Front rad for Evolv X

Italiux · 14 Oct 2018 at 10:00

Planing to build my first custom loop in Evolv X case and need help to choose front rad. I want to go with triple 140 fans so 420mm rad. Due to space restrictions I narrowed it down to 2 rads:
XSPC EX420 and EK-CoolStream SE 420 Which one would perform better?
Thanks.

haszek · 14 Oct 2018 at 10:38

Don't buy ek se...poor performer

clone · 14 Oct 2018 at 22:06

Head in the case forum mate in the phantek evolv x thread.

Italiux · 14 Oct 2018 at 22:30

I've read it all - only one person using front 420 rad and it's an ekwb ce420 which is 45mm thick and I don't think my pump/rez combo would fit if I'll use ce420. Everyone else in that thread using either 360 rads or AIO's.

fantasticCG · 15 Dec 2018 at 19:49

Italiux said:
I've read it all - only one person using front 420 rad and it's an ekwb ce420 which is 45mm thick and I don't think my pump/rez combo would fit if I'll use ce420. Everyone else in that thread using either 360 rads or AIO's.

Hey dude what did you decide?
I’m doing a evolve X build and am thinking of putting a 420 in the front also but was thinking a black ice radiator.

fornowagain · 15 Dec 2018 at 20:42

Here's my Evolve X, 9900K + 2080ti

EK CE420 with 3x EK-Furious Vardar EVO 140,
Black Ice Nemesis GTS 280mm with 2x Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-14 140mm
Bitspower 150mm reservoir, z-cap 3 port, D5 Mod top.

Distracted · 15 Dec 2018 at 20:47

I would choose the Black ice nemesis 420 GTS over either of those.

If i had to pick one or the other i would go with xspc. The ek se series hasn't done well in the reviews I've seen.

Italiux · 15 Dec 2018 at 21:13

fantasticCG said:
Hey dude what did you decide?
I’m doing a evolve X build and am thinking of putting a 420 in the front also but was thinking a black ice radiator.

I went with XSPC XE420, but I haven't build it yet - my fittings and tubes got lost in the post

Black Ice Nemesis won't fit, it's too wide, unless you can get "L" series nemesis which is narrower

Distracted · 15 Dec 2018 at 21:18

Italiux said:
I went with XSPC XE420, but I haven't build it yet - my fittings and tubes got lost in the post Black Ice Nemesis won't fit, it's too wide, unless you can get "L" series nemesis which is narrower

The XSPC stuff is nice. I have a Tx from xspc and a pe from ek. I prefer the look of EK but the build quality of XSPC is top notch in my experience. I'm sure you wont be dissapointed once you get it all together.

fantasticCG · 15 Dec 2018 at 23:04

Italiux said:
I went with XSPC XE420, but I haven't build it yet - my fittings and tubes got lost in the post Black Ice Nemesis won't fit, it's too wide, unless you can get "L" series nemesis which is narrower

Oh that is disappointing, sorry to hear about the post! I’ll have to have a think. 1x 360 black ice would it fit in front or too thick?

Or just the single 420 instead of 2 360

Distracted · 15 Dec 2018 at 23:24

fornowagain said:
Here's my Evolve X, 9900K + 2080ti

EK CE420 with 3x EK-Furious Vardar EVO 140,
Black Ice Nemesis GTS 280mm with 2x Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-14 140mm
Bitspower 150mm reservoir, z-cap 3 port, D5 Mod top.

Are those halos on the fans? They look amazing.

fornowagain · 16 Dec 2018 at 01:59

Distracted said:
Are those halos on the fans? They look amazing.

Yes they're the newer addressable 140mm Digital RGB versions. Might have gone a bit too RGB, there's two active outputs with 200 odd LEDs. Fans and CPU block in series. And the Evolv X case LED's and internal strips + GPU in series/parallel. I custom made the CPU/GPU LEDS to be really bright. They're all powered direct from the PSU.

Italiux · 16 Dec 2018 at 07:27

fantasticCG said:
Oh that is disappointing, sorry to hear about the post! I’ll have to have a think. 1x 360 black ice would it fit in front or too thick?
Or just the single 420 instead of 2 360

Black Ice Nemesis GRS 360 will fit in front as its 398mm x 133mm x 29.6mm (L x W x H), but I personaly prefer 280 up top and 420 in the front

Italiux · 9 Jan 2019 at 23:04

Finally finished mine. It's not perfect, but I think for a complete noob my first custom loop turned out ok. Now have to leaktest and blitz it. Fingers crossed it won't leak.

Distracted · 9 Jan 2019 at 23:31

Looking good!

Make sure you don't use blitz pt1 in the entire loop, just pt2.

Italiux · 9 Jan 2019 at 23:44

Distracted said:
Looking good!

Make sure you don't use blitz pt1 in the entire loop, just pt2.

Thanks. Used pt1 just for rads prior to assembly.

Distracted · 10 Jan 2019 at 00:20

Italiux said:
Thanks. Used pt1 just for rads prior to assembly.

Yeah, the instructions are clear so I wasn't going to say anything, but I've seen more than one person make the mistake and then wonder why their tubing went cloudy.

I've got mine full of pt2 right now and need to drain and flush it. :rolleyes:

How are you getting on with the Maximus Formula?

Italiux · 10 Jan 2019 at 00:33

Distracted said:
How are you getting on with the Maximus Formula?

Haven't tested it properly. I had it powered on for about 10 mins with AIO prior to custom loop just to check if nothing's DOA. Once I flush pt2 properly and fill up with coolant, will begin testing formula and 9900k.

Glanza · 10 Jan 2019 at 08:37

Get a T H I C C 360 imo, running a mayhems havoc with 120mm fans and it fits nicely in the front.

ChrisHuddie · 11 Jan 2019 at 00:17

Don't mind me, I've just come here to look at the cases with their loop setups - cracking job fellas well done.
Have the same case and going to get my loop sorted over the weekend.