I think 130w would be ok to me. 150w may work depending on how loud you can tolerate your fan noise. If you’re not running extended CPU rendering, you should be fine.Thanks. I have a Quadro I'm moving forward from my workstation. I plan to acquire a RTX as soon as there's a need (and / or ray tracing takes off). If I had to buy today, I'd pick up a RTX 2080 Ti or better.
I'll pick up a L12. What maximum power consumption do you think I can get away with using only the bottom fan? 130w? 150w?
Any thoughts on bending / force fitting a L12S? I almost want to use my friend's CNC mill to cut an appropriate opening and let the L12S stick out the ~4mm. I'd have to paint it back and, of course, there's the issue of the case sides sliding in vs popping on from the side, making assembly troublesome... Dare to dream.
Still happy with the Z390 Phantom?
I am waiting for the Ghost! I was wondering if you tried also the slim Noctua under the L12!Update 2018-12-17
I have since moved this build back into my original SFF case, the NCase M1. Posts here.
I really like the S1. I love the flexibility of the top hats (albeit a little fussy to use), and the gorgeously machined aluminum extrusions which get transformed into the signature Louqe slide-in case panels.
However, with my set of components, mainly the hot 9900k, and loud reference Founders Edition 2080, I needed more cooling capability for both components, and the M1 was able to provide better cooling for them.
Original post below:
Moved my main pc into the Louqe Ghost S1.
i9-9900K
Strix Z390i
Noctua NH-L12 with A12x25 fan
Crucial 32gb kit (DDR4 - 2666 VLP EUDIMM)
RTX 2080 FE
Noctua A12x25 bottom intake fan
Corsair SF 600 Platinum
Needed VLP ram to fit the excellent A12x25 fan:
Perfect fit @ 66mm
- CPU no overclocking (95w limit) = 60c during Prime95 small FFT torture.
- CPU @ 150w power limit = 78c during Prime 95 small FFT torture.
- GPU no overclocking = 65c during Heaven torture with 78% fan speed
Nice! It’s a fun case to build in for sure. The top hats do feel a little fussy to me after awhile. The flexibility really is very nice though.I am waiting for the Ghost! I was wondering if you tried also the slim Noctua under the L12!
Hi @SmootyPoody ! I have to look at your spreadsheet on the computer. Doesn’t seem to let me scroll my phone on [H], and doesn’t even show up here. Stay tuned!Hey Nanook.
I have done some extensive testing on a 9900K setup with C14 vs 240mm AIO, and I dont understand how you are getting those temps. I need help for optimization. Your temps are much lower than mine. Are you running 200% fan speed? :-P
Have been sharing it over on HardOCP and I can see that you liked my posted.
https://hardforum.com/threads/ncase...n-first-post.1717132/page-693#post-1044093252
You can see all my tests here.. Took more than 2 weeks to complete.
Prime95 (v28.5)I'm also running some OC experiment with my delidded 9900k and a c14s (ASROCK z390 phantom ITX).
I'm running 5ghz on ~1.325vcore (1.344 under stress load). It's quite annoying that I can't get realbench to pass with 0 AVX offset. It can pass at 1/2 avx offset. Just blue screen and die, I think I'm hitting my thermal limit with the C14s at 5ghz and full AVX running (realbench). I suspect I can get the vcore to be lower, closer to 1.3 (if I'm not stubborn with getting 5ghz on 0 AVX offset).
What prime95 are you using? I've tried non-avx FFT size from 8-4096k for a bit of blends (and not just small fft). This hits 100C+ after about 15 mins. I'm assuming the first 15 mins were smaller size FFT so it was ok, but not once the fft size are 2k+. I wasn't comfortable with the CPU running that hot so I'd terminate the test then.
Have you tried running yours with Asus Realbench stress? (If not, would you possibly do that to compare)?
Switched to C14 with 5x Noctua A12x25 fans. I’m stubborn about not having any exhaust blowing at me, so both the left (front for me) fans and bottom fans are set to intake. Rear A9x14 fan is set to exhaust. Also elevated the case slightly with the Cerberus feet.
Played around with some overclocking:
UEFI settings:
MCE on
Locked boost power limit at 190w per Noctua recommendation for the C14.
Gaming boosts up to 5ghz
Torture tests boosts to 4.5ghz
GPU boosts up to 2010mhz
Prime95 small FFT and Heaven running at the same time:
CPU 75c
GPU 64c
Gaming temperatures:
CPU 50c
GPU 64c
I think the U9S might be dissipating heat faster than the C14.
Im still using most of my stock sleeved cables that came with the Corsair 600w platinum. The only custom cable I purchase was a 250mm 24 pin cable from CableMod. Their black sleeve matched the Corsair sleeve, but I’m sure you could get a cheaper option.@Nanook, I was wondering if you have finished planning your cable management? I will be doing a build with ASRock Z390 and Corsair SF 600W as well, wonder if you have any advice/tips when ordering custom cables. I will be doing rigid tubing and one of the build I looked at suggested the following custom cables length to order:
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
- 24pin @ 250mm
- 8pin eps @ 350mm
- 6pin pcie @ 180mm
- 8pin pcie @ 180mm
Prime95 (v28.5)
Thanks! Another reason I like the Neo is the slightly narrower footprint compared the the Evolv ITX and the Nano S. Most reviewers complain about the lack of rear cable space in the Neo, but I prefer the slimmer width.Nice @Nanook. Before I got my Ncase I was using a Phanteks Evolv itx, I have to say the Neo is a much nicer looking case. That Noctua NH-U12A looks like a keeper.
@Nanook So much information in this thread! Thank you for all of your testing, this is quite the treasure trove.
Are you planning on snagging Sliger's 570/580 case for testing when it comes out, curious is all.