My 2015 computer has been showing its age for a while now and I've been thinking about putting a new one together.
I need to put it in an SFF enclosure because I've been having to travel a lot. I was looking at pairing a 13600 with the 4080, but the former either isn't a thing yet or isn't available here, and thus, I figured I'll wait for the 4080 Ti to be announced and pair it with a 13600K, but that's taking almost forever and I recently saw someone on reddit saying that Ti versions might not be in the cards(wink) for the 4080 and the 4090, which is a bummer.
You might wonder why I want them to be configured this way, the reasons are as infantile as you can imagine.
Putting all that aside, I've decided to proceed with the build. I had initially settled on the A4-H2O, but then I saw some pretty good deals on H1 V2; that made the idea of dealing with long, rigid PSU cables and AIO tubing seem like an unnecessary hassle. Now, with the H1, 13600K, and ProArt 4080(the only one that'd fit w/o doing funny things to the case) in mind, I discovered that the PSU that comes with the case has some trouble handling transient loads for GPUs like the 3080 and above. Moreover, the PSU's fan always seems to be running and creates quite a racket. The only solution is to swap it with something better.
Coming to the 140mm AIO the case comes with, NZXT doesn't allow you to control its pump speed. By default, it runs at 4000 RPM at all times and sounds like a dentist's drill. Running it at 50% speed fixes the issue without losing much performance. The only way to achieve this is to modify their proprietary 5-pin cable to plug it into the mobo's pump header instead of the NZXT fan controller, which would void the warranty.
I personally would like the smaller H2O, and picking all the parts for it, but nothing would beat the convenience of tailored-length, already routed cables and the really short AIO tubing on the H1 for me.
What I'm looking for here is for someone who has experience with these cases to help me navigate the decision making on this build. If my concerns with either of the cases are unfounded, or if I should maybe consider different set of components. I would also like to know how bad of a board is ASRock Z790M-ITX. Thank you and have a fun weekend.
I need to put it in an SFF enclosure because I've been having to travel a lot. I was looking at pairing a 13600 with the 4080, but the former either isn't a thing yet or isn't available here, and thus, I figured I'll wait for the 4080 Ti to be announced and pair it with a 13600K, but that's taking almost forever and I recently saw someone on reddit saying that Ti versions might not be in the cards(wink) for the 4080 and the 4090, which is a bummer.
You might wonder why I want them to be configured this way, the reasons are as infantile as you can imagine.
Putting all that aside, I've decided to proceed with the build. I had initially settled on the A4-H2O, but then I saw some pretty good deals on H1 V2; that made the idea of dealing with long, rigid PSU cables and AIO tubing seem like an unnecessary hassle. Now, with the H1, 13600K, and ProArt 4080(the only one that'd fit w/o doing funny things to the case) in mind, I discovered that the PSU that comes with the case has some trouble handling transient loads for GPUs like the 3080 and above. Moreover, the PSU's fan always seems to be running and creates quite a racket. The only solution is to swap it with something better.
Coming to the 140mm AIO the case comes with, NZXT doesn't allow you to control its pump speed. By default, it runs at 4000 RPM at all times and sounds like a dentist's drill. Running it at 50% speed fixes the issue without losing much performance. The only way to achieve this is to modify their proprietary 5-pin cable to plug it into the mobo's pump header instead of the NZXT fan controller, which would void the warranty.
I personally would like the smaller H2O, and picking all the parts for it, but nothing would beat the convenience of tailored-length, already routed cables and the really short AIO tubing on the H1 for me.
What I'm looking for here is for someone who has experience with these cases to help me navigate the decision making on this build. If my concerns with either of the cases are unfounded, or if I should maybe consider different set of components. I would also like to know how bad of a board is ASRock Z790M-ITX. Thank you and have a fun weekend.
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