An ITX case that can fit MASSIVE coolers

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[@jasonpelton7727]

I wonder if you we let with the Noctua D12, lower height, then you would be able to reinstall the radiator bracket and add a 120mm exhaust fan at the top over the SSD card area.

[@backpain100]

Beautiful build. Beautiful video.

[@AnthonyMalesys]

Definitely my favorite ITX case ever made. Just bought one and MAN this case is beautiful !

[@bent540]

its a black box! wtf are you talking about "beautiful" do you even know what that word means?

[@bent540]

@@OneShotCSno, not really! thats what leftism is trying to have you think! leftism also trying to make you think that a black canvas or a can of soup is art! but its not! you can try and argue all you want!

[@bent540]

@@OneShotCSyet yuo still do not understand the depth of the problem with people not respecting meanings of words! lets make an example! stupid people understand better with examples. imagine you have that box in your left hand! and then imagine with all your tiny brains might, that you have a "beautiful" box in your right hand! now, if the box you imagine in your right hand is beautiful, then the box in your left hand cannot be beautiful. do you understand the simple logic now? you are saying that an egg is beautiful when in fact its just an egg, all while faberge eggs exist and are looking down on you thinking you are an absolute muppet. maybe you just havent seen a beautiful box in your life! but i guarantee you this aint it!

[@7Zenki]

Hey nice Vid, just an update. I build my 2000d and installed the Noctua NH D-15 with both fans. The trick is to install a 90 degrees PSU 24 pin adapter, the you can fit the front fan

[@RyoshiLastName]

did you use slim fans?

[@sunraiii]

Great build and great points at the end. Really hope Corsair will launch a V2 ASAP with a top fan, properly routed PSU cable and 25mm fan support for the front. A lot of stuff just seems like an afterthought on this case, although the aesthetic is amazing.

[@illdar22]

I have made a Thermaltake tower 200 build with the matx, 4090 and ASSASSIN III from DeepCool. All hot air goes from top and all the connections are on the top side, so maybe their design is better one than we have seen from Corsair in this video

[@kevinm8715]

The things that you want in this case were in the original design. Look at the Origin PC Chronos prebuilts, they show what the original configuration is. You can also see it in a JayzTwoCents video (the title was something about an SFF case that fits a 360mm AIO). But Corsair cound out that hanging the GPU from the top like that would lead to issues with the vapor chambers of some GPUs not working, so at the last minute they flipped the design upside down. Now most of the complaint points (bottom exhaust instead of top, strange PSU and cable routing, GPU pulling air in from the rear) are because they are the reverse of what was originally intended. There does need to be a V2 of this case because as they sell it now they don't make a great use of all of that volume.

[@BigFx]

@@kevinm8715 Glad I found this comment ... I did not build a PC for 7 years, but it's time to upgrade so started shopping for a case, and wondered why it looks different between JayZ video and what I see at local shop. Now it makes more sense, thanks

[@DhruvPatel1]

Xbox Series X on Steroids

[@Sandman783]

Exactly

[@koelme]

In fact this is a slower version of what next consoles will become. And it's inspiring. 2028 consoles most likely will be built on RDNA 5 and Zen 6 with 2 nm process. All of these products are planned on 2026-27

[@lukaszgapinski6452]

It doesnt matter what consoles are gonna be in future if developers will keep releasing unoptimized games such as gotham knights. Also pc areny going to stand in one place so keep that in mind

[@cyrilA.]

​@fundamentalone I really hope the are Pro versions ! You can't suck 8 years on the same hardware

[@ThereIsOnlyOneRandom]

​@@koelme source or GTFO, looks like you have no idea what you talking about, new process? Let's say consoles can use latest RDNA technology, but for what costs? Sony and M$ they always taking what is affordable, to be said never latest processing, from year's they stuck on few years old nm processing as it's always adorable, and engineering dude knows how much he can push outdated components, ps5 and Xbox SX are made on RDNA2 custom chips where soon we have RDNA4, if AMD will made RDNA8 to 2028 then yes we may see 4-5 on new consoles, they should focus more on CPU with new generation as the ram which they using rn will be fine for next 7 years alongside storage speeds, so next console should have better CPU and GPU and double the amount of RAM and that's it, affordable as they like, I would expect something at mid range pc, as upcoming ps5 pro will be still much slower than an RTX3090, leak's suggest 24Tf, and RTX has 30tf, so the power of ps5 is basically 4060, and CPU will be the same as it is with 10% boost in clock speed which is still too low to make BG3 run at stable 60fps, now CPU is needed as developers won't give a F with optimization as people are buying games anyway so they don't care, you want flawless FPS then get best components.

