Shifted Evolv X

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Shifted Evolv X

I had to carve open my Evolv Shift X to harvest some of its organs parts to transplant into Shadow Wraith and realised that I hadn't actually taken any pictures of it previously. So here are a few before I drained it down and hacked it open.

The eagle-eyed among you will notice that there are no cables. No, I haven't invented wireless power cables Emoji, unfortunately my cables had already been removed for their connectors before I decided to take some shots.

This was my first truly custom water build. By custom I mean I took an angle grinder and dremel to this on many an occasion in order to do the following mods:

  • Make a 480(!) EK SE Coolstream radiator fit
  • Make fan/radiator cutouts for 6 120mm fans
  • Modify motherboard support tray
  • Reverse panels orientation (front panel on rear, rear panel on back)
  • Reverse power outlet orientation (rear to the front - which is now the new rear)
  • Modify top IO panel to convert vents into pass throughs to hide water tubing
  • Modify base panel to allow cable routing into base
  • Probably some more that i've forgotten

As far as I am aware (and I did a lot of research at the time!) this is the only Evolv Shift running a 480 rad, which took a ton of work and tinkering to make fit. I decided to move my build to a Singularity Wraith before I had the chance to CNC the rear panel fan cutouts and ran it without the rear panel for most of it's (short) life, so I never got around to giving it my signature shadow black wrap.
Color(s): Black Gray
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: Industrial
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: Mini-ITX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 275.13
Intel - Core i7 9700K
Socket: LGA 1151
Cores: 8
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 295.00
ASUS - ROG Strix Gaming (Z390-I)
Chipset: Z390
CPU Socket: LGA 1151
Size: Mini-ATX
Memory
$ 119.85
Corsair - Vengeance Pro (3200MHz) (Black/RGB)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 16 GB
Graphics
$ 1,659.00
EVGA - XC
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 2080 Ti
Storage
$ 199.99
Samsung - 970 PRO
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 512 GB
PSU
$ 211.00
Corsair - SF600
Wattage: 600
Form Factor: SFX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
Phanteks - Evolv Shift X (Black)
Type: Mini-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
Case Fan
$ 149.75
Noctua - NF-A12x15 PWM (Brown) (5x)
Size: 120 mm
Case Fan
$ 19.95
Cooling
$ 175.00
EKWB - CoolStream SE
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 480 mm (4 x 120 mm)
Cooling
$ 85.80
EKWB - CoolStream SE
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 120 mm
Cooling
Cooling
$ 70.00
Cooling
$ 219.00
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