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Hi Spizzi! Just a heads up, from my understanding of Corsair Dustin in this thread, http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=186466&highlight=Upgrade The board will not fit without modifying a daughter board on it.

Hi Ateryx! I’m surprised they never responded to you but I hope I can help out. Both the CPU and GPU are standard components you can purchase off the shelf; what is unique is the coolers for them. As long as the cooler is still functioning you should be able to transplant it to your new component as long as it is the same. The issue comes when upgrading the GPU later down the line as it has a specialized cooler and usually can’t be used on a different GPU. I would assume they have a way to send in your computer to repair the coolers if they fail, but I have not seen anything about it. The coolers use standard Corsair pump/block combos with custom speed profiles, tubing, and radiators which are unavailable for purchase. I also believe the ICUE data is stored in the CPU cooler so if you replaced it with something else I don’t think ICUE will recognize your PC anymore. Sorry for the essay lol, hope it helps!

I believe all the Corsair One iCUE settings are in the pump itself. That way if you ever have to replace a part (motherboard or otherwise) all the cooling and fan settings will stay the same. This is also why if the pump ever went out I believe you would have to send the system in and have them service it as even if you were able to replace the pump, it would no longer be recognized as the same system in iCUE.

I believe I was the one who mentioned that RodT lol. I went searching for the missing VirtualLink port when I realized the i160 didn't have it and found that it was still on the card. I haven't tested the port but I don't see why they would have put a software lock on it. As for the fan, it seems that most the premium fans preform close enough to call them the same; so, in order to get better cooling you need to increase the fan speed and therefor noise. I'm fairly certain the only reason Corsair limited the fan speed to achieve their desired noise levels with the system. If you don't mind a noisy PC then the 3000 should be fine, otherwise 2000 will give a slight increase in airflow. Since this is my main PC, I am holding off swapping until Noctura updates their 140mm line or another fan comes out that gives better performance/noise as even during heavy use temps are fine. Although, summer is causing temps to rise... Congrats on the swap pdebaum, I expected that a few motherboards would just need cable extensions to make it work!

Hi RodT, congrats on the successful swap. That was the other board I was considering as the thunderbolt 3 seems tempting. I went with the Asus mainly because I really want to change out the front IO to include usb-c and VirtualLink and the ASRock does not come with a type-c header as far as I’m aware. My swap was a bit premature as I plan to get two 1TB NVME once the new generation of Samsung drives are released and I plan to swap the fan out with the Noctua 140 once they bring their updated 120mm design to their 140mm line. As for your question arkitec, I am sure that they would replace it if it failed within warranty and even out of warranty I find it hard to believe they will tell you that you are out of luck. Either way, I do not believe they offer the pump for sale at all, so they may require you send it in and have them service it.

Welcome Etz! I didn’t think I would be purchasing a pre-built either until I fell in love with the original Corsair One. Luckily the revamp lined up perfectly with my planned room update so I bit the bullet. I don’t have nearly as much experience as you do, only 5 years since I started building and modding, so I’m excited to see your results!

Thanks for the information! I figured that was the case as the inspiration for the mod came from JayzTwoCents, when I noticed he was experiencing the same overclocking issues I was and the swap solved it for him as well. In case you want more information, I was able to get it to overclock fine but as soon as I started any testing it would almost immediately drop and often to lower then if I had not touched the bios at all. (Which if you had pre-optimized the bios makes sense) Unfortunately I did not save any of the settings I changed, as once I changed the motherboard I didn’t have to worry about it, so I don’t have anything to post as a reference.

Hi Corsair Dustin! Thanks for the response, I thought that the X299 may have had a bit of extra love in it! As for the i160, for some reason I could not get mine to hold any kind of turbo at all. With factory settings it could boost to around 4.2 during testing and if I tried any kind of overclocking it would drop much lower. It may have been my lack of experience with MSI’s BIOS but after researching and testing for hours and having none of my friends have any luck, I decided to do the swap. After the swap, even without changing any settings on the motherboard it would stay constant at 4.7 and I have got it running 5 without issues. It may have been me or it may have just had a bad board; but, since it wasn’t seeming to have a hardware issue, and since I come from building PCs, my solution to underperforming was “upgrade” lol. Seems to be fine now, performance is excellent, and the Bios won’t be an issue for the PC I put the board in!

PS if someone at Corsair could provide me with the Corsair one post image I would love to swap the ASUS one, as I am a huge fan of Corsair while, because of my customer support incident, I very much dislike ASUS and don't want to have to look at the ASUS post image every time I boot.

