yours is actually the 1st build I saw that has the tubing goes through the rear end. most builds have the tubing runs along the body of the case to the front. care to share your thinking around this? And that rear area seems really tight, how easy/difficult was it to run the tubes through? cheers!
i think the underlying thought process behind the two "different" approaches i'm taking with the case (rotated psu and rad) is that i just wanted to minimize clutter. i'd always looked at sandwich cases over the years as boxes of wires, but saw a lot of potential in the t1 for cable reduction/management, and just couldn't shake the idea of owning the case off (obviously it has a lot of other strengths as well) even after all of the delays.
in terms of the tubing runs- it's not that difficult... if your motherboard layout allows for it. here's why:
with this combination (rotated "st25" radiator + asrock z390)- you have roughly 13mm between the wifi i/o and the sidebar, and maybe 13mm between the back of the wifi i/o and the 8pin power connector (typically less due to the stock cmos battery + double-sided tape setup, i only have a little over 11mm with the battery moved). so the radiator has to be oriented in almost this exact position with this exact width of tubing (11mm) for the front tube to fit, and then the back tube is pretty easy to run (i just had to up the difficulty factor by adding in the t-block for a fill port).
with other combinations- you may have more/less space due to the placement of the 8-pin connector and fan header(s), but a lot of motherboards now also use an i/o shroud/heatsink that would make it extremely difficult (if not impossible) to use this space.
edit2- note that the above applies to a 3-slot gpu. i believe with a 2-slot gpu, the front will open up a lot more, but the back port may then have issues with the pci-e mounting bar.
edit: sidenote- i do think i've figured out a solution to the t-block logjam that will allow for the power extension to be installed (also keeping in mind that i also need to lower the height of the t-block by ~6mm to be able to use the top panel), but it's going to require cutting the fan bracket to make it work. not sure if i want to go there within the first 24 hours of owning the case, so will see if i can come up with anything else that keeps the spirit of min/max tubing alive before i have to start cutting.
At this point, I don't have a tracking number, but I might as well just wait till I have the case in hand to find out what works best for me.
