I finished this a while ago but here's a nice build log.
This replaces my old Threadripper build (documented here https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/threadviiper.18854181/ )
Specs
AMD Ryzen 7950X3D
Asus X670E Extreme (purchased before the controversy
)
Powercolor Liquid Devil 7900XTX
64gb Teamgroup DDR5 @ 6200CL34
I already had the dual MO-RA3 rads from my last build (plan was to mount them under the desk, didn't work but that's another story). Overkill but since I already had them I may as well plumb them in...
Backgroud
My 1950x Radeon VII build was rather long in the tooth and couldn't run my monitors at 4k144hz even on the desktop due to DP1.4 limitations. I saw this case and had to do a build in it.
A few photos of the finished build
See below for the build log and design decisions
Build log/design
One of the things I loved about this case when I saw it is the split sides. The GPU goes on one side and the motherboard on the other. Once I saw the mirrored alphacool distro plates I knew what needed to be done. These distro plates are mirror images of one another so line up perfectly, I put one on each side purely for aesthetics.
I mounted these to the front radiator using these brackets: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-w...acket-for-flt-reservoirs-120mm-wc-9yp-ek.html which meant I could move them forward or back to perfectly line them up with the tubing from the GPU and CPU on each side to give me exactly straight runs.
In addition, given the angular nature of the case design, I chose to use 45 degree angles for all my bends, this gives a nice aesthetic consistency and looks a little more unusual than the boring straight runs or 90s everyone has:
One of the challenges here was cable management. As there is no backplate because the GPU is mounted behind what is normally the motherboard tray. I replaced the included 0.5cm motherboard risers with 1cm ones. This gave just enough space to route most of the cables behind the motherboard tray, including the GPU riser cable which I neatly arranged as below. It goes out the back of the case, between the motherboard and the tray, then back in to meet the GPU.
I also cheated with the front USB. Rather than having a messy cable inside the case, front USB runs along the top of the case, out the back and to a standard USB-A port on the motherboard via an adapter. There are literally no cables attached to the motherboard other than the GPU riser, power and power button to keep the internals super clean. That photo shows every cable that's connected!
There is tubing which goes from each distro plate, through the bottom of the case and out the back to connect to the external rads, I forgot to take a photo of this though. I already had the rads so I figured I'd use them. The fans look very pretty lit up.
This replaces my old Threadripper build (documented here https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/threadviiper.18854181/ )
Specs
AMD Ryzen 7950X3D
Asus X670E Extreme (purchased before the controversy
)Powercolor Liquid Devil 7900XTX
64gb Teamgroup DDR5 @ 6200CL34
I already had the dual MO-RA3 rads from my last build (plan was to mount them under the desk, didn't work but that's another story). Overkill but since I already had them I may as well plumb them in...
Backgroud
My 1950x Radeon VII build was rather long in the tooth and couldn't run my monitors at 4k144hz even on the desktop due to DP1.4 limitations. I saw this case and had to do a build in it.
A few photos of the finished build
See below for the build log and design decisions
Build log/design
One of the things I loved about this case when I saw it is the split sides. The GPU goes on one side and the motherboard on the other. Once I saw the mirrored alphacool distro plates I knew what needed to be done. These distro plates are mirror images of one another so line up perfectly, I put one on each side purely for aesthetics.
I mounted these to the front radiator using these brackets: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-w...acket-for-flt-reservoirs-120mm-wc-9yp-ek.html which meant I could move them forward or back to perfectly line them up with the tubing from the GPU and CPU on each side to give me exactly straight runs.
In addition, given the angular nature of the case design, I chose to use 45 degree angles for all my bends, this gives a nice aesthetic consistency and looks a little more unusual than the boring straight runs or 90s everyone has:
One of the challenges here was cable management. As there is no backplate because the GPU is mounted behind what is normally the motherboard tray. I replaced the included 0.5cm motherboard risers with 1cm ones. This gave just enough space to route most of the cables behind the motherboard tray, including the GPU riser cable which I neatly arranged as below. It goes out the back of the case, between the motherboard and the tray, then back in to meet the GPU.
I also cheated with the front USB. Rather than having a messy cable inside the case, front USB runs along the top of the case, out the back and to a standard USB-A port on the motherboard via an adapter. There are literally no cables attached to the motherboard other than the GPU riser, power and power button to keep the internals super clean. That photo shows every cable that's connected!
There is tubing which goes from each distro plate, through the bottom of the case and out the back to connect to the external rads, I forgot to take a photo of this though. I already had the rads so I figured I'd use them. The fans look very pretty lit up.
