SSUPD MeshLicious (from the makers of the FormD T1)

sparkymark75 said:
I just need to figure out if I can fit everything in the case or if I'm going to have to go down the res/pump fitted to the outside of the case. The EK water block for the Power Color Red Devil is 284.5mm which only leaves me 47.5mm space above it so it looks like I'll probably have to go for an externally mounted pump/res. Or see if I can fit a small one on the floor of the motherboard side next to the PSU.
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There's a few ways it can be done. A tube style reservoir at the top, a flat one in front of the GPU with a separate pump (this was my plan originally but requires an SFX PSU) or a pump/block combo.

I think the setup I've gone for works best, but there's so much trial and error. I've been building/planning this for about 3 months. I've spent quite a bit and some of the parts I've bought aren't going to be used, but I wouldn't of known that without buying them and testing them out. Barring custom PSU cables it's nearly there.
 
Bossman said:
There's a few ways it can be done. A tube style reservoir at the top, a flat one in front of the GPU with a separate pump (this was my plan originally but requires an SFX PSU) or a pump/block combo.

I think the setup I've gone for works best, but there's so much trial and error. I've been building/planning this for about 3 months. I've spent quite a bit and some of the parts I've bought aren't going to be used, but I wouldn't of known that without buying them and testing them out. Barring custom PSU cables it's nearly there.
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Yeah, when I last did a custom loop last year, I spent weeks planning it out and ended up buying way too many fittings as I didn't want to be caught short as I tend to do this on my main rig and don't want to be offline for weeks!

I have an SFX PSU so it sounds like the options are flat res in front of the GPU block with a separate pump or external pump/res. My concern with the former is making sure I configure it in such a way the pump isn't running dry. I'm still new to WC so like to try and plan things out as much as possible but there are always unforeseen things that come up!
 
Finally managed to get this build in a usable state. Went with the meshlicious as it's one of the smallest cases that can take an active backplate.

CPU side was a breeze. GPU side was a nightmare ran into a few problems and ended up having to use sections of tubing as supports.

Holes on the riser no longer align with standoffs due to the height of the block.
GPU support had to be removed as it was blocking a displayport connector.

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momo56 said:
Finally managed to get this build in a usable state. Went with the meshlicious as it's one of the smallest cases that can take an active backplate.

CPU side was a breeze. GPU side was a nightmare ran into a few problems and ended up having to use sections of tubing as supports.

Holes on the riser no longer align with standoffs due to the height of the block.
GPU support had to be removed as it was blocking a displayport connector.

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Looks good. Pretty much what I was planning, IceMan res/pump and ZMT tubing. Which fittings did you use? I was planning to use the EK torque fittings but someone suggested they don't fit on the IceMan inlet/outlet as they are too thick and the ports are too close together. Do you have custom PCIe cables? I still have mine in an air-cooled setup while I plan the custom loop and don't recall my cbales being long enough to go the route you have them. I did the motherboard riser mod to allow me to run them behind the motherboard and even then they were tight. What components do you have in there and what temps are you seeing?
 
sparkymark75 said:
Looks good. Pretty much what I was planning, IceMan res/pump and ZMT tubing. Which fittings did you use? I was planning to use the EK torque fittings but someone suggested they don't fit on the IceMan inlet/outlet as they are too thick and the ports are too close together. Do you have custom PCIe cables? I still have mine in an air-cooled setup while I plan the custom loop and don't recall my cbales being long enough to go the route you have them. I did the motherboard riser mod to allow me to run them behind the motherboard and even then they were tight. What components do you have in there and what temps are you seeing?
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Yeah the ports are too close together on the iceman. I used an extender linked below to get the EK torque fittings to work.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-water-blocks-ek-af-extender-30mm-m-f-g1-4-nickel-wc-9qe-ek.html

Cables were purchased separately from Corsair. They're the single connector versions.
Google 'SKU CP-8920243' and you'll find them. You get 2 65cm cables for £20.

Got a 12900K and 3090 in there. Temps are fine so far but I haven't put the mesh panels on at the moment.
GPU core during gaming is hitting the high 40's / low 50s at 1250/1500 rpm.
GPU VRAM maxes out in the 50s during gaming and 58/60 during mining thanks to the active backplate.

Still tweaking the CPU settings so I've only done Cinebench runs for now.
 
momo56 said:
Yeah the ports are too close together on the iceman. I used an extender linked below to get the EK torque fittings to work.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-water-blocks-ek-af-extender-30mm-m-f-g1-4-nickel-wc-9qe-ek.html

Cables were purchased separately from Corsair. They're the single connector versions.
Google 'SKU CP-8920243' and you'll find them. You get 2 65cm cables for £20.

Got a 12900K and 3090 in there. Temps are fine so far but I haven't put the mesh panels on at the moment.
GPU core during gaming is hitting the high 40's / low 50s at 1250/1500 rpm.
GPU VRAM maxes out in the 50s during gaming and 58/60 during mining thanks to the active backplate.

