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not that ive seen but don't most ssd come with a 3.5 to 2.5 caddy? you can always float em too!(screw in only one side)
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How did you mount the pump and did you paint the usb ports to black?
Which cryorig CPU cooler is that?
not that ive seen but don't most ssd come with a 3.5 to 2.5 caddy? you can always float em too!(screw in only one side)
The EK SPC-60 has the same square mounting pattern as the DDC series of pumps. It's mounted sideways on the front panel using the included anti-vibration mounts.
Ncase M1 Pump Profile by CintaMagique, on Flickr
I drilled into the front panel and used three of the four mounting feet. I happened to have some spare plastic washers so I used them to help decouple the pump. My original plan was to use some nice washers on top of some o-rings.
Ncase M1 Pump Mounting by CintaMagique, on Flickr
The SSD is mounted with 3M double sided foam tape. This stuff is strong!
As for the USB ports - This is a V5 case. The ports came in black as stock.
I'm all out of ideas for the WC setup. I'm still getting a fairly large differential between CPU and GPU temps. On load I'm getting in the vicinity of 75 - 80 degrees on the CPU and 55 degrees on the GPU. I'm re-mounted the CPU block more times than I care to count and made sure to bleed the system well.
Chapeau, one question, do your USB ports and audio/mic ports at the front still work? Or did you have to remove them due to your RAD?
can you fit a regular 120x120x25 fan under the evga 1080 ftw?
OC3D did a round up of air coolers, including 4 Top down blowers:
Silverstone NT06 Pro
Noctua NH-C14s
Raijintek Pallas LP
bequiet Dark Rock TF
In their ATX test setup all four performed within 1 degree C° difference. The price difference is immense though.
As somebody who just ordered the Dark rock TF for his M1 build I find this quit sobering. Do you think results might be different in smaller cases?
The Raijintek all of a sudden seems worth looking at.
Sadly noise has not been factored into this review.
Chapeau, one question, do your USB ports and audio/mic ports at the front still work? Or did you have to remove them due to your RAD?
There's just enough room with the Black Ice for the ports, but it's tight. If you put the fans under the radiator, that helps a lot.
Kind of hard to see, but the USB and Audio cables come out just below the radiator, thus giving more room for radiator placement options. In my case, because of the length of the card, I needed to put the radiator as far forward as possible for the fittings to clear.
How many of you guys have the NH-U9S oriented to blow upwards or sideways? (Mine's upwards)
Also, those of you with a slim fan on the back, do you intake or exhaust? (I exhaust)
I also have 2 3.5" HDDs so its totally jam packed. I feel like my temps always seem higher than every else's - sitting around 45-50C idle, depending on how warm the room is. and then gaming it can go up to about 70Cish. This is with a 4790k at stock/auto everything... I tried OC'ing a bit but temps went well over 75 so I backed off.
How many of you guys have the NH-U9S oriented to blow upwards or sideways? (Mine's upwards)
Also, those of you with a slim fan on the back, do you intake or exhaust? (I exhaust)
I also have 2 3.5" HDDs so its totally jam packed. I feel like my temps always seem higher than every else's - sitting around 45-50C idle, depending on how warm the room is. and then gaming it can go up to about 70Cish. This is with a 4790k at stock/auto everything... I tried OC'ing a bit but temps went well over 75 so I backed off.
How many of you guys have the NH-U9S oriented to blow upwards or sideways? (Mine's upwards)
Also, those of you with a slim fan on the back, do you intake or exhaust? (I exhaust)
I also have 2 3.5" HDDs so its totally jam packed. I feel like my temps always seem higher than every else's - sitting around 45-50C idle, depending on how warm the room is. and then gaming it can go up to about 70Cish. This is with a 4790k at stock/auto everything... I tried OC'ing a bit but temps went well over 75 so I backed off.
Well that's interesting - I de-lidded my CPU and I have to say wow! The sad crumbly looking TIM inside was replaced with the Gelid that came with the EK block my temps dropped 10 degrees under load. 20 if you count maximum temp!
Average CPU load temperature is now more like 65-70 with the GPU at or under 60 so I'm happy. (My GPU temp is now higher because I pushed the OC a little)
It's probably still a bit early to put definitive numbers on it so please take all of the above with a grain of salt. I'm not exactly drawing up tables and plotting data points here, but general observations are good.
What a relief after all of the messing around I've been doing lately on this build!
Well that's interesting - I de-lidded my CPU and I have to say wow! The sad crumbly looking TIM inside was replaced with the Gelid that came with the EK block my temps dropped 10 degrees under load. 20 if you count maximum temp!
Average CPU load temperature is now more like 65-70 with the GPU at or under 60 so I'm happy. (My GPU temp is now higher because I pushed the OC a little)
It's probably still a bit early to put definitive numbers on it so please take all of the above with a grain of salt. I'm not exactly drawing up tables and plotting data points here, but general observations are good.
What a relief after all of the messing around I've been doing lately on this build!
Nice to see your build!
Why did you mod the predator?
On that note: How did you mount it without the side bracket?
Awesome looking build you got there!finished my ncase m1 v5 build today, parts are
GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0)
i7-6700K
hyperx fury 16gb
2x Fractal Design venturi 120 fans
corsair SF600
evga 970 ssc
HGST travelstar 1tb 2.5
samsung 850 evo 250gb ssd 2.5
noctua NF-A9x14
everything is a tight fit, the order of installing the components is very important. my order is nf-a9, then mobo with cooler outside the case, then the psu, then the gpu and bottom fans.
the dark rock tf does fit with the gigabyte z170n, the trick is bending the cooler a little bit, even after bending the cooler the heat pipes still pushes down on the 1st ram slot a little. I think the Corsair lpx ram are a little smaller in thickness, I'm not complete sure, but one can still consider that to avoid pushing down on the ram.
the sata ports on the sides of the board are unusable even with slim profile silverstone sata cables as there is too little space between the board and the psu, you might still be able to if you force it causing the psu to nudge sideways.
