Devyn Johnston is revisiting the Thor Zone NANOQ, and this time it’s the larger R variant of the case. The NANOQ R is approximately 5L larger in volume for large cooling solutions and increased compatibility. Johnston compliments the case on its ability to get out of the builders way when building the system. This is perhaps one of the more unique features of the NANOQ cases as the interior is basically an open tube frame that the outer shell wraps around. This allows for a lot less restrictive cable routing compared to Thor Zone’s previous case; The Mjolnir.
Having literally bled for the Mjolnir while routing cables and AIO tubes, I can personally very much appreciate this approach.
Johnston’s build includes a RTX 4070Ti Super, Ryzen 7800 X3D, Samsung 980 PRO SSD, and 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory. The motherboard is an Asus X670-I motherboard with a 750 watt Corsair PSU.
All wasn’t perfect though as Johnston ran into some issues with the screws used to install the fans into the case, and the SFF go-to Noctua L12S cooler didn’t fit properly due to his choice of a larger GPU. Regardless, his temps were good though he recommends an AIO for more power hungry CPUs.
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