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  1. My front fan started dying earlier this year and finally died last week. Doesn't appear that thermaltake has a replacement when I asked if that part was still available when it was starting to die. I found the AeroCool Silent Master 200mm (EN55642) and bought it so I could test fit it when the fan finished going. Well fan finished itself off so I finally got around to installing the fan I found, and it fits. You'll just need longer screws than the OE fan was held in with, and a motherboard with an open 3 pin, or just run it full speed off a 12V molex. It does have Blue LEDs and of course they are not controlled by the controller. Can cut the LED leads if you just what it off. I'm not going to say this is some high-quality fan, in fact I bought a couple so I'd have a spare on hand. It does fit though and finding a thin 200mm has not been very easy. While working on the PC the 5x3TB drives were replaced with 3X6TB drives, using less power and can have online spares in drive tray. Also looks like there is a red version (EN55659)
  2. Since it is clear TT is not going to release a product, I'm going to assume it is safe to inform you what should work. Look up the EVGA PerFE 12 power cable. From my research on the PSU-PCIe power cables from each of these companies they use the same pinout on the power supply for this cable and they should swap fine. I've got one, but I've hidden my case key too well and not been into it to replace this cable yet.
  3. I'm not sure your idea of "minimal modding". I'm not sure the top would fit a 420mm with my idea of minimal modding, I have a 360mm there and I don't think there is room for much more, if you did mount one there it would likely have blocked air flow over part of it without what I would consider more than minimal modding. The case appears to support 2 420s out of the box in the front and right locations. Just may need to very careful about fan radiator stacks on both locations to they don't impact each other. But I think as long as you keep the front fans where they are it should be ok. If wanting a pull fan setup would just need to put the front rad where the current fans are and the fans just inside the case from the front rad. Depending on fitting locations on the radiators you might also have one of them have the rad hoses top while the other is bottom to prevent interference there, I would not know for sure on that without some test fitting. That could make the fill/bleed process very annoying. I just think the right side would have limited air flow without moving/replacing the glass side behind it. I have the Corsair H150i 360mm rad in the top, I have the fans included with that kit as push fans under the rad with the rad and fans mounted on the inner side of the case. I also have the case's 200mm RGB fans between the case and the top filter as a pull fan set. The rad is 27mm thick while the rad kit fans are 25mm and they are almost even with the top of the Asus Crosshair VIII Hero board I have in the case. I've been considering a custom water cooling kit with this case, but with the setup I would want on the GPU and CPU/Mobo with a little over kill on the rads, 360 top as first rad that will get rid of most heat to outside the case and then a 420 front with the room ambient temp getting pulled in to cool it more. But, fittings, pump, res, rads and hose I'm at over $1,000USD and I'm not having a problem with my temps right now, so it would be more for just noise and looks. I know that if I get a second GPU I will have to go water cooling on them since there is not room for 2 vertically mounted GPU cards in this case with each needing 3 rear slots. That second GPU would add about $400 to the cooling setup. But, no second GPU right now at these prices, took my over 3 months to get the first one while actively trying to get it. I've also thought about remote radiators outside the house to remove the heat from the room all together especially in the summer, but I think that adds another $600-700 for additional rad, hose and quick disconnects. Quick disconnects would allow my to bypass the outside radiator in the winter when I would want the heat in the house too. Also, the Level 20 GT case would need modding to get the hoses outside it, unlike my older Level 10 GT that has the 3 hose ports in the back of the case.
  4. We are already aware of the adapters that come with the GPUs with the 12-pin connection. But most of us would prefer a direct PSU -> GPU cable without using adapters. I now have a 3090 FE installed in my computer and would still rather not use an adapter. Other brands are offering solutions, often at no cost to those with premium power supplies from them.
  5. Follow up: Yes, the one I linked before works with the Level 20 GT case I received. But....it mounts to the PCB from the other side of the PCB and the included screws have nothing to secure it to (hole in PCB and molded case for the plug are too big). I used one of the wire ties from the build and doubled it over on itself at each in then inserting in the plugs screw holes and put the screws in from the opposite side of the PCB as the plug to hold it in place. Also, due to the curvature of the case there I had to trim some of the molded case off so there was clearance. After all of that it is working fine with Asus Crosshair VIII Hero motherboard in the Level 20 GT case.
  6. Looking at my Level 20 GT, I'm not sure that would be the right style. Looking online I found this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083FRW542 looks more like what I'm seeing. Once I start building it more I'll see if I can get some specs on it and if that will work.
  7. My last build from ~9 years ago was in the Level 10 GT and still running on same Mobo/graphics cards, only updated the CPU since then one time. Now I'm building a "replacement" (I'm not getting rid of the old case system, but will be reducing its graphics cards to a very basic one. Can't get a better looking case that works so well with RAID drives. Over the years I did have to replace a few of the drive interface boards in it and some of the fans. Anyway, new case just arrived, Level 20 GT. Going with X570/3950X/RTX3090 for this build. So much RGB compared to the old Level 10 GT that I thought was a lot when I got it!! Sadily I can't really build it until maybe Oct since I can't even order the all of the other parts yet. Mobo I'm getting should support Zen 3 when that releases and in a 3-4 years perhaps it will get a CPU update like the current rig. When new system is done there will be a side-by-side pic of the 10-20.
  8. Yeah, I'm looking to get one of these new GPUs and have a 1200W ThermalTake power supply that I would like to keep with a single modular cable from the PSU to the GPU. To me the more connections (PSU > Cable > adapter cable > GPU) the more places for failure. Not naming other companies, but I've seen where others have committed to making a solution to support their modular PSUs. And, sleeved options to match some of your other sleeved cable offerings would be ideal.
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