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So, a little bit of context for the expected thermal performance and specs of the computer. I am running a Louqe ghost s1 (without tophat) with the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X. Before the problem set in, my idle temperatures would be around the high 30's to low 40's degree Celsius mark. I get on my desktop today only to find that my idle temperatures are around the mid to upper 50's and even low 60's mark, and notice that my CPU temps under load rose to even 92 degrees while playing Rainbow Six: Siege when my normal temps would never exceed the 84 degree mark. I've tried blowing out the dust in my PC and tidying up cables for better airflow, but the CPU still hits these high temps. At this point, I'm considering slight underclocks in order to keep my temps in check. If anyone has suggestions for what I should do, like what BIOS settings I should set my underclock to, or just other tips and tricks in general. It would be greatly appreciated.
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Hey all ! I have been waiting to watercool my PC for a while now and I finally bought the parts to do the transition. My current setup is: CPU: i5 7600k @4.4ghz passive cooled CPU cooler: noctua l12s (hand bent to fit) GPU : gigabyte GTX 1070 g1 gaming v.2 PSU : SF 600 Ram: 16gb something I got a m.2 and a SSD 2 Slim noctua fans on small tophat. The parts I bought : -radiator: tx240 crossflow rad (20.5mm thick)+xspc tx120 dual pass rad -Pump: DC LT 2600 ( Saw on optimum tech review )out of stock every where -Reservoir: DC-LT 40 -CPU WB: EK-Velocity Intel - Copper + acrylic CPU water block -GPU wb:Bykski Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1/1070 G1/1070 Ti Full Coverage GPU Water Block - Clear (N-GV1070G1V2-X) I have a version 2 graphics card and it's the only block I found for it, hopefully it's a good brand. -alphacool fittings . I mostly want to watercool just the GPU. But got carried away when I bought the parts . the plan is to cut the top grill to fit the crossflow rad without adding a top hat. I didn't want to add hight to the PC and spend 50€ just on a medium tophat. While I wait for the parts i'm fooling around with my cpu cooling it passively @4.4ghz with the l12s Wich Made me realize I prob won't need the extra 120 rad I bought,unless I oc it back to 4.7 GHz In case I change my mind the 120 rad will be mounted on bottom with medium top hat Cpu->120rad->GPU->pump->240 rad->CPU I'll post pics as soon as I can Toodles !
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Hello, This is mainly directed at owners of Louqe Ghost S1 cases with blower style graphics cards, or experience with both. But any help is welcome of course :) I'm very interested in getting my hands on a Louqe Ghost S1 (as soon as it becomes available again), but I cannot decide on which graphics card to go with. Different sources recommend different types of graphics cards; blower style vs open. Are blower style graphics cards really that bad (as some people claim)? I'm currently considering the Asus Turbo RTX 2070 Super or the AMD RX5700 XT. Would any of these two be a good choice for this case? How big would the difference be in terms of noise and temperatures between these two types of cooling (blower vs open)? Is undervolting a solution to bring noise and temperature levels down in this case? Thanks!
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Hi all , My actual rig is way to big and it bothers me so I bought a louqe case with small tophat. I have a dilemma between air-cooling and liquid cooling, I have a nh d-15 in the rig I'm using . I overclocked my i5 7600k to 5ghz so heat isn't a problem. I plan to keep the overclock but don't know if it will work on the louqe case with the nh L-12 if I stay air-cooled - I plan to have 2 ,120*15 mm fan's on the bottom as intake. I don't mind lowering to 4.5-4.7 if It means I can stay with air-cooling . The think about liquid cooling is I just don't want to end up throwing away the hole cooler cause the water is empty or air bubble noise or dead pump in a long run.
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Hey everyone! I've been trying to track down a white/limestone Louqe Ghost S1 case in europe (final destination Denmark or Germany), but can't seem to find the bloody thing on any store/website. Even a used one might be an option at this point. Is anyone here selling it or knows where I can get my hands on one?
