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Welcome to the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Shift/Shift X Owners Club @ OCN!! If you would like to join the club, post some pics/ description of your build.



Shift

The craftsmanship of the Evolv Shift can be seen in every detail. From efficient space utilization to innovative features, the Shift delivers a compact housing that packs plenty of power. Every aspect of the Shift has been thoughtfully designed to be intuitive, clean and accessible. The interior is designed to meet the demand of AIO water cooling. Due to its small footprint and versatile placement, the Shift will look impressive anywhere in your home environment or office space.

http://www.phanteks.com/Enthoo-Evolv-Shift.html



Shift X

The Evolv Shift X combines premium finishes and distinctive design to stand tall amongst the crowd. From smart space utilization to innovative features, the Shif t X delivers the ultimate level of power ful and slim configurations. Every aspect of the Shift X has been thoughtfully designed to be intuitive, clean and accessible. The interior is designed to meet the demand of water cooling enthusiasts. Due to its small footprint and versatile placement, the Shift X will look impressive anywhere in your home environment or office space.

http://www.phanteks.com/Enthoo-Evolv-Shift-X.html
 
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I am always working on different builds and i was excited for the Shift release for my secondary mini build so here we go.

Build List-

Phanteks Shift
Asus Z270i Gaming
Intel 7600K
Corsair LPX 2X8GB 3200Mhz
Samsung EVO 512GB M.2
Asus Direct CUII 960
Corsair SF450
Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120mm
Cooler Master MasterFan Pro Balance RGB 120mm X2

This is my spare build so i was thinking of putting a 1080 mini or possible a 1070 Ti in it at some point.



 
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I am always working on different builds and i was excited for the Shift release for my secondary mini build so here we go.

Build List-

Phanteks Shift
Asus Z270i Gaming
Intel 7600K
Corsair LPX 2X8GB 3200Mhz
Samsung EVO 512GB M.2
Asus Direct CUII 960
Corsair SF450
Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120mm
Cooler Master MasterFan Pro Balance RGB 120mm X2

This is my spare build so i was thinking of putting a 1080 mini or possible a 1070 Ti in it at some point.
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Nice build nyk! My Shift should be delivered on Thursday from Newegg. I kept hoping that Amazon would get them in to use Prime and get it a few days sooner, but no dice.

I am very interested to see what the temps are like in this case since I went with the regular Shift. I will be using my H75 to cool the CPU. The X was just too tall for me to have as the HTPC, I currently have the Corsair 460X which is rather huge next to the TV.

My goal is to see if I can cram 3x SSDs and 1x 3.5 HDD in this. My motherboard doesn't have M.2 to consolidate one of these SSDs. I won't be upgrading my 4790k till next year since I want to see if Intel goes mainsteam with their 8 core CPUs or if they will stick with the 6 cores for awhile.

I am hoping that there are no issues fitting the Asus Strix OC 1070, it is a 2 slot so it should be good. I am contemplating soon to maybe get a 1080 Ti.
 
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Here is a build log video from Tek Everything, looking good and screenshots alone don't seem to do this case justice. He does a good job trying to explain what you can and can't fit in this case.

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Good review i like how he orientated the aio tubing as i did mine the same way and its very clean looking. The only issue i really have with the Shift is the riser cable is too short to rotate the gpu so the fans face the glass. Unless its a mini gpu the gpu will make contact with the psu and its just not feasible. If we had another inch or so to play with it would be perfect.
 
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Here's my build. Not fully finished - waiting for some custome cables and want to give it a few more touches.

The build is temporary until I have the time to put it on water later this year or early next year.

At first I put the GPU fans facing the glass, but thermals were awe full so I flipped it back. The 2.5 width Strix is a real squeeze! Had to slightly end the bracket to fit.

i7-8700k, delided (prebined 5GHz OcUK)
Asus Strix 1080 Ti
Asus Strix Z370i
G.Skill 3200MHz 2x8GB
Samsung Polaris 960 Pro 512MB M.2 SSD
NZXT Kraken X62
SilverStone SST-SX650-G













 
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How tight is the clearance with he gpu fans facing the window i have the same GPU but water cooled ?
 
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How tight is the clearance with he gpu fans facing the window i have the same GPU but water cooled ?
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With a water block you shouldn't have any issues. It's the extra half a slot thickness of the heat sink on the Strix that makes it tight, and also then it fits without a problem. The issues is that it's blowing the air against the glass with hardly any gap so that the hot air recirculates back into the GPU which is very inefficient.
 
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Good review i like how he orientated the aio tubing as i did mine the same way and its very clean looking. The only issue i really have with the Shift is the riser cable is too short to rotate the gpu so the fans face the glass. Unless its a mini gpu the gpu will make contact with the psu and its just not feasible. If we had another inch or so to play with it would be perfect.
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In the shift x the raiser cable gave me enough wiggle room to rotate the GPU, but having the fan(s) facing the glass was really not ideal for thermals. The GPU got into the 80c range really quickly in games and hit thermal limits (set to 85c) in synthetic benchmarks! Now it's sitting comfortably at games around low 70s and stress testing for 20 min lower 80s. Opening the top helps a bit too.

I'm thinking of getting the front panel cut (with a water-jet cutter in the Mech Eng dp. at work) to increase airflow a bit. Need to check how feasible that will though...
 
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With a water block you shouldn't have any issues. It's the extra half a slot thickness of the heat sink on the Strix that makes it tight, and also then it fits without a problem. The issues is that it's blowing the air against the glass with hardly any gap so that the hot air recirculates back into the GPU which is very inefficient.
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I have the 1070 version of the Strix, if I have it face the back of the mobo are there any issues to worry about?
 
