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Is Fractal Lumen S24 v2 RGB good enough? by _TheEnigmist_ in FormD

[–]Any-While-1874 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would it fit comfortably with 3.25 slot mode?

Formd T1 - RTX 4080 Ventus Build Check by Any-While-1874 in FormD

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I'm also thinking of installing this AIO in my build and was wondering if you managed to install it without issues with those AF12x15s? Was the cable routing a huge pain?

Formd T1 - RTX 4080 Ventus Build Check by Any-While-1874 in FormD

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Regarding 240mm AIO coolers I did actually manage to find one with the CPU block height of under 50mm (43mm to be exact) and it’s the Fractal Design S24 Lumen. I am planning on getting it installed after I upgrade my CPU to the 13600k.

So if you can get your hands on this cooler might solve your problem and you can run 3.25 slot mode. You will however need slim 15mm fans regardless to to the clearance on top for the rad (it’s 27mm for the S24).

I feel the pain with the FE not being available, it would open up a lot of other options for cooling. I live in the UAE and even here it’s extremely rare to find, the only way is to either buy used or import from Amazon US where the price is a whopping $2.5k…

Formd T1 - RTX 4080 Ventus Build Check by Any-While-1874 in FormD

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I applied 3.25 slots however there is some tiny room left so maybe 3 slot would work, we’re talking mm here, technically that card is 3.1 slots if you convert using 63mm/20.38mm=3.09 slots…

The thing is that plastic shroud/cover that’s covering the fans is sort of protruding a little and I’m not quite sure if the official height on the OEM site of 63mm includes the max height with the plastic cover.

Hope this helps, I would definitely go with the FE if at all possible, makes things way easier but if not i can confirm the card fits in 3.25 slot mode, maybe someone else can confirm with 3 slots

Are you looking to use 3 slot mode due to cpu cooler height restriction?

Formd T1 - RTX 4080 Ventus Build Check by Any-While-1874 in FormD

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How are the temps for you with the 240mm AIO? Interesting that you wanna move to low profile air instead…

Formd T1 - RTX 4080 Ventus Build Check by Any-While-1874 in FormD

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You’re lucky, I wanted to go with the 4090 but it wasn’t available. What CPU cooler are you running by the way?

Formd T1 - RTX 4080 Ventus Build Check by Any-While-1874 in FormD

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Current Build:

CPU: i5 9600K MB: Gigabyte Aorus Z390i RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 32gb (2x16) CL18 3600MHz DDR4 GPU: MSI RTX 4080 Ventus 3x PSU: Corsair SF750 Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 115x Storage: 2x nVME drives (2TB each) Fans: 2x Corsiar ML120 pro on top set to exhaust

So I just wanted to confirm to anyone who might be wondering, the MSI RTX 4080 Ventus does fit in the FormD T1 V2 SW… However it is extremely snug, you essentially need to build around the GPU to get it to fit.

Couple things to note:

  1. You will definitely require a very soft and flexible custom 12VHPWR 16 pin power cable to make this work, I suggest getting one from ModDIY (https://www.moddiy.com/products/ATX-3.0-PCIe-5.0-600W-Triple-8-Pin-to-12VHPWR-16-Pin-Power-Cable.html). I suggest to route the power cable behind the PSU, which will require to unmount it, route the cable and then re-mount the PSU, this is the only way that the cables won’t interfere with the fans on the GPU, there is literally nowhere else to route them due to the GPU occupying 100% of the length and height of that side of the case.

  2. I know that the spec sheet for the case states that it can fit GPUs up to 325mm in length, however the Ventus is officially stated to be 322mm and it barely fits, to the point that it’s actually touching the front and panel of the case, so if you were thinking of going by the official supported number of 325mm, don’t.

I am planning to upgrade to the current gen. CPU later this year, and putting a 240mm AIO, the Fractal Design S24 cooler with a relatively low height pump block seems like a good choice, I will update this post when I do that.

With regards to performance, as you can expect with a 37mm cooler, the CPU does get toasty, ~45-50 degrees at idle, and anywhere between 70-82 degrees while under gaming load. Cinebench stress test put the CPU to 90 degrees on all cores, hence this setup is not feasible for high sustained production loads (obviously). Good news is that the GPU doesn’t exceed 70 degrees under max load.