[@wesreegaming]

Man your editing skills are amazing.

[@maximus3294]

wow, that cooler compatability is really something

[@sevaeron]

Corsair strangely lists the max CPU cooler support as 90mm on their website. even with a 360mm AIO and standard thickness fans you'd still have 115mm. idk how they got to this number. -- I posted this before i got to that point in the video lmao. didn't notice Devyn also said that

[@Dydou974]

Well thank you. You made me give up on the idea of water cooling and made nearly the same pc. Less expensive and it looks amazing ! Love it 😁

[@zehpalhares3992]

i also think a fan on the top would make this case so good, like a 140 or even 200 mm would take all the hot air out.

[@salvattorepoggi8440]

I love this build. Im saving up to build something similar, if not the same, to this.

[@BaronWuffet]

What about the anthena cables? Where did you route them?

[@ktvx.94]

Other than being vertical, this is my ideal future PC: ITX, uncompromising performance, and air cooled. Thanks for proving it's possible!

[@kensg]

Darn bruh, I wasn't going to build a new box until Christmas..But now I got that itch... Beautiful Build👍🏾

[@Plagues138]

I wonder if a side mounted exhaust fan would make the temps even better

[@arturorapaful]

maybe its worth to spin the first fan as outtake and not intake.. because the GPU air can be exhaust or not ?

[@tongoso]

Simply incredible, crazy performance and aesthetics, you should try to build in the FormD T1 in the future! Thank you for the additional info, new games testing and the sound test., those are all super helpful

[@Metamine0]

Agreed. I'd love to see a Dan A4 build as well

[@dauletbaimagamabet]

Even though your builds aren't the most power yielding, they are extremely satisfying :3

[@Menyooo111]

I keep coming back to this video finally sold on getting this over the hyte revolt. Was debating whether I want AIO or an Air Cooler will be trying the deepcool AK620

[@SethOmegaful]

Nice video, but I have a constructive criticism to share: Since its a case overview and building video, temperatures and noise are more relevant than gpu+cpu performance when playing a game. I know you put temps in the overlays during gameplay, but I'm more interested in whole system noise and temperature while on load. We all know 7800x3d and 4080 perform well together. So, maybe include other temp sensors in your "case benchmark". Peace!

[@midfidelity7180]

Ca you try mounting the top 12025 as exhaust instead of intake? The current setup is just pushing cool air in for no real cooling benefit

[@joebones1]

Looks like the 200D predecessor, that’s cool.

[@audioexperience]

incredible amount of value in this video

[@thanasysdim]

That was a gorgeous build. I feel my eyes rested upon it. I think the choice of components compliments greatly this slick itx case.

[@vintage0x]

just discovered you, Devyn. You're a great filmmaker with really good taste and sense of aesthetics. I can see the influence of a particular australian small form factor youtuber, but you absolutely have your own style. bravo!

[@fraser-b3494]

Thanks, thanks a lot for making me feel really bad about my cable management 🤣🤣

[@markotto1767]

Why using tool for noctua fan instead mounting the fan before case side panel fans ?

[@bananajoe9951]

Where did you put the fan hub?

[@gerardalsitab]

Such low temps on that x3d chip amazing!! Mines are between 65-70ºC gaming at 4k with an RTX 4090 on a cooler master nr200p max case with a 280 AIO

[@neddy170]

Awesome looking build!!

[@idkidkk4410]

You made a not well received PC case look really good.

[@mjsolomon]

Would you recommend installing the air cooler on the motherboard before putting the motherboard in the case?

[@LeandroSFx]

It was the first video that Used an air cooler and this noctua really did great. Thanks!