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Hey all, This is going to be a review of the case, not my build in it, maybe I'll make a separate topic for that. I backed this case on Kickstarter after asking them (Louqe) if they could extend the campaign a little. I wanted to give them my money just one day after their official campaign had ended. They came through, and made a late backer option available. Their email correspondence was also always nice and polite, and as much as I know that backing Kickstarter projects is a bad idea, these guys really managed to convince me with the Videos Jay and especially Dave2D made. That Supreme look was what got me to back it in the end, although I'm generally not a fan of overpriced Chinese things. So I waited... and waited, and the production got delayed, and delayed again, then there was a problem with the paintjobs, and I had to switch to a silver case instead of white. After waiting for almost a year, (I first asked them about backing the project in January, the White paintjob issue was in May), I finally got my case in the mail. I won't go into the packaging much, but the case was double-boxed, one unmarked Cardboard shipping box, and a Louqe branded box (in the first picture below) inside that. The TopHat was disassembled, in a separate plastic bag on top. Everything was covered by a sheet of Styrofoam - the bad kind, that sounds like nails on a chalkboard when scraping against the box, and the stuff that loses little white particles. Right from the start, I thought this was going to be my favourite case to this day. The simplicity, engineering and the looks of this case are simply unmatched in my opinion. What do I mean by engineering? They thought of so many little things. For example, there are four holes in the grill (cna be seen in the second picture below), for screwing the TopHat onto the case with the grill in place, or potentially the Grill itself when used without the TopHat. Also, the side panels screw shut from the bottom, with two Torx screws for each side. At first glance, I rolled my eyes, when I realized they were Torx screws, but in hindsight, it was really clever to use that, since all the screws, and the wrench fit all the time. It all works together almost perfectly. I started building in it, and the process was a blast. Of course, I also didn't read the manual. Everything fit in there nicely, and I had almost no issues with the little space available. A note about that - I didn't use custom cables, or cable manage much, since nothing will be visible, due to the nature of the case. The only thing that really annoyed me was, that my GTX 980 Ti Golden Edition didn't quite fit with the TopHat, so I had to make it fit. I had to separate the wires of my power supply, (which are sort of folded together like a ribbon cable) and even then, the hoses from my AiO CPU cooler always pushed the bracket up when not screwed down. The TopHat is also badly engineered in my opinion, since the way that it screws together means, that the top grille has trouble fitting into it flush now. I tried not to use brute force to get it in, but since that didn't work... Yeah, I made that fit too. I'll post more pictures soon, of the insides, but that's it for now. Upsides: - Looks absolutely stunning. - Compact, even travel friendly maybe? - Good interior layout, well designed - All aluminium outside (the main inside body is pressed sheet steel I believe) - Relatively light (again, travel friendly?) Downsides: - Bad design on the TopHat - tightens too much from sides to side (when looking at the case from the front) for the top grill to pop in. - Using springs as threading for the TopHat screws - Whose idea was this??? It's terrible. - Screws for the TopHat were too short, could barely reach when trying to install the TopHat. Longer screws (M3x8mm) would have been nice More pictures and Specs: Pics: Specs/Hardware used: A few words about my configuration: Thanks for reading. Tell me what you think about the case and what not below if you want. If you have any suggestions for the build, please let me know!
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My Ghost arrived yesterday! Here are some pictures I snapped (not the best quality, there are comments in the imgur gallery) : https://imgur.com/a/eUzJIed Internals are here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BBMTq4 I tried to record my build, but halfway through it I ran out of SD storage, so the whole movie is a bit unusable. And because I thought I would have a recording I didn't snap any pictures during the build Remarks about the case in bullet points: Overall quality is very nice, lots of attention to detail and the feel of the finish is just excellent, but there are too many issues to justify the premium price of this case Small dents and damages to the anodisation all over the place, on every panel, luckily on zones that are not visible once the case is assembled The side-panels are 97% flush, there are some weird bends in it, but judging from other people, this is good enough The design of the top-hats is not very well thought through I think. The way the components of a top-hat attach to each other puts pressure on the plats, bending them if you tighten the screws too much. If you don't tighten the screws enough, the top-hat just falls apart, it literally just disintegrates in your hands Power button is even iffier compared to the one in the A4-SFX, absolutely no premium feel to it. PCB of the power-button also slightly bent. You can't stack top-hats, although I don't know if this was ever planned. Build overall was very nice, was very fun - although I think the A4-SFX was a nicer build, be it more rewarding because it was 1000% more difficult (with the 545LC AIO) The Pump of the Asus ROG Ruyjin 240 is 70mm tall, 4mm too tall, so currently running without the sidepanel. My plan is to design/model some sort of brackets that can hold a custom 3mm or 2mm plexiglass panel in place. Will have these brackets professionally printed and then lasercut a plexiglass panel. Performance and temperatures of the 8086K and Z390 are a-ok in my book. Might not be the ultra fastest rig out there, but considering its size it's more than decent: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/12904674 - this is just default without any overclocking.
