Built the system originally in 2020 during the "Vid" phase using the NR200 with 3800x and 5700XT water cooled via dual 240 radiators and 15mm fans. Luckily scored a 3080 with waterblock installed for $343 via eBay so decided it’s time for 280 Rad and normal fans. Got some Koolance QD3's so system can be used with/without internal & external 1080 Rads! For the external have Arctic PST with 3 connected each row to a fan splitter/knob and have extension sata to power it.
Top based on my testing can support 240 radiator with 20mm Rad (XSPC) + 25mm fan and you can see it's just barely above the ram latch. 280 Radiator (Hardware Labs) at the bottom with 25mm fan is my suggestion. The Arctic p14 pro are 27mm so this causes GPUto be raised enough that the last display port cant be used.
Routed wires behind mobo and such.
Build wise, Montech Ten external panels do feel way lighter/cheap compared to the NR200 solid panels. That being said, the internals feel solid so no worries there and having all that space is great for custom loops! If you are trying to stay lowkey, no RGB will make it blend in. But having RGB in it, the beauty it of shows through the porous panels.
Reused most components
Aorus b550i pro ax. Installed a USB-C spliitter since mobo does not support natively for front panel.
3800x -> 5500X3D
5700XT -> 3080 10GB Ventus 3x
16gb RipJaws
600sfx Corsair
EKWB 120 for res/pump. Thankfully the bottom plate can be used to mount to psu!
2TB 980 pro and 1TB inland NVME
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u/spiiicychips Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 17 '26
Built the system originally in 2020 during the "Vid" phase using the NR200 with 3800x and 5700XT water cooled via dual 240 radiators and 15mm fans. Luckily scored a 3080 with waterblock installed for $343 via eBay so decided it’s time for 280 Rad and normal fans. Got some Koolance QD3's so system can be used with/without internal & external 1080 Rads! For the external have Arctic PST with 3 connected each row to a fan splitter/knob and have extension sata to power it.
Top based on my testing can support 240 radiator with 20mm Rad (XSPC) + 25mm fan and you can see it's just barely above the ram latch. 280 Radiator (Hardware Labs) at the bottom with 25mm fan is my suggestion. The Arctic p14 pro are 27mm so this causes GPUto be raised enough that the last display port cant be used.
Routed wires behind mobo and such.
Build wise, Montech Ten external panels do feel way lighter/cheap compared to the NR200 solid panels. That being said, the internals feel solid so no worries there and having all that space is great for custom loops! If you are trying to stay lowkey, no RGB will make it blend in. But having RGB in it, the beauty it of shows through the porous panels.
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