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@For Science! Just got the case and done some measuring. Yeah It'll be a really tight fit if you were to fit a 360 rad in front. It IS possible, it just has to be the XSPC EX360 which is 395mm tall and the total clearance in the case is 400mm after a minor mod. But I would honestly rather have a better performing 240 rad in there instead of the XSPC EX360 So basically it comes down to 2x HWLabs GTS 240 and then some Noctua NF-F12 fans. I've got pretty medium/low ambient temps in my room so I guess I'll just have to test out some different fan speeds and see how it all goes. I'm also planning to implement some sort of fan control with either Corsair Commander Pro or NZXT GRID+ V2. Any thoughts on those?

@For Science! Hmm you sure? By the looks of this pic and from reviewers, you can if you remove the PSU shroud which I'm planning to do anyway.

I've got 70 mm of clearance between the front of the case and GPU (correct me if I'm wrong, but the entire case is 35cm from back to front. My GPU is 28cm (MSI GTX1060 6GB Gaming X) So guess I can fit a medium thick rad in the front instead of a slim. I'm thinking about getting the HWLabs Alpha Extreme III 360 in the front and a 240 slim in the top. Are you using a slim in the top there? @For Science!

Yeah I've read your posts on my other thread and it makes sense. Having a little hard time catching up haha, but yeah I get what you're saying. Also thanks for all the feedback, very much appreciate it. I'm having the case delivered today and I've got some old parts laying around, I'll try to test fit some stuff and see what's possible. But yeah I know it's not possible to do push/pull with 3 fans on each side, but it may be possible with 2 fans on one of the sides (middle fan will be gone to make room for the GPU). But not sure if that's stupid lol, just a thought though. Looks like if I want to go slim in the front, I'd have to go for the HWLabs nemesis 360 GTS. They also have an X-Flow version which isn't as good as the regular GTS but they both outperform the SE 360 by far...

Alright. Hmm, so if I take the EK series as an example, the SE and PE are 28mm and 38mm in thickness, the SE is 22FPI and the PE is 19FPI. Would it be better to do a push/pull with the SE at low RPM or push with the PE at medium rpm? In regards to noise.

I don't own any 3.5" drives which is fine, I've got 3 SSD's which will mount on the back of the motherboard/CPU tray. What do you mean by "stuck"? You can remove the PSU shroud to make more clearance and the front of the case is completely open.

Right, but thicker radiators does also need higher RPM don't they? I'm curious as to if it's more silent to run 300rpm with a 28mm slim rad or 600-1000rpm with a thicker rad (35-45mm)..

Hi guys, I would like to read and see your suggestions for a loop route / design for my upcoming project. I'm not new to pc building, but I've never made a custom loop for myself (I've helped a few friends). The goal here is complete silence and clean as possible. The specs will be down below, also I've included my suggestion but I'd like to see your suggestions and reasoning Thanks! _______________________________ My suggestion I've gone with a 240 rad in the top and a 360 in front by removing the drive cage. Also I'm planning to make everything push/pull if it's possible (unlikely though..) with Noctua NF-F12's and have them spin at 300 rpm (ramp up when needed). I also think I'll opt in for a pump/res combo like a EK-XRES 140 to make my life easier and have it stand beside the lower part of the 360 rad. Maybe it'll also be possible to turn it 90 degrees sideways and have it lay under the GPU? hmm. Also, I'm opting in for soft tubing as I'm not planning to make a balls to the wall hardline build with bells and whistles. I'd like to keep it simple and easy to swap/add hardware and since it's my first build I'm not planning to do hardline right away. _______________________________ (when it says optional, that means that I've not ordered the parts yet since I'm still in the planning/design phase and you can suggest any other part than what I've written down) Specs Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C TG CPU: Core i7 7700K with EK Supremacy EVO Nickel GPU: GTX 1060 with EK-FC1080 GTX TF6 Nickel RAD: optional, either 2x 240mm EK-CoolStream SE240 slim (28mm thick) or 1x EK SE240 slim and 1x EK SE360 slim PUMP/RES: optional, EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 RGB PWM

Hi guys, I'm building my first ever custom loop for myself (not my first build). I'm in the planning stage and I'm housing it all in a Fractal Design Define Mini C TG. The goal here is to make it as quiet as possible cooling the CPU and a single GPU. (7700K & GTX1060). Since I'm going for ultimate silence, how many and what radiators would you recommend and also which fans? What I'm thinking is either 2x 240 rads with Noctua NF-F12 fans or 1x 240 rad in the top and a 360 in front (removing the drive cage). And then having the fans spin at the lowest setting possible (300 RPM). The EK configuratior says my system has an estimated heat load of 215W (300W when overclocked). So in theory, a single 240 and a 120 rad would be enough for 215W of cooling, but I'm thinking that if I want to go for ultimate silence, more radiator space in combination with lower fan speeds will be the way to go, right?

