nice-looking case.
Reckon having some kind of venting in the top would help?
 
Temps are good in synthetic benches, prime95 top core is 65 (10 degrees hotter than coolest core) looping heaven on an 290 @ +81mv it maxed out at 47 degrees.

Playing BF4 last night though and CPU max was 68 and gpu was 55 and the amount of hot air in the case was crazy, the heat sinks on my mobo were really hot to touch and so was my ram and hdd's

Its not so much the heat of the CPU and gpu is the fact that my 1400rpm fans through radiators isn't shifting enough air to cool VRM's etc.
 
Think you will be fine, just seem radiators are slowing the air down so much that its just sort of filling up the case and its a lot of work for 1 120mm extraction fan.
 
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