PHANTEKS EVOLV X & P600S

chaparral · 21 Sep 2020 at 19:04

Am looking at ordering an EVOLV X tonight

Am going start off with just air cooling and then hoping to upgraded to water cooling over the next 2 to 3 months

Is it best to just buy normal fans and use Phantek Halos or is it best to buy RGB Fans ??

Purdy · 16 Oct 2020 at 16:22

Probably not case exclusive but on the off chance. Anyone experience pretty loud humming whether door is open/closed?
Presume its a fan causing it but not sure and struggle to isolate as I can open the door and stop a fan by hand but obviously the humming disappears.

Mcthommo · 16 Oct 2020 at 17:55

Looking to replace mine as it’s been nothing but trouble since I got it

chaparral · 16 Oct 2020 at 22:01

Purdy said:
Probably not case exclusive but on the off chance. Anyone experience pretty loud humming whether door is open/closed?
Presume its a fan causing it but not sure and struggle to isolate as I can open the door and stop a fan by hand but obviously the humming disappears.

Check it not the PSU fan

I just replaced the fan in my PSU about a week ago as the whining & humming sounds it was making was driving me nuts..

Purdy · 17 Oct 2020 at 08:12

Mcthommo said:
Looking to replace mine as it’s been nothing but trouble since I got it

What problems have you had?

chaparral said:
Check it not the PSU fan

I just replaced the fan in my PSU about a week ago as the whining & humming sounds it was making was driving me nuts..

Good shout, need to figure out a way to isolate it all to test as its a complete non-issue with door open. (So assume by door being closed vibrations are amplified)

Mcthommo · 17 Oct 2020 at 09:10

Internal rear panels broken, poor leds not keeping colour- bleeding, dodgy USB ports and of course the poor airflow.
Definitely got caught with the style over substance with this one
It’s an Evolv X btw

clone · 17 Oct 2020 at 10:03

The evolv x has great air flow.

chaparral · 17 Oct 2020 at 11:40

Mcthommo said:
Internal rear panels broken, poor leds not keeping colour- bleeding, dodgy USB ports and of course the poor airflow.
Definitely got caught with the style over substance with this one
It’s an Evolv X btw

I haven't had any problems with my Evolv X yet

Sure it not the motherboard or software why you're LED's are not keeping there colour ?
What wrong with the USB ports ? as mine seem to be working fine

I haven't seem anyone else in this thread write anything about the problems you're getting..

Mcthommo · 17 Oct 2020 at 13:37

The USB ports drop out constantly have tried 3 different mobos- the c doesn’t work at all
The leds no being controlled by mobo- just the phanteks options- the solid colour option just changes and bleeds
Fallen out with this case massively unfortunately as it still looks amazing

chaparral · 17 Oct 2020 at 19:47

Mcthommo said:
The USB ports drop out constantly have tried 3 different mobos- the c doesn’t work at all

I haven't tried the USB-C port as i no have any USB-C to USB-C cables to test it with my mobile phone
(i only have USB-A to USB-B & USB-C & USB Micro cables)

I haven't tried using the LED's by the button on the front as i plugged them straight into my motherboard that way the LED colour syncs with everything else in my PC

Really bad mobile phone picture of my Evolv X
(All the LED's are red but the camera makes them look kind of whitish)

Mcthommo · 18 Oct 2020 at 13:54

clone said:
The evolv x has great air flow.

Ok then

chaparral · 18 Oct 2020 at 14:25

Mcthommo said:
Ok then

I would think one the best ways to have great airflow in a case would be to have three 140mm or bigger inlet fans along the bottom and two or three 140mm exhaust fans at the top

But the way the Evolv X is designed your not going get much better airflow unless it had just a mesh front and there the P600s if someone wanted one with a mesh front..

Mcthommo · 18 Oct 2020 at 20:00

I originally had it for a watercooled build but have moved back to air and the Evolv x is poor for that

Stu · 21 Oct 2020 at 18:05

Purdy said:
Probably not case exclusive but on the off chance. Anyone experience pretty loud humming whether door is open/closed?
Presume its a fan causing it but not sure and struggle to isolate as I can open the door and stop a fan by hand but obviously the humming disappears.

Sometime the glass door on the left hand side vibrates... try pressing it into the case and see if the noise stops.

mr griffin · 1 Nov 2020 at 00:34

chaparral said:
I haven't tried the USB-C port as i no have any USB-C to USB-C cables to test it with my mobile phone
(i only have USB-A to USB-B & USB-C & USB Micro cables)

I haven't tried using the LED's by the button on the front as i plugged them straight into my motherboard that way the LED colour syncs with everything else in my PC

Really bad mobile phone picture of my Evolv X
(All the LED's are red but the camera makes them look kind of whitish)

what vertical gpu mount / cable did you use?

chaparral · 1 Nov 2020 at 01:34

mr griffin said:
what vertical gpu mount / cable did you use?

i used the vertical mount that came with the case and this cable https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phan...-riser-cable-90-degree-adapter-cm-02p-pt.html

mr griffin · 1 Nov 2020 at 02:44

chaparral said:
i used the vertical mount that came with the case and this cable https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phan...-riser-cable-90-degree-adapter-cm-02p-pt.html

Cheers

chaparral · 1 Nov 2020 at 11:03

mr griffin said:
Cheers

I see you also have a Dark rock pro 4 cooler

Make sure to check the height of your GPU

As my Strix GPU is a bit of a tight fit

(Asus lists the size of my Strix as 304.7mm x 130.4mm x 54.1mm

mr griffin · 1 Nov 2020 at 11:45

chaparral said:
I see you also have a Dark rock pro 4 cooler

Make sure to check the height of your GPU As my Strix GPU is a bit of a tight fit

(Asus lists the size of my Strix as 304.7mm x 130.4mm x 54.1mm

Yeah the dark rock is in my old pc, this time I've got a Noctua nh d15 cromax. I've been happy with my dark rock pro though, squeezed it in a micro atx

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chaparral · 1 Nov 2020 at 11:55

mr griffin said:
Yeah the dark rock is in my old pc, this time I've got a Noctua nh d15 cromax. I've been happy with my dark rock pro though, squeezed it in a micro atx

Looks like the D15 cromax is 150mm wide and the dark rock pro is 136mm wide

https://noctua.at/en/nh-d15-chromax-black/specification
https://www.bequiet.com/en/cpucooler/1378