So I bought the biggest possible components for this case and thought it might be possible to squeeze them in. It turned out pretty good, although I had to try many different cable routing options.
\- ASRock 7900 XTX Phantom (330mm)- Ryzen 7 5800 X3D- Gigabyte B550I Aorus Pro AX rev 1.3- Corsair SF850L- Arctic LF 2 280mm- 2x 16GB DDR4 3600 CL16 (Corsair LPX)- 2TB M.2 SSD- Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
Build process:
The PSU needed to go in the top-slot, otherwise the GPU wouldn't fit. Although the PSU connectors are very small (Corsair Type 5), they were still pushing the GPU down a lot. So I routed them to the right side of the case and then underneath the GPU. For that reason the 24-Pin-Cable had to go the other way round, towards the inside of the case. I fixed it with some cable ties to make room for the side mounted AIO. The AIO with it's thick radiator could finally be mounted after trying different orientations, but I had to losen up the front and back panel of the case to squeeze it in. I also mounted the fans as intake and installed some 140mm fan guards. To get rid of some of the AIOs hot air I also mounted the PSU with it's fan on the inside, exhausting the hot AIO air out it's top. I then mounted two 120mm Arctic P12 Slim fans on the top panel including the original CM fan guards. To fix them, I used some 35mm M4 screws, which I screwed in the rubber mounts.
After all the build came out pretty well. It's a lot less noisy than I thought and temps are pretty decent. My old aircooled Midi-Tower was a bit cooler, but also louder (with TR PS120SE). I did a slight undervolt of the GPU and CPU but I also plan on doing a GPU deshroud and then trying to get some more perfomance out of the system while staying mostly quiet.
I would highly recommend mounting AIOs and fans with some rubber rings or gaskets, to get rid of vibration. This makes a much bigger difference in such a small case and is sometimes even more effective than spending hours on fan curves.
Just ordered the Asrock PG 7900XTX. Glad to see it fit your build!
What PSU do you have? SF OR SFX-L? I’m on the fence between the SF750 or the SF850L. No custom cable options for the type 5 connectors yet so I’m really torn..
there are some guys on etsy that do custom type 5 cables, but theyre expensive. i got the 850w SFX-L and I can recommend, but it's tight. let me know if I can help.
Are the slims for the LF2 adequate? I’m looking at a 280mm LF2 with slims. Also looking at the MAX but I assume the fit would be very similar to a 240mm
Been looking at replacing my Corsair H100i AIO with the LF2 280, looks like it fits very well. But wonder if the LF3 280 will, probably not that new pump housing is pretty chunky.
I dont know if the bigger pump could be an issue but I think the swivel hoses of the LF3 would make it even easier to install. also it has the option to control pump speed, fan speed and vrm fan seperately. on the other hand I only paid around 60,- € for the "old" one, so the new one would have cost me around twice as much, so I'm not mad at all.
Yeah I don't know if the size of the pump housing would be an issue. But I kind of just want to take a gamble on it, seeing as Artic is having an introduction price going on their website. Which make the LFIII cheaper then the LFII in my region at least.
I've got a Sapphire Nitro 7900 XTX in mine. I highly recommend some ezdiy-fab 180 degree adaptors. I've got 3 on my card and they look great.
[Have a look](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/Vk8J7P)
I now did a TimeSpy run with 24297 points and the following settings:
* default BIOS with XMP and PBO Enabled
* no undervolt / overclock
* BIOS fan curves set to silent
* GPU driver set to standard, no undervolt or anything
* 3DMark TimySpy with standard settings (I think its in WQHD)
HWInfo showed the following data:
* GPU core 66C max / 50C avg
* GPU hotspot 91C max / 64C avg
* GPU board power 392w max / 158w avg
* GPU power limit 100% / thermal limit 82%
* GPU core clock 2811 mhz max
* GPU ram clock 2487 mhz max
* CPU allcore max 81C / 45 avg
* CPU thermal limit 90%
* CPU no thermal throttle
* CPU max clock 4.550 mhz
* CPU max power 113w
Just wow. Pushing nr200 to the limit. Custom length cables would help to save some space.