Still tweaking the CPU settings so I've only done Cinebench runs for now.
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Thanks for the tips. So you just used one extender to offset one of the ports on the Iceman?
 
momo56 said:
Yeah the ports are too close together on the iceman. I used an extender linked below to get the EK torque fittings to work.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-water-blocks-ek-af-extender-30mm-m-f-g1-4-nickel-wc-9qe-ek.html

Cables were purchased separately from Corsair. They're the single connector versions.
Google 'SKU CP-8920243' and you'll find them. You get 2 65cm cables for £20.

Got a 12900K and 3090 in there. Temps are fine so far but I haven't put the mesh panels on at the moment.
GPU core during gaming is hitting the high 40's / low 50s at 1250/1500 rpm.
GPU VRAM maxes out in the 50s during gaming and 58/60 during mining thanks to the active backplate.

Still tweaking the CPU settings so I've only done Cinebench runs for now.
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Can I ask what pump you used with the IceMan? Just the pump it came with?
 
I am thinking about buying this case in black from OCUK with it being on sale.

Do you think it's best going for the PCIE 4.0 version for future support?
I currently have a X570I Aorus Pro Motherboard that does support 4.0 and is working fine with a MSI GTX 1070Ti, I assume this card will still work fine through the 4.0 riser?
Are the risers that come with the SSUPD acceptable quality? and there is no sense in buying the PCIE 3.0 case option then buying a 3rd party v4.0 riser at some point down the road if or when required?

Thanks in advance
 
ryu said:
I am thinking about buying this case in black from OCUK with it being on sale.

Do you think it's best going for the PCIE 4.0 version for future support?
I currently have a X570I Aorus Pro Motherboard that does support 4.0 and is working fine with a MSI GTX 1070Ti, I assume this card will still work fine through the 4.0 riser?
Are the risers that come with the SSUPD acceptable quality? and there is no sense in buying the PCIE 3.0 case option then buying a 3rd party v4.0 riser at some point down the road if or when required?

Thanks in advance
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I went with the PCIe 4 version as I have v4 GPU and motherboard. If you buy the PCIe gen 3 and then later down the line get a PCIe 4 GPU, you need to change the BIOS to gen 3 or buy a gen 4 riser cable. Better to just get the gen 4 if you can as its saves future hassle/cost. PCIe 4 is backwards compatible with PCIe 3.
 
So, I was looking at the NR200P Max, but, given they stopped selling them months after starting, and because it gave me the itch, I now have a Meshy sat under my desk with a Kraken x63 and a Corsair SFX750 PSU..

I'll be building it over the next week or so, maybe with a Windows 10 reinstall where I put my spare NVME on the back of my board (Aorus x570) and split OS from my games/files and such..

However, I am thinking the case might have been a bad choice as I have a 3080FE card and the clearance between the back fan and the back of the motherboard might be a bit small..
So I'm thinking, can I move the board back as if I'm going to put a 3 slot cooler in there and then remove the PCI-e riser and maybe 3d print something to hold it and create a larger gap between the board and the GPU, has anyone done, or seen similar where an FE card is being used in this case with an air gap created by offsetting the board? Obviously the back fan will help cool my NVME drive as well which is nice as the front one is under a heatsink/fan but the rear is left to soak all that heat up...
 
Ok, so I've gone through the thread now and can see that some people are just using a set of motherboard stand-offs to move the GPU away from the back of the board, so I'll do that for now, I've also downloaded the bits from the SSUPD site for feet and the likes so the 3d printer will be getting some work in January when I'm all settled and have decided what bits I want to make to mod it..
 
Trig said:
So, I was looking at the NR200P Max, but, given they stopped selling them months after starting, and because it gave me the itch, I now have a Meshy sat under my desk with a Kraken x63 and a Corsair SFX750 PSU..

I'll be building it over the next week or so, maybe with a Windows 10 reinstall where I put my spare NVME on the back of my board (Aorus x570) and split OS from my games/files and such..

However, I am thinking the case might have been a bad choice as I have a 3080FE card and the clearance between the back fan and the back of the motherboard might be a bit small..
So I'm thinking, can I move the board back as if I'm going to put a 3 slot cooler in there and then remove the PCI-e riser and maybe 3d print something to hold it and create a larger gap between the board and the GPU, has anyone done, or seen similar where an FE card is being used in this case with an air gap created by offsetting the board? Obviously the back fan will help cool my NVME drive as well which is nice as the front one is under a heatsink/fan but the rear is left to soak all that heat up...
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I had a 3090 FE but got rid of it when I got this case as I read the design of the FE cards wasn’t great for sandwich style cases. I’ve now got a 6900 XT which runs great in it but have all the bits (I hope) for a custom loop.

I did the stand-off mod but on the motherboard side as it helps hide the cable runs.
 
I've already got the case adjusted for a larger GPU, I'll do the stand-off mod and 3d print anything else I need to cover off the little mods and bits I do, I've grabbed the feet and fan mod stl files and will see how the build goes and then add anything else I need as I go.
 
Trig said:
I've already got the case adjusted for a larger GPU, I'll do the stand-off mod and 3d print anything else I need to cover off the little mods and bits I do, I've grabbed the feet and fan mod stl files and will see how the build goes and then add anything else I need as I go.
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If you plan to use the top display port you will also need to 3D print a gpu support bracket as the stock one blocks it. There's an STL on etsy but there should be a free version somewhere.
 
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