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Optimum tech did it just fineI'd love to get one of these in white and do a custom loop but the location of the pump/res would be quite problematic.
Optimum tech did it just fineI'd love to get one of these in white and do a custom loop but the location of the pump/res would be quite problematic.
Optimum tech did it just fine
Yeah I saw this. I think because it uses a 3080 FE the length of the graphics card becomes a non issue and there's room in the top for the pump and res.
I've been reading/watching a lot of reviews of this case over the last few days and I think this is the first time in a while that a new case has come out which I think will tempt me from my Bitfenix prodigy (which I love for the flat motherboard layout).
I'd like to watercooled a white one with the following parts:
5600x
MSI b550i
2x m.2 NVME (no SSDs)
ASUS 1080ti Strix w/Phanteks Glacier
Snow Silent white ATX PSU
Where the case is situated would mean the graphics card would be on show. Are the side panels interchangeable? I assume the tempered glass version cones with 1 side glass and 1 side mesh? Can they be swapped?
I think a water cooled set-up in this case would be tricky with an ATX PSU. You are leaving very little room for cable management. However, it is possible to swap the side panels from everything I have seen.
Nice, keep us updated. Been looking to custom watercool mine as I have all the blocks and rads just need a pump res.This morning I've ordered the tempered glass white variant, only PCIE 3.0 in stock, so in addition I've also bought the 4.0 cable seperately (All from OCUK) and will swap it over.
I've also ordered an iceman custom reservoir and I plan to do a full waterloop.
I love the NZXT Kraken Z series, and I have one, so I'm also going to butcher that, and use it too.
Nice, keep us updated. Been looking to custom watercool mine as I have all the blocks and rads just need a pump res.
Sounds ace, looking forward to it. I'm going for the white tempered glass version too but will retain the majority of my components, I've no reason to upgrade to a newer GPU at the moment. The watercooling loop is something I'm keen on seeing. I think it's doable but cables and GPU size play a factor.Cheers.
The plan is to get some feet, to lift it a bit, I'm going to use ones from the SSUPD website.
I've taken the tubing and 280mm Rad off my Kraken, I'm going to run custom tubes to a more efficent 280mm rad, possibly Xflow (If it'll fit, I'll measure when I get the case tomorrow) and see if the kraken has enough power to cool the CPU and GPU via the 280mm rad, tubing, blocks and res. If it's not, I'll add a DDC pump to the iceman res to help flow rate. I like the idea of using the Kraken to display the CPU and GPU temp.
Going to try and keep it as minimal as possible, so only m.2 storage.
Build would be:
11700K (Already own)
Asus Z590-i mobo (Need to buy) - Currently my 11700K is housed in a Z490 Gigabyte Aorus Master ATX board, but I have a 10th gen CPU I can put back in that.
980 Pro 1TB (Already own)
970 Evo plus 500GB (Already own)
Kraken( Already own)
Corsair SF750 platnium (Already own)
Custom cables (Need to buy)
EVGA 2080 Super with an alpha block on it. Might keep this on the Gigabyte build and buy 30X0 GPU for this build.
I've got all the other water cooling bits, so we'll see.
Fans, undecided yet.
I'm going to take my time with it, try and do it as neat and smart as possible but I'll keep on adding pics here.
I also want to try and route all the cabling via the central spine to keep it as clean as poss.
That sounds very interesting, be interested to see how that works. Always find it annoying no one does a proper cpu block like what comes with the Z63 so you can see liquid temps without having to open another programmeCheers.
The plan is to get some feet, to lift it a bit, I'm going to use ones from the SSUPD website.
I've taken the tubing and 280mm Rad off my Kraken, I'm going to run custom tubes to a more efficent 280mm rad, possibly Xflow (If it'll fit, I'll measure when I get the case tomorrow) and see if the kraken has enough power to cool the CPU and GPU via the 280mm rad, tubing, blocks and res. If it's not, I'll add a DDC pump to the iceman res to help flow rate. I like the idea of using the Kraken to display the CPU and GPU temp.
Going to try and keep it as minimal as possible, so only m.2 storage.
Build would be:
11700K (Already own)
Asus Z590-i mobo (Need to buy) - Currently my 11700K is housed in a Z490 Gigabyte Aorus Master ATX board, but I have a 10th gen CPU I can put back in that.
980 Pro 1TB (Already own)
970 Evo plus 500GB (Already own)
Kraken( Already own)
Corsair SF750 platnium (Already own)
Custom cables (Need to buy)
EVGA 2080 Super with an alpha block on it. Might keep this on the Gigabyte build and buy 30X0 GPU for this build.
I've got all the other water cooling bits, so we'll see.
Fans, undecided yet.
I'm going to take my time with it, try and do it as neat and smart as possible but I'll keep on adding pics here.
I also want to try and route all the cabling via the central spine to keep it as clean as poss.