Anyone want to share their builds and thoughts on the case. I have one on the way, going to be my first time with an ITX build. Going with an r5 2600 and Asus Strix B450. Using the stock cooler for now. Not sure if I want to get a better air cooler, or use one of the newer AIO's. I've gone back to air cooling from AIO's but they look clean in this little case.
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Anyone want to share their builds and thoughts on the case. I have one on the way, going to be my first time with an ITX build. Going with an r5 2600 and Asus Strix B450. Using the stock cooler for now. Not sure if I want to get a better air cooler, or use one of the newer AIO's. I've gone back to air cooling from AIO's but they look clean in this little case.
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Changed from EATX to ITX too in my last build.
Love how the case looks full of components. Love how ITX looks with only one GPU installed. Never liked the way an ATX or EATX board looks with a blank PCI express slot. I´ve been into watercooling for almost 10 years right now and have done 3 builds in that time looking for other builds online and never liked the way the space under the first GPU slot. The H200i comes with a little GPU stand that slides into the PSU cover and holds the GPU in place. Some antisagging thingy. Nice addition.
Problems I found on the way. If you´ve got a non modular PSU you´re going to have a bad time routing your cables. GPU is too close to the PSU shroud, one of the fans can´t take that much air. This added to the front intake being starved by design and the filter installed results in high gaming temps. My GPU is a MSI RX 580 gaming X Plus, idles at 60º and while gaming can reach around 83º. With the front panel and filter dettached it idles around 54º. Having tested with this method for gaming, but asume 5 to 7 degrees less. Ambient temps are quite high though, around 35º. Looking for watercooling the case, searching for ideas and thinking about parts and costs.
Have not much time to post much more, if you´ve got some questions leave them here so we can read them later
Some pics I taken.
Cheers,
friku
Changed from EATX to ITX too in my last build.
Love how the case looks full of components. Love how ITX looks with only one GPU installed. Never liked the way an ATX or EATX board looks with a blank PCI express slot. I´ve been into watercooling for almost 10 years right now and have done 3 builds in that time looking for other builds online and never liked the way the space under the first GPU slot. The H200i comes with a little GPU stand that slides into the PSU cover and holds the GPU in place. Some antisagging thingy. Nice addition.
Problems I found on the way. If you´ve got a non modular PSU you´re going to have a bad time routing your cables. GPU is too close to the PSU shroud, one of the fans can´t take that much air. This added to the front intake being starved by design and the filter installed results in high gaming temps. My GPU is a MSI RX 580 gaming X Plus, idles at 60º and while gaming can reach around 83º. With the front panel and filter dettached it idles around 54º. Having tested with this method for gaming, but asume 5 to 7 degrees less. Ambient temps are quite high though, around 35º. Looking for watercooling the case, searching for ideas and thinking about parts and costs.
Have not much time to post much more, if you´ve got some questions leave them here so we can read them later
Some pics I taken.
Cheers,
friku
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Bro those pictures, you got a studio? I love those dark mobo shots. Whats up with that cooler never seen a Noctua like that. Those temps have me nervous, those are some really high ambients though. I am hoping for much better, I have heard those AMD cards run hot? I will have aHi
Changed from EATX to ITX too in my last build.
Love how the case looks full of components. Love how ITX looks with only one GPU installed. Never liked the way an ATX or EATX board looks with a blank PCI express slot. I´ve been into watercooling for almost 10 years right now and have done 3 builds in that time looking for other builds online and never liked the way the space under the first GPU slot. The H200i comes with a little GPU stand that slides into the PSU cover and holds the GPU in place. Some antisagging thingy. Nice addition.
Problems I found on the way. If you´ve got a non modular PSU you´re going to have a bad time routing your cables. GPU is too close to the PSU shroud, one of the fans can´t take that much air. This added to the front intake being starved by design and the filter installed results in high gaming temps. My GPU is a MSI RX 580 gaming X Plus, idles at 60º and while gaming can reach around 83º. With the front panel and filter dettached it idles around 54º. Having tested with this method for gaming, but asume 5 to 7 degrees less. Ambient temps are quite high though, around 35º. Looking for watercooling the case, searching for ideas and thinking about parts and costs.
Have not much time to post much more, if you´ve got some questions leave them here so we can read them later
Some pics I taken.
Cheers,
friku
1060 in mine but its an Asus card that also is said to run hot. Thanks for the info, I have heard that a smaller psu helps a lot.
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No studio . Dark grey cardboard as background, two Ikea bedside lamps, a Nikon D7000 with stock lens, a tripod and a lot of shots, lots of patience and a little bit of editing.
The cooler is the Noctua NH-D15S with Chromax accesories and Chromax fans.
As for the GPU, yes, I changed the GTX 970 for this one and the AMD GPU without external software control it´s a wattage devourer. It starts to ramp up heat like a beast.
I recommend a small fully modular PSU, gives you much more room beneath the case and should help airflow and thus temps. Mine is a semimodular, full ATX one, it takes up quite the whole space.
I´ve seen some builds in the H200i case made with double AIO coolers. One 240, or 280 for the CPU and one 120 for the GPU. They look quite nice and reduce internal case heat. Everything depends on how much you would spend on the system or if you want a quieter system. Check out PCPartPicker, there you can check builds done in the H200 or the "i" version.
Four more beauty shots, cause why not...
Cheers,
friku
. Dark grey cardboard as background, two Ikea bedside lamps, a Nikon D7000 with stock lens, a tripod and a lot of shots, lots of patience and a little bit of editing.The cooler is the Noctua NH-D15S with Chromax accesories and Chromax fans.
As for the GPU, yes, I changed the GTX 970 for this one and the AMD GPU without external software control it´s a wattage devourer. It starts to ramp up heat like a beast.
I recommend a small fully modular PSU, gives you much more room beneath the case and should help airflow and thus temps. Mine is a semimodular, full ATX one, it takes up quite the whole space.
I´ve seen some builds in the H200i case made with double AIO coolers. One 240, or 280 for the CPU and one 120 for the GPU. They look quite nice and reduce internal case heat. Everything depends on how much you would spend on the system or if you want a quieter system. Check out PCPartPicker, there you can check builds done in the H200 or the "i" version.
Four more beauty shots, cause why not...
Cheers,
friku
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Thanks I have been looking at pcpartspicker, very helpful. it looks like some GPU's won't fit with a radiator in the front so I am holding off on cooling for now. To see how much room I'll have.No studio
The cooler is the Noctua NH-D15S with Chromax accesories and Chromax fans.
As for the GPU, yes, I changed the GTX 970 for this one and the AMD GPU without external software control it´s a wattage devourer. It starts to ramp up heat like a beast.
I recommend a small fully modular PSU, gives you much more room beneath the case and should help airflow and thus temps. Mine is a semimodular, full ATX one, it takes up quite the whole space.
I´ve seen some builds in the H200i case made with double AIO coolers. One 240, or 280 for the CPU and one 120 for the GPU. They look quite nice and reduce internal case heat. Everything depends on how much you would spend on the system or if you want a quieter system. Check out PCPartPicker, there you can check builds done in the H200 or the "i" version.
Four more beauty shots, cause why not...
Cheers,
friku
I heard that about the psu as well. For now I will be using an old non modular, so I will have to do some cramming.
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