Project - CH160 plus

spavac22

spavac22

spavac22

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Components list:

1 - 7 9850x3d
2 - asus rog B850 G
3 - klevv bolt v cl30 6000 (finally got kits, saturday delivery)
4 - axp 120x67 (replacing the thermalright slim fan with a corsair ll120)
5 - tf7 paste
6 - thermalright am5 cpu corrector
7 - sf850
8 - asus prime 5070 12gb - white
9 - corsair fans ll120
10 - commander core xt
11 - corsair elite premium sleeved type 5 cables - white (mesh paracord)
12 - deepcool ch160 plus - white

plan:
- vertical gpu
- 6 fans (1 front, 1 rear, 2 bottom, 2 top)
- 6 fans + cpu fan - controlled through iCUE
- non rgb build (i know, i got rgb fans, will turn off rgb in iCUE)

previous build, itx, non rgb..link not allowed, uploaded photo
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goal - build this weekend + bank holiday
will upload photos on sat or sun
 
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as you can see, the ch160 plus isnt designed very smartly. mATX board makes it difficult to access the rear nvme slot. made a hole, but it isnt precise. i have 1T sn850x with a heatsink, and not sure what to do now.

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Yeah, looks like you just missed. Been there. Frustrating.
Can you make the whole bigger (downwards) without killing that rivet? Does it matter to the panel integrity if you do?
Mark it, mobo out, aviation snips in - paying attention to which side of the jaws the metal gets distorted. You want the distortion on the waste side and that mat means having left/right handed snips if you can't get in from the other side or cut the other way.
 
spavac22 said:
as you can see, the ch160 plus isnt designed very smartly. mATX board makes it difficult to access the rear nvme slot. made a hole, but it isnt precise. i have 1T sn850x with a heatsink, and not sure what to do now.
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Having a rear mounted M.2 slot isn't exactly common, to be fair to DeepCool.

Can the heatsink be removed?

Also that's the slowest of the M.2 slots btw.
 
Shashman said:
Having a rear mounted M.2 slot isn't exactly common, to be fair to DeepCool.

Can the heatsink be removed?

Also that's the slowest of the M.2 slots btw.
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Can't see anything listed on the product page about lanes being shut off for the rear slot, but yeah, I'd definitely put it in one of the front slots unless you can see yourself needing to swap it out semi regularly
 
reusing two 1TB M.2 drives from my previous build—one with a heatsink and one without. removing the heatsink from the sn850x is a nightmare, so the only option was to install it on the back of the motherboard. After removing the motherboard again and installing the drive first, everything fits correctly. i'll post new photos this evening.
 
unfortunately, the vertical gpu option didn’t work out. when i posted photos 5 days ago, i mentioned that i still needed to finish the cabling. the next day, realised that two psu ports for the cpu cables were blocked by the gpu. the asus prime 5070 is 304 mm long. If it were 290 mm, it would fit. with a smaller gpu it is possible to mount verticaly + 2x120 fans below. so this is the final build.
i am not completely satisfied with the build. it feels like the airflow from the two bottom intake fans is blocked by the gpu. with a vertical gpu mount, the airflow would reach the cpu cooler much better. idle temps sit around 51-53°C. when playing cs2, temps are 69-71°C.

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done quickly R23
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spavac22 said:
unfortunately, the vertical gpu option didn’t work out. when i posted photos 5 days ago, i mentioned that i still needed to finish the cabling. the next day, realised that two psu ports for the cpu cables were blocked by the gpu. the asus prime 5070 is 304 mm long. If it were 290 mm, it would fit. with a smaller gpu it is possible to mount verticaly + 2x120 fans below. so this is the final build.
i am not completely satisfied with the build. it feels like the airflow from the two bottom intake fans is blocked by the gpu. with a vertical gpu mount, the airflow would reach the cpu cooler much better. idle temps sit around 51-53°C. when playing cs2, temps are 69-71°C.



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You still have (what looks like) 2 intake and 2 exhaust so it should be fine. I have the CH270 with 1 intake 1 exhaust.
 
Shame it didnt work out with the gpu vertical but I think it looks good with the gpu horizontal. Also, good work with the cables
 
cabling wasn't easy, but it also wasn't exactly difficult. mostly spent extra time dealing with the LL corsair fans (7) and commander xt. forgot to mention: 2 cpu cables from the sf850 are too short to reach the psu, so ended up spending more money on the corsair pro kit - paracord.
 
If you're keen to mount the GPU vertically, do you 3D print? Entirely possible to design your own bracket if shifting it about would let you shoehorn it in.
 
am using a 3d bracket, as you can see in my photos. even with 15mm fans, not enough space because of the cpu power cable ports on the psu. either a smaller gpu or a custom loop.
 
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