- Joined
- Jul 8, 2013
before I start I am not planning to buy this right now, just seeing my options
I looked at the aoi's from corsair and such but the general opinion seems they are just garbage, so looked at swiftech and ek
swiftech seems to be plagued will poor quality components, reading reviews and users complaining of parts failing after a month, so decided to go for ek
I really like ek's design, its basically a complete water cooling loop without any of the trouble and messing around with parts and the simple plug in gpu blocks to add onto the loop
I wanted to wait till ek added a full cover block for the 390 before even considering buying it
I saw some people on reddit and such managed to fit it in the luxe model moving the fans over the panel then using a dremel to cut away space for the res and pump, now I really dont have this option unless I do some crazy modding because the there is a lattice plastic pattern under the mesh grill that is attached to the top panel http://www.legitreviews.com/wp-cont...hoo-Pro-External-Top-Bezel-Filter-645x291.jpg
So I really cant fit fans in between them (without some modding that is)
I guess I can try fit it as it was intended but measuring it 2.63" from the top of the case to the mobo, it just about meets it, the problem looks to be the cpu power connector like in that reddit post.
and my other question is will I lose any of the 5.3" bays? I have them all occupied right now, I saw people fit up to a 420 rad sacrificing a few bays
I would have to put it so the hose/pump/res side of the rad to the back of the case
I looked at the aoi's from corsair and such but the general opinion seems they are just garbage, so looked at swiftech and ek
swiftech seems to be plagued will poor quality components, reading reviews and users complaining of parts failing after a month, so decided to go for ek
I really like ek's design, its basically a complete water cooling loop without any of the trouble and messing around with parts and the simple plug in gpu blocks to add onto the loop
I wanted to wait till ek added a full cover block for the 390 before even considering buying it
I saw some people on reddit and such managed to fit it in the luxe model moving the fans over the panel then using a dremel to cut away space for the res and pump, now I really dont have this option unless I do some crazy modding because the there is a lattice plastic pattern under the mesh grill that is attached to the top panel http://www.legitreviews.com/wp-cont...hoo-Pro-External-Top-Bezel-Filter-645x291.jpg
So I really cant fit fans in between them (without some modding that is)
I guess I can try fit it as it was intended but measuring it 2.63" from the top of the case to the mobo, it just about meets it, the problem looks to be the cpu power connector like in that reddit post.
and my other question is will I lose any of the 5.3" bays? I have them all occupied right now, I saw people fit up to a 420 rad sacrificing a few bays
I would have to put it so the hose/pump/res side of the rad to the back of the case