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Margot Robbed Me

Compartment separation in the Evolv Shift X. Hopefully with this setup, all hot air gets immediately blown out of the case instead of lingering inside.

 

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EK XE120 in push pull. (2nd fan is underneath, a little hidden by the case)

 

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Here's the full shroud for the lower half, which I quickly sat on top. Still waiting to drill and bolt it together. When it's properly placed, the radiator should be completely isolated from the rest of the interior, and will only pull air from the front of the case. I probably could have left it open, but it looked much cleaner sealed off. 😁

 

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Margot Robbed Me

Yeah, with the pricing on some of their cases, this isn't all that surprising.

 

However, it's very unfortunate. And this will probably affect MOD-ONE, which is CaseLabs as well. That's where I've been buying MDPC wire/sleeve/etc.

Shame about CaseLABS. Never got to use one of their cases, but considered them many times.

 

Wasn't sure where to post this, as it isn't strictly modding, or even PC-related for that matter - but here goes. I love doing cable management, and got tired of ugly black cables dangling behind my TV. Had a tiny bit of this very awesome modular cable tray thingy left, which just fit the bill:

 

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Much better! 🙃

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Margot Robbed Me

I still have no plans to use this case since I have no plans to build a new PC. Nor can I move my current E-ATX rig into this. But it makes for a neat side project anyway, and I'll likely use it in the future.

 

New side panel glossed out with a smaller window to view the GPU. Revised the cutouts to be longer slits for easier cleaning, and in my opinion, it looked much cleaner this way. On the Evolv owners thread at OCN, people complained about poor temperatures in the GPU area because of the solid glass panel, so hopefully the venting will help fix that.

 

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And here is the currently assembled interior. I didn't want to destroy this case as much as my previous ones, so the goal was to avoid cutouts or excess drilling. I think I've only drilled one hole to redo this case interior (In order to mount the reservoir), which makes it easy to go the original layout. I'm thinking of wrapping the reservoir tube in black just to complete the all black theme.

 

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Margot Robbed Me

Long time, no see people.

 

Not strictly tech related. But I've got a new seat in the works. I wanted something new that looked like it belonged in a science fiction movie.

 

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It's secured to the chair base using .125" steel and .250" aluminum. This current chair base is a little small for it, so I'm waiting for the larger one to arrive.

 

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I've spent a bit of time over the last week planning how the custom loop in my C70 is going to look:

 

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Plan was to drill out the 5.25" drive bay rivets to make space for a reservoir and pump assembly, but right now I'm thinking it might be easier to go for the largest drive bay reservoir and pump combination I can sort.

240mm radiator up front with Push/Pull fans, something fairly chunky

280mm radiator at the top- space will limit this to something fairly slimline with only one set of fans.

Current thinking of flow is Pump > 280mm > CPU > GPU > 240mm > Pump

Will also do some kind of shroud at the rear to help hide cabling.

Will probably be soft tubing.

 

What's the consensus view? Sensible ordering, sensible component size/spec? The rads are probably a bit oversize for current requirements but the intent may be to add a second GPU eventually.

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Margot Robbed Me

I would drill out the 5.25" bay. It frees up a lot of space. However, since this looks like a Corsair case, beware of the motherboard tray flexing. When you remove the 5.25 bay, you will probably need something else to support the end of the tray. A rectangular piece of aluminum or acrylic should be easy to acquire.

 

You might even be able to fit a 360mm radiator up front with it removed. A radiator mount for your pump/res is also an option.

 

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I can do a 360 up front, but only if I dremel off some of the fittings on the bottom of the case. And also cut out the mesh and replace it.

 

The only system I've ever seen with a 360 up front in a C70 is this one: 

 

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That runs a 360 top and front, but only with a huge amount of chopping. So it can be done, and looks awesome, but is a LOT of effort.

 

It is indeed a Corsair case- C70 Vengeance. It seems pretty sturdy but I'll definitely look at bracing options.

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Margot Robbed Me
1 hour ago, sivispacem said:

but is a LOT of effort.

 


Totally worth it. 😁

 

I haven't had the C70 case specifically, but I did remove the 5.25" bay from my 600T and 900D. In both cases, the motherboard tray seemed to be a little too tall for the case itself. So with the 5.25 removed, the tray bowed outward slightly to compensate for the extra length. The 5.25 seemed to be what kept it rigid. My cases all seemed sturdy initially as well, and I only found out about the issue after removing the 5.25 bays.


I found these photos of someone else who had the problem, hopefully they help visualize the direction of the warp more clearly. This guy also removed the 5.25 bays.

