** PHANTEKS ENTHOO PRIMO - THE ULTIMATE WATERCOOLING CHASSIS **

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Finally got round to building in mine. Still waiting on the watercooling stuff though... Can't wait! Planning on a 360 XT45 in the top and a 240 Monsta in the bottom. Can't decide on what tube res to go for.

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New 780 seems to be very impressive as well, overclocking it is very easy and it sustains some decent clocks... I must have been lucky :D
 
So I bit the bullet and ordered the EP on Friday, so should be here in the morning, Yea. All parts are here I just need to finish my sleeving the 24 pin 8 pin eps and 2 6 pins left to go. And once the case arrives some modding to do, I need to remove the drive bay side plate, cut in half and fit the solid piece that is normally the bottom to the top, allowing my Monsta 420 to fit on the bottom. Also I need to remove the back panel in order to fit a doner pcie bracket, and tap and drill the holes for standofs for an XL-ATX motherboard to fit. ( Only if it isn't too much trouble, if so I'll revert back to my Z77 )

So loads to do before I get to build her up, and more than likely more ideas will come before it is finished. I'm getting excited now I've been waiting for this case for months. I'ts just a shame I had to sell a kidney to be able to afford the thing.
 
Is anyone using the fan hub in the EP with an Asus motherboard?

I'm trying to use it to control my fans, but they seem to all be at maximum speed all the time. If I try adjusting the PWM speed in the BIOS or FanXpert2 the fan speed doesn't change (FanXpert 2 actually gives a message that the fan can't be controlled). I tried adjusting the fan speed in OpenHardwareMonitor too but it doesn't do anything.

That aside, I'm really loving this case. The middle radiator bracket is fantastic for hiding wires too. Although I do feel like a criminal for only putting a slim 240 rad in the bottom!
 
Dumb question kaku.. but are you sure you have PWM working on the motherboard fan header you are using? Not all 4 pin headers are PWM. Only one that is PWM for sure is CPU fan header.
 
doyll said:
Dumb question kaku.. but are you sure you have PWM working on the motherboard fan header you are using? Not all 4 pin headers are PWM. Only one that is PWM for sure is CPU fan header.
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The motherboard is a P8Z77-V; I believe all of the fan headers support PWM.
I think I've got a spare PWM fan in a box somewhere, I'll try it tonight just to double-check the header.

Could it be a motherboard limitation? In the BIOS it won't allow me to set a fan speed lower than 60%.
 
kaku said:
The motherboard is a P8Z77-V; I believe all of the fan headers support PWM.
I think I've got a spare PWM fan in a box somewhere, I'll try it tonight just to double-check the header.

Could it be a motherboard limitation? In the BIOS it won't allow me to set a fan speed lower than 60%.
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Asus claims 4pin headers are PWM when they in fact are not PWM. This is a known issue on many of their boards.

The only header I would trust to be PWM for sure is CPU fan header. If you plug the hub into it and fans have control you will know it works. Than you can try figuring out which other headers (if any) are actually PWM;)
 
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doyll said:
Asus claims 4pin headers are PWM when they in fact are not PWM. This is a known issue on many of their boards.

The only header I would trust to be PWM for sure is CPU fan header. If you plug the hub into it and fans have control you will know it works. Than you can try figuring out which other headers (if any) are actually PWM;)
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Good call. I've done a bit more reading up and it appears only the CPU and CPU_OPT headers are true PWM. Shouldn't be too difficult to move them over. Thanks for the help!
 
kaku said:
Good call. I've done a bit more reading up and it appears only the CPU and CPU_OPT headers are true PWM. Shouldn't be too difficult to move them over. Thanks for the help!
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I did too.

The only PWM headers on our motherboard are CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT.
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