My build plans so far.. (Drawn on paint.. It looks terrible, I know!) Orange = Fans (120 front, 200 bottom) Light Blue = 750Ti Dark Blue = SFX PSU Yellow = Case Feet Green = Extension Red = 5.25" Bay Purple = Handle (Drawn like a 5 yr old) Dark Red = HDD Pink = Case Window Does anyone know any quiet low profile coolers that'd work with this case?
I have a Zalman CNPS8900-Quiet in my HTPC and it is very quiet - only 60mm tall too and that case needs a cooler that's less than 76mm tall If you don't like the look of that then take a butchers here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/low-profile-heat-sink-mini-itx,review-32826.html I think that all but two of those would fit In terms of cooling to noise ratio the Zalman comes second (as well as just in terms of noise) but the winner would be far too tall I think.
Now with size will you guys be using psu fan up sucking in cool air from grill in case top Or psu fan down sucking heat from cpu fan to extract out back of psu Im using a stock fan on a 3258 1150 cpu Corsair cx500m Msi 460 cyclone gpu Asus h81i plus mobo 8gb corsair xms 3 1333 2 x 4gb 60gb agility ssd for boot drive 1tb toshiba for steam games Im using for plex media center and basic steam box
I have the Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B in my media server, currently cooling an i5 2500k and not doing too bad a job of it tbh, be much more suited to a less powerful cpu though.
I'll be using the PSU as an exhaust.. But it wouldn't matter a lot for my plans,if I've worked out spacing correctly! There's gonna be a lot of airflow with a 200mm and a 120mm fan in there!
i put the psu fan facing down due to having the hardrives in the top of the case as the gpu blows air in to the case so i cant have them by the side
all built needs a tidy but ok for now it is very tight in the case i had problems getting the front back on and the usb ports bend slightly Im using a stock fan on a 3258 1150 cpu Corsair cx500m Msi 460 cyclone gpu Asus h81i plus mobo 8gb corsair xms 3 1333 2 x 4gb(tested with basic 2x2gb ram) 60gb agility ssd for boot drive 1tb toshiba for steam games
My Elite has arrived, going to start building on my lunch break. Will post as many pics as I remember to take
Yay mine arrived today. I had a quick look at it and I'm impressed with the overall quality of it. Just need a damn ITX 1155 board to get it off the ground
Slight snag in my build in that I can't screw my H80i back in. Seems the screw no longer fit, and appears to be a common problem that happens with them. Looking for some thicker screws that'll do the job! Going to be able to get push/pull set up, although my PSU will be 2cm away from it.....cosy!
Good suggestion and I thought it was working but after about 5 minutes it came away. EDIT: thicker screws have done the job build back on!
Mine got delivered to the office on friday after I left! Not back in till tomorrow. Same pookie, im guessing we are all eyeing up the same auctions on ebay!
Build finished. Think I'm going to invest in a full modular PSU next month as my semi-modular one still has far too many cables. Stored them above the H80i fans/radiator for now. Will upload some pics tonight. Idle temps on my i7-2600k are 35/6c at the mo which is where it was in my Prodigy. On Corsiar quiet mode. Annoyingly though I plugged the h80i fan header into the wrong port so get a CPU fan warning whenever I boot up so will have to slide the PSU out and correct that when I get back from work. Edit: actually I can just get the mobo to ignore it
and not the best quality pictures Got my H80i in and the motherboard, P8Z77-I Deluxe. Memory sitting nicely under the H80i fan. Got my teeny tiny 750ti in place Just enough clearance under the H80i for my power connectors.....phew! Too many spare cables on top of the H80i and pushing up against the tubes a but too much, new fully modular PSU coming next month to sort this and make it tidy Good enough gap between the H80i and the PSU. I put my 2 SSDs on the top mounted rack above the PSU, there was also a little gap underneath to store excess SATA power cable. Thinking I might put a couple of quiet 80mm fans on the GPU side as exhausts to help with heat. Looking at Noctua fans, but will see how it is once I start playing some games on it.
Wow.. Building the system and it seems I'll have to get the dremel to it already! The slots for the Gpu are too small to fit a hdmi cable in! (Evga 750ti has them close to the edge of the slot) Also, it seems I can fit a 5.25" bay at the front of the case in the gap in front of the Gpu and Mobo.. (Rotated 90* on its side) As for the psu cables.. Seems like I'm needing to create my own CPU, 24-pin and SATA power cable! (Anyone know if Sata power and Molex have the same cabling?)
My secondary monitor is HDMI (Same 750ti i think as you) and have the same problem with the HDMI being to close to the edge. Very annoying! Don't really want to dremel the case, gunna look for some kind of slim hdmi cable/adapter! I imagine the displayport would be the same as well as it is very close to the edge.
