Cooler Master Elite 130 ITX Build

[Lerixo]

Hello and greetings from Germany.

My names Philipp, and for my first thread i have a nice ITX setup in planning, for which i need some help with.

 

For the case, i want an Coolermaster 130 Elite, holding a delidded i7-8700k, cooled with a Noctua NH-L9x65, on the asrock z370 gaming itx board, an Gigabyte 1080 windforce OC, and for ram a gskill 3200mhz cl14.

So far so good.

 

As an ITX build ist most likely  hindered by thermical issues, im planning ahead, before ill buy anything. 

So i made a little drawing (1/5 ratio) to show it to others in which direction the fans should blow/draw. (see attachements), and for your interest, its already planned to put a 2nd fan next to the one screwed on the HDD mount on the right side, which is also shown in the drawing. (btw, links means left, and rechts means right.  Graka is the GPU.)

 

Heat will be my highest concern here, as my GPU will just force hot air in, so my first guess was man, why not make 3 outtakes through the 2x120mm on the side and the one in the front. Well, my system would run on hot GPU-air.

So i thought more about it. Well, i noticed a small grid, leading out of the rear (attachements, rear, red box). What about.... i just let all fans push air in, GPU, 1 120mm on the front and both on the side, and let the air come out of the rear end, through this grid? Could anyone help me here what the best option would be, as im not a physician.

Sadly i dont have any of this yet, and i love to plan things beforehand.

 

For your interest, my system is built yes, but i want a transportable system, as i have to move many times in like 2 months. So im getting an ITX board, new cpu heatsink, and the CM130, and OFC finetune that badboy, add dustfilters all that good stuff, and undervolt my baby to decrease that so painful heat in an ITX system.

 

Im looking forward to your replies.

Greets, Phil

[KING OF THE DIRTY DANS]

Hi Phil

I think what matters most, is what kind of fans you'll use with your airflow plans

Get some Noctuas, as they are pretty reliable

 

Im not sure what the red grate is for, could you explain?

[Lerixo]

Im looking to build Pure Wings 2 bequiet pwm's in there.  (budget is kinda low.)

The red grate is just showing what i thought about, if i let all fans blow in the case, GPU fans, aswell all 3 case fans, it would stream out of the grate right? Or do you have a better solution for the fan setup?

 

Pure wings 2, cause they got high airflow, and are rather cheap.

Greets

 

[KING OF THE DIRTY DANS]

7 minutes ago, Lerixo said:

Im looking to build Pure Wings 2 bequiet pwm's in there.  (budget is kinda low.)

The red grate is just showing what i thought about, if i let all fans blow in the case, GPU fans, aswell all 3 case fans, it would stream out of the grate right? Or do you have a better solution for the fan setup?

 

Pure wings 2, cause they got high airflow, and are rather cheap.

Greets

 

Those are actually good fans tbh

What I would do, is play around with the fan configs and speed once you have parts in hand

to get it to your liking

[Lerixo]

Well, i like to theorise about it beforehand, as you can see.  Just so i dont have to try things that wont work.  But ok, ill start with all fans as intake. Maybe unscrew that grate even. Or does something speak against it?

[kotenok]

Hey,

I'm considering buy an almost the same case, Coolermaster 120 (it has more space for hard drives, I think, and it's 2/3rds of the 130's price), so I'm really interested in the outcome of your thread!

[Lerixo]

Just for interest i created a buy list of all specific components ive chosen and need,you can find it below, to change systems.

I also asked for a price for custom PSU and sata cables, so everything will fit perfectly.

 

Also a small list from my current Hardware in my big ass Chieftec LBX-02B-U3-OP:

i7 8700k delidded
Gigabyte GTX 1080 Windforce OC
Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F
Dark Rock 3 be quiet! Heatsink
G.Skill Ripjaws @3,2ghz cl14

Samsung EVO 960 500GB
2TB HDD

 

which will be transferred to the ITX build.

Hype! 

 

ITX Build MF.pdf

[Lerixo]

News: ill build now on a Thermaltake core V1, more options in terms of cooling, and way lower price. ill get a nh-d9l for my cpu and all noctua fans, 2x 80mm and a 200mm. edits to come.