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The FE coolers are designed to target around 84C max. However, the thing to pay attention to is what clocks are you seeing while hitting those temps. Chapeau is very correct in that better cooling for the GPU will affect the GPUs boost ability. It can be the difference in you running at...

Go ahead and hollow that second fan out and you'll have yourself a semi-ducting system and also gain some symmetry/balance back to your aesthetics ;). 7700K + TXP here and SF600 is plenty. My system is reasonably quiet at load and the 92mm fan from the PSU is never audible over other system fans.

Except you can :). The Phanteks 120MPs have a vastly superior noise profile (to the industrial Noctuas) and have a better static pressure (than the standard, non-industrial Noctuas). The only downside for some might be that they top out at 1800RPM. And of course, if it doesn't bother you...

Those Noctua slims sound great, but I can't get over that color scheme. Sure I don't have a window, but it's easy enough to pop off my panel and show off the insides, so why 'settle'?

Brilliant! I appreciate the info. We generally keep it at 69-73F in the house, so I see pretty decent temps for the rest of my stuff. Glad to know that I'll be pretty safe with the rear-mounted drive. I really do appreciate all of your input!

That was the impression I got, too. What drive are you using specifically? Really do appreciate the response! EDIT: Just went to your profile and saw your build on PCPP and that you're using the X400. Beautiful setup, btw. Sending a picture of the keyboard+cat to the GF as she's going to...

Sandblasted panels would have been pretty sweet. I'm thinking of picking up a black panel only kit myself. I got the ODD slot version because I was determined I was going to use the ODD slot... Speaking of which. I'm thinking of going to M.2 drives only. I have the Strix Z270i, so I'm...

There's a good chance that rear exhaust is also disrupting the airflow from the bottom fan on the Noctua cooler as well. Having that fan as an intake will probably help just as much as increasing the RPM of your CPU cooler fans.

Why not use the BIOS to do a fan control on the CPU cooler fan? Unless I'm misunderstanding the problem, that 140mm has potentially to be much quieter while pushing the same air (or more) than the previously used 120mm.

Don't see any issues with that. You'll benefit the most with a fan in the right side of the side panel fan bracket and I'd recommend a single one under the GPU. It doesn't even have to spin fast to be effective. I like to think my CM is decent (I've posted my build many times, but my link is...

Was the cooler pushing down on the card here? It could be natural sag from the weight of the Accelero, but it looks like the fan of the cooler is pushing it down :p. Man it looks like I could keep my AIO GPU around with that cooler if it happens to fit the Z270i. I have a suspicion it will...

Did you ever post new photos with the new air setup? I want to get an idea of what the new DR TF 2 looks like in our case :D.

I've actually yet to have any booting issues with it, though I usually let my computer go into hibernation. I was having serious issues with that on my GB board. Also, it's probably not the best ever for this case, but I find it to be exceptional. It has a great layout, dual m.2, built-in...

Cool, I quoted and cross-posted over on that thread. Wouldn't be a bad idea to have it in an actual thread of relevance :D. I just hang around this thread usually as multiple PC forums are hard to keep track of :o.

ghostwich suggested I cross-post this in here, and if I need to provide more details on my process, let me know!

So I finally solved my Wifi woes with the Asus STRIX 270i about a week ago. Essentially the most recent (ASUS and Windows) driver do not play nicely with Windows 10. I was getting constant drops to the point it was absolutely destroying the whole WLAN. Went into Device Manager and chose the...

The one you see in the pics is a standard 'iCX' cooler, so it's the reference styled design whereas the FTW is a much wider PCB. I also believe you'll need a very low profile PCIe power connector/adapter for it as well. And I ran the GPU fans off of my motherboard header. It was a Gigabyte...

Open air GPU will almost guarantee a 3-5C boost in CPU temps. The DT FTW should fit, but will choke any type of airfow you might get from the bottom and recirculate heat. The G1 is based on a reference board, so it'll take up less space in the case and flow a bit better should you put fans at...

Anyone with the Asus Strix Z270i use and have issues with the built-in Wifi controller? Fresh install of Windows 10 and it likes to knock me off the internet. All other systems in the house are fine, router was swapped out and the issue doesn't persist with a spare USB network adapter I tried...

Thanks for the input guys. I'd have honestly rather have stayed with air, but I have to say, I'm extremely pleased with how my build turned out If anything at this point, the most annoying part of my build is the coil whine I get on my TXP (the 1080 Ti unfortunately had some, too). The...

