I decided to give the SM 580 a try. My main components haven’t changed - 9900K / Asrock Z390 / RTX 2080 Ti.
Different parts:
- I swapped in 32gb 3000 DDR4 ram Vengeance white light ram, in place of the 32gb of Crucial 2666 VLP ram.
- Cooler is the NZXT Kraken x62 280mm AIO - I haven’t used CAM in 3+ years. I was hoping that CAM would be much better, but no luck... it was pretty much the same as before.
- Four sets of Noctua A14 Chromax black swap fans. These are very quiet, and looks great. I might switch the two radiator fans back to the AER fans since they spin higher...
Pictures:
I love the clean front and sides.
There was a lot of stuff to squeeze in there, nothing new though.
Radiator fans set to push up, and bottom fans set to exhaust. I might try top intake to get better CPU temperatures...
I got the black out trim pieces for the EVGA RTX 2080ti XC.
So you may ask - why did I get the SM580? I could have gotten the SM570 and have a slimmer case... I’m planning on upgrading my home network to 10gigabit. I’m thinking to upgrade my NAS to 10gbe, get a two port 10gbe + 8 1gbe switch. I’m hoping to be able to use a bifurcation riser in the SM 580 with the Asrock Z390 to plug in a 10gbr NIC behind the graphics card.
As for performance in the new case, I’m still dialing in my temps. I have high hopes for the Kraken X62, but so far it’s cooking my CPU. Maybe the AER fans spinning higher, and/or switching radiator fans to pull cool air into the case would help with cooling.
More to come!