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    Meshlicious

    Anyone got one of these SSUPD Meshlicious cases yet?

    Having been planning on shrinking my PC from mATX to iTX for a while now, I've already moved my server from mATX Node 804 to Node 304, its now time for my main rig to get the same treatment..


    So I have the following items under my desk.
    Meshlicious Case
    NZXT Kraken x63
    Corsair SF750 PSU

    Bits moving over will be.
    Aorus x570 iTX Pro Wifi motherboard
    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    2x8Gb 3200 RAM
    500Gb Samsung 970 Evo+
    NVidia 3080 FE



    I'm already looking at 3d printed feet and a GPU airgap stand off to give me a gap between the board and the GPU's rear fan.
    I'll also most likely be looking at putting my spare 970Evo+ on the back of the board to stick my data/games etc on to separate my OS drive and data drives, not because I really need too, but the drive is sat in an external caddy at the mo and I'll get more use out of it this way, it should give me a bit more of a speed boost.


    I'll maybe post some pix at some point, but would be nice to see if anyone else here has built, or is planning to build in this case..

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    Re: Meshlicious

    I'd like to hear your thoughts on the build process in that chassis. I've seen the various videos on the tube but unvarnished feedback on the joys and niggles from a paying customer is always a bonus.

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    Re: Meshlicious

    I'm expecting niggles as I doubt I'll get a single stint to sit and plan and then build the bits into the case...

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    Re: Meshlicious

    Quote Originally Posted by [GSV]Trig View Post
    I'm expecting niggles as I doubt I'll get a single stint to sit and plan and then build the bits into the case...
    Plan? What is this planning that you speak of, is this something I should try for builds?

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    Re: Meshlicious

    Probably not a bad idea

    I plan on getting some standoffs to move the GPU a bit.
    I'm about to order a Displayport extension cable with an angled end.
    PSU will probs go in the case first so I can start to route cables.
    I need to dig my other 970Evo+ out of my work bag and dump its contents on the server and free that up.
    I might fire the feet file over to a mate with a 3d printer to get that done now, rather than me wait to go back to work.

    As it stands everything is currently still in the boxes..

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/7l8qe0pe89...8_iOS.jpg?dl=0

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    Re: Meshlicious

    Standoff kit bought, huge overkill on the amount but will give me the sizes and stuff I need, I'll make a list of all the bits and bobs as I go along so anyone else that finds this thread has a bit more of an insight as to the issues and stuff.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07TP2YYQB


    I'll drag the bits out of the boxes later and go from there.

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    Re: Meshlicious

    So, we're a few weeks in now, the case is sat on my desk, all built up and running.

    Motherboard standoff, this leaves the motherboard plate where it comes as default, but you move the rear panel and extend the motherboard brass standoffs to give you a gap between the board and the plate, giving you an air gap between the GPU and the motherboard, good for routing/hiding cables.
    If you have a GPU that doesn't have a rear fan like some of the 30 series FE cards then this is less of an issue, but I have noticed that when gaming my nvme drive on the back of the motherboard is a good 10/15oC hotter than the one on the front of the board, even though it has a heatsink on it.

    GPU stand-off mod, this will give me a slightly bigger gap between the GPU and the back of the board, this means I'll also have to do something with the GPU brackets themselves as they're a bit lacking in the hole department for those that want to move the GPU, there are options on Thingiverse and Etsy but I've not seen any that take my fancy or go down the route I'm thinking of, this will increase the gap between the back of the motherboard plate and the GPU, again, a bit more of a must for the 30 series FE cards due to the front/rear fan setup.

    I'll also look into making some sort of duct, most likely mocked up out of card and then 3d scan it at work and then 3d print something, it's just a case of looking at things now it's built and I'm ready to start looking at more mods for it, based on what I find and where I'm up to with it.

    I might also look into some feet and maybe some ducting on the bottom of the case, given the 30 Series cards exhaust out of the back of the card, this hot air has nowhere to really go, just lifting it up a touch with a set of feet should make some temp difference I imagine, then depending on how it works I might duct some of the bottom of the case.

    There are also some foam rings that I have seen on YT where people pack out the gap between the fan on CPU's to the side of the case to make sure they get the cleanest air route to the CPU, so might look at similar for the GPU, especially as with the riser GPU standoff mod will put the GPU fan closer to the side of the case.

    Top fan, will see about this one as will test with and without ducting from the back of the GPU to the rear of the case or something that pulls air out of the case on the top, space is a bit limited though so this will be something else to test.

    Front fans for the AIO, might swap them round so rather than pulling air into the front of the case, they'll push air out of the front of the case, there are trade offs on the CPU/GPU temp side of things but again, wont take long to swap and test, apparently it reduces GPU temps but increases CPU temps, given that the CPU temp seems to be ~15oC warmer than the AIO liquid temps I'm happy with the possibility of increasing CPU temps at this point, especially as there are plans to PBO2 the CPU and go for a bit of an undervolt.

    I also spent a few hours tweaking my voltage curve for the 3080FE, 887mV@1900Mhz is certainly better than the stock 1106@1950Mhz, I still use the card for mining and have a fan profile setup, the card gets a touch toastier than it did in my old mATX case but only on the RAM by 5/6oC which is to be expected.


    We'll see, an expensive swap but I'm happy with it so far, I am however looking at maybe later in the year going down the custom loop route but not going to rush that one as I'm not sure how me mining on the card when I'm not gaming will go...

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    Re: Meshlicious

    GPU standoff mod done, GPU is now 26mm further from the motherboard tray, probably now only 10mm from the side of the case, not that I mind.
    Also swapped the fans on the front from intake to exhaust, apparently this increases CPU temps (given its pushing warm air over the rad that's not really a shock) but lowers GPU temps as you're pushing warm air out..
    PSU was also spun round to when the fan spins up it pulls air out of the case and out of the back of the PSU, rather than drawing in air from the mesh side and pushing it out the back of the case. The fan on the SF750 doesn't kick in until you are pulling 300w+ from it so probably won't make a huge difference.

    Tidied the cabling up a bit while I was in there as well to airflow, top of the case isn't really warm anymore where it was before, still, a 1050Mhz OC on the RAM for mining will do that, RAM temps are 98oC at the mo, will see what they are like in the morning when some heat soaks kicked in, CPU is already a touch warmer, 3oC now, but still less than 15oC above the AIO liquid temp which has increased from 28-30oC to 36oC, again, will see what that's like in the morning, I still have some PBO2 tweaks to do to the CPU yet so will see what I can do about that but given I am pushing warm GPU air over the rad now an increase in temp was always going to happen...

    Not sure if Dropbox folder shares work properly or not, but here are the pix so far..

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4j54f07jy...04JP_Ph3a?dl=0

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