ITX vs Pre-Built

[Shiruxriu]

3 hours ago, brob said:

Kraken x62 rev 2 or H110i v2 are decent choices and I believe should fit in the Node 804.

What kind of measurements are they rocking for the rad? Also I can't really tell where in either the node 304 or node 804 I would mount the rad and it's fans. Thoughts?

[brob]

4 minutes ago, Shiruxriu said:

What kind of measurements are they rocking for the rad? Also I can't really tell where in either the node 304 or node 804 I would mount the rad and it's fans. Thoughts?

 

For the Node 804, see Water cooling compatibility section of http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/node-series/node-804. If you scroll through the pictures that eventually appear at the top of the page you will also see a layout for the left chamber.

 

At best the Node 304 can take a 120mm or 140mm radiator on the rear fan mount. Cooling system section of http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/node-series/node-304-black outline why.

[Shiruxriu]

39 minutes ago, brob said:

 

For the Node 804, see Water cooling compatibility section of http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/node-series/node-804. If you scroll through the pictures that eventually appear at the top of the page you will also see a layout for the left chamber.

 

At best the Node 304 can take a 120mm or 140mm radiator on the rear fan mount. Cooling system section of http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/node-series/node-304-black outline why.

Looking at both definitely puts me in a mind to shoot for Noctua's fan cooling hard but so far the boards cooling compatibility looks iffy. There's no word on liquid cooling support for the board and as such I'm very hesitant to be part of what's still an early adopter phase. Any thoughts on form factors that can keep the build almost as compact or is this a pipe dream for now due to the cooling issue till I hear back from Noctua?

[brob]

1 hour ago, Shiruxriu said:

Looking at both definitely puts me in a mind to shoot for Noctua's fan cooling hard but so far the boards cooling compatibility looks iffy. There's no word on liquid cooling support for the board and as such I'm very hesitant to be part of what's still an early adopter phase. Any thoughts on form factors that can keep the build almost as compact or is this a pipe dream for now due to the cooling issue till I hear back from Noctua?

If the NH-D15 is not compatible, the NH-U14S should fit the board as it was designed to be entirely within the designated cpu area. The 14S is almost as good as the D15.

 

There are other mini-ITX cases. Slightly larger and therefore having more options with respect to coolers. The Define Nano S for example, can handle a 240mm radiator.

[Shiruxriu]

2 hours ago, brob said:

If the NH-D15 is not compatible, the NH-U14S should fit the board as it was designed to be entirely within the designated cpu area. The 14S is almost as good as the D15.

 

There are other mini-ITX cases. Slightly larger and therefore having more options with respect to coolers. The Define Nano S for example, can handle a 240mm radiator.

For mini-ITX is ASRock the only mini-ITX X299 board manufacturer. 

[brob]

2 hours ago, Shiruxriu said:

For mini-ITX is ASRock the only mini-ITX X299 board manufacturer. 

Yes as far as I know.