Case choice for 1st custom loop

[2PartAuthentication]

I'm planning to wait for the Ryzen 2 and 11xx Series gpus to be released and then get a whole bunch of parts together for my first custom liquid cooling build. 

Wanted to do one for a while but felt like my Phantom 410 isn't the best choice, and my 4670K is still going strong, but I'd love an upgrade so that I could finally play R6 Siege on QHD 144Hz on Ultra settings.

Currently probably going to pick an 8700K (or equivalent R7 2.0) and hoping that the highest end consumer card is released alongside the rest of the GPU line up, if not then I'll hold onto my money and possibly water cool my 1080, or build everything towards getting the 1180Ti or however it'll be named and keep it air cooled.

 

As far as I know and managed to research, I'd require at least a 420mm rad or 2 240s, as I'm going to overclock both CPU and GPU, and since summer's coming up and I live in a pretty hot area.

 

My current picks are either the H700i, Define R6 or Meshify C. Phanteks are extremely expensive locally, and for the BeQuiet mid-towers we only have the 600 line-up.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[TVwazhere]

On 3/27/2018 at 11:24 AM, 2PartAuthentication said:

My current picks are either the H700i, Define R6 or Meshify C. Phanteks are extremely expensive locally, and for the BeQuiet mid-towers we only have the 600 line-up.

Define R6 is the best overall choice in terms of flexibility and price. H700i is more expensive with RGB features and slightly less flexible, but looks fantastic (cant fit larger tube reservoirs in for example) The Meshify C would be a squeeze. Not ideal for first time. You could look at Enthoo Pro M TG, unless that too is very expensive.

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On 3/27/2018 at 6:30 PM, TVwazhere said:

Define Rk is the best overall choice in terms of flexibility and price. H700i is more expensive with RGB features and slightly less flexible, but looks fantastic (cant fit larger tube reservoirs in for example) The Meshify C would be a squeeze. Not ideal for first time. You could look at Enthoo Pro M TG, unless that too is very expensive.

Sadly, we don't have the Enthoo pro locally and the Enthoo Luxe ATX is over my budget.

The thing is the H700i locally is pretty much the same price as the Define R6 (13USD difference in local currency)

About the H700i - not looking for a gigantic res, something about 200ml or so would do the trick (Like the EK XRES 140 - Revo D5 res pump combo or something like that), I'm assuming that'll not be a problem.

 

Just one last question - for cooling performance, which one of the two is better? I like both's aesthetics, but it seems like the h700i doesn't give me much room to upgrade.

The EK configurator which I use for the lack of brand knowledge/somewhat cheap price point/lack of intermediate knowledge in custom loops, shows that I'd need a top 420mm rad on the R6 versus one slim and one regular 360 rads for front and top on the H700i, which means that if for some reason I'd decide to get a second graphics card, I'm afraid the H700i might not be enough (Because I could add another rad for the front in the R6)

 

Thanks!

[TVwazhere]

5 minutes ago, 2PartAuthentication said:

Just one last question - for cooling performance, which one of the two is better? I like both's aesthetics, but it seems like the h700i doesn't give me much room to upgrade.

The H700i cools slightly better, but the testing done was on air, and wont really be a factor since you're watercooling. The cases should perform the same in this situation.

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If you put two 360's in the front and top, you should have enough cooling for one CPU and two GPU's no problem, especially if theyre 60mm thick. Though the only limiting factor might be that the H700I might not be able to fit the thicker RAD up top, I havent seen too many RADS up there that werent above 25mm.

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1 hour ago, TVwazhere said:

The H700i cools slightly better, but the testing done was on air, and wont really be a factor since you're watercooling. The cases should perform the same in this situation.

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If you put two 360's in the front and top, you should have enough cooling for one CPU and two GPU's no problem, especially if theyre 60mm thick. Though the only limiting factor might be that the H700I might not be able to fit the thicker RAD up top, I havent seen too many RADS up there that werent above 25mm.

Thanks for the massive help!

I also decided to go look up some builds on youtube and apparently JayzTwoCents just uploaded sort of a build log with Fractal Josh of a rigid tubing R6 build.

Looks pretty neat and since it seems to have more clearance, I think I'm gonna go with that one.

Thanks a lot!

[Jay Deah]

The r6 is a nice case. Be aware in that video they are running the case in ‘alternate configuration’ so you only have space for 4x 2.5” + 2x 3.5” drives.

 

i run the same case with a 240aio up top cooling an 8700k @5ghz and a 360 in front cooking a 1080ti all keeps nice and cool nonproblem. I intend to ditch the 240 up top and run everything off of the front EK-MLC 360 as I’m confident it can keep everything nice and cool and the current setup is Overkill.