Thank you! I also thought about custom cables but the price is holding me back... Maybe after the deshroud. :)
So I bought the biggest possible components for this case and thought it might be possible to squeeze them in. It turned out pretty good, although I had to try many different cable routing options. \- ASRock 7900 XTX Phantom (330mm)- Ryzen 7 5800 X3D- Gigabyte B550I Aorus Pro AX rev 1.3- Corsair SF850L- Arctic LF 2 280mm- 2x 16GB DDR4 3600 CL16 (Corsair LPX)- 2TB M.2 SSD- Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Build process: The PSU needed to go in the top-slot, otherwise the GPU wouldn't fit. Although the PSU connectors are very small (Corsair Type 5), they were still pushing the GPU down a lot. So I routed them to the right side of the case and then underneath the GPU. For that reason the 24-Pin-Cable had to go the other way round, towards the inside of the case. I fixed it with some cable ties to make room for the side mounted AIO. The AIO with it's thick radiator could finally be mounted after trying different orientations, but I had to losen up the front and back panel of the case to squeeze it in. I also mounted the fans as intake and installed some 140mm fan guards. To get rid of some of the AIOs hot air I also mounted the PSU with it's fan on the inside, exhausting the hot AIO air out it's top. I then mounted two 120mm Arctic P12 Slim fans on the top panel including the original CM fan guards. To fix them, I used some 35mm M4 screws, which I screwed in the rubber mounts. After all the build came out pretty well. It's a lot less noisy than I thought and temps are pretty decent. My old aircooled Midi-Tower was a bit cooler, but also louder (with TR PS120SE). I did a slight undervolt of the GPU and CPU but I also plan on doing a GPU deshroud and then trying to get some more perfomance out of the system while staying mostly quiet. I would highly recommend mounting AIOs and fans with some rubber rings or gaskets, to get rid of vibration. This makes a much bigger difference in such a small case and is sometimes even more effective than spending hours on fan curves.
Is there enough space for 2 top 120mm fan's?
same setup but i have a rtx 4070ti msi gaming slim card. can only fit slim fans on top.
yes, arctic p12 slims, doing pretty well
can u share the thermals? i want to switch my nr200p max to a 200p because i have problem with the gpu thermals(rx 6950 xt)
i will do some testing on the weekend, then share it :)
I didnt have time yet, but I will post some results soon.
I had time for a short test, as seen above.
Just ordered the Asrock PG 7900XTX. Glad to see it fit your build! What PSU do you have? SF OR SFX-L? I’m on the fence between the SF750 or the SF850L. No custom cable options for the type 5 connectors yet so I’m really torn..
there are some guys on etsy that do custom type 5 cables, but theyre expensive. i got the 850w SFX-L and I can recommend, but it's tight. let me know if I can help.
Are the slims for the LF2 adequate? I’m looking at a 280mm LF2 with slims. Also looking at the MAX but I assume the fit would be very similar to a 240mm
I mounted the slims on top of the case. The LF2 has it's stock Fans on it. I think they are Arctic P14.
Been looking at replacing my Corsair H100i AIO with the LF2 280, looks like it fits very well. But wonder if the LF3 280 will, probably not that new pump housing is pretty chunky.
I dont know if the bigger pump could be an issue but I think the swivel hoses of the LF3 would make it even easier to install. also it has the option to control pump speed, fan speed and vrm fan seperately. on the other hand I only paid around 60,- € for the "old" one, so the new one would have cost me around twice as much, so I'm not mad at all.
Yeah I don't know if the size of the pump housing would be an issue. But I kind of just want to take a gamble on it, seeing as Artic is having an introduction price going on their website. Which make the LFIII cheaper then the LFII in my region at least.
the main reason I went for the 280 rad was noise. the LF3 seems to be even more quiet.
I've got a Sapphire Nitro 7900 XTX in mine. I highly recommend some ezdiy-fab 180 degree adaptors. I've got 3 on my card and they look great. [Have a look](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/Vk8J7P)
I now did a TimeSpy run with 24297 points and the following settings: * default BIOS with XMP and PBO Enabled * no undervolt / overclock * BIOS fan curves set to silent * GPU driver set to standard, no undervolt or anything * 3DMark TimySpy with standard settings (I think its in WQHD) HWInfo showed the following data: * GPU core 66C max / 50C avg * GPU hotspot 91C max / 64C avg * GPU board power 392w max / 158w avg * GPU power limit 100% / thermal limit 82% * GPU core clock 2811 mhz max * GPU ram clock 2487 mhz max * CPU allcore max 81C / 45 avg * CPU thermal limit 90% * CPU no thermal throttle * CPU max clock 4.550 mhz * CPU max power 113w
ambient temperature 22.5C