 

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A simple flat plate reattached using existing holes in the tray and case frame would probably make it rigid again. Effectively extending the tray to the front, while acting as a shroud. Could even slap on a design on it since it will be a nice flat empty canvas.

 

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Really interesting, thanks. There seems to be a lot less material (and a lot more cutouts) in the examples above than in the C70 (which probably goes goes some way to explaining the weight difference), plus I imagine the raised motherboard tray helps as opposed to a flat one:

 

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Buuuut as I need somewhere to mount a reservoir and pump it kinda makes sense to fit a crossbrace or similar anyway...

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Just been sent this by ShakMods

 

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Super, super pleased.

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Postie has been and new cables are here:

 

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The quality is incredible- really impressed with them.

 

Can't fit them, though, because the GPU one has the wrong PSU-end plug design

 

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So, I'm in the market for a new case. I'd initially been after a Phanteks Ethoo Evolv X, but thermal performance is disappointing to put it mildly and I'm not totally sold on internal layout.

Space is at a premium on my desk so I'm looking for something that's smaller footprint than my Corsair C70 Vengeance (501x232x533mm) that will take 2x 360mm radiators of ~45mm thickness with a nice, neat internal layout.

 

Currently I'm between the Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic and Fractal Designs Vector RS. Pretty different cases; I like both in terms of design.

 

The Lian Li is probably more "traditionally" clean looking to me (especially in PSU placement; I wouldn't need to buy longer 8-pin runs!), but I'm not sure I like the radiator positioning locations as much and width is definitely at more of a premium than height, though overall it's much smaller. Plenty of other people's builds to draw influence from

The detailing on the Vector I like a lot, but I've got to lose the shiny tempered glass top panel to fit a rad. I prefer the front/top radiator placement aesthetically, and like the idea of a bit of subtle RGB, but the case is super new on the market so there aren't many example builds, especially using custom loops.

 

 

...Thoughts? Other suggestions?

17 hours ago, sivispacem said:

...Thoughts?

I'm a big advocate for the O11 Dynamic, it's a brilliant case really. Lovely to work in and it's a breeze to disassemble - although the layout and dimensions, while very aesthetically pleasing, does make your system very... exposed. It's difficult to hide cables and other things you don't want on display, with the open area in the front.

 

The bottom of the case is also a bit difficult to fill properly - just fitting fans in the bottom will make the bottom edge of the motherboard, where the front IO cables and such are usually located, almost inaccessible - even more so if you fit a radiator down there. Mounting SSDs down there in the supplied brackets looks silly, and is impractical. If you wan't to fit the vertical GPU bracket, you can only fit a single fan. If you just leave it blank, the whole case looks a bit top-heavy. You could also fit a custom plate or s-light, as Hardstyler has done, which looks nice, but will restrict airflow to the GPU.

 

So yeah, lots of things to consider, especially if you're watercooling. Plenty of inspiration out there for loops, though. :)

21 minutes ago, Azazel said:

I'm a big advocate for the O11 Dynamic, it's a brilliant case really. Lovely to work in and it's a breeze to disassemble - although the layout and dimensions, while very aesthetically pleasing, does make your system very... exposed. It's difficult to hide cables and other things you don't want on display, with the open area in the front.

 

The bottom of the case is also a bit difficult to fill properly - just fitting fans in the bottom will make the bottom edge of the motherboard, where the front IO cables and such are usually located, almost inaccessible - even more so if you fit a radiator down there. Mounting SSDs down there in the supplied brackets looks silly, and is impractical. If you wan't to fit the vertical GPU bracket, you can only fit a single fan. If you just leave it blank, the whole case looks a bit top-heavy. You could also fit a custom plate or s-light, as Hardstyler has done, which looks nice, but will restrict airflow to the GPU.

 

So yeah, lots of things to consider, especially if you're watercooling. Plenty of inspiration out there for loops, though. :)

The main appeal with the O11 is being able to run the absolutely stunning EKWB distro plate to simplify all my tubing runs and minimise having to bend sh*t.

I'm warming to the 360 top/360 bottom look as well.

 

So with the front IO, presumably you want to get all that squared off (or at least threaded) before you start playing with fitting radiators?

SSDs are going to go on the back, no question about that. No idea why you'd put them at the bottom down there.

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On 1/8/2020 at 4:06 PM, sivispacem said:

'm warming to the 360 top/360 bottom look as well.

 

So with the front IO, presumably you want to get all that squared off (or at least threaded) before you start playing with fitting radiators?

 

what about the o-11 XL version? it has more space on the bottom for the rad and it doesn't cover the motherboard, so you can still acess everything without disassembling the entire loop. On the dynamic if you have a bottom rad, you are f@ck if you want to plug in anything.

it also have space for using both the top and bottom radiator and still leave you room for a vertical gpu.

