I recommend contacting dondan (of Dan Case A4-SFX fame) to see if you can test the low profile DAN HSLP-48 heatsink that he is developing for SFF cases.
Prototype The world most flexible SFF case? LOUQE Ghost S1
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Agreed Noctua L9x65 for both Intel and SE AM4 variant for AMD seems moar better choice. Although Cryorig announced that the new C7 full copper model will be out soon so maybe somewhere in time that new copper C7 could be the best solution. One more pretty damn good cooler that fits under 66mm is Thermalright AXP-100, would like to see that one too. As for the AIOs Fractal Design S24 or any with similar short/soft tubes will do just fine.
Big Shuriken 2 Rev B + Noctua A12x15 (I'm running this in my Node 202 (which I will be discarding for the Ghost!) and it is by far the best performer.
ShadowRock LP
H100i v2
H80i v2
X52
X31
Special request - any chance you can could try to the new EK Phoenix expandable AIO system with CPU and GPU blocks with a 240mm rad in the large tophat? I am strongly considering going balls to the wall and putting this in my Ghost
It would also be cool to see a dual 120mm AIO build - a H80/X31 for the CPU and the EVGA Hybrid GPU AIO for the GPU!
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I'm afraid not, it looks like a 2.5-slot cooler, which won't fit.
The image is from MSI's gallery page.
That Thermalright cooler would be a very good choice aswell. Only worried about turbulence a little.
I don't know the full stack height, but the measurement from the top of the mobo pcb to the top of the IHS on the cpu for Intel's LGA 115x socket is 7.781 ± 0.335 mm according to the first post here, and the corresponding measurement for AMD's AM4 socket seems to be at most around 7.75 mm according to this post. If this is correct, the measurements are more or less identical for both platforms, with the AM4 potentially being slightly lower, meaning that the Noctua L12 (the old non-S) should fit just as well with an AM4 platform in the S1.
Damn... I just had a look, also looks like it is too thick for a single large tophat
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I would like to see:
- L9x65
- L12
- Cryorig C7
- Shadowrock LP
As these appear to be the only ones with readily available AM4 brackets if you are not going Intel or you cannot make the bracket yourself.
If there's some flexibility to add some additional coolers, I believe Thermalright's AXP-100 also meets the height limit, as well as ID-Cooling's 40, 50, and 60 models. However, I believe ID-Cooling will need to be imported from China or Taiwan, so it might not be worth the hassle to test them.
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Is the EVGA GTX 1080ti FTW going to shoehorn into the production cases?
I did watch the JayZ Youtube overview of the case where he tried to test fit his Kingpin card without success.
The Kingpin card does share exactly the same dimensions as the FTW card.
He then mentioned he'd dremel away the part of the case that was interfering with the card installation.
TBH it did look like it would fit easily with a small production tweak on your end.
Seeing as all the 2 1/2+ slot 1080ti's will not fit, this would be the the most powerful air cooled card you could shoehorn into the case and it would be a great boon for you to have support for it in the Ghost S1
Is the EVGA GTX 1080ti FTW going to shoehorn into the production cases?
I did watch the JayZ Youtube overview of the case where he tried to test fit his Kingpin card without success.
The Kingpin card does share exactly the same dimensions as the FTW card.
He then mentioned he'd dremel away the part of the case that was interfering with the card installation.
TBH it did look like it would fit easily with a small production tweak on your end.
Seeing as all the 2 1/2+ slot 1080ti's will not fit, this would be the the most powerful air cooled card you could shoehorn into the case and it would be a great boon for you to have support for it in the Ghost S1
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@PaChalski
Is the EVGA GTX 1080ti FTW going to shoehorn into the production cases?
I did watch the JayZ Youtube overview of the case where he tried to test fit his Kingpin card without success.
The Kingpin card does share exactly the same dimensions as the FTW card.
He then mentioned he'd dremel away the part of the case that was interfering with the card installation.
TBH it did look like it would fit easily with a small production tweak on your end.
Seeing as all the 2 1/2+ slot 1080ti's will not fit, this would be the the most powerful air cooled card you could shoehorn into the case and it would be a great boon for you to have support for it in the Ghost S1
We have made the adjustments manually to one of the units! Will be testing it on monday morning. And We totalt agree. The FTW3 is a clear team favorite so we are willing to do a lot to make it fit.
NH-L12 taking the cake again. I'll just go with that one I guess and if it doesn't fit with Ryzen, tough luck
http://louqe.com/img/img/ext/ext/GhostCPUheatSinkTest.pdf
One question though, was the NH-L12 fan set as intake or exhaust in the tests?
http://louqe.com/img/img/ext/ext/GhostCPUheatSinkTest.pdf
One question though, was the NH-L12 fan set as intake or exhaust in the tests?
NH-L12 taking the cake again. I'll just go with that one I guess and if it doesn't fit with Ryzen, tough luck
http://louqe.com/img/img/ext/ext/GhostCPUheatSinkTest.pdf
I'll try my luck with Noctua L9x65 SE for Ryzen 1700. Saw people getting average 10C lower temps than with the Intel counterpart. I just hope some future L12 full copper 6 pipe will emerge and save our butts.
Intake (as in towards the cpu), because it performs worse in exhaust mode (as in towards the side panel) for a number of reasons, one likely being recirculation of warm air.
Does anyone have an idea for fitting a pump, res, and block into this case? it would be awesome if gpu compatibility wasn't sacrificed. presumably something like this? is there a res that could fit below the psu? I don't know much about water cooling but it would be cool if it was possible to fit a full custom loop (gpu, cpu) with just an L tophat.