[@shusui9665]

thx for the very imformative video. was wondering if the d15 cooler touches the gpu backplate because of the offset mount? a sapphire gpu with a backplate could be thicker ?

[@TheOmegaAlfa]

Haven’t seen nicer assembly video I looong time. Very interesting build too, I was concerned I never find replacement for my huge case.

[@rsher_digital-art]

Can you remend a build specifically for Blender a compute-intensive 3D app. Case size is secondary to performance.

[@OldDolio312]

i have a m,2 on the back of my mobo with a heatsink on it, Im guessing the side panel wont close with that?

[@daniyouyou]

I loke the case, i like air coolers but im not feel confort of the airflow with this case with an air cooler, all the hear goes to the mainboard? Fornthe AIO tubes canto go down a 280 would be perfect

[@Yummeh]

Woah I like how you used the mouse as a comparison for the audio, makes the numbers so much more understandable.

[@Hasan.0000]

This is Dark Gold!!!

[@dancoways]

the DH15 is 165mm, how much clearance does that leave between the side panel? - Would you say the Dark Rock Pro 5 at 168mm will also fit?

[@Astrumplayez]

That cooler is super pretty. omg

[@Eddinski]

IMO the case horizontal to the table looks dope 😅

[@_Randwulf]

what software are you using to show temps & framerate ?? It's so simple & clean.. Thx 👍😎

[@HardwareFRA]

Verry clean video, keep it up !

[@catarinoneptune]

hate the IO for the motherboard being on the bottom, also wish it was less restrictive on gpu width given it's size

[@lifebidesign]

Great build why did you not use the secondary fan for the cpu cooler? Does it fit?

[@elenatilli9332]

Hallo! I am about to assemble more or less the same computer and I am debating so much about air cooler or AIO cooler. As an engineer, but no sw engineer, I really don't understand how reducing so much the volume for the air to move and so cool things down, can be a good choice compared to AIO coolers. It's true I have the AMD 7900 with B650I Ultra which has some issues of compatibility with several really good AIO coolers. I don't know, you are the second one happy with air cooler and maybe I should just go for it. Also, I will travel around with the PC, so that is also the other reason why... maybe AIO. Another question, is the fan hub the only way to connect them together? and can you advice another Noctua 25mm cause the one you choose is not available for a while in Germany. Thanks

[@LucaDiRauso]

will a NH-D15s fit as well? as the heatsink base has some displacement respect NH-D15

[@javadoc5600]

This build is amazing. Do you know if it also works with a Dark Rock Pro 5? Also, I have a RTX 2060 with only 2 fans, is it possible to add a fan on top of it to increase airflow? Regards

[@devarmax]

Sooo technically, the NH-U12A is gonna fit in this case right? I just want to make sure cause I'm planning to migrate from 4000D to 2000D without changing the cooler.

[@JackTotGaming]

I was thinking the same. I just ordered the case and I am going to try migrating from a NZXT H5 Flow as I have been looking to get back to ITX. I will hopefully build this later this week

[@donaldexley1852]

So I just bought this case as it was on sale for under 60 bucks. I like the idea of using air cooling, was thinking of using a Mugan 5 or Fuma 3 (as I already own both) which would allow the side bracket to be used for at least 1 fan at the top or possibly the middle one. Might even go shorter to allow slim fans on the side. This route seemed to help with the heat issues with a none founders addition GPU (have a Sapphire 7900xt or EVGA 3080 depending on how well this cools the GPU). I know this is really old video, but did you test that system with a non founders edition to see how much worse it cooled if at all?

[@panzfaust9812]

Want to try Noctua nh-p1 with fan cases in this

[@carlosnumbertwo]

This is exactly what I want to build. Thank you.

[@lifebidesign]

Memory Speed supported for the AMD 7800x3d is 5200mhz. It's the sweet spot for it no need to get anything faster memory.

[@evaun1t165]

Just bought mine on sale for $60!! Excited to build it out

[@s-nooze]

I liked the build. I want to put my new 7800x3d into an itx system. I think I am going to go with this same motherboard but something about this case...I'm not quite sold. I can't decide between this big one or going for something more compact like the Hyte Revolt or the SSUPD Meshroom. Decisions, decisions...