 

also the dynamic have fewer horizontal space on the front chamber, and alot of the waterblocks wont fit so make sure yours do. here is a list

http://www.lian-li.com/air-gpu-guidance-list/

 

here is mine, the gpu is on air so im bypassing the bottom rad and GPU outlet/inlet on the distro

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edit: there is also a new version of the XL that is all silver on the outside with the interior all black, very sexy IMO

edit2: Pictures with bottom rad and gpu waterblock

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41 minutes ago, HaRdSTyLe_83 said:

what about the o-11 XL version? 

One if the main reasons for moving cases is to try and decrease the footprint of my kit. The XL is still smaller in all dimensions other than width then my Corsair C70, but I would still rather go for the smaller model if I can. 

 

The only stuff I'm likely to have plugged in at the bottom are the the case connectors and the USB3 for my wireless card. That said, I suppose the main advantage of the XL would be providing extra clearance to run a 45mm radiator at the bottom.

 

41 minutes ago, HaRdSTyLe_83 said:

also the dynamic have fewer horizontal space on the front chamber, and alot of the waterblocks wont fit 

Now this looks like it could be more of a problem. The EVGA Hydro Copper I want to use is big. Really big. It's not on the example list there but I definitely don't want to go vertical mount so I'll have to think about whether to switch to one of the smaller EKWB blocks if it doesn't fit, or try a larger case.

 

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Confirmed, Hydro Copper doesn't fit, few MM out. Barrow does, though, as I've got the older (non Super) PCB...but don't know if the Barrow fits my EVGA card.

 

Maybe I'll just have to get the XL. I'll chop up some boxes at home to make a template for the two and make sure I'm happy with the space they take up.

On 1/7/2020 at 9:56 PM, sivispacem said:

So, I'm in the market for a new case. I'd initially been after a Phanteks Ethoo Evolv X, but thermal performance is disappointing to put it mildly and I'm not totally sold on internal layout.

Space is at a premium on my desk so I'm looking for something that's smaller footprint than my Corsair C70 Vengeance (501x232x533mm) that will take 2x 360mm radiators of ~45mm thickness with a nice, neat internal layout.

 

Currently I'm between the Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic and Fractal Designs Vector RS. Pretty different cases; I like both in terms of design.

 

The Lian Li is probably more "traditionally" clean looking to me (especially in PSU placement; I wouldn't need to buy longer 8-pin runs!), but I'm not sure I like the radiator positioning locations as much and width is definitely at more of a premium than height, though overall it's much smaller. Plenty of other people's builds to draw influence from

The detailing on the Vector I like a lot, but I've got to lose the shiny tempered glass top panel to fit a rad. I prefer the front/top radiator placement aesthetically, and like the idea of a bit of subtle RGB, but the case is super new on the market so there aren't many example builds, especially using custom loops.

 

 

...Thoughts? Other suggestions?

Whilst I haven't touched the Vector I own a Define R5 and have built in the R6 and I only have good things to say; great build quality, easy to work with as the internals are pretty open, very modular in terms of drive cage/bay removal, great cable management options, sound dampening etc. Not sure if the R6 is to your tastes or if it would fit 45mm thick rads but I know they do support 360s so could be another option to look at.

Not such a fan of the R6, plus a load of my colleagues have them 😋

 

This XL build is basically perfect aesthetically...

https://builds.gg/builds/lian-li-o11-xl-custom-loop-front-distro-plate-black-yellow-21254

 

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It's possible the version of the EVGA block for the FE is smaller than that for the custom PCB FTW3 which feature in all of the "it doesn't fit horizontally" comments, but I can't find any accurate dimensions sadly. Will ask on the EVGA forum.

 

The look of the vertical mount is growing on me though.

Just placed an order for some custom acrylic stuff. Just a little teaser, not sure how it'll all go, but should eventually lead to an over complicated hardline loop in the Dynamic. 😛

 

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Shiny! 

 

Ordered a Watercool Heatkiller IV Pro on a whim, probably going to use that instead of the EK Velocity. Wish I'd seen them before. Significantly higher performance at a lower cost.

 

Anyone want an Acetal EK Velocity?

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Test fitted the first prototype panels. Need some work, but so far so good!

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On 1/19/2020 at 3:14 AM, Azazel said:

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Test fitted the first prototype panels. Need some work, but so far so good!

 

i dont think that is how the GPU waterblock work 😜   /jk

 

 

On 2/15/2020 at 1:40 AM, HaRdSTyLe_83 said:

 

i dont think that is how the GPU waterblock work 😜   /jk

 

 

Passive water cooling mate. 😛

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