discussion Completed Cabin Fever 2022 / Thermaltake Core V1 (Snow Edition)

[Soultribunal]

There is the option to remove it and replace it with either a 120 or 140mm fan, but only a single so I'm not sure how much airflow that will provide.

I'm doing the cable management, and it's odd to me that they haven't provided any punched out zap strap points. There are quite a few well placed holes in the frame that will suffice, but I dunno, I guess I've just gotten used to the punched out ones we've seen over the last few years.

Another "oddity" is the screw holes. Every screw hole I've used so far feels like I'm cutting the threads myself. Even the case side thumbscrews felt like I was self tapping the holes as I removed them.

They aren't the only ones like that. I think its the painting process that is screwing some of them up. Or how they tap the holes originally (Undersizing slightly maybe).
I just finished a build for a co-worker here, and we had the same problem on a high end MSI Case, and the H60 from Corsair. I felt like I was tapping the holes myself with the screws. It was a little nerve wracking.

Even the 4 Towers I've built for my work so far, I had to re-adjust the standoffs because it ships to fit ATX but I was using mATX boards, and when I screwed them in, I had to get my driver out to put the damn standoffs in.

As for the Fan, just use what it has for now and then change to a 140 if it ever dies.
Whats the dimensions? They still using 190mm Fans?

-ST

 

[sswilson]

It claims to be a 200mm, but I haven't measured it.

 

[sswilson]

As predicted, cable management is a hell of a lot easier with all 4 panels removed. This is a relatively big mITX case, so there's a ton of room for cable management. Some of these shots don't do the management justice as some of the wires are hanging "weird" because I've got the case resting on one side or the other to take the shot I wanted.

 

[sswilson]

Completed (until the TT LP CPU cooler gets in next week) and temps seem fairly decent after Time Spy loop + 1hr. Vid Card's Hot spot is maxing out @ 89C and the fans haven't gone above 52%. CPU isn't fairing quite as well (Maxed out @ 84C Package / 88C CCD #0), but that's with a stock fan and the fan profile isn't tuned (Fan topped out @ somewhere around 2600 RPM and I've had it running 3K+ in the past so there's some room).

Large front fan seems to run around 720 RPM under load and as low as 650 ish. Rear 80mms are reporting 2100 RPM but don't appear to be ramping up and/or down. I'll have to dig deeper into the bios fan settings.

Something I have noticed is that the processor doesn't seem to be ramping down below 34/3500. It does ramp up to boost clocks as expected, but the multiplier doesn't appear to be dropping below 35 on idle. I'll have to have a look at the PBO settings and maybe turn them off completely in order to dial offset the voltage down like I did with my 5900 and 3900.

So.... overall pretty happy with this case. Yes it's bigger than an mITX really needs to be (it almost looks like we should be able to shoehorn a mATX into the current width) but being able to remove all of the panels makes it an easy case to work on, and it's still a relatively small package considering it'll take up to a 285mm (2 slot) GPU.

 

[Soultribunal]

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Completed (until the TT LP CPU cooler gets in next week) and temps seem fairly decent after Time Spy loop + 1hr. Vid Card's Hot spot is maxing out @ 89C and the fans haven't gone above 52%. CPU isn't fairing quite as well (Maxed out @ 84C Package / 88C CCD #0), but that's with a stock fan and the fan profile isn't tuned (Fan topped out @ somewhere around 2600 RPM and I've had it running 3K+ in the past so there's some room).

Large front fan seems to run around 720 RPM under load and as low as 650 ish. Rear 80mms are reporting 2100 RPM but don't appear to be ramping up and/or down. I'll have to dig deeper into the bios fan settings.

Something I have noticed is that the processor doesn't seem to be ramping down below 34/3500. It does ramp up to boost clocks as expected, but the multiplier doesn't appear to be dropping below 35 on idle. I'll have to have a look at the PBO settings and maybe turn them off completely in order to dial offset the voltage down like I did with my 5900 and 3900.

So.... overall pretty happy with this case. Yes it's bigger than an mITX really needs to be (it almost looks like we should be able to shoehorn a mATX into the current width) but being able to remove all of the panels makes it an easy case to work on, and it's still a relatively small package considering it'll take up to a 285mm (2 slot) GPU.

Very nice.

It is definately a bigger case, but that's not a bad thing at times. I remember my HTPC / Mid-Tier Gaming PC was stuffed into an EVGA Hadron AIR.
It was all tight inside, but I had a TT Downdraft cooler in there and that helped keep the VRM's and CPU / RAM Cool under even the highest of loads (CPU at the time was an OC'd i7-4770K).

I don't think the CORE was out at the time or I would have opted for that instead.

I like when Cases compartmentalize components.

-ST

 

[sswilson]

Very nice.

