For a 2600X???
Air cooled GPU and or a Noctua U9s with dual fan intaking from rear or an L12s with a Noctua A12x25 mounted on TOP intake from side.
Plus a 140mm Fan as exhaust. No more than this.
I am using this with a 9960X (The U9s).
I personally suggest the L12S with the A14 just if you want to have a dead quiet system.
Performance wise I suggest an U9s with an A14 exhausting, is 5 degrees better than the L12s.
But for a 2600X an L12s with the FAN (A12x25) on top is enough and quieter.
The pipe's tips are better pointed on the right or on top.
This is what I was meaning.
And the flow of the air through the fan is Outside-Inside, Intaking from the side of the case. That's it!
Here my just finished Air cooled setup for low noise and performance!!
Noctua C14s + Noctua A12x25 pulling air from outside
Noctua A15 for exhausting.
That's it! Same performance than the U9s with 2 fans, but A LOT more silent, even under load, thanks to the amazing Sterrox!
Cpu package under Prime 95, latest version, is 95 degrees, without overclock.
Super happy of the results especially the noise!
Hey! No, I didn't try because I was a bit scared about the Noise taht could be generated!Hi Fabio,
Just wondering if you tried mounting the A12x25 on the other side of the cooler (between case wall and cooler stack)? or does that interfere with the A-15? If so how was the performance?
Cheers, Josh
I have this cooler with my asrock z390 itx gaming phantom you can install it but it will tough your ram sticks I used corsair lpx and now using trident z rgb both touch not enogh to worry it also does touch the VRM heatsink on the motherboard and you will have to remove the power cable and reinstall it.Well, this is very frustranting for me. I have the Dark Rock TF and want to order this Asrock motherboard next week. In the web page of Bequiet it says the Dark Rock TF is compatible with this motherboard... I don't understand...
Fabio, please, when you say than the mounting brackets for 5mm go against the RAM module, have you a photo for I can understand that? Do you mean the heat pipes or the brackets for fix to the motherboard?
In the study fase, before purchase the Dark Rock, I always thought that the only way to mount this heatsink is with the heat pipes facing to the rear of the case and even almost touching the VRM heatsink. And when I saw the compatibility in the Bequiet webpage, I trusted in my assumption.
And now I am very confused. Please, if you could give more info about the problems with the Dark Rock, so I can to see this clearly.
Thanks
I know this post is old but I agree with you I love the aesthetic of the DA2 over the M1 that and pro for the DA2 is more options for Air coolers and the gpu in DA2 runs nice and cool once the all the filters are removed I dont mind blowing out the air outta of the case the side panels are easy to remove.Guys, every case have is cons and pro. This lack a bit of airflow (@Streacom can easily release new side panels with better holes maybe?? or a better top/bottom filter)
I love the aesthetic, and with my config I really don't have ANY issues. Working on 3D, CAD, rendering, etc. It's dead silent, apart under heavy loads during rendering.
But the sound is not a disturbing noise, the A9 are amazing fans!
That is exactly what I did just took out the mesh top and bottom and side makes big diff in temps for both cpu and gpu more so gpu.I think the DA2's strength is its versatility as it can accommodate a wide variety of components in various positions. But it seems most (if not all) builds here all happen to have the same/similar setup/component layout.
Airflow through the restrictive top/bottom filters and side openings is not its strength. How unfortunate!
BTW, instead of removing the entirety of the 3-piece filter portion, if you just remove the in-between middle filter while keeping the top and bottom easy-to-break plastic elements, does this allow good enough airflow in and out? Anyone has experience with this?
good looking buildHere my just finished Air cooled setup for low noise and performance!!
Noctua C14s + Noctua A12x25 pulling air from outside
Noctua A15 for exhausting.
That's it! Same performance than the U9s with 2 fans, but A LOT more silent, even under load, thanks to the amazing Sterrox!
Cpu package under Prime 95, latest version, is 95 degrees, without overclock.
Super happy of the results especially the noise!
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I wonder how does the Noctua NH C14S compare to the Dark rock TFMy Red/Black DA2 build.
RTX dissapointment is the reason I am holding on to my MSI Gaming X 1080ti. As this is red/black card I went red/black Noctua Chromax route.
Temps are decent. Intel i7 8700K remains under 80 under Anthem gaming load.
GPU is arround 80 as well.
M.2 is 500GB Evo with some passive heatsinks, as it was running hot under dust mesh.
Case is hard to build into as there is a variety of possibilities due to case flexibility. That requires some premeditation.
And thinner plastic side cover breaks EVERY SINGLE time you try to pry it out.
Scythe Fuma is just small enough to fit the case, but ram clearance for G.Skill Trident Z is not sufficient, so I will be replacing it with Noctua NH C14S.
But for now rear fan is 92mm Noctua. Used as case air intake fan. Sadly this one doesn't come in chroma variant, hence it remains brown. Will see what can be done about that when I replace CPU fan.
Those superpostion scores are crazy lolAnd here it is, DA2 Take 5 with dual AIO (H60 on CPU and H55 on GPU)
First of all decided to install a second 92mm fan to cool the VRM on the left of the GPU:
Then cleaned up the case and installed the SF750, have to say that those braided cables make everything easier:
This case looks crowded, well it is (also moved back to dominator ram, cause why not go overkill at this point)
You'll notice some flex in the kraken G12, that's on purpose as I needed some tolerance for the PCI-E power connectors:
Second AIO is in, time to assemble the 2 rads together and mount the brackets:
Looking good
You may have noticed I moved to a Corsair Commander Pro to control my GPU fans, i'm quite impressed with how well it works:
Ok, how does this thing do? (all filters on, AIO fans set to exhaust)
Also tested with Prime95 smallfft, after 20 mins max temp was 76C and oh, this thing is silent! I'm an happy man
Now that the CPU is on an AIO, the GPU temp went down, a lot!
Is this the end? Not sure, I may move the GPU to the EVGA hybrid kit sooner or later, we'll see
I do agree with high perf parts dual AIO is necessary, but dual 140 or even 140+120 AIOs gonna be tricky cause of tubes, check my build with dual 120 AIO there, it's really a tight fit.I just slapped a 120mm AIO on my 2080ti and set it up as exhaust with NH-U9S setup as exhaust which seemed to help alot. Even at 120% Power limit (312w) the 2080ti go upto max 61 degrees after 20 mins (51 degrees with the side panel off). With Linpack running at the same time, the CPU goes to 91 degrees and the GPU reaches 75 degrees. I think a dual AIO build is necessary, all exhaust, just to keep the negative pressure going. The evga CLC120 tubes are too short to properly mount from the g12 onto the rail, so im going to get a 140mm AIO for the GPU and put the clc120 on the CPU. I was contemplating dual 140's but at 170mm long, the rads wouldnt fit!
I do agree with high perf parts dual AIO is necessary, but dual 140 or even 140+120 AIOs gonna be tricky cause of tubes, check my build with dual 120 AIO there, it's really a tight fit.
Well, you said it, DA2 is not worth the troubleYeah I took a look, thanks for posting that up. I did all the measurements and dual 140 definitely wont work, but I think 120+140 will juuuuust fit if I flip them in different orientations. You're right about the tubes though, I had enough trouble fitting a 280MM aio in there with one set of tubes, two sets will definitely need some creative routing. I wanted to run the Galax 380w bios on my 2080ti and was hoping the 140mm rad will help me handle a few more watts. I have a ML140 and a ML120 ready to go for them.
I realized with all the money I've spent just on cooling and all of the different iterations on this build, i could've just bought a used ncase and been done with it lol.