Sidearmd T1 - Build Thread
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I'll be reusing my B450 Strix board, 3700x, 32GB and 2x 512GB m2 drives.
I have a GTX 970 but will look to replace that when the nVidia 30*0 series arrives.
My LT240 has arrived and I plan to replace the fittings and tubing with 10/13mm and expand the loop for the new GPU. Nothing too fancy or exotic, but hopefully quiet and good looking!
I have a GTX 970 but will look to replace that when the nVidia 30*0 series arrives.
My LT240 has arrived and I plan to replace the fittings and tubing with 10/13mm and expand the loop for the new GPU. Nothing too fancy or exotic, but hopefully quiet and good looking!
Wow, unreal how similar your build will be to the one I aspire to do once the case is released, all the way down to waiting for the 30x0 series to pickup a new GPU!
Excited to see your build, and the builds everyone else does!
Mine will be:
LT120 and a h55 for cpu and gpu respectively. IF I can get them to fit.
If not I will swap out my 120 rad for my 240 rad on the LT cpu block.
Will be moving my ncase hardware into the sidearmd.
8700k, 16gb ram, 2080ti, 1tb m.2, 1 tb 2.5” ssd, either my sf600 sfx psu or my gunique unit with external brick depending on what I do with the space once I see the case.
LT120 and a h55 for cpu and gpu respectively. IF I can get them to fit.
If not I will swap out my 120 rad for my 240 rad on the LT cpu block.
Will be moving my ncase hardware into the sidearmd.
8700k, 16gb ram, 2080ti, 1tb m.2, 1 tb 2.5” ssd, either my sf600 sfx psu or my gunique unit with external brick depending on what I do with the space once I see the case.
What are the recommended parts for a 240 loop that people are getting? Not sure if I will do a loop for just the cpu (most likely a single 120mm rad) or want to try my luck with building a 240mm loop in the T1.
I was hoping to do this also, but figured it would take a lot of work/guessing to get two AIO units next to each other. You have a spare LT240 radiator? Or are you planning to use a different model as the backup?
I believe Wahaha360 has recommended 90 degree low profile fittings for any GPU block. I have gone with 10/13 EDPM tubing, 90 degree fittings for CPU and GPU block (will come later when new GPUs arrive) all from AlphaCool. I was planning to use 45 degree fittings but I really doubt for such a small loop that it will make much difference to go for 90 degree and be more confident with the loop fitting in the case.
I have an alphacool 120 and 240mm rad but not a spare as such as depending on my build or case I use either
I'm still ironing out the details, but I believe I'll be buying these:
a) Corsair SF750. A no brainer, really, best SFX psu currently available. Why 750w? Nope, I do not need anything close to that, but the advantatge the 750 unit has over the 600w platinum is that the former is passive up until 300w whereas the latter is passive only up until 240w or so. And that, to me, warrants spending a bit more.
b) Motherboard... not sold totally on this one yet. I'll keep using my 8700K (see no reason to spend more and upgrade to an 9900K, and going to AMD would not give me any gains as my computer is a game-only system), so the most prominent option is the Asrock Phantom.
c) AIO... I believe I'll get a Corsair H60, for the time being.
a) Corsair SF750. A no brainer, really, best SFX psu currently available. Why 750w? Nope, I do not need anything close to that, but the advantatge the 750 unit has over the 600w platinum is that the former is passive up until 300w whereas the latter is passive only up until 240w or so. And that, to me, warrants spending a bit more.
b) Motherboard... not sold totally on this one yet. I'll keep using my 8700K (see no reason to spend more and upgrade to an 9900K, and going to AMD would not give me any gains as my computer is a game-only system), so the most prominent option is the Asrock Phantom.
c) AIO... I believe I'll get a Corsair H60, for the time being.
You’ll be happy you went with the 750w. I have the older sf 600 gold in my build right now and it is easily the loudest part of my system.
I can not agree more. I am currently deciding if I will add a 750w with my order of new ek hose and fluid for this reason. Give the fluid and hose is about $20 and $20 postage. May as well add another $200 to it to justify the postage lol
Haha might as well do it. You’ll be happy you did it too. Unfortunately it seems the sf750 is sold out everywhere in the US right now which sucks.
Silverstone has their platinum SFX 700 watt, and it's $20 less than the Corsair. Not sure where the passive cut off is though.
Aren’t these sfx-L tho? I thought the Sidearmd T1 was limited to sfx only. I might get it depending on the case I end up getting though.
there isn't a passive mode unfortunately. the SFX model runs the fan at ~1500RPM from 0-420 watts (per the SFF.net review).
This is a newer model, and it is SFX. The 700-LPT is the SFX-L variant
