for anyone still on the asus z270i strix motherboard. there has been some recent development on the modding scene and now the bios has been unlocked to accept coffee lake cpus! 8th gen and 9th gen intel cpus. more info here:
no longer are you limited to max i7-6700k or i7-7700k. if anyone...
Well you know an extra set of clips would have prevented this. It's not like they cost a lot and I wouldn't have minded paying 5cent more per clips in my original order but I digress...
I broke one of my side panel plastic clip (the ones in the case that receive the prong)
Dondan, where can I get a replacement? Thx
Here's some random pictures of my case to get your attention.
Great review. Ghost s1 is a great alternative for a less restrictive baller build. I had to go copper GPU heatsink 1080ti and copper CPU heatsink on my 4.5ghz 6700k to keep everything under control in my dan a⁴. Pretty hard to find parts, I got lucky.
I don't have hard numbers but it's audible while gaming and pretty silent while working on the PC. On the benchmarks it's a symphony of coilwhine and turbines. LOL! i exagerate but with heaphone I dont hear it. It never thermal throttles. 4.4ghz CPU stays Bellow 80 and gpu 2000mhz Bellow 70 in...
Kingpin Bros! Nice.
I removed the top right one for the install and then when the card was mounted and bolted I put it back in. The card and the clip are in contact but it's not a problem. There is a long rectangle gap to route the power cables that you will need to enlarge in the internal...
Edit: Added the a photo of the front also
Looks amazing! I had to modify the internal front panel a little for the power cables that plug on the side but otherwise fits like a glove :-D
It's about to get a lot more exciting for my build. Should go great with my solid copper CPU heatsink (gallery in signature). Here's a preview, I just got it in the mail.
Yep, pretty obvious at this point. I guess I was stupid waiting for this the first time since dondan didn't even bother giving us any feedback on his "contest" last year and even more stupid now the second time. Meh... I played myself.
yeah, what i think is that dondan is playing with us a little, having us get all hot and bothered about a contest and making us take the time to take the pictures of our rig. didn't even do it on the the first deadline last year and now its going to slowly disapear again like last year until no...
if anyone has a Zotac card with an Asus AURA sync compatible motherboard, I just did a mod to enable the full rgb
capabilities of the card, not just the 6 or 7 ones in the spectra firestorm utility from Zotac.
Obligatory little video montage with epic music:
Images of the mod in the video...
Amazing! I think you've got the best version of the Dan a4-sfx man! So much more cpu cooler choices and you can fit a Strix 1080ti! You could even try modding something like a pallas 140mm CPU cooler to make it fit. Maybe lol
almost same layout so I say no unles you remove heatsinks and maybe the wifi card will interfere.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11370/asus-rog-strix-h270i-b250i-announced