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  1. ASUS X570 CROSSHAIR FORMULA VIII AMD R9 3900X Corsair pretty much every USB device they make. Upon return from sleep iCue crashes while parsing my set of USB devices. I have to restart iCue, where it then parses the USB chain normally. I suspect my Nexus device is part of the issue because it is the first device that iCue shows when returning from sleep, as it crashes, leaving half my devices in the ready state and the other half in hardware lighting mode. -usn92
  2. The problem with a radiator there is the PCIe slot mount points hit the bottom of the radiator so you can squish it in there. You have two options. Push-Pull the radiator (or at least pull, mounting one set of fans against the case and the radiator attached to them) or use some sort of gasket. I have done it both ways. A gasket works best if you are attempting to also fit a lot of hardware up top (fittings from top rad's etc.) You need to clear the bottom PCIe brackets, which is about 6mm.
  3. usna92

    680x warped

    It could be that people didn't respond to your thread because they haven't seen or had the same issues with their 680x that you see in yours. I bought mine on May15th. I have built a couple of different watercooled systems in it and currently it is my file server and Plex build. There are compromises in this case, like any other build, but I haven't seen widespread manufacturing issues that you mention in either of your posts. Could air flow in this case be better? Certainly, especially in the back hard drive area. I had a friend modify a side panel and and I added an intake fan to increase the cooling. I also put a noctua 90mm in the back of HDD for additional cooling. It is one of the few case in the ATX mid-sized form factor that lets me use 140mm on all sides. I am sorry you found your answers from support unhelpful, but you will get more traction inside the support context than on the forums which are generally only read by fellow users, with the occasional employee drop in. I hope you have better luck with your next case, whatever that happens to be. -usna92
  4. Hi Chris, I agree that picture is somewhat misleading and should not be used for the stock configuration picture. As far as getting the stock configuration to fix, there are a few tricks you can use to get you some more space to fit everything in. Option 1 - Flip the top fan tray You can switch the top fan tray in the brackets so the convex side is facing up. You can mount 1 row of fans on top of the tray this way and still slide the tray in. Then you mount the radiator to the bottom of the tray to the fans. Finally the last row fans below that. That will give you an extra 10mm or so in the top of the case which should give you some more space to clear the front fittings. Option 2 - Flip the front radiators You can mount the front 2x480mm radiators with the fittings on the bottom. That gives you a lot more clearance in the top of the case. You can do both of these things and that will give you a lot more space in that front corner than you currently have shown in your pictures. I know you're hacked, but these are some ways to make what you currently have fit in the case. -usna92
  5. Talked with FANMAN03 to see what my issues might have been. While the developer is correct that the PI-W has poor wifi performance, I looked at my network link and the signal strength was sufficient that this shouldn't be the issue. I switched power adapters, using one that I knew had a strong 2.5A power deliver, instead of the generic one from Amazon. I have put back into operation and haven't seen another dropout over the last few hours. Hopefully this resolves the issues I have been seeing.
  6. So I configured everything as described and initially had success connecting my LT-100 by connecting them to the Pi Zero. However, performance started to lag. I kept seeing drop outs with the LT-100. Windows kept dropping it as a USB device. I talked with the developer. He is not a big fan of the Pi Zero-W wireless card. Hopefully, I can sort out the latency on the wifi network that may be causing the issue. If not, the only other option would be to switch to a more powerful Pi to do the heavy lifting of maintaining the wifi connection.
  7. Get that swapped. Mine does not do that.
  8. Here are some thoughts, but take them for what you will: 1. The sound card really isn't necessary unless you need the specialty connections on it. Motherboard sound will be more than sufficient unless you are an audiophile. 2. Not sure where you plan on putting the QL140MM fans? 3. You will need another Corsair RGB hub to connect more than 6 fans. You case will come with one, but you will need another to connect more than 6 fans, unless you are connected the two extra to the AIO. 4. I would step up the 1TB M.2 SSDs. You will end up kicking yourself later when you run out of space. Hope this helps. -usna92
  9. I have had one of these I bought after the first month they were out. It has been in two different machines, mounted vertically and horizontally, used in every rebuild of my 1000d since I got it last August. Could you make it leak? Yes, but only by doing things that you would never do (or certainly shouldn’t be doing) when building a PC with water in it. I have used exclusively soft tubing that has been used in all these videos and I have never stressed the block the way it is shown in these videos. Use common sense , don’t stress the manifold to breaking, and you’ll be fine.
