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Soooo we are on the third iteration of this build. I originally started with this 3080 Build and then moved to this 3080 build a build featuring a Scythe Ninja 5 and a 3080. Considering what I plan on using (1440p/144hz) I decided to sell my 3080 to a friend after getting a 3070 FE.

After a few days of seeing temps that were not spectacular and not loving the esthetic of the massive cooler I decided to take a page out of u/omegafivethreefive's book. He posted a build showing how he was able to fit the Silverstone TD-02 240mm Slim AIO on top of the case. I decided that I would try it as well.

Attaching it was probably the most stressful part, as you have to bend the clips on the top mesh to take of the top of the case to be able to screw in the AIO radiator to the top. This was difficult because the screw holes were meant for the rubber fanless pads and not the AIO. To make it possible to screw it in I used wide screws and also cut some rubber pads that came with another Cooler Master case. The rubber pads basically worked as rubber washer, not only to fill the gaps but also to help with vibration possibly coming of the AIO from the fans.

After attaching the rad mounting the fans was pretty easy. The only thing worth noting here is that you can't use the stock fan grills that come with the NR200p as the fan blades scrap the grill and stop the fans. I tried this and was unsuccessfully and out to replace with them with aftermarket fan grills (luckily I had these already).

Putting the mesh grill back on top was much easier than taking it off, but be careful as both can be kind of flimsy and could break.

There is barely enough space to fit it all in there but I was able to make it work. Make sure you preplug in your fan's and other things before putting the top on. I pre plugged in the fan splitter and put in place so that when I was ready to put the top on I just plugged in the AIO fans into the splitter so that they were ready to go!

TEMPS W/ TG

CPU IDLE: 42 C

CPU UNDER LOAD: 55 C

GPU IDLE: 30 C

GPU UNDER LOAD: 60 C

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Comments

Cashie
  • 4 years 5 months ago

Love the build. Do you have any pictures of the work to get the AIO in the top?

JamieWaldie1992
  • 4 years 4 months ago

Hi, What is the limiting factor for the top AIO fitment?

Looks like a standard AIO would fit (thinking H100 which is 52mm with fans according to the corsair website) without the fan grills but not 100% sure.

Either way, your build looks great.

tylerscustombuilds
  • 4 years 3 months ago

The AIO I used utilizes slim 120mm fans. The total thickness with the AIO+fans is 37mm. A standard AIO would most likely not fit. The fans grills only add 2mms

Thanks! I'm happy with how it came out

sjames884
  • 4 years 2 months ago

This is awesome.

Question: can you just fit any normal 240 rad as long as you utilize slim fans?

Thanks!

tylerscustombuilds
  • 4 years 2 months ago

You cannot, it would be too big. This is a slim rad with slim fans

sjames884
  • 4 years 2 months ago

Ah, ok. I believe you said in another comment that the total width is 37mm with fans, 39mm all together with rad, fans and grills?

Just trying to figure out if I could potentially make this fit with ultra slim 12mm thick fans and the 240 AIO I want, which has a 27mm thick rad (ROG Ryuo 240).

bunyamins
  • 3 years 10 months ago

Do you, by any chance, have a pictures of how you mounted the top radiator? or more pictures of how you build it in general?

I have difficulties mounting an SYSCOOLING 22mm rad with exactly the same dimensions as the TD-02 slim AIO hence the radiators look identical really.

Thanks in advance!

SupremeMOR-YT
  • 4 years 5 months ago

Just fix the cable mess a bit amd this would br awsome#

tylerscustombuilds
  • 4 years 5 months ago

It's an ITX build, there really isn't a place to put the cables. There is no basement and no cable routing through the back because there is no room in the back

@Splash@
  • 4 years 5 months ago

overall, pretty good build but plz work on cable management

tylerscustombuilds
  • 4 years 5 months ago

It's an ITX build, this is cable management