Spare North

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Spare North

I fell in love with the Fractal Design North and as I had a builds' worth of hardware, I decided to put a loop in one. As is wont to happen, it didn't quite stay spare parts. Probably the most unique feature is the side-mounted 280 that is not officially supported by the case. The front 360 is an Alphacool xflow, which makes it quite snug with just a few millimeters of clearance above and below.

The build uses EKWB fittings, a mix of nickel and black Torque 16/10 and Watercool EPDM tubing sleeved with MDPC-X large. Reservoir is a trusty Watercool Tube 150 D5, mounted horizontally using the 120mm fan mount kit. The fan mounts are likely not necessary and I could have just mounted it with the basic kit directly on the PSU shroud.

And as usual, I made custom sleeved cabling using MDPC-X sleeving. This one has 3D printed panel mount cable combs to make it extra crisp as well as a printed GPU support. The combs and the GPU support models are available in Thingiverse.
https://www.thingiverse.com/mrkll/designs

Huge thanks to Laine for helping with the front rad clearance.

Fittings list
2 EKWB Torque rotary 90 degree adapter
5 EKWB Torque rotary 45 degree adapter
4 EKWB Classic rotary 90 degree adapter
1 EKWB rotary m-f adapter
10 EKWB Torque STC 16/10 compression fitting
1 EKWB EK-Loop Connect temperature plug sensor (with connector swap)
Color(s): Black Pink Silver White
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 119.00
AMD - Ryzen 5 (5600X)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 6
Motherboard
$ 153.00
ASUS - Prime (X470-Pro)
Chipset: X470
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: ATX
Memory
GOODRAM - IRDM
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 16 GB
Graphics
$ 749.00
MSI - Gaming X Trio
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 2080
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
Western Digital - Blue SN550
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: PCIe x4
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
Corsair - RM750x (discontinued)
Wattage: 750
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 134.41
Fractal Design - North
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Mesh
Case Fan
$ 67.98
ARCTIC - P14 (PWM Pst Co) (2x)
Size: 140 mm
Case Fan
$ 122.66
Fractal Design - Aspect 14 RGB PWM (2x)
Size: 140 mm
Case Fan
$ 89.97
Phanteks - T30 (3x)
Size: 120 mm
Case Fan
Sharkoon - Silent Storm PWM RGB (3x)
Size: 120 mm
Cooling
$ 117.74
Alphacool - Core 1 White
Type: Block
Cooling
$ 80.99
Alphacool - VPP Apex
Type: Pump
Cooling
Watercool - HeatKiller Tube 150 D5
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 150 mm
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