There's also an option to bend heat pipes like for Ghost S1. In Aorus x570 it barely but fits under side beam horizontally.
been out of commission for the last week+, but if anyone was wondering how big (gpu) air 2020 was going-
1080ti lightning heatsink does appear to be the largest possible universal-ish nvidia heatsink that fits in the t1. the actual heatsink itself is ~287mm (incl heatpipes at end) x (~119 @ widest/~111 @ not) x 36.6 (incl 1mm-thick mounting bracket) and weighs in at around 800g, so it's a monster. back of pcb to edge of heatsink is around 41mm (so 40mm if you can remove the mounting bracket), giving you 18-19mm to play with between the heatsink and side panel.
slim 120mm noctua is a confirmed fit, and so now my hope is that they release the slim 140mm noctua fan in my lifetime so i that i can use it for both airflow and as a means of supporting the weight of the cooler (as there's about 140mm between the top edge of the heatsink and the bottom panel). i'm not entirely optimistic that will happen though, so i may opt to commit a war crime and break 25mm-thick 140mm/120mm fans out of their frame and mount them directly on the heatsink if i can find a way for them to work/support the weight of it all. (alternatively, the 980ti lightning heatsink appears to be the largest universal-ish nvidia heatsink that will support 25mm-thick fans without modification, so i may also try that if the price is right.)
temp testing (on evga 2070 xc ultra) is still very much a wip. initial testing using the stock lightning fans resulted in idle temps being down 10-11c to ~27c (basically ambient air temp) with them running at ~600rpm. and then full load it takes things over a minute to heat up to 50c, where the temps eventually wind up a couple degrees below where they were previously with the 2070 heatsink + 92x25mm noctua fans after fans ramp up to full speed (a disgustingly-loud 3200 rpm). the temp was basically locked in where the fans fully spun up though (55c), so i pulled the fan curve down to max out at 45c and re-tested, and temps maxed out around the spin-up speed there as well (topping out at 47c). also tried to adjust the curve to ramp up at 40c, but it also wound up 47c in the end (45/46/47 seems to be a boost/throttle temp on the card, as it attempts a short-burst boost every few seconds there, hitting the max temp and then throttling back).
so load temps can be down as much as ~12c over my previous cooler configuration (tho just realized im using cheap thermal paste on this, so maybe more) while also sustaining a higher core clock the entire time. given how beefy the xc ultra heatsink is, as well as recognizing that a morpheus ii + 120x25mm fans produces similar temps on ~200w cards, i'd say i'm pretty impressed so far.
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1080ti lightning heatsink does appear to be the largest possible universal-ish nvidia heatsink that fits in the t1. the actual heatsink itself is ~287mm (incl heatpipes at end) x (~119 @ widest/~111 @ not) x 36.6 (incl 1mm-thick mounting bracket) and weighs in at around 800g, so it's a monster. back of pcb to edge of heatsink is around 41mm (so 40mm if you can remove the mounting bracket), giving you 18-19mm to play with between the heatsink and side panel.
slim 120mm noctua is a confirmed fit, and so now my hope is that they release the slim 140mm noctua fan in my lifetime so i that i can use it for both airflow and as a means of supporting the weight of the cooler (as there's about 140mm between the top edge of the heatsink and the bottom panel). i'm not entirely optimistic that will happen though, so i may opt to commit a war crime and break 25mm-thick 140mm/120mm fans out of their frame and mount them directly on the heatsink if i can find a way for them to work/support the weight of it all. (alternatively, the 980ti lightning heatsink appears to be the largest universal-ish nvidia heatsink that will support 25mm-thick fans without modification, so i may also try that if the price is right.)
temp testing (on evga 2070 xc ultra) is still very much a wip. initial testing using the stock lightning fans resulted in idle temps being down 10-11c to ~27c (basically ambient air temp) with them running at ~600rpm. and then full load it takes things over a minute to heat up to 50c, where the temps eventually wind up a couple degrees below where they were previously with the 2070 heatsink + 92x25mm noctua fans after fans ramp up to full speed (a disgustingly-loud 3200 rpm). the temp was basically locked in where the fans fully spun up though (55c), so i pulled the fan curve down to max out at 45c and re-tested, and temps maxed out around the spin-up speed there as well (topping out at 47c). also tried to adjust the curve to ramp up at 40c, but it also wound up 47c in the end (45/46/47 seems to be a boost/throttle temp on the card, as it attempts a short-burst boost every few seconds there, hitting the max temp and then throttling back).
so load temps can be down as much as ~12c over my previous cooler configuration (tho just realized im using cheap thermal paste on this, so maybe more) while also sustaining a higher core clock the entire time. given how beefy the xc ultra heatsink is, as well as recognizing that a morpheus ii + 120x25mm fans produces similar temps on ~200w cards, i'd say i'm pretty impressed so far.
