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The competition is really strong. It was impossible to choose just six rigs, which was the first plan, so we decided to give a chance to more people. There are fourteen champions, seven air systems and seven liquid systems. Every design is interesting and clever, with various original features. It’s going to be a tough choice, but we hope you will find your favourite one!
To make this as brief as possible, we had to adjust and reduce the descriptions of every competitor. We apologise in advance if we forgot to mention something important. Feel free to add any supplementary info in comments.
Air systems
- Sasa Ch. (1. air): case: Acutake Carbon; system fans: 1× Noctua NF-P12 for the intake and 2× Arctic F12 silent for the outtake (120 mm, 7 V); CPU: Pentium G3240; CPU cooler: Scythe Shuriken rev. B (quiet settings; the board is ASRock H81M-ITX); GPU: MSI GeForce GT 710 (without a fan);
- Rudolf K. (2. air): case: Fractal Design Define XL R2; system fans: 2× NF-P12-1300@~ 600 rpm and 2× S12A with PWM@650 – 700 rpm; CPU: QX6700; CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U12P with NF-F12 (PWM, 500 – 700 rpm); GPU: MSI HD 7750 with adjusted RPM, works in a semi-passive mode;
- Daniel M. (3. air): case: Fractal Design Core 1000; system fans: 1× Noctua NF-P12 for the outtake; CPU: unknown; CPU cooler: unknown, 2× NH-U9B SE2; GPU: uknown, probably two NF-A9x14 PWM fans on the default heatsink;
- Maroš S. (4. air): case: Fractal Design Node 202; system fans: unknown; CPU: Intel Core i3-4130; CPU cooler: Noctua NH-L91; GPU: Zotac GTX 1050 Ti (short version with one fan); motherboard: Gigabyte H87N-WiFi;
- Peter P. (5. air): case: NZXT S340; system fans: stock fans, 120 mm, 2 for the intake and 2 for the outtake; CPU: Core i7-6700K@4.5 GHz; CPU cooler: Ninja 4 with a manually regulated fan (medium); GPU: MSI GTX GeForce 1070 Gaming X, Twin Frozr VI with slowed fans (through MSI Afterburner);
- Michal F. (6. air): case: Fractal Design Define R2 Pearl Black; system fans: stock fans + some 140mm Cooler Master (unknown model); CPU: Core i5-8600; CPU cooler: SilentiumPC Fera 3; GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080, stock settings; motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO;
- Peter V. (7. air): case: Fractal Design Define R5; system fans: regulated to <400 rpm; CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1700; CPU cooler: Noctua NH-D15, approx 350 rpm; GPU: modified XFX RX 480 GTR Black (stock compound changed to Arctic MX4, removed cover, and AC F9 PWM CO fans);
The competition is really strong. It was impossible to choose just six rigs, which was the first plan, so we decided to give a chance to more people. There are fourteen champions, seven air systems and seven liquid systems. Every design is interesting and clever, with various original features. It’s going to be a tough choice, but we hope you will find your favourite one!
Liquid systems
- Jakub O. (1. liquid): case: Phanteks Eclipse P400; system fans: probably BeQuiet! Pure Wings (regulated in Fan Xpert 4; CPU cooler: Fractal Design Celsius S24; GPU: Asus Strix (uknown model), regulated via GPU Tweak;
- Viktor V. (2. liquid): case: NZXT H440; system fans: 3× NZXT FN v2.; CPU: Core i7-4790K@4.6 GHz; CPU cooler: Corsair H100i v2 with BitFenix Spectre Pro LED fans; GPU: Gigabyte WindForce OC; power supply: 750W EVGA Supernova G2; motherboard: Maximus VII Ranger;
- Michal M. (3. liquid): case: Fractal Design Define C.; system fans: BeQuiet! Shadow Wings 140 and Arctic F12 for the intake, three CPU cooler stock fans for the outtake; CPU: Core i7-8700K; CPU cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer 240 (450 – 550 rpm PWM); GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified with Corsair H55 (BeQuiet! Silent Wings 3 and NZXT G10 fans);
- Ján D. (4. liquid): case: NZXT Phantom 240; system fans: 2× 120mm Arctic F12 PWM for the intake; Silentium PC Zephyr (120 mm) for the outtake; CPU: Intel Core i7-6850K; CPU cooler: modular liquid cooler (240mm radiators) with 2× Arctic F12; GPU: Asus Dual GTX 1070 O8G (aftermarket cooler);
- Tomáš K. (5. liquid): case: big tower In Win 707; system fans: 3× Noctua NF-F12 iPPC@210 – 500 rpm (regulared via Aquareo 6 Pro); CPU: Core i5-6600K@4.5 GHz; CPU cooler: XSPC with two radiators (360 + 120 mm); GPU: GTX 1070 Sea Hawk EK cooled by EKWB block; motherboard: MSI Z170A.
- David R. (6. liquid): case: NZXT S340 Elite; system cooling: two EKWB radiators (240 + 120 mm), the bigger one has two EK Vardar fans and the smaller one has one Corasir Quiet Edition (starts at 35 °C); CPU: Core i5-6600K; GPU: Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1060;
- Lukáš T. (7. liquid): case: NZXT S340 Elite; system cooling: Aplhacool circuit with Phantek PH-F140XP fans (500 rpm), 2× for the intake through the front radiator, 1× for the outtake through the read radiator, and 1× extra for the outtake in the ceiling; SSD cooler: EK-M.2 on Samsung 960 Evo; CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700; GPU: AMD RX Vega 56;
The competition is really strong. It was impossible to choose just six rigs, which was the first plan, so we decided to give a chance to more people. There are fourteen champions, seven air systems and seven liquid systems. Every design is interesting and clever, with various original features. It’s going to be a tough choice, but we hope you will find your favourite one!