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I have the 1070 version of the Strix, if I have it face the back of the mobo are there any issues to worry about?
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If the 1070 Strix is the same as the 1080 Ti size-wise, then it doesn't properly fit in the bracket. I had to take the bracket out of the case (as per the user manual), take the screw insert out and slightly bend/force the bracket over the plastic fan cover. It's not aweful, but it did slightly scratch the plastic a bit... It was also slightly trickier to get the bracket back in the case. It sounds worse than it is - in the end it fitted and it all works great.

 
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This case is just too pretty. I have an 850 SeaSonic gold 160mm that I don't want to downgrade to a 600 Corsair because I don't want to hamper my overclocking.

Am I overreacting? Or are components so efficient now that 600 is just as good as 850 for overclocking?
 
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If the 1070 Strix is the same as the 1080 Ti size-wise, then it doesn't properly fit in the bracket. I had to take the bracket out of the case (as per the user manual), take the screw insert out and slightly bend/force the bracket over the plastic fan cover. It's not aweful, but it did slightly scratch the plastic a bit... It was also slightly trickier to get the bracket back in the case. It sounds worse than it is - in the end it fitted and it all works great.

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I will have to take a look at the dimensions of both cards to compare. That looks like a hell of a bend there, can you bend it back without any issues?

I do want to get a 1080 or 1080 Ti, this could force me into getting one sooner. It seems like the EVGA 1080 Ti SC fits in this case pretty well.
 
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I will have to take a look at the dimensions of both cards to compare. That looks like a hell of a bend there, can you bend it back without any issues?

I do want to get a 1080 or 1080 Ti, this could force me into getting one sooner. It seems like the EVGA 1080 Ti SC fits in this case pretty well.
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Yup, it snaps right back. The angle I took the photo makes it seem worse than it is, and this is before I pushed it all the way over the plastic fan cover so it looks crocked. When I get my new PSU cables I'll take it out and photograph it again. I plan on going with a waterblock later so it willl completely resolve this issue anyways.
 
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Yup, it snaps right back. The angle I took the photo makes it seem worse than it is, and this is before I pushed it all the way over the plastic fan cover so it looks crocked. When I get my new PSU cables I'll take it out and photograph it again. I plan on going with a waterblock later so it willl completely resolve this issue anyways.
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That is good to hear. Whenever you can get more pics up is always cool.

Are you using 140mm fans in the front or 120s? If I use 140, will there be an issue with placing a 120mm rad on the bottom/base at all?

I'm supposed to get the case delivered today, but won't be able to start the build till tomorrow evening. I bought a SilverStone PWM fan hub yesterday to get all of the fans running in this case to try and keep it cool. I wish they would have sold a rear panel with vented air holes and a dust filter where the GPU sits if you didn't want that to be glass. It'd probably help with some of the air flow, but it doesn't sound like heat is that big of an issue in this case.

If the 1070 Ti wasn't coming out I'd consider the 1080, but stupid NVIDIA pretty much is killing that card with this tactic. Seems like the jump from my 1070 to the Ti would make more sense than a 1080.
 
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That is good to hear. Whenever you can get more pics up is always cool.

Are you using 140mm fans in the front or 120s? If I use 140, will there be an issue with placing a 120mm rad on the bottom/base at all?

I'm supposed to get the case delivered today, but won't be able to start the build till tomorrow evening. I bought a SilverStone PWM fan hub yesterday to get all of the fans running in this case to try and keep it cool. I wish they would have sold a rear panel with vented air holes and a dust filter where the GPU sits if you didn't want that to be glass. It'd probably help with some of the air flow, but it doesn't sound like heat is that big of an issue in this case.

If the 1070 Ti wasn't coming out I'd consider the 1080, but stupid NVIDIA pretty much is killing that card with this tactic. Seems like the jump from my 1070 to the Ti would make more sense than a 1080.
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For full watercoolong? I think it's either slim 240 front and slim 120 bottom, or 280 front. If you are asking if a 120 rad will fit with only a 140 fan in the front (but no rad) they I still doubt it - but how would such a setup work anyways?!

I'm using all 140mm fans. 2 be quite! silent wing 3 at the top (near the MB) and the base of the case, and the 2 fans that came with the Kraken for now. I put the Kraken in the AiO pump header and it controls the fans via its own software (not through the MB headers), the top 140 fan in he CPU header and the bottom fan in the Chasis header. It seems to work good that way. When I go water will replace all with Noctua 140mm fans.

As for the GPU, I think I read somewhere that the 1070Ti will be voltage locked and you won't be able to push it beyond stock, unlike the 1080 - so there is that. Double check it though! I wouldn't upgrade from 1070 to 1070Ti or 1080, it's 1080Ti or wait for Volta.
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Here's my entry to the club...
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  • Asus Z270i
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
  • Nvidia Titan Xp (2017)
  • G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200
  • (2X) 1 TB Samsung 960 Evo M.2
  • Corsair SF600
  • XSPC Ion Pump/Reservoir
  • EK-FB ASUS Z270I Strix RGB Monoblock
  • EK-FC Titan X Pascal - Nickel Water Block
  • EK-CoolStream PE 240 (38mm)
  • EK-CoolStream PE 120 (38mm)
  • (5X) Corsair HD120 RGB fans
  • (1X) Corsair HD140 RGB fan
  • CORSAIR Commander PRO
  • CORSAIR RGB LED Lighting PRO







Yeh...A lot of stuff to get in there, LOL.
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...but I got it all to fit
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"Taste the Rainbow"







I still have a couple other little tweaks to do...more pics coming soon
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I would have went with the SE rads to give yourself more breathing room but great work its similar to my build.
 
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