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Hey everyone, I plan to build a new Computer for myself in the LOUQE Ghost S1 MK II when it comes out. I plan to use my old CPU (i7 6700k) on an Asus Maximus Impact VIII. I don't have the other parts yet, I'll buy them as I get closer to the release date, and probably after Louqe confirms that they're actually shipping the case. The plan is to make a good computer which I can take with me into college for intensive work like After Efects and Premiere Pro. My XPS 15 handles Photoshop well, but After Effects brings it to its limits pretty quickly if I do anything beyone basic shapes. Add a glow to something, and it'll start dropping frames and I get around 1FPS with one view open. That's why I planned to build a small computer to help with that. Plus I might do a piantjob on the case when I'm finished figuring the rest out. Between now and then, does anybody have reccomendations what -GPU, -(maybe RAM, might recycle from older machine) -SSD(s) -CPU Liquid cooler I should get. OR if somebody would know a "cheap" way to build the same thing wit han i7 7700k or i7 7800k, which would be even better. Cheers guys, have a great weekend!
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Louqe Ghost S1 mk2 recently got out of kickstarter so what I might be asking might be very far-fetched. BUT I'm going to have some hope... I got super interested after watching Jayztwocents video of Louqe Ghost S1, so I read all kinds of Louqe's tests, read through their FAQs and kickstarter comments, and (of course) seen all videos on it. However, there was one question that was still left unanswered so I'm using all kinds of method to put myself to rest on this little 'itch'. HERES THE QUESTION: Will a graphics card fitted with a Kraken G12 (ideally a 1080 strix) fit in the Louqe Ghost S1 mk2? (and still close the side panel?) I have emailed Louqe but they haven't given me a satisfactory response...which was referring me to Kraken X31 and EVGA Hybrid card test. I left comments on videos with the question; left unanswered... My ideal build on the Louqe is to have TWO large tophats both on the top and the bottom of the Ghost S1 itself. The top...hat will have the 240mm AIO for the CPU The bottom...hat will have another 240mm AIO for the GPU fitted onto a Kraken G12. I am 99% certain that both radiators+fans will fit (since they will both have their 'tophats'), but still not sure if the graphics card and the G12 itself will fit inside (and still have the side panel close). I also know that from Louqe's FAQ that graphics card with 2.5 slot dimension will not fit. (But that still doesnt tell me if a G12 on a graphics card can fit) It seems very far-fetched to get this itch away, but I'm just hoping someone might have an idea here.
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Hi, I am currently planning a new build for myself. Now going for a small formfactor case, and want the best setup with the least sound. Hope someone have some good tips for me when it comes to what changes I could do, or if this is a good enough setup. PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $299.99 @ Walmart CPU Cooler NZXT Kraken X52 Rev 2 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $129.99 @ Amazon Motherboard Gigabyte B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard $190.44 @ Amazon Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $79.99 @ Best Buy Storage Samsung 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $98.56 @ Amazon Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card $639.99 @ Best Buy Power Supply Corsair SF 600 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply $119.99 @ Corsair Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1558.95 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-05 02:17 EST-0500 My main question is the CPU, I am a bit uncertain if I should go for the Ryzen 3700x or just go for a lower end Ryzen 2700x. I currently have a Intel i7 7700k, but want something better (ofcourse). Never built with AMD before, so do anyone know how delidding / luiquid metal could work / help with the temp ? All tips and advices are taken with great pleasure!