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A. Its already a pretty good heatsink. It just isn't being fully utilized, by the blower. It covers the VRMs, too. Many aftermarket coolers do not make contact with the VRMs.
There's no V6 planned, since I haven't identified any new changes that need to be made. There's a good chance V5 is the final revision.
For those of you building x99 in NCASE M1 + gtx1080 FE (custom sleeved cable mod Corsair SF600 cables too with minimum length, check below for more information):
The Corsair H105 attached on the CPU in two orientations, (1) with tubes coming out on bottom-left of CPU block and (2) with tubes coming out on the top-right of CPU block using asatek narrow ILM bracket which can be purchased on ebay for ~$5 (very easy installation.
From testing the h105 radiator in both intake setup and exhaust setup, I concluded one of the best possible fits (since the h105 radiator is quite thick at 38mm and fans of 25mm exceed the max space for CPU watercooler recommended by NCASE, which they recommend 60mm. Corsair h105 = 63mm, not too bad):
*Also, zip-tieing the 24pin + 8pin through the motherboard section of the NCASE m1 gives more room for the fans/radiator on top of the PSU. Putting the 24pin cable on top of the PSU, which I see alot of people due, obstructs quite a bit of space!!! Also, the Corsair SF600 appears to only be able to mount + connect with fan on PSU facing toward the back of case!
Now, again, I didn't test the top-right corsair h105 orientation. Using the fans on the radiator as exhaust gives you more room for the tubes coming out of the radiator. Also, keeping those tubes on the radiator toward the left side (toward the motherboard area NOT PSU area) gives more room aswell, since the motherboard area is more recessed than the PSU area (I am using a Corsair SF600 so that might be different for you depending on what PSU you are using).
The way you mount everything is really important in the NCASE m1. You have to pre-plan out where the bottom two fans (if you use them) cables are going to route, and the HD Audio and front panel headers. I routed my front panel and two-fan cables at the bottom (technically one cable because I used a y-cable from noctua and extension noctua cable) through the back. HD audio through the back of the fans inside the case. The only annoying cable that I couldn't do much with, was the USB 3.0 cable, which is in a pretty bad spot on the ASRock X99e ITX/ac. Also, the cha_fan2 cable from my Noctua bottom two fans obstructed installing the GTX1080 and getting it "clicked" in properly, it was pretty annoying. I had to use an extension cable, coming off the y-cable, because the y-cable was too thick and wouldn't let the GTX1080 "snap-in" the PCI-E socket. Here's a pic without the GPU:
Oh yeah, I used cable mod custom sleeved ModFlex cables, I ordered the shortest possible cables (And the PCI-E barely fit, like almost no extra mm or any shorter it would put tension on the GPU). Of course, the 24pin on the ASROCK x99e ITX/ac motherboard is a different length because its located differently than most z170 boards. The dimensions were, if you are curious:
24pin ATX = 350mm (pretty much specific to the x99e ITX/ac since 24pin is further away so needs to be longer)
8pin CPU = 150mm
SATA PSU = 100mm
8pin PCI-E = 150mm (160mm or a little longer would be better)
SATA DATA = 300mm (only comes this length from cable mod, I measured 230mm for my build specific to where the SSD is setup)
I also used blu Gecko's build guide to get an idea how I would mount my H105 prior to building:
[COMPLETE] NCASE M1 - High End Gaming, Photo & Video Editing PC
Oh and the GTX1080 doesn't get any hotter than 73C's when playing super hot games like Overwatch, so long as you the EVGA Precision X AUTO FAN PROFILE, which you can use aggressive, which is a bit loud, or just customize it to get the lowest temps but reasonable noise level! Without the AUTO FAN , I was hitting 83C in overwatch, but games like CSGO are much less, around 60-70Cs, but yeah run the fan profile and your golden!
Thx, bud... If you or anyone sees another specific useful post to those who will use that Asus MB Z170 Pro Gaming MB w/ this case, please list it again...appreciate it.
If you are using a seahawk 1070 then there is no point in having fans at the bottom...
IMO you wont really gain much by adding fans at the bottom. The fans at the bottom will push air up and eventually out of the top vents, that is why they are recommended for non blower GPUs. As pendragon1 said, the Vram will be cooled well enough by the blower cooler on the card.
Finally got the vandal installed. Looks much better painting the bracket for it, pretty happy with the way it came out
you can still have the vandal switch with the front ports.
