Dream build in a Cooler Master HAF XB Evo

[DirectingGnu2]

CPU: 3950x, about to upgrade to 5950x

with Noctua U12A, D15S wouldn't fit with a 200mm fan on top and the CPU socket is too close to the top PCIe slot, so not enough clearance for GPU.

 

Mobo: MSI X570 Godlike, only AM4 mobo with both SLI support and the correct PCIe spacing for the 3090s

 

Memory: Recently changed to G.skill FlareX 3200mhz 2x16 CL14 (will post updated pics later), oced to 3800mhz 16-16-17-16-32 with ryzen dram calculator. FCLK is at 1900mhz

 

Storage: WD SN750 500gb, Crucial MX500 2tb sata,  WD4005FZBX 4tb HDD (featured in recent LTT video) in the hot swap bay

 

GPU: 2x Asus TUF 3090 non-OC, same price as founders edition. Waited overnight with a friend at Canada Computers, he sold his to me at MSRP.

 

Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo, also featured in the same recent LTT video

 

PSU: Corsair AX1200i Platinum, it was the most powerful psu in stock at my local CC

 

2 Noctua 140mm A14 PWM fans in the front, 120mm S12A PWM at the back, 200mm A20 PWM on top. Had to use zip ties, fan wouldn't fit with the standard mount.

 

Optical drive is salvaged from some acer prebuilt from 2008, didn't plug it in yet but looks nice.

 

Using a Samsung RG90 ultrawide, 5120x1440p 120hz

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[DirectingGnu2]

Well couldn't find a 5950x on launch day, guess I'm settling for a 5600x for now.

[SlySeventySeven]

Hoping you can clarify something for me, are you using the Noctua U12A with the top fan? I'm really hoping to use something similar, but the math doesn't work out in my head.

 

The specs for the case say it can hold a 180 mm tall cooler, but the Noctua 200 mm fans are 30 mm thick, leaving only 150 mm left for the cooler. The U12A is listed at 158 mm tall so I had ruled it out of my build, but if you are using it with the 200 mm top fan that would solve a huge problem for me.

 

I know this is an old thread, but I'm really hoping you can help me out, there isn't a lot of info out there about this that I can find.

 

Thanks!

[DirectingGnu2]

On 3/17/2021 at 1:17 AM, SlySeventySeven said:

Hoping you can clarify something for me, are you using the Noctua U12A with the top fan? I'm really hoping to use something similar, but the math doesn't work out in my head.

 

The specs for the case say it can hold a 180 mm tall cooler, but the Noctua 200 mm fans are 30 mm thick, leaving only 150 mm left for the cooler. The U12A is listed at 158 mm tall so I had ruled it out of my build, but if you are using it with the 200 mm top fan that would solve a huge problem for me.

 

I know this is an old thread, but I'm really hoping you can help me out, there isn't a lot of info out there about this that I can find.

 

Thanks!

I gave up with the top fan, the cooler because of where it is was causing a top fan to be noisy probably from turbulence. The U12a barely fits, its seriously close to the GPU and it will hit the top fan if you only so much as to touch the top panel with the fan.

 

 

Overall, I don't recommend that top fan on the inside, I'd either mount the fan on the outside on top of the panel or use a 140mm fan, mount with zip ties and have it well clear of the CPU cooler.