Is it an issue with the NCASE/space constraints or just the loop in general and bad luck/hardware? I've wanted to do a custom loop for some time, but have avoided it being this case as I feel I'd want to have some room inside of an ATX to mess up and learn things.

Your EVGA hybrid kit shouldn't generally have noise. If you have your GPU hoses below the radiator itself and it's still making excessive noise, it would be worthwhile to RMA the system.

I OC'ed quite aggressively and set my temp target to 84C with a 120% PL, but with a fan profile up to 70% (much quieter on Pascal cards than the previous Maxwell cards) it would hold up decent clocks. However, it would pretty much shoot up to the temp target and sit there. If you can stand...

I'm being lazy, but are any of the sets 3-pin and others 4-pin? Some fans that are 3-pin can act a bit strange when hooked up to 4-pin headers and vice-versa. There are some fans that do not operate well on DC (3-pin) effectively under certain power thresholds (think of it as the fan using DC...

Indeed. And if you get a card directly from NVIDIA (I'm sure other OEMs do it, too) you won't have an annoying waranty sticker. That or EVGA since they won't care about you disassembling the card so long as it looks right when/if it's RMA'd :p. Thank you! I highly appreciate it! And I went...

The STRIX looks pretty great in the NCASE, IMO, if not a tad difficult to fit. It does not require the same bottom fans that the EVGA card would, but it will affect other temperatures (i.e. CPU, SSD, mobo) more than a FE or SC BE does. I would say if you want to put a ACIII on it eventually...

Welp, I 'side-graded' this weekend after my GB Z97 board gave me troubles for about the 4th time this month. I also managed to not be so lazy and put the EVGA CLC on the TXP. Even got some better pics in the meantime. Enjoy: http://imgur.com/a/MA6gS I am also curious about this as well. If...

Indeed. I've taken my panel off to note that it was spinning, but I think the other ambient noise from fans outweighs that particular fan. It doesn't seem to have an annoying enough fan profile to really get me to notice it. Of course at idle I don't notice it at all and my system is dead...

Interesting. I never would have thought the GPU would be affecting the PSU so much while the PSU is doing it's own dedicated intake/exhaust. It ultimately makes sense, though.

You should theoretically see an improvement in that GPU temp if you set that fan to intake. Do you have your PSU drawing air from the outside on the right side or do you have it flipped and intaking the air directly from the left hand side?

Maybe I'll give it a shot for my next project. I wouldn't mind having several components under their warranty in my system

I find the Phanteks F120MPs to be exceptional fans. Are reasonably quiet at full speed and are probably quieter than the average persons ambient noise at 1200RPM or less. 1000RPM or less if you're picky. You might be interested in the link at the bottom of this post. Just installed a EVGA CLC...

Well because I can't seem to leave well-enough alone, I've ordered a hybrid kit and will be testing it out on my TXP (2016) first. I returned the TXp (couldn't really justify keeping it around since I still have the two Tis and the 2016 TXP. I figured since my 2016 TXP is a decent OC'er on the...

Ah I was thinking you were using a Ti as well. I thought normal 120s fit under the stock shroud of the regular 1080 STRIX? Running a 1080Ti SC BE very happily here. Though it is necessary to have two intakes underneath for good temps on this particular card. I must stress to use different...

La_Menthe would have to confirm, but it looks like that shroud may come off without you having to do much at all. Let alone touch the warranty/stickers that ASUS cards are notorious for.

Yeah this was one of the things I had considered but ultimately decided against. I figured if I was going to run a card modified, I'd either do a FE with a hybrid mod or just do something like an Accelero. Yeah, La_Menthe's idea is actually a great one and is similar to the concept of using...

That's definitely clever...but what happened to that USB 3.0 cable? :D You most likely have the room to run it between the PCIe slot and the I/O side of the board and along the bottom back of the case.

Oh it's not a bad card, and I'm more than confident that in the right situation that the STRIX runs cooler and more efficiently than even the EVGA card. It just so happens that for our cases that it's not the best cooler/card. The GPU is large to the point that it's essentially...

I'm surprised you find the SC card 'loud' at that speed. It's not quiet by any means, but it's not annoying like I've found other AIB cards to be. The FE with a default profile will be relatively quiet and slightly quieter than the EVGA card. However, you won't get much boost from a default...

Ah, sorry about that. But yes, my sig is now updated and the Imgur link might explain the progress of my work. I have a Titan X 'FE' and also a Titan Xp 'FE', but I'm not sure what their fan RPM is at 50%. With the auto profile the TXp would get to around 57% max and 84C. Perfectly acceptable...