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[Mars Exulte]

5 hours ago, Hiob said:

 

In this thread there is a detailed instructions on how to do it and some videos linked. It’s actually easy af and done in a couple of minutes (without the stability testing). I can guide you through it if you like, just pm me if you need/want assistance.

  I saw that thread and tried to hastily muddle through it. I'm about to have a four day vacation, on my todo list is finalising thee case swap and finetuning everything (along with hopefully visiting the OKC air museum and seeing a B-52 up close)

 

Thanks for the offer! If I have any issues I may take you up on it.

Edited October 7, 2022 by Mars Exulte

[Hiob]

Do that.

It's a quite rewarding endeavor. Just seeing the temps and watts drop gives me a smile every day.

[clayvt]

I have a P300 with the mesh front and love it. 
but I did get a P400 mesh for my AM5 build. It’s not that much bigger but I think it’ll handle the 4090FE better. 
I have an xfx 6800xt in the P300 and it’s a tight squeeze. 
 

the P400 let’s you put a 120 fan at front bottom tucked inside the front plate so it doesn’t take up internal room right where the butt of the GPU would be. 

[Mars Exulte]

Yeah, the 400 is only a couple inches larger, and I seriously considered just doing that... then decided to go all in on doing something different :p I built one for my brother using Cougar Gemini which is really nice but don't want to copy him :p

[Mars Exulte]

PSA: Kediers sucks. I am determined to use this case, though, as I have passed the point where I can realistically get everything back in the box. If I had it to do over, I would not buy this damn thing. Looks nice and airflow will be very good, but there's so many just kind of dumb design decisions that just make no sense. What a collossal pain in the ass. Seriously. Major buyer's remorse.

I had to bend the motherboard posts into position with pliers because they didn't line up right (also one appears stripped). The provision for cable routing is hit and miss, and I will probably put a black cloth or something over the tangled mess of power cables. Even being open air, I don't understand why they didn't at least optionally shroud the psu area. And why is every other case fan screw extra long? There's just no rhyme or reason to a lot of it. And why is the cutout for the motherboard not large enough to expose the back of the CPU mount? Just dumb.

 

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And wtaf is with this AIO? What are these standoffs for and why they do not ACTUALLY GO WITH THE CASE? Like seriously, one side is fairly straightforward, the other? These projecting screw ends can't go in anything! Why are they even in this bag?! They're too big for the cooler holes, and too small for case fans! They're useless!

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14 hours of labor later, it's finished. The back fan doesn't match and dislikes the controller, but another is arriving tomorrow. The AIO gt ditched after too many issues. Went back to the air cooler I had.

 

 

Edited October 11, 2022 by Mars Exulte

[Mars Exulte]

On 10/7/2022 at 2:10 AM, Hiob said:

Do that.

It's a quite rewarding endeavor. Just seeing the temps and watts drop gives me a smile every day.

  What happened to that thread? It's gone now?

 

-edit Nvm, think I found it.

Edited January 27, 2023 by Mars Exulte