Also, an external reservoir could be made to look nice I'm sure but sometimes you don't even need one...
Very true, a lot of the NCASE M1 users do that.
I believe corsair has some of the more rigid tubes, I would try with whatever one that you want, they really perform more or less the same, the issue would be noise and how thick of a radiator are you willing to go.
One thing that you should be aware is that most of the designs are either from aesetek or derivatives from them. And thus they perform more or less the same, what makes them usually different is the thickness of the radiator, which impacts the size of the GPU that you can throw in there
Coolermaster has some 27mm radiators that work alright.
You can't use the H80i with 2 fans. That's too thick. It also has some of the most rigid tubes out there.
Also the AIO doesn't interfere with the GPU at all, as long as it's a 120mm not 140mm one.
No AIOs please.
Buy a kit like the EK one instead.
The rad is 49mm thick... You have about ~80mm of space from the front panel to the motherboard.
I really dont know how much space I got between the motherboard and PSU.
rad w rad h rad d fans fan d total d £
coolmaster nepton 120xl 119 150 38 2 25 88 72
coolmaster seidon 120v 119 152 27 1 25 52 35
corsair h45 120 152 27 1 25 52 42
corsair h55 120 152 27 1 25 52 45
corsair h60 120 152 27 1 25 52 62
corsair h75 120 152 25 2 25 75 63
corsair h80i v2 123 154 49 2 25 99 75
nzxt kraken x31 120 155 30 1 25 55 60 variable pump
fractal kelvin t12 132 163 46 2 25 96 60 expandable
antec h600 pro 120 155 27 1 25 52 35
antec kuhler 950 120 159 50 2? 25 75 50
silverstone td03 lite 120 153 27 1 25 52 45
silverstone td03 slim 120 153 22 1 15 37 48
silverstone td03 e 124 159 27 2 25 77 62
bequiet silent loop 120 128 153 45 2 25 expandable
Around 75mm off the top of my head, when used with the PP08 bracket.
And the Deepcool is not suitable as I have previously mentioned.
The H75 rad is only 25mm thick, but comes with 2 nice fans.
The NZXT X31 has a nice 30mm thick rad, but comes with only 1 fan.
Large tower support with extended 16” tubing and pre-installed Intel mounting for easy use.
You just loop it around the pump. It's not bad really and pretty easy. The tubes are quite flexible.
I also have tried using a X31 on mine by the way.