I am looking to upgrade gpu to evga 1080 ftw and maybe m.2 ssd as only 2 sata ports can be accessed.
lastly the 3.5 drive bays are usable with this set up.
i will post more updates on temps once monitor comes in.
This dual radiator build, where one of the radiators is located in the bottom of the case, is a continuing evolution of earlier iterations: 14851
Design objectives or considerations:
- Liquid cooling
- Pump inside the case
- Reservoir inside the case
- Dual radiators
- Full length GPU
- Minimal case modifications (Holes were drilled in the front panel of the case frame to mount the pump and radiator.)
A fine silver box . . .
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. . . chilled by red juice.
Top
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Power supply side
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Back
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Front
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The coloring of the SSD was a fortuitous coincidence. Note the screw and washer. The second screw and washer are obscured by the SSD.
Radiator side
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The ports on a radiator that is 60mm thick present a challenge: if the design feature option of the case, specifically--a radiator mounted to the fan bracket while maintaining the ability to detach or re-attach the fan bracket--is used, then the fittings and tubing must be of sufficient length to allow the fan bracket with radiator to detach from the case frame and lay horizontally or in some other orientation to allow access to the interior, and is not so voluminous as to prevent closure of the case. The only available space for tube routing, given the proximity of the fan to the mounting bracket nuts of the CPU block (about 7mm) and the 90 degree fittings (about 5 mm), is in and among the mounting bracket nut screw posts or immediately adjacent to the input output ports on the motherboard, or below the radiator, just above the video card. And, despite the necessarily short tube lengths, the tubing must be flexible enough to allow the case to be opened, but all the while performing without kinks.
A solution to the foregoing challenge inspired by the human elbow: The articulating u-joint.
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Top with radiator side open
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Radiator side open
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CPU block
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Components:
Case: M1 NCase, Version 3 (Thank you again Necere and Wahaha360)
Power Supply: Corsair SF600
Power cables: Cablemod customized for Corsair SF600
Motherboard: ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K (delidded and applied Coollaboratory Liquid Pro between the IHS and CPU)
RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) SDRAM DDR4 2400
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
SSD: Crucial MX200 M.2 250GB
SSD: PNY CS2211 240GB
Reservoir: Koolance 60mm x 30mm
Pump: Koolance PMP-300
CPU Water Block: Koolance CPU-390I
GPU Water Block: EKWB EK-FC1080 GTX - Nickel (short top)
120 Radiator (side fan bracket): Hardware Labs Black Ice SR2 120
240 Radiator (bottom): DarkSide 2x120 17-FPI 27mm thick, LP240
Fittings: Koolance (except for the Alphacool G1/4 90 female to female adapter)
Tubing: PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT (clear)
Coolant: Koolance 702 Liquid Coolant (UV Red)
Fan (fan bracket): Scythe Slip Stream 120 SY1225SL12M (if I recall correctly)
Fans (bottom): Prolimatech Ultra Sleek Vortex 12 (PWM)
This dual radiator build, where one of the radiators is located in the bottom of the case, is a continuing evolution of earlier iterations: 14851
So I've searched this thread but I can't really find the answer to my question...
How does the Cryorig C7 perform? I currently have the NH-C14 cooling my i5-6600k at stock speeds, and from what I understand that is considered the best air cooler to use in the M1. But the C7 (Cryorig products in general for that matter) is rarely in stock over here in the UK, however at the moment it is.
It's not exactly expensive, and for me the C7 looks better than the NH-C14. Also considering it's low profile design it should make building within the M1 that little bit easier compared to the NH-C14. However temperatures/noise are my main concern, and if it massively effects them in a negative manner then it probably wouldn't be 'worth it'.
Well, the C14 is the best that we know yet so I would say stick with it but you could always try a C7 and see if it works better for you. There are trade offs of course. For example the C14 can force you to forgo the hdd cage when using certain mobos. Not sure if the C7 does that or not. It could be a moot point depending on what your needs are.
So I've searched this thread but I can't really find the answer to my question...
How does the Cryorig C7 perform? I currently have the NH-C14 cooling my i5-6600k at stock speeds, and from what I understand that is considered the best air cooler to use in the M1. But the C7 (Cryorig products in general for that matter) is rarely in stock over here in the UK, however at the moment it is.
It's not exactly expensive, and for me the C7 looks better than the NH-C14. Also considering it's low profile design it should make building within the M1 that little bit easier compared to the NH-C14. However temperatures/noise are my main concern, and if it massively effects them in a negative manner then it probably wouldn't be 'worth it'.
I looked into it a lot of reviews and I came to the conclusion that c14 out performs the c7 by far, the c7 really should only be used when one does not overclock.
could you tell me where you find the c7 in stock in uk?
I would greatly appreciate as I will need one for my dan a4 case.
As said before the C14 outperform the C7, and it s quite logical when comparing their formfactor.
Ebuyer currently have them in stock, and from past experience they are about the only shop in the UK that ever sell Cryorig products.
Excellent job on the build, very well organized. Not seen a 240mm and a 120mm used together in the M1, great idea. Love how you have the hinged fittings for removing the fan bracket, ingenious.