You have any issues with the dark rock hitting the QI charger up top? Thats what I'm battling now... I can't get everything lined up to mount the motherboard.
Spire should fit, 70mm height as case supports 90mm max. Atx psu will fit, I used one at first but cable management is a pain. The supported location for a 2nd disk (HDD or SSD) is in the lower fan location, which I dont recommend. You'll want all 3 fans for cooling. Ive seen people doubling ssds with double sided tape in the 1 supported location under the front case shroud. You shouldn't have an issue putting 2 in front if they're 7mm ssds. Example here: https://m.imgur.com/gallery/yRlYOub
Yeah! I'll do that tomorrow. I had to do a quick build, and upload :) It'll also look a bit different with the noctua fan on that heatsink instead of the default cryorig one.
I'm confused about your fan setup. Your bottom three fans are pushing air into the PSU compartment. Meaning the cooler air coming from the front fans are immediately being ejected out of the main compartment.
Your Video card fan pushes air towards the heat sink, which is the opposite direction of your bottom fans, meaning they're fighting for the same air.
I mean, they look great, but I don't think they're adding much value to your cooling and/or its just very inefficient.
Unit is fairly loud, however under a desk it wouldnt be very loud at all.
(Update, there are 2 CPU fan headers, Header 1 has a nice silent fan curve, Header 2 is 100% all the time. Moved to header 1 and the thing is dead silent!)
Asrock (link in build list) has them on newegg. It includes case, mobo and power supply. Sorry, that makes it sound like I bought a retail board. Its a bare bones. I've not seen any STX mobos alone either.
They have 3 models:
intel CPU video (630 if you get the 8th gen version) - $157 (ish)
1060 6gb $599 at the time of writing this $799 retail
Checking back on this after looking. No it can't be oriented down as it hits the bottom of the case, it extends a little more than 1/4 of an inch past the board in its current config.
When oriented towards the back of the case (right in the images) the cooler doesn't sit flush on the CPU. I didn't try "up" or "down" since its pretty long it hangs over the back of the motherboard. The 2nd reason I went with an SFX power supply is because the cooler would hit the PSU and couldn't be oriented this way.
Not as much as you'd think. I drive destiny at 2560 x 1080 with over 150 fps.
The 8350k has a base clock of 4.0ghz, which gives it a 25% faster single core speed over the Ryzen 1700. Since 90% of games at most take advantage of 4 cores (some games going to 6 and fewer going to 8) Its a great all around CPU with excellent gaming capabilities.
I really like it. Its my first "SFF" case, though I know there are many others out there smaller. It was a pain to cable, I started with an ATX power supply then swapped with an SFX. I heard they're going to come out with mesh sides (maybe) I would swap for those, even with the gap around the glass it gets warm. I drop 10 degrees by removing the sides.
I actually went with this 360 in particular because its expandable. I'm going to drop in a 9900k and 2080ti under water shortly and I won't have to change my radiator.
I haven't yet. It performs well enough. I can stream at 1080/60 and get 120+ fps so I haven't really pushed more performance. I can play with it though and let you know my thoughts!
Lian LI has an itx with a handle, but it couldnt handle the length of my 1080. I have a BF Prodigy as my server case and its WAY huge, like 3x bigger than this. I really like the looks, even though I have to wipe it down often. :)
Also, I don't transport it too much. I'm in my 30's with kids, so it probably sounds like I do more than I actually do! :)