[@Dima___S]

05:15 Hello. Will the Arctic Liquid Freezer II - 360 fit into this case in place of the built-in fans?

[@gulasmanis]

nice temp solid case awesome

[@MrlNathan]

I love mini itx cases, if I were to do one like this I'd go the air cooling route myself vs a noisy aio cooler they're good but I just prefer the simplicity of air cooling & I'd go 100% no rgb.

[@gils_2425]

Do you think a AK6220 could fit? Maybe if we put off one of the 2 fans?

[@itsdeonlol]

Clean PC & that cooler is nice!

[@guiT39]

Why didn't you use a 4090 for this build? would it fit? What's the GPU width clearance ?

[@kaderacing3895]

Gotta say Devyn another sick build ,that is so Clean ,wish I had the cash to build a nice rig like that ,,GPU’s pretty expensive still ,, Keep up the great work buddy ,commentary was good aswell ,Very Informative,Well done again 👍👍

[@artmaknev3738]

Impressive temperatures, nice and cool!

[@gengpan]

I wonder if it is better to let ITX sit horizontally in the bottom of vertical cage. PSU and GPU grab air from outside cage. all hot air go from bottom to top.

[@classy558]

CPU and GPU temps are great. Other videos showed that GPU temps got to 80 C. What did you do to achieve good cooling?

[@R1ckyZer0]

Maybe because they use AIO cooler? I might be wrong, but AIO cooler tend to restrict airflow with it's radiator, and since usually the fans for the radiator sets as intake, the heat from the radiator can heats up the interior and possibly effecting GPU too. If you wanna use AIO, make sure u have a great airflow to exhaust it's heat.

[@arjunvijan9561]

Its an amazing build. Pls do more builds like this, ITX case with Noctua NH-D15 Chromax Black cooler.

[@iPlasticity]

You said the cpu is great for single app performance. Is it a good all round pick for example editing?

[@utkarshjagdale2687]

Gpu’s gonna exhaust hot air directly on cpu!!?

[@tesla_tobi]

Will it possible to mount the AIO brackett over the NH-D15, to install a fourth intake fan?

[@kail182]

For the Noctua, why not remove the graphics card and put it at the end? Very good video in any case, I'm thinking of doing the same thing!!!

[@cszulu2000]

Can u squeeze two ssd in there?

[@Wistbacka]

1) How does the airflow go? You press in air from three fans, but where is the exhaust? 2) is a founder's card preferable for this kind of build compared to a third party custom cooler? 3) is impossible to fit in a second 150mm noctua cpu fan?

[@guanhuali1059]

1) Go the AIO route, front fans intake, use the side AIO to exhaust. Corsair cases are always AIO oriented. 2) No, you are baking your PSU with that pass through fan on your FE card.

[@jp71889]

Enjoyed the video and the build, nice job man. Wasn’t aware of this case when I started planning my current build but it’s exactly what I was looking for.

[@CriCri90]

Would the air cooler have fit with the case fans if he did not offset it ?

[@sobangcha3042]

I love your sff content man, keep it up!!!

[@daunted232]

I tried similar, but with a xfx 7900xtx, the gpu just was hot pretty much all the time, even with the front fans at 70%, it just felt like the air was not escaping the case.

[@JBK-w5u]

the 4000 series card have a blower system that match well with this case that blows all the hot air out the back

[@daunted232]

@@JBK-w5u i meant i'm not doing to buy a founders 4000 series just for this case :P

[@AhmetOmerOzgen]

When you have thermalright phantom spitir 120 se and pearleds assasin , i dont understand buying worse aircoolers for x2 priced coolers

[@nsa5]

Nice video, would’ve been great if it had more b roll shots of the final build

[@gereltsetsegdondogdorj2681]

if i had this pc my life would be complete

[@lion123z]

What lights are those “bar” or “stick lights” in the backgrounds? Looks like lightsabers but they seem super cool

[@Aszu69]

So every time, u need Access to Graphics ore M.2 Drives you have to uninstall the CPU Cooler?

[@puggiepugpugpug7563]

Is this air cooler better than a corsair h150i 360mm aio ?? Im about to build something same as yours.

