Can’t do anything til the weekend though else family plexers won’t stop complaining 
Will follow up once I either get the internals from current server or more likely buy some new shiny internals!
Thanks 45Drives only issue I have is lose a fan and put my B580 in for transcoding and VMs, keep three fans and re-use my A2000 or ditch both GPUs and install an intel chip for QSV, and that’s a good problem to have.
K, max GPU clearance is 266 and my B580 is 272. I’ll pick up a NF-A12x15 to replace the central NF-A12x25 giving me an extra 10mm to play with meaning I should have 4mm of play between fan and GPU (depending on the lip of the fan bracket I guess)
Forgive the chaos, I’m in the middle of a home renovation too so everything is packed into my office which was too small to begin with
Went with a 14700 in the end, although I also have a 13900K looking for something to do so maybe …, anyway will swap the RM750e and a HX1000i PSU from my old rig over the weekend and play with the GPU fitting
I can’t say I was all that excited about the blank plate option, but I think I’m coming around after seeing your pics. This actually looks pretty slick even with the brown Noctua fan blades.
Yeah maybe chromax’d fans would suit better, might do that once it’s all setup and I stop fiddling around with it (which let’s be honest is never) Might also get some black replacement screws for the chrome ones
Yeah an all-black front including the fan blades, screws, and thumbscrews would also be cool. But the brown and black isn’t bad at all!
I agree. I really dislike the brown. I think it looks bad. I was planning to ask about Chromax fans when I inquire about ordering one.
I am glad they now offer a plain faceplate without the graphics.
Thought of a cheaper way to kill two birds with one stone and got a couple of 120x360 magnetic dust filters from Amazon (the link is Amazon Australia but I guess it’ll adjust to local markets)
Not sure yet whether they’ll starve the fans but they seem effective at the moment and should cut down on dust.
A couple of days of running the filters shows me that the drives run slightly warmer when it’s in place.
This is not a scientific test so take it at face value! Temperatures have been ~33C outside the past couple of days so ~25C in my office.
Running Unraid 7 with 14 drives (I have a seemingly dodgy drive connector in bay 12 which is a pain)
2 WD Red 22TB parity disks (so I can upgrade if required)
6 WD Red 18TB
6 Seagate IronWolf Pro 18TB
Noctuas at full speed
Drives sit around ~30C without filter
Drives sit around ~34C with filter
Noctuas at 50%
Drives sit around ~34C without filter
Drives sit around ~37C with filter
In case it’s of use I use the following hardware
, I also have an NH-U12A which given it’s also 158mm height also fit perfectly. I’d read others have had issues but mine fit fine.Both coolers also cleared memory and VRMs on the motherboard even with the dual fan on the U12A
I’ll be glad when the home renovations are over in a month, but the magnetic fan strip is working out lovely for now! 
I might even get it in the rack this weekend ….
