Recent content by jouz

I don't see why POM/Acetal should cost more than Acrylic version, unless you expect significantly lower volume? Last quotes I got on machining similar parts, Black POM was ~20% cheaper than Acrylic for the same part. That being said, I would've still paid more to not have Acrylic. As for an all...

I agree with @Valantar , noise is also what I determine air bubbles by. In fact, even with the acrylic, the only way to visually inspect for bubbles is by unmounting the entire block from socket, as you can't get a decent angle on the side anyway (certainly with tight SFF builds). Although I'll...

No worries, I actually performed the same mod last weekend (except I put some tape on the exposed contacts): Also, I love seeing that you added the external fill ports as well - This way I could drop it right in (since I'm using one of them for the external QDC's)! So my case is ready for...

Amazing idea and execution! I'd love to have one and second PKAWA's request - or alternatively, I would happily pay you for a copy of the design files :)

Yeah too bad you're having issues first with the GPU fitment and then the CPU 😥 But I'm impressed you managed to modify the case to make it fit (even if you had to sacrifice the IO shield). And damn, those koolance 90° fittings really are allstars 😅

This was my first thought, too - I can't recall many 240 builds that don't use the short one (especially with the popular 3x fan setups). Do you mean screwing the 240 radiator to the top mesh panel? That would be horrible user experience - who would want that? Everytime you open up the case...

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I have neither rad, and maybe you can find actual numbers by looking around people's builds, but my take would be: The HJ with 2x 25 will be more silent but have a lower ceiling for cooling potential, since increasing fanspeed will have diminishing returns due to it being thinner and having...

Updated my build slightly, cleaning up some cables & adding QDCs for filling & bleeding with external reservoir in favor of the tiny reservoir: I've also removed the DDC heatsink on the Aquanaut to get rid of the panel bulge - but looks like this noticably affected the CPU temps though, so...

Small update - Rev 2 Decided to make the switch to quick connect couplings (QDCs) for filling with an external reservoir, discarding that mini reservoir. I've placed the QDCs on the outside because I've also started contemplating on getting an external radiator down the line (mostly for if I...

sorry if this is obvious, but where can I find some more details on your build? :)

This is normal operating temp for the M.2's actually. I hear people often say that they actually perform better when warmer (but I don't have a good source on that). On another note, for me (with the same mainboard), the front SSD is warmer than the back one, independently of usage. I think it's...

it's a flow indicator with the wheel taken out :)

Logged temps, power consumption from Playing ~2.5hrs of cyberpunk last night, to show some real world performance when targeting a 43°C coolant temperature with the Quadro PID control (The top plot shows temps in C, the Middle one shows Pump and Fan speed, the bottom one showing power...

Finally got the case & finished the build :), thanks @Wahaha360 & happy holidays! Full custom loop with EK SE 240, 3xNF-A12x15, Aquanaut on the R5 3600, EK Quantum Vector on the 3080: (Sorry, should've dusted it off a little before taking pics :P) Some more info & performance test in the...