[@kamikazi5144]

You are single handedly responsible for me building a monster PC, sir. This is an amazing build btw, exactly what I was looking for. This would probably fit the upcoming 5090 GPU right? I wanna be futureproof

[@JBK-w5u]

It should, I am hoping the 5090 is slim enough I can fit a slim fan behind the gpu in the back.

[@SUNIT052]

I'm really keen to hear opinions on this case versus the Hyte Revolt 3 for full air cooling : - on paper both seem designed for AIO water cooling (and it seems many Revolt 3 reviews don't think air cooling in it is a good idea) - but because of the classic layout, both cases can sacrifice radiator space to use tower cpu coolers, which simply cannot be done in other vertical cases which are pretty much all sandwich layout - for eg, cpu air cooling in a Jonsbo VR3 or Meshroom S requires a ~70mm cpu cooler and the radiator space is wasted, even with case fans - furthermore, it seems that there aren't any other widely available vertical SFF cases which accomodate tower CPU coolers - it seems there is a lot of criticism of the 2000d for overall size and lack of space efficiency - so isn't the Revolt 3 a "better" 2000D for full air cooling in the sense that it is smaller while still accomodating tower CPU coolers? - or is this just an "on paper" comparison that fails to take into account real life factors (such as layout and airflow paths)

[@owenbenedictpangan3553]

Just a question if i buy this case and use the phanteks t30 fans would it have enough clearance to fit?

[@sergeikulikov4412]

Isn't it suboptimal that cpu cooler fan faces up instead of being co-aligned with case intake fans? 🤔

[@jurgennasswetter5822]

Can you mount 2 CPU cooler fans?

[@rubengalan6864]

Can u try This case with 5090 FE?

[@gatosaturno1120]

I often travel from LA to Spain to spend 2 or 3 months there, I bring my checked luggage and my carry on, so I was wondering if this build would fit in a carry on, I love the build btw 🥹

[@dawsonpoe]

Can you build a pc in the KXRORS S500 case?

[@michelegagno]

Amazing video and build Does it have space for some HDDs?

[@tongoso]

I noticed you used only 1 fan out of the 2 in the aircooler, was that because of RAM height issue or something else? I also can't see what side the fan is facing, thanks for sharing again!

[@devyn.johnston]

Unfortunately, I couldn't fit the second fan. The motherboard heatsink on the bottom and the case cables at the top are in the way. I have the CPU cooler fan working to push air towards the top of the case. The goal was to have all the hot air from the GPU and CPU get pushed to the top area and escape through the mesh. It would have been great if there was a fan mount at the top to assist in exhausting that heat. If I had used a slightly shorter (around 5mm or so) CPU cooler, I could fit the AIO bracket and mount an exhaust fan to it. I might have to experiment with a few different fan options.

[@tongoso]

@@devyn.johnston Thank you so much for the quick and very detailed answer, this all makes so much sense! Making those experiments you mentioned could work for future videos, sounds really great to see and have options and comparisons. I think one last question I have is What software do you use or how do you control the fans since you a bunch connected to a hub? Thanks again!!

[@Boemtie]

i wish it had the option to switch the aio to the other side so it wont blow in my face if i have the case on the left side.

[@MrakCZ]

What about airflow? Fans are intake and gpu is blowing against them. Did you try reverse it to exhaust and what about temperatures in that case (no pun intended😅) ? Thank you for your answer.

[@LionelGeek]

Oooh... thanks for sharing. LOVE that case. I'm still using an AM4 rig I built in 2019 and will soon be upgrading to a 5800X3D. After that though, I could definitely see using the 2000D for my next one when I'm ready to go to AM5. Agree with your rig choices. Big fan of the Dominator RAM series and was already thinking about using the Chromax Noctua DH-15 with my CPU upgrade... love that look, especially since it does its job well!

[@wingandaprayer883]

Refreshing and nice to see a pc build which is not totally emasculated with RGB light nonsense.

[@xXGe0rgEXx]

Height is free real estate on desks so cases like this make a lot of sense.

[@trooperz137]

great build, the only problem i have is there's not enough USB ports on the mother board. like i have 8 slots im using atm on my current pc

[@LoDubs88]

This is an almost 25l case. Imo its too big to be on the desk but it does look nice.