  10. Great detail there. Thanks for the in-depth look.
  11. Fergus the Destroyer must be appeased, before he eats another temperature probe during an install.
  12. So if you have been following along, in this post I added an ITX build to my 1000d. In my 680x post I mentioned some temperature concerns I had with it. Which led to my 680x. So that left me with an ITX hole in my 1000d build and a rethink on what I wanted in the build. My goals were to increase performance over what I had before, but add a little future proofing beyond the x470 chipset that was currently in it. I had an extra 420mm radiator that I used to run in the top of the build, but couldn't figure out how to get two, while still making use of the 2x360mm radiators I had from the last rebuild. Well a new concept was born in created in the Mad Scientist part of my brain. When I flipped the top tray in the 1000d, I had a little extra space vertically. What if I could stack the radiators? How to connect them though? It occured to me that the mounts on ML fans are open to access from the sides. With the right radiator screws, I could attach a radiator at the top and bottom with the right screws. Corsair gave me the correct screws in the pump accessory kits from the XD5 and XD3. Slightly longer radiator screws than the standard radiator to tray screws. With the extra length, a small screwdriver that had a 90 degree bend, and the Fanwich was born. 3xLL140 on top of the top tray, attached to a 420mm radiator with fittings to the aft of the case. 3xML140 fans in the middle (no need for RGB here). 420mm Radiator with connections forward, then finally 3xQL140mm fans. Build Part 3: Ryzen 9 3900x ASUS x570 Crosshair VIII Formula 64 GB Corsair Dominator 3466MHz 2xCrucial P1 1TB 1xSabrent 1TB Silverstone USB3.2 Internal Connection PCIe card 2xXD5 Pump 2xXR5 420mm Radiator 1xXR5 120mm Radiator 3xXR5 360mm Radiator 10xLL120 Fans 8xQL120 Fans 3xLL140MM Fans 3xML140mm Fans 3xQL140mm Fans 1 Phantek 550mm Neon Strip (with Pirate Dog Tech Corsair Adapter) 6x Corsair RGB Strips RTX 2070 with Waterblock 3xLighting Node Pros 1xLighting Core Pro NZXT Internal USB Hub 3xPWM Hubs The 120mm radiator was added to the CPU loop of 2x420mm radiators so that I would have decent connection points for the VRM watercooling access points on the ASUS motherboard. It was tricky to install it directly to the case because I kept hitting the hinge screws from the top hinge. I ended up replacing them with slightly shorter screws so that I could get the radiator installed high up in the back of the case to avoid blocking the motherboard OLED display. Getting the second fan under the radiator too some physical effort. Performance: CPU loop with 2x420mm and 1x120mm radiators operate within 2c of ambient at load at idle, less than 1c above ambient GPU Loop with 2x360mm radiators operates less than 2c above ambient and less than 4c above ambient at load. Significantly improved performance and no issues at all with temps on the Fanwich. Onto the pictures: The FANWICH [/url] Initial Front and Top Radiator Placement Final Radiator Placement and Loop Build Out Loop Filling Up and Running Fergus Approved
  13. Older players to the upgrade games here on the Corsair forums might have seen my previous build where I threw a Plex server in my 1000d. So after living with the changes for a few months, I noticed that having the Plex server inside my 1000d running all the time drove the temps in my GPU loop up 3+ degrees. While it wasn't too much of a change for the 1000d. That 3+ degrees push the ITX loop to 33->36c at load. I don't like running my liquid loops that hot, especially coming into the summer months. Additionally, I also didn't have a GPU on the Plex loop, and while the iGPU on the Ryzen 3 2200g is ok, a dedicated GPU would give the Plex transcoding a little more grunt. My solution to the problem was build a dedicated Plex box, reusing as many of the components I had sitting around on shelves as possible, but creating a system I feel comfortable leaving on 24x7x365. The Build: Gigabyte Aorus x470 Gaming WiFi 5 Ryzen 3 2200g Zotec RX-480 8 GB (I know it's old, but it's what I had....) EKWB RX-480 Waterblock (Also old, but an eBay steal when I found it NIB) 2xXR5 280mm Radiators XD3 Pump-Reservoir Combination 16 GB Corsair 3200 Dominator RAM Corsair HX850i PSU Crucial P1 500 GB M.2 3xLL120 Fans 5xLL140 Fans Commander Pro 2xRGB Hubs 1 Silverstone 8 PWM Hub Samsung 860 EVO 1 TB SSD 7 GB worth of assorted HD Drobo 16TD Array Fergus Approval of the New Case RX-480 with the new Waterblock Stripped out Ready for Building Radiators in PSU Installed Major Pieces Installed Loop Complete - Pressure Testing Final Result Final Result Part II Final Result with Glass
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