In case you guys were wondering, Its not missing. as far as I can tell there is no pass-through cables that support VirtualLink so they just didn't run one. I have tried contacting both Corsair and Nvidia and they couldn't give me information on a cable that supports VirtualLink pass-through. Once I find one I plan to CAD up a new front plate and add it and a USB-C moving the HDMI under the display-port plugs in the back. It might end up being a pipe dream though. :(

Well pics are apparently a pain in the butt to upload so I will see if I can get them up later. Here is a list of the steps I took though if you would like a reference. The process wasn't that hard, but I would be wary if this is your first PC build. First I removed and moved aside the CPU cooler. Then I proceeded to unplug all the cables and ram sticks (you will need to cut zip ties). Next you will want to remove the hard drive cage so you can move the wires out of the way and help with removing the gpu extension. After that un-clip the front and rear panels slightly so they don't interfere (there are three plastic clips on each that were easy to remove with a flathead). Finally, the motherboard can be removed! Installation is just the reverse order. The two key steps I figured out the hard way was remove the hard drive before attempting to remove the gpu extension and you need to un-clip the panels as the clips extend too far into the motherboard space.

No problem, the reason I mention the heat is because I believe the factory Bios has a thermal throttle that kicks on around 60-70 to keep it cool. After swapping the board I immediately saw the major issues I had with the system fixed (Two M.2 slots, boot time decreased by ~3 seconds, and it would hold the factory turbo speeds at 4.7 during stress testing). However I shut my stress test down before the cpu reached 80 as it didn’t seem to be leveling out and that was already hotter then I liked. Also, because of that I have not tried overclocking either. I did some gaming over the weekend though (~8hours of the BL remaster at 2k max settings) to test it out some real world performance and under normal load and fan set to extreme both GPU and CPU stabilized around 35. (Ambient was around 25) If you are set on Asus and want to keep the 9900k then the board I got is really the only one I would go with. https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z390-I-GAMING/ But be aware, while I believe Asus has some of the best bios and hardware, their customer service is the worst. My first motherboard was a R4BE and it came with a few bent pins. When I contacted Asus they told me, and I quote “we don’t ship bad products, there is nothing we can do for you”. Luckily I was able to unbend them, but I always try to warn anyone else buying Asus. I still plan to remake the front IO to include the USB-C header on the ASUS and the virtual link port of the 2080ti once I get more information on pass-through cables that are compatible. Then to wrap it all together I want to get this bad boy painted to match my BL themed desk I will post some pics of the motherboard swap after I get off work.

I was in a similar situation to you (deciding to buy the i160 and modify it, go with the Phanteks Shift, or make a case at my shop). I decided to go with the i160 as I much prefer the look of the case and I believe it is a much better built case as well. I currently only swapped the motherboard and ram as that was my main issue with the system. It was not very difficult; however, if you are going with a motherboard that has a different layout you will have to deal with some pretty tight wire management. I went with the Asus z390I as I was planning on getting the 9900k anyway. I haven’t swapped the PSU yet but from my research the sf750 is a plug and play with the 600s wires. In terms of it being a waste of money, I was essentially able to create an i140 our of my spare parts so it wasn’t that bad. As for the boat you are in, I believe that is the same motherboard that comes in the i180. It would make it much easier if you started there as not only will you not have to deal with swapping the board, you will also get the 750 watt PSU that should be enough for anything you can fit in the case. If you went with the i140 you may have to do some cable management and that is by far the hardest part of the install as the case is very tight. Otherwise if it’s the same board as the i180 it should fit no issues and if you are unable to swap the fan without advice then the best advice I can give you is not to take on the challenge lol. TLDR; I would totally do the swap again and plan to do much more with the case. I also have pics of my install if you need some reference. Edit: I forgot to mention, I agree with Corsair Mint as well. I kept the same processor but the cooling in the case may not be enough for the 9980xe as even my 9900k gets a little toastier then I’m used to and I don’t know if there is any difference in the i180 in terms of cooling.

Hi guys, Sorry for butting in on the tread with a question, but i saw that you are doing something similar to what I have planned. I recently got the 160i and while I am more then happy with the processor and graphics card, I am heavily disappointed with the motherboard choice. I plan to upgrade to the same board you went with as the layout is extremely similar to the current MSI and from what I saw in the case, this should be well within my ability. Along with that, I plan to swap the ram with corsair 3200 and do a small mod on the case to accommodate the new front usb-c port and the 2080ti's Virtuallink port. I am sure that the motherboard will no longer be under warranty; However, I will not be touching the other components and will be upgrading the ram with corsair's. Can a Mod let me know if I will be able to retain any form of warranty (so long as the damage was not caused by me) on the system or will I lose it all if I preform this mod?