I guess not. I just struggle to see how the Q500 could be cut without becoming rather hideous. That's the problem with cases not having a neutral enough design to be a "blank canvas" of sorts.Well, the Thetis isn't much better in that respect. And like I did for my Thetis, I'd fully cut out what I need for full airflow.
I see no harm in cutting up a $50 case.
Update: GN "fixed" it.Well, the Thetis isn't much better in that respect. And like I did for my Thetis, I'd fully cut out what I need for full airflow.
I see no harm in cutting up a $50 case.
My main concern is the length of my GPU. It is 310mm long as opposed to the max advertised length of 280mm in the Thetis. However when looking at build with the Case, provided i remove this HDD Cage above the PSU, shouldn't be there enough space lengthwise to fit a long card like the nitro+ i own in there?
I think a 310mm card will fit. The pic below shows a 299mm long card fitting in nicely. If the drive cage in the front is removed, extra room should allow your card to fit in.
However, take note that your PSU is fairly tall, at 180mm. And with the additional height of the power connectors+cables, your display card will have physical conflict.
The solution is to move the display card from the first PCIe x16 slot to the lower one. But, the top one provides x16 speed while the lower one 'only' has x8 speed. I do not think you will feel a difference unless you are a benchmarker. This move is probably more a psychological barrier than anything else. Of course, you can try to compare the difference right now in your existing case.
I currently have a 288mm GPU with EVGA power adapter attached to the back, which makes it about 308mm long.
It all depends on your PSU height. My corsair RM850x is only 162mm tall, plus cables and the GPU sits just fine on the cabling.
-- Dave
Eager to see final results..So EKWB is having a 40% off clearance on their MLC Phoenix stuff, so I just grabbed a few things...
Rads will hold a total of 370mL of coolant, plus the lines, cpu, and GPU block... I'll have quite a bit of thermal capacity on-hand.