True... I guess we can't have it both ways I do have a dedicated desktop system for editing bigger and more complex projects, so I'll guess the 1050 is more than enough for some light editing and stuff..

Hmm, I'm hoping they'll do that I've looked at the Lenovo Y700 and find the gamer-look a bit too much for my use case. Also the display have a color difference of 8.1 ΔE (Delta-E) which is a bit too high I think.. He mentions "It's a lot more CPU dependent", well that's partially true but I happen to use and depend on a lot of CUDA accelerated effects, so render times isn't my biggest concern rather than preview-smoothness and workflow-responsiveness.

I know it's being shipped with a GTX 1050, but I'm wondering if you guys think that they'll make a model with a 1060 or 1050Ti in the nearest future? I'm looking for a beautiful, sleek laptop that has a good display, high-end IPS or IGZO with great color accuracy, that can handle some basic editing in premiere pro and I've got my eyes on the XPS 15 with 16GB Ram and 512GB PCIe storage, but I'm kinda concerned about the GTX 1050 not having enough power.. Also, other suggestions are welcome - just not a Macbook.. I'm not willing to pay 30-40% more for their brand and design.. Thanks!

[Solved] ..... I looked up the performance of one of the drives, and it's about half of what I'm getting in Raid 0... So... I guess I just expected them to be faster, but then again, those are some of the first Sata 3 6Gb/s SSD's which are quite slower than current Sata 3 6Gb/s SSD's.. [/Solved] Hi, I've recently reinstalled my old system and upgraded from windows 7 to 10. In the meantime, I deleted my raid array and created a new one. I then decided to do a test with CrystalDiskMark and I'm wondering if the results are normal considering I'm running 2 120GB SSD's in Raid 0? See attached photo. [Edit] I've attached a screenshot from SSDLife Pro, which indicated no apparent issues with them. One is at 100% and the other at 97% health, both have almost 10.000 hours of work time and 10TB data written. Any thoughts on why that might be? My system specs are: Core i7-3820Asus Rampage IV ExtremeCorsair Dominator Platinum 16GB 1866MhzMSI N680GTX Twin Frozr (2GB) 2x Corsair Force Series™ 3 120GB (Link to Corsair.com)

Hi, I'm about to upgrade my i7-3820, however I can't decide if I want to go Xeon or stick with the i7's. My choices are the i7-4930K or Xeon E5-2650. At my company, I'm able to get those for the same price. Around 900 USD (converted from DKK) The question is; which would be the best solution for my situation? I'm venturing into intermediate 3D modeling/rendering with Cinema 4D and doing heavy work in After Effects with Trapcode Particular / 3D (Elements 3D) + tons of layers for motion graphics and animations. What I understand is that the workflow performance is better with the i7, but the pure render speed will be faster with the Xeon. Hence the clock-speed of the CPU's. However, I'm planning to water cool them both but I know you can't squeeze much extra clock-speed from the Xeon, perhaps reach 3Ghz? I hope some of you guys have some suggestions / experience with performance tips related to C4D / After Effects. Thanks in advance. My system specs: Core i7-3820 Asus Rampage IV Extreme Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB 1866Mhz (planning to add more ram) MSI N680GTX Twin Frozr (2GB)

Thank you. It's exactly what he need for a guy who just got into professional videography. This will due for a long time, and when his backup space clutters up he can always look at cloud solutions or even changing / upgrading hard drives in the NAS. The scratch disk is fine in regards of space, so this is his setup right now: 2x 120GB Corsair SSD in RAID0 for OS and programs, 1x 250GB Samsung 840 EVO as scratch disk and 2x 3TB WD drives in a NAS config wired up with gigabit ethernet. The items have been purchased and will arrive in 1-2 working days. I'll update this post if anything comes up, but for now thanks for the advice