Asus Prime AP201

[monohomophobic]

It's good until you have mobo with gpu on the second pcie slot instead of the first (like my ASUS B550M TUF).
With pretty standard 3-slot 3080 card, having fans or 3.5 hdd at the bottom is not an option.
Also with 360mm radiator, things started to get worse. The 3.5 HDD need to be crammed under the PSU and it will be very painful to connect SATA & power cable to the HDD.

 

[shovenose]

It's good until you have mobo with gpu on the second pcie slot instead of the first (like my ASUS B550M TUF).
With pretty standard 3-slot 3080 card, having fans or 3.5 hdd at the bottom is not an option.
Also with 360mm radiator, things started to get worse. The 3.5 HDD need to be crammed under the PSU and it will be very painful to connect SATA & power cable to the HDD.

Hmm, I wonder how many people really still have HDDs though? I initially had one in my build but moved it to my server so no more HDD in my desktop.

 

[AusWolf]

Hmm, I wonder how many people really still have HDDs though? I initially had one in my build but moved it to my server so no more HDD in my desktop.

External ones, sure. In the system, no thanks. I'd rather enjoy (near) complete silence at idle.

 

[shovenose]

External ones, sure. In the system, no thanks. I'd rather enjoy (near) complete silence at idle.

Yeah, I do still use a SATA SSD currently as my primary drive because I didn’t feel like reinstalling but my next go around in a couple years I’m gonna stick to NVMe only. It’s just so much tidier.

 

[r3ptil3]

I managed to use this case with 6x 140mm Fans (Arctic P14):
3x below
3x top

GPU was a MSI Gaming X RX 6900 XT (55mm height, 324 length)

Now I have a ASUS Strix RTX 4090 OC and it would be still possible to use the same Fan configuration, but there is not enough space for air flow between the fans and the GPU.

I changed now also to my old Arctic 280 ARGB.
The Strix 4090 GPU is still very cool (55-60°).

 

[DigitalDude]

Can you

I managed to use this case with 6x 140mm Fans (Arctic P14):
3x below
3x top

GPU was a MSI Gaming X RX 6900 XT (55mm height, 324 length)

Now I have a ASUS Strix RTX 4090 OC and it would be still possible to use the same Fan configuration, but there is not enough space for air flow between the fans and the GPU.

I changed now also to my old Arctic 280 ARGB.
The Strix 4090 GPU is still very cool (55-60°).

Can you post some pics of the fully loaded case?

 

[r3ptil3]

Can you

Can you post some pics of the fully loaded case?

 

[AusWolf]

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This looks like my kind of miniature system! Only if the case was a tad shorter...

 

[Braegnok]

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I went with externally mounted 1600W PSU, with 15mm fans in bottom. My graphics card is 3090 Ti with single slot water block.

Hopefully upgrading GPU this month,.. RX 7900 XTX with single slot block.

 

[Braegnok]

Can you

Can you post some pics of the fully loaded case?

Without the PSU mounted in the front, the case actually does have lot's of space for adding other things,..

The Gen Z.2 card makes it easy to quickly swap out drives.

 

[r3ptil3]

@Braegnok

Wow, looks like the best of the best components!

2x 990 Pro 1Tb @ RAID 0?
7950X?

I wanted also the X670E Gene (beautiful board), but the IDLE Power Consumption is a way too high for me at the moment.

 

[Braegnok]

@Braegnok

Wow, looks like the best of the best components!

2x 990 Pro 1Tb @ RAID 0?
7950X?

I wanted also the X670E Gene (beautiful board), but the IDLE Power Consumption is a way too high for me at the moment.

The Asus AP201 chassis fills up quickly after you run all the power cables & water lines,.. ten pounds of shit in a five pound box.

I still have cable management to do, clean-up the routing and add cable combs, ties.

Plan on running the water lines from chassis to mora tonight, leak-test, and power-up, start testing system this weekend.

 

[shovenose]

Wow that’s quite a setup you got there!!

 

[D1m3b4g]

I moved to this case from a sugo 14 when I bought a 4090 and couldn't quite make it fit.

5900x, Corsair AiO, OC'd GSkill RAM, four drives (2 m.2, 2 sata) PNY 4090, SilverStone LP1000 PSU and a load of Noctua fans.

The case is a big mesh, it's going to have great thermals.

