Thermaltake CTE E550

[67Elco]

Out of curiosity I swapped the gpu's in the Thermaltake and King 95 cases late last night. I'm impressed with the Intel Arc B580 vs the AMD 5700 XT @ 1440p. Since the 5700 XT is getting long in the tooth I'm thinking I will just leave it in the new case. Once I decide which fan configuration/selection I want to settle on and get all the fans connected to a PWM/ARGB hub this case will be ready to button up. The King 95 is about to be retired and replaced with something holding the new 7950X cpu and 7900 XT gpu.

 

[67Elco]

Done - Hopefully this is the last pc I build that does not use a back connector motherboard...I'm ruined/spoiled lol. It's a handsome rig in a peculiar way, but not really what I would want to view on a daily basis. This one may get donated...I have a neighbor down the street who has a handicapped son in a wheelchair. I'll inquire if he has any interest in such things.



Forgot to remove the film from the inside of the glass lol...

 

[don256us]

I'm confused. What's a reverse flow fan? How is that different than just flipping the fan around?

I really like this build. Great job. I totally get the back and forth. You have a plan set and find things that don't agree with that plan. Plans must always be able to change.

 

[JLK03F150]

I'm confused. What's a reverse flow fan? How is that different than just flipping the fan around?

It's all about aesthetics. Reverse flow fans move the motor mount to the opposite side of the fan for a better look in a glass case. It moves the aRGB to the viewable side of the fan too. In the pictures above, imagine the bottom 3 fans are intake & the side 3 are exhaust. Visually they all look the same, which wouldn't be the case without the reverse flow intakes.

 

[67Elco]

It's all about aesthetics. Reverse flow fans move the motor mount to the opposite side of the fan for a better look in a glass case. It moves the aRGB to the viewable side of the fan too. In the pictures above, imagine the bottom 3 fans are intake & the side 3 are exhaust. Visually they all look the same, which wouldn't be the case without the reverse flow intakes.

Yes - That's the main reason I hate building with all Noctua fans...they still refuse to offer any reverse flow fans to this day. Flipped fans expose the wiring and that side generally looks unfinished in most cases. My guess is some of those high dollar fans like Thermaltakes would be ok to flip as they are modular.

 

[EarthDog]

My guess is

There's no need to guess. If it doesn't say reverse, or reverseable, then there's only one good side.

 

[don256us]

If you guys just get rid of the glass and the lights, this wouldn't be an issue.

 

[JLK03F150]

If you guys just get rid of the glass and the lights, this wouldn't be an issue.

When you say "you guys" you don't need to be looking in my direction.

 

[67Elco]

There's no need to guess. If it doesn't say reverse, or reverseable, then there's only one good side.

My guess was meant to mean some fans don't have exposed wires like most. Some link together magnetically so either side would have the same appearance depending how the RGB lighting is configured.

 

[67Elco]

I ended up robbing the 8700G cpu out of this rig to use in my daily driver build. I replaced it with a 7700X cpu. I figured with the upgrade I might as well pull the RX 5700 XT out and replaced it with a RX 6800 XT. Wow...what a difference in performance! It's a little gaming beast now.



Extreme preset...

 

[67Elco]

The 7700X is scooting along nicely with Woomack's recently arrived RX 6800 XT. COD 6 and CyberPunk benchmarks...

 

[67Elco]

Well, this one was sold and left the building this morning. Funds for another 4080 for the Folding rig perhaps?