Roland Of Gilead Aesthetically, I do find it pleasing. But the one thing that bothers me is the offset difference between the 2 fans on the CPU cooler and the rear exhaust. The cooler fans are lower than the rear exhaust, and symmetry is important, at least for me. Can the rear exhaust be lowered to match the height of the cooler fans? Reply
SkyBill40 Roland Of Gilead said: Aesthetically, I do find it pleasing. But the one thing that bothers me is the offset difference between the 2 fans on the CPU cooler and the rear exhaust. The cooler fans are lower than the rear exhaust, and symmetry is important, at least for me. Can the rear exhaust be lowered to match the height of the cooler fans? That offset seems to be pretty common with case design, especially now. Reply
Roland Of Gilead SkyBill40 said: That offset seems to be pretty common with case design, especially now. I have a Lian Li 215, I can't be certain (as I'm running an AIO), if they would be close to my rear exhaust. But looking at the positioning of the socket, it seems it would match the height of my rear exhaust. I guess someone looking at an all Noctua system may not be too bothered by that though. Reply
SkyBill40 Roland Of Gilead said: I have a Lian Li 215, I can't be certain (as I'm running an AIO), if they would be close to my rear exhaust. But looking at the positioning of the socket, it seems it would match the height of my rear exhaust. I guess someone looking at an all Noctua system may not be too bothered by that though. To each their own, I guess. 🤷♂️ I get it though and would find it bothersome and even a tad inefficient at evacuating heat. My current case is probably 15+ years old and has a solid side panel, so I don't see it to let it bother me. But, thankfully, my Corsair case is properly height aligned with my BQ DRP4 cooler. Reply
dwd999 Roland Of Gilead said: Aesthetically, I do find it pleasing. But the one thing that bothers me is the offset difference between the 2 fans on the CPU cooler and the rear exhaust. The cooler fans are lower than the rear exhaust, and symmetry is important, at least for me. Can the rear exhaust be lowered to match the height of the cooler fans? It would depend on your case. In most cases with the standard 7 slot back panel design the D15 extends below the start of the top slot and even with the rear fan directly touching the top slot cutout on the case back plate it will not line up with the fans on the D15. This is sort of ironic since most motherboards no longer use that top slot (except for some Gigabyte motherboards) and the top slot could be eliminated from those cases. Aesthetically you could make the rear fan less noticeable by using an NF-A14x25r G2 round fan which matches the D15 G2 fans even though the fan would be a few mms higher than the D15 fans. The performance specs are the same as the square fan so there's no loss there. Reply
Moonstick2 I've got the SE (non-windowed) version of this case and like it. I've never liked the brown/cream Noctua colour scheme. This whole system together does kind of work in looks to my eye if not to my taste, although it has a massive 70s vibe. High technology that looks like this always makes me think of Rollerball. (If you haven't seen it, that scene is meant to be in a high-tech apartment in 2018.) Reply
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