 

[dgianstefani]

FYI this case is NOT compatible with 338mm GPU and 180mm PSU.

This is a 335mm RTX 4080 and a 175mm bequiet! Dark Power 12, even at the highest fitting option for the PSU there is about 2cm of clearance issues.

Nice Optimus block.

Without the PSU mounted in the front, the case actually does have lot's of space for adding other things,..

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The Gen Z.2 card makes it easy to quickly swap out drives.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

FYI this case is NOT compatible with 338mm GPU and 180mm PSU.

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This is a 335mm RTX 4080 and a 175mm bequiet! Dark Power 12, even at the highest fitting option for the PSU there is about 2cm of clearance issues.




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Nice Optimus block.

Weird. According to PNY, your card is 332 mm long. Wonder which outfit messed up. What does each part measure? The AP201 manual suggests that the 338 mm should be to the PSU shroud, and that PSU length shouldn't be a factor.

PNY's stats for the card:

Drawing from the AP201 manual PDF:

EDIT: Clarify screenshot sources.

 

[dgianstefani]

The card is 335mm long as measured by TPU in the review.

Whatever Asus is saying in their manual is wrong.

Weird. According to PNY, your card is 332 mm long. Wonder which outfit messed up. What does each part measure? The AP201 manual suggests that the 338 mm should be to the PSU shroud, and that PSU length shouldn't be a factor.

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As myself and it seems some on Reddit have discovered, their 338 mm size limit allows for the card to project underneath the PSU area.

The Dark Power 12 measures 175mm as advertised.

Additionally 338mm is not 13.06 inches, it's 13.3".

So ASUS has two different measurements in their own manual.

 

[D1m3b4g]

I don't mean to state the obvious here, but you can move the PSU cage up and down into 3 different positions by just unhooking it from the front of the case.
I have the AP201 and it looks like you have the PSU cage on position 2, in the middle. Is that correct?
Have you taken a look to check if you can move the cage "up" toward the top of the case another rung?
It makes the clearance between the power cable and the top of the case tight, but it should give you the clearance you require for the GPU.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Additionally 338mm is not 13.06 inches, it's 13.3".

So ASUS has two different measurements in their own manual.

The 13.06 is from PNY's website. Sorry; should have separated the screencaps better.

EDIT: I have a suspicion: What are the measurements between the points shown below (tape measure precision is fine)?

 

[dgianstefani]

I don't mean to state the obvious here, but you can move the PSU cage up and down into 3 different positions by just unhooking it from the front of the case.
I have the AP201 and it looks like you have the PSU cage on position 2, in the middle. Is that correct?
Have you taken a look to check if you can move the cage "up" toward the top of the case another rung?
It makes the clearance between the power cable and the top of the case tight, but it should give you the clearance you require for the GPU.

The cage is on the upmost fitting, it physically can't be moved further up as there is the front panel IO.

EDIT: I have a suspicion: What are the measurements between the points shown below (tape measure precision is fine)?

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Probably this. Either way huge oversight from the manufacturer. It's definitely less than the quoted clearance.

Moving him to a Lian Li O11 Air Mini as it will fit everything with room to spare.

 

[STHD]

Does anyone know or can provide a photo of how much space there is between the side opening of the pus bracket to the back panel?
I am looking to fit a "Corsair RM850x shift" fan facing outwards the case, was wondering if all the cabling from psu to mb/pcie would fit in the gap.

 

[HBSound]

Suppose you use this case with a complete water-cooled loop. What keeps the air from immediately recycling upon itself? I can respect that the case is mesh, but in my mind, once the air goes into the fans/radiator, it comes right back out of the case. Is this a good thing? I do not know.

 

[HBSound]

I managed to use this case with 6x 140mm Fans (Arctic P14):
3x below
3x top

GPU was a MSI Gaming X RX 6900 XT (55mm height, 324 length)

Now I have a ASUS Strix RTX 4090 OC and it would be still possible to use the same Fan configuration, but there is not enough space for air flow between the fans and the GPU.

I changed now also to my old Arctic 280 ARGB.
The Strix 4090 GPU is still very cool (55-60°).

Could you get an 420 radiator across the top?

 

[r3ptil3]

Could you get an 420 radiator across the top?

No, too big.

 

[HBSound]

No, too bi

Thank you. What is the clear distance between the top of the case and the psu? Trying to see what kind of combination will fit.

Thank you