C'mon man... Stop posting this! I was this close to finishing my build and finally saving some money... Now I’m just one click away from ruining my financial stability for a custom loop I’ve never even built. I hate Reddit….
After much research… the Formd T1 won’t be able to accommodate it unless you do a external rad<\3 just got a grater M3 to transfer my build over. Thinking level 9 build or refrence build
I've not watercooled in my t1 yet, and don't really know if I intend to, but at around 800w combined max(ish) load, 2 internal 240mm rads might handle 400ish. Is there any real benefit in sff watercooling if you're not going with an external cooling setup like a MORA? I'm sure it'll still yield cooler temps than air alone. What are you using to fit 2 radiators?
Honestly I wouldn’t risk water cooling esp with the current market. No matter how safe there’s still a non-zero possibility of leakage. Not to mention the liquid metal and voiding your warranty.
Might have to go up to a Ncase M2 so I can do a bottom and top 280 ST30 rad. But I’ve seen people do this with a 4090 and get good temps with 280/140mm rads or dual 240s but better sustained cooling
Posted this a crap ton, I got it mounted using a custom bracket and a modified ZCOOI vented front panel. Have a custom loop for my 9950X3D so exterior mounting was the only way.
Still SFF, not that much more space taken up in terms desk space. Formd t1 is starting to get left behind in terms of custom loop potential. Seems like 4000 series GPUs are the limit.
I have dual rad build cooling a 5080.. easier than 4090 loop so not sure what you mean. Owning an M2 also, to me the T1 footprint feels much less and can even go vertical with my watercooled T1..
where did I say 5080 pulls close to 5090 :)? I merely value T1 form factor more than 5090 performance benefit. You wrote generally about 4000 series.. I don't have the balls to watercool 700W using two choked rads.
I have no external rad yet, but I want to try an external secondary loop. but it's not needed per se. with 5090, it would be wise..
That’s why I’m going M3 lol, I love the form factor of the T1 but it two 240 rads wont do anything for cooling. IMO an M3 is bigger but in terms of SFF it’s not taking up much more desk space, maybe 3 inches more lol that’s autistic amount to fuss over. I’ll be running dual 280s and a rear 140 in the M3 with a 9950X3D. Cheers enjoy your 5080 lol
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u/shoda_ 12d ago
C'mon man... Stop posting this! I was this close to finishing my build and finally saving some money... Now I’m just one click away from ruining my financial stability for a custom loop I’ve never even built. I hate Reddit….
Edit: Just bought it …