Noise Levels with Lumos Case

Welcome to the forums Bob100 !    You will like the Lumos. I tell folks Lumos is a work of tech art, so make sure it’s placed up on a desk to show it off!

I have a 2019 Lumos build my son uses to game about 12-14 hrs a day in his bedroom, equipped with the NVidia RTX 2080 Founders Edition and the Corsair LL Series fan upgrade.    The excellent Lumos case is actually the highly rated Corsair Crystal Series 570X ATX case, and I can recommend the LL or ML fans as the very best for cooling efficiency and they are extremely quiet.    Very little fan noise noted at all with the case right on his desktop.    You download the Corsair iCue software to control all Corsair components RGB colors.    

All of them.    Count depends on what the cooler uses - 120mm or 140mm size.
Front takes 3 x 120 or 2 x 140....

Thanks for the replies. I went ahead and hit the Buy button this afternoon. The Promotional discount and free shipping were hard to ignore. Quite an edge over the competitors.

Here is the final configuration that was ordered.

System Configuration:

Chassis Model: Digital Storm Lumos
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7-9700K (4.9 GHz Turbo) (8-Core) 3.6 GHz
Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Wi-Fi) (Intel Z390 Chipset) (Up to 3x PCI-E Devices)
System Memory: 16GB DDR4 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro (RGB Light Bar)
Power Supply: 850W Corsair RM850x (Fully Modular)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: - No Thanks
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (1TB Samsung 970 EVO) (NVM Express)
Storage Set 2: - No Thanks
Storage Set 3: - No Thanks
RAID Config: - No Thanks
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 1x GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB (VR Ready)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
HPC Processor: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: High-Performance Copper Heat Pipe Cooler
HydroLux Tubing Style: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected
HydroLux Fluid Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected
Cable Management: Premium Cable Management (Strategically Routed & Organized for Airflow)
Chassis Fans: Corsair ML PRO Series (High Static Pressure) (Magnetic Levitation)
Internal Lighting: Remote Controlled Advanced LED Lighting System (Multiple RGB Color Modes)
Airflow Control: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stock Factory Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking
Graphics Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: - No Thanks
Virus Protection: Windows Defender Antivirus (Built-in to Windows 10)
Office: - No Thanks
Mouse Pad: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
Branded Gear: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 15-20 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty (3 Year Labor & 1 Year Part Replacement)

Thanks for the suggestions.

I'm not real comfortable with liquid circulating through my computer, hence, I stayed with an air-cooled system. I'm kind of old-school at 75. My grandkids can't believe that their old grandfather opted for a spiced-up modern design with all the RGB lighting. Thought it was time to change gears and go with something a little more exotic than a black box.

The primary use of the machine will be photo and movie editing. Although as an former Air Force pilot, I do like to occasionally play combat flight simulations.

I am moving up from a 9.5-year old Puget Systems machine which only has an i5 quad core 750, 2.66GHz and 8GB of RAM, with an EVGA GTX 560Ti graphics card. So, this Lumos is a major performance upgrade. My flight sims played pretty good on the old i5, so they should really shine on the Lumos, even without any overclocking.

Again, thanks again for taking time to look at the spec sheet and offering suggestions, much appreciated.

Thanks for your service sir!

We talk to lots of folks that start out feeling the same as you about this...lol.
FYI you should know that liquid CPU coolers run with non-conductive coolant inside, not just water.    The All In One or AIO variety are not user accessible - therefore they never require maintenance other than blowing out the dust, so the tubing is thick and the seals made quite permanent.    Their job is to chill a Copper cold plate in contact with the hot CPU, and efficiently transfer heat away to be exchanged at the radiator.     Liquid cooling results in much lower temps.    Safe and way way more efficient than air.     I have run 3 liquid cooled DS Overclocked rigs since 2011 and have never had a problem.    

Your old Crew Chiefs and mechanics would tell you liquid cooling simply makes the “engine” last longer and perform at peak efficiency...lol.   

Edited by HockeyBuck - 15 Aug 2019 at 11:37am

The good reviews are sound advice. The 212 EVO has been around for several years already, and the fact it has been featured here for at least 2 years speaks well for DS's experience with the part.

HB is not mistaken about the capacity for overclocking with the Intel K CPUs. However, what we have with this newest class of CPUs are parts we could only dream of when last we (Oldtimers - I'm 70) went shopping for a system. Talking BILLIONS more transisters, much larger onboard cache, and stock clocks at a GHz or better than our old ones. The 9700k TURBOS to 4.9 GHz, which means it will run at that speed on the all-important (for gaming) first core, 4.8 GHz on core 2, and up to 4.6 GHz on all 8 cores. That is spectacular performance compared to what we're used to. (My original DS build from 2010 was overclocked to only3.81 GHz maximum, and I never had an issue with processor speed that I could notice.)

Bottom line, I agree the all-in-ones are "safe and sane", I have one. But I also had an air cooler on my previous rig that was still going strong and providing way better than adequate cooling after 8 years. You don't NEED the extra speed from overclocking this beast of a chip. You'll never know the difference. It's native clock plus turbo will blow you away. Stay with what makes you comfortable. Your temps on air will never be risky unless something's wrong.

Thanks for the very informative replies. Great forum here.

Got my Stage 1 notification from DS yesterday. So the wait is on.