It is definately a bigger case, but that's not a bad thing at times. I remember my HTPC / Mid-Tier Gaming PC was stuffed into an EVGA Hadron AIR.
It was all tight inside, but I had a TT Downdraft cooler in there and that helped keep the VRM's and CPU / RAM Cool under even the highest of loads (CPU at the time was an OC'd i7-4770K).

I don't think the CORE was out at the time or I would have opted for that instead.

I like when Cases compartmentalize components.

-ST

Yeah, I say it's "big" but it really isn't stupidly big for the format like the old bitfenix Colossus mITX I had (in hindsight, that name should have prepared me for what to expect... ). This case is a little bit wider on the R/H side than it needs to be (partially to allow for the two 3.5" drive mounts), but aside from that, there's only about 1 1/2" clearance above the vid card, and less than 1" clearance between the PSU and motherboard so you couldn't really shave much off of the height, and the depth is a function of being able to accommodate a 285mm (2 slot) vid card.

One thing I haven't mentioned is that there's a 140mm height limitation for CPU coolers. That rules out most 120mm tower coolers, but there are a couple of 3D printed panel models on thingiverse that replace the window with a "scoop" that raises the height.

 

[sswilson]

All righty then!!!! Time for a new cooler.....





Not an awful lot of colourful marketing going on here. That said, everything we need for information is there and clearly visible.





Heh.... tiny tiny tiny when you're looking at a 90mm fan on an LP cooler. At least with a 90mm tower fan there's a bit of height to it, looking at just the fan in the box makes this look like a toy.



Ships with Intel mounts (left), but swapping over to AMD is fairly straight forward.

Fit and finish is nice, and it feels like a fairly substantial piece of kit for the size.

 

[sswilson]

Not the fanciest mounting system, but it works and is essentially the same way we used to mount old school cpu waterblocks. There are no "stops" on tightening the nuts on the rear (it looks like the grommets on the mounting bolts might prevent over-tightening on an intel install, but they don't reach the motherboard on an AMD mount) so you have to use your judgement on how tight is tight enough. I went with just slightly over flush.

I probably could have done this without removing the motherboard if I removed the power supply for bottom access, but that was one of those 6 of 1 half a dozen of another decisions and I went with removing the motherboard.





There we are!!! ST can stop Tut - Tutting on my stock cooler, and even better it's a colour match for the build.



Quick and dirty 30 minute tests at ASUS "Standard" fan settings. Fairly substantial improvements at both Idle and Full Load (a little under 14C for both). The improved idle temps has done wonders for the 200mm case fan idle noise levels.

 

[Soultribunal]

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Not the fanciest mounting system, but it works and is essentially the same way we used to mount old school cpu waterblocks. There are no "stops" on tightening the nuts on the rear (it looks like the grommets on the mounting bolts might prevent over-tightening on an intel install, but they don't reach the motherboard on an AMD mount) so you have to use your judgement on how tight is tight enough. I went with just slightly over flush.

I probably could have done this without removing the motherboard if I removed the power supply for bottom access, but that was one of those 6 of 1 half a dozen of another decisions and I went with removing the motherboard.

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There we are!!! ST can stop Tut - Tutting on my stock cooler, and even better it's a colour match for the build.

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Quick and dirty 30 minute tests at ASUS "Standard" fan settings. Fairly substantial improvements at both Idle and Full Load (a little under 14C for both). The improved idle temps has done wonders for the 200mm case fan idle noise levels.

About. Damn. Time!

Looks really slick SS, loving the matching Theme too.

-ST

 

[sswilson]

I know I marked this as complete, but of course I can't leave well enough alone.

It kinda irked me to use those black bequiet fans when everything else (that's visible) is pretty much white, but white 80mm fans are few and far between, and the in stock ones are relatively pricey.

With that in mind, I remixed this fan guard (I chose this model because of how much open space there is on the face of the fan) to include an upper "cover" so that I could shroud the existing fans in white. (Haven't uploaded the remix to thingiverse yet, but I will)

Organic Fan Guard 80mm by jeffnope

I designed this for the exhaust of my 80mm power supply cooling fan, It's the exact shape of a Delta 80mm fan, and should fit any 80mm fan. The thickness forces the air to go straight out, instead of blowing out at the outer edge of the fan. There's nothing near the fan blade to cause extra...

www.thingiverse.com

Tried the first print using tree support, and it was a major PITA to clean up so I'm trying the second one without any supports on the hopes that the top layer (which won't be visible in the case anyways as it'll be upside down) will bridge well enough for a reasonably flat surface.



Mostly cleaned up when viewed from the top (this is upside down) but I see I need to pull the jeweler's files out to clean it up a bit from this angle.

edit: If the no support print doesn't turn out, I finally took a fit and think I've figured out how the support block option works so I've got another slice lined up which should only do supports on the "upper" portion (specifically none in the front on the honeycomb).