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I preordered the case a few weeks ago and super excited to get building. I've heard some mixed comments around the compatibility of the Gigabyte B550I motherboard, which I'm planning to get. I think it may be based on different revisions/riser cables. Can someone confirm the compatibility of the motherboard with the newest iteration of the case and riser? i.e any bowing, pinching, etc. Thank you!
@Wahaha360 This got me thinking... is there any estimate for when the next iteration of the T1 will come out? I imagine I/O shield hitting the heat pipe on L12S will be solved altogether with new pcie 4.0 riser cable so is there any estimate, maybe Q1 2021?
He's said in the past that creating new tooling for a new iteration of the case is expensive, so I doubt we will see any new revision any time soon or anytime in the first half of next year
Little bit OT, but could someone confirm please if the EK-torque rotary fittings fit on the Aquanaut?
Are there any plans to allow voting for the eventual E-White Mesh panels? (See Below)
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Does the FormD T1 Friday Order charge on order or on shipment?Seems it's on order. Oof.
Are there any plans to allow voting for the eventual E-White Mesh panels? (See Below)
I doubt it, this isn't a Kickstarter and Wahaha360 has his hands full. I will ask him though
All the same, much appreciated.
Chrome gets my vote if it isn't white - though I look forward to being able to order black panels either way.
Does anybody know the internal measurement from the bottom panel to the underside of the GPU? Not the PCI bracket but the back portion of the card. Trying to figure out how thick of a 120mm radiator and fan combo you could fit if you were to modify the PSU to have the power cord exit on the side instead of the bottom in a reversed mounting position utilizing a radiator that would go all the way up to the graphics card PCB.
Does anybody know the internal measurement from the bottom panel to the underside of the GPU? Not the PCI bracket but the back portion of the card. Trying to figure out how thick of a 120mm radiator and fan combo you could fit if you were to modify the PSU to have the power cord exit on the side instead of the bottom in a reversed mounting position utilizing a radiator that would go all the way up to the graphics card PCB.
You are way over thinking this. You need to hold the case to see how the wires bend and where they all fit. I used to be a pipe fitter and the one thing I took away from that job is blueprints are nice and all but don't represent what's actually going on.
You want a ek SE classic which is 27 mm thick (give or take a mm or two) and a 15 mm thick fan. Fabio has had the case since late March and has a build log which covers a couple of configurations and testing.
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it's about 80mm to the pcb. usually the limiting factor here typically isn't the distance to pcb though, but either the distance to the heatsink on the gpu (as it's usually 1-2mm wider than the pcb on the connector side), or the distance to psu (depending on how you rotate/mount it).Does anybody know the internal measurement from the bottom panel to the underside of the GPU? Not the PCI bracket but the back portion of the card. Trying to figure out how thick of a 120mm radiator and fan combo you could fit if you were to modify the PSU to have the power cord exit on the side instead of the bottom in a reversed mounting position utilizing a radiator that would go all the way up to the graphics card PCB.
in my case, you have about 78mm to play with between the psu and the top panel-
keep in mind that the closer you get your intake fan to the psu, the dirtier (warmer) that intake air is going to be.
Thank you, very helpful indeed.it's about 80mm to the pcb. usually the limiting factor here typically isn't the distance to pcb though, but either the distance to the heatsink on the gpu (as it's usually 1-2mm wider than the pcb on the connector side), or the distance to psu (depending on how you rotate/mount it).
in my case, you have about 78mm to play with between the psu and the top panel-
keep in mind that the closer you get your intake fan to the psu, the dirtier (warmer) that intake air is going to be.
I must however ask, how come that you chose to mount the PSU with the fan facing the back off the GPU instead of the other way around allowing the PSU to get fresh air from the side panel?
Hi, still looking into the different CPU cooling options... How did this guy get the Liquid Freezer 240 (38mm radiator) to fit? Isn't the limit 27mm?
The 27mm limit is if you want to fit a 15mm fan between the radiator and motherboard, as you can tell from your attached picture there is only one fan mounted in the position where you can fit (as recently posted in this thread, thanks @notbitcoin BTW) a total radiator and fan combined thickness of about 80mm depending on the heatsink on the GPU.
There is a problem with that though, you would have to mount the radiator and fan to the top panel, because the included mounting bracket will not support that kind of configuration. Also, you'd have to be mindful of the end caps on the radiator interfering with the motherboard
it could potentially fit, but see above. You'd have to mount it to the top panel to make it fit
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