Enthoo Luxe 2 rigid tube build

[Chujitsu]

When I saw this case, I thought to myself, okay I have to build in it. After building it, I was questioned by friends why would I build such a rig? For what reason? My response "I have no clue I just wanted to build in this case becuase this Phanteks case is calling to me". I also reused some parts from my previous build such as the lg ultra wide monitor, the logitech mouse, my headphones, the microphone, Samsung 850 EVO SSDs and the PSU.

  

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor

			Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard
			G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory
			Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
			Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
			Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
			EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card
			Phanteks Enthoo Luxe 2 ATX Full Tower Case
			EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

 

Link to complete build parts
https://pcpartpicker.com/b/tMsZxr

 

Custom rigid tube water loop. (First time using rigid tubing)

2 - Black Ice Nemesis 480GTS Radiator.

1 - Black Ice Nemesis 360GTS Radiator.

1 - EKWB EK-CoolStream XE 360 Radiator.

1- Maelstrom D5 V2 Series with X300 reservoir.

I used PrimoChill 1/2in. Rigid RevolverSX Series Fittings and mix in with a bunch of Bitspower fittings also. And yes the EK XE 360 radiator is in push pull configuration. The Cables are from CableMod the pro series.

And yes there are 18 fans in there the cable management was a quite overwhelming. (RBG cables and PWM cables for each fan.. smh)

 

My thoughts on the build

I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. First looking at the Phanteks Case I thought man, that's a lot of room. But now that it's built seems pretty tight in there. I initially wanted to vertically mount the Maelstrom Reservoir/pump combo (I assume it would because the case was so massive), but turned out IT didn't FIT and a then it was suggested that I mount it laying down (Thanks Brainless906). Thank goodness that fit and with the LED strip running on the inside of the case on the corner of the PSU shroud, it actually lights up the reservoir and I decided not to use the ARGB that came with the reservoir/pump.

 

Thoughts on the Fan choice.

So I intially priced out for 18 Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-2000 PWM. But I thought to myself do I need that much airflow, with all these rads it could maybe passively cool or just need fans at low RPMs to just help it along. After further research (ie watching fan reviews on youtube) I came across a video by Bitwit promoting these "china made fans" by PCCooler. I gave it a try and to be honest I was quite surprised. Initial impressions was that it was quite sturdy and the RGB was not "overwhelming" ( I was fearful that this build would get too "rainbow puke" like). When I powered it on for the first time it was like a having noisy box fan blowing at full blast. But once I got into the bios and turned them down to 25% power they we quite quiet. Not as quiet as Noctua's (my old build used 140mm 2000 rpm industrial fans) but not enough to make a you cringe. So all in all, as far as budget fans go for 13 bucks and change per fan, I'm really glad I went with these fans. Not overbearing RGB with decent performance.

 

Bitwit Video link here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipfb3YZiWkc  (sorry LTT)

 

Lastly I'm not too fond of the bracket for the base that Phanteks added in to make it "easier" for builders. The bracket I feel somewhat restricts the airflow a little when you're trying to adjust it and if you put a anything 360mm (3 fans, or a rad with 3 fans) it butts right up against the the front rad/fans. So essentially you're blocking airflow at the bottom (because of the bracket) and on the front (because it's soo close). I was concerned with airflow so I did some adjustments to move the fat boy 360mm EK rad as far to the rear as I can but with that bracket it didn't help much and had to drill holes of my own.

Sorry if this was TL:DR but all in all I'm pleased with the way it turned out and if you have any questions or comments please feel free to share and I will answer it a promptly as I can.

 

3D mark Spy bench results:

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/8829660

 

 

 

First Time rigid Tubing

 

 

 

Installing the Radiators and the fans and planning out how to run my hard lines.

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This was a bit tricky, I ending up using a double rotary 90 fitting, extension fitting, a non rotary 90 fitting and lastly a "sli adjustable" fitting to make this work.

 

 

So I had to be a little creative here.  At first I thought I could bend a 90 rigid tube to make it fit but that was failure so I ended up using a 90 rotary fitting and a "double rotary extension so I could tighten it.  (Thank God my fingers fit in there to tighten it)

 

The EK block on the RTX  2080ti

 

The sought after hard to find Ryzen 9 3900X

 

Rigid Tubing!  For a first time ever bender I think I did well (all free hand too)

 

The END RESULT enjoy

 

really bad video quality of the system running (sorry)

 

 

Complete setup (Bleed green Go birds!)

 

[NunoLava1998]

God damn that looks cool on the blue setting

[Brainless906]

Thats a lotta radiator, friend.

[WillLTT]

29 minutes ago, Chujitsu said:

--snippet--

im freaking jealus

[Meganter]

This is stunning ! O_O  

[Xplo1t]

Curious how flimsy the card feels in the vertical position.  When I tried that position, it moved around a little too much, but maybe it's better once plumbed? I'm tempted to use my Cooler Master vertical mount kit which requires cutting out the opening around the PCIE slots.  Did that with my NZXT H700 case, but that is a little more solid than the Phantek. 

[Squirrel724]

That bottom radiator is massive, how thick is that?