Recent content by TheLobsterHatMan

Decided to do a little mod to my SM560. "Copper" top! I think it came out great More pics:

Dust filters definitely aren't needed for these cases. I have three cats and a fluffy dog and have no dust or floofs in the case. Plus, if it did get dusty, the components are exposed enough to be quickly cleaned with a blast of air.

It does not. There's barely enough room for full depth fans (25mm)

I mean, I can't comment on the market of such an item, but I'd definitely appreciate unfinished panels :).

Here's an updated pic of my rig: I had purchased an extra front panel and decided to give some painting a go. Thought it looked neat :).

I agree 100%.

GPU and CPU cooling were both impacted big time. GPU went from 68C in game to ~58-60C (62C peak). CPU went from averaging in the mid 70's and peaks in the mid 80's-low 90's to averaging in the mid-high 60's and peaking in the mid 70's. I think that having the bottom fans as intake was actually...

Yup! I've always been a positive pressure guy in my other larger builds. However, the SM560 with vented panels greatly benefits from negative pressure. The air flow in negative pressure seems to supplement the air flow from the cooler and GPU, where positive pressure works against it.

Hey guys. So per the advice of people on here, folks on reddit, and now Optimum Tech, I've flipped my bottom fans from intake to exhaust.... WOW! What a difference. The black ridge now performs on par with my 120mm AIO under load. Literally at 10C difference.

Here's my build impressions and whatnot from my reddit post: Hi guys! Sorry for not giving more details yesterday, I finished the build and then went out with some friends. Didn't get a chance to do much testing. Here are the specs of the system: i5 6600k @ 4.7GHz 1.3V Strix Z270i Motherboard...

CPU thermals are solid. Roughly 10C higher than my Fractal Design Kelvin T12 120mm AIO running push/pull in my Define Nano S. I don't think the cooler can be rotated 90 degrees, and this will be the only orientation available when I swap over to an AMD AM4 mobo. Very satisfied! Noise levels are...

Here's a photodump of my SM560 build. Really enjoyed building in this case and the thermal performance is great!