[Official] Cooler Master HAF-XB Club!

[micropage7]

my heatsink is literally just 1 inch too big for a 200m fan to fit.
i ended up installing it on the outside but do not really like the look, any suggestions?
i was thinking of buying the windowed top panel and staking it under the mesh one, take off the window and hope that will work, but as i see it the windowed panel has the same bump the mesh panel has.
any suggestions that would not require a power tool?

you wanna use big cooler with top 20cm fan?
i may not use 20cm fan on top, but i would use better front fans to give better airflow
or you may take slim 20cm

 

[dragonprince]

i have the two front fans as intake and top-back as out. is that enough? i have 2 80mm for the bottom, but there are kinda loud so i dont generally use them, so i thought having the 200mm fan was necessary for keeping my system cool ( pun greatly intended).
on another note, what orientation should my fans be to optimize cooling and a dust-free environment?

 

[maddabbo]

anyone know if this motherboard will cram into this case?

http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_V_EXTREME/specifications/

It's slightly larger than atx at 12x10.7 vs 12x9.6 at standard

 

[micropage7]

i have the two front fans as intake and top-back as out. is that enough? i have 2 80mm for the bottom, but there are kinda loud so i dont generally use them, so i thought having the 200mm fan was necessary for keeping my system cool ( pun greatly intended).
on another note, what orientation should my fans be to optimize cooling and a dust-free environment?

you may replace or using silent fans on that
and if you want to minimize dust, just using air filter/ dust filter or just create custom dust filter

 

[Xtreme Gamer]

I bought the haf xb evo 2 and saw the amount of drives it can hold. I dont understand what it means though. I have 1 hard drive and 3 ssds. Can it hold all ofnthat in the internal drive cage without having to use the hotswap bays? Or will I have to get a different drive cage from their site? I dont want to have to use the hotswap bays if I dont need to. I only want to use hotswap for temp storage if possible. What do you guys think? Thanks for the help!!!!

 

[micropage7]

I bought the haf xb evo 2 and saw the amount of drives it can hold. I dont understand what it means though. I have 1 hard drive and 3 ssds. Can it hold all ofnthat in the internal drive cage without having to use the hotswap bays? Or will I have to get a different drive cage from their site? I dont want to have to use the hotswap bays if I dont need to. I only want to use hotswap for temp storage if possible. What do you guys think? Thanks for the help!!!!

m iss read its evo?
http://www.coolermaster.com/case/lan-box-haf-series/haf-xb-evo/
i think you use the cage for all, btw you should have 3.5 inch bracket from your ssd, so you just use it since it support 4 3,5 inch drives

 

[Tachinaori]

Joined this website just so I could join this amazing club

Below are some pics of my Haf XB and my rig in general.

Went full AMD.

Eight Core 4.0 AMD Fx 8350
R9 390 by Powercolor
16 gigs of ddr3
Corsair Watercooler.
Avermedia Live Gamer HD ( Capture Card )

I use this system for my youtube channel and streaming to twitch.
Ive been thinking about going full watecooling. But I need to save more money to complete the process. Now that ive seen pics I know what I want to do.

 

[MadroX]

Good Day all the way from SA(South Africa)

Wonder if there is anyone that could stear me in the right direction.....

Just bought a secondhand HAF XB......still in good nic only problem is i noticed that the 5.25" bays are missing aswell as the xdoc circuit board....not so much worried about the xdoc,but i cant fit a optical drive without the bay....is there anywhere in the world i could buy such a bay..cause i see that it is just screwed to the bottom of the case...

Any advise will be greatly appriciated

 

[jboydgolfer]

this amazing club

we could even start our OWN club... it wouldn't be as cool as this one, but ..eh. mines overclocked btw

sorry for the hijack. i couldnt resist. laughs have been in short supply around my house lately.

 

[Tachinaori]

LoL that's too funny

 

[Arkham]

Hi all,

I'll buy this case soon. Can we put two 140mm coolfan in the front panel and a H100i watercooling without his 120mm fans to save space for the graphics card?

 

[Heliphlier]

I have my case on the way along with some more of the components for this build. So far I am building this out with The HAF-XB, an i7 4790k 4.0ghz, 32 gig Corsair Vengeance pro DDR3, Samsung 850 pro SSD's, MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Mobo. I'm still shopping for fans, the Graphics Card, and Power Supply. I'd also like to use one of the Cool Master V8 GTS cpu coolers inside if it will fit. Has anyone ever read or heard of this cooler being used in this case? I am afraid it will be too tall to use in conjunction with a 200mm top case fan.

 

[SpacetimeCowboy]

Hey guys, HAF XB looks cool. I had big plans to make major mod overhauls with wood and perspex... but I am also lazy so here we have a pretty standard case... which I took apart sprayed bight green in a really amateur fashion.

I think it looks cool, I really love the shape of this case, and the way it mounts horizontally and hides the PSU and gubbins below deck.

I got the case really cheap, but it was the non-windowed edition, so I added the perspex window myself. Also the fan speed controller was an afterthought, and I don't have any more paint.

Also added LED strip and some Acoustipak noise dampening material. I hate PC noise. My PSU is the loudest component at the moment... working on it.

Cooling is amazing in this case, I can run the fans crazy slow and keep everything happy (CPU ~30c - 40c) until I really start pushing pixels. This is with the side vents blocked by the noise dampening material.

One day I will build a wooden and perspex beauty on a HAF XB chassis, until then, this is pretty enough for me.

Enjoy your boxes, thanks for the inspiration!

AMD 8350
GTX 960
16GB DDR3
250GB SSD
1TB HDD
2TB HDD
Noctua NH-D14
Akasa Fan Speed Controller

 

[SpacetimeCowboy]

I have my case on the way along with some more of the components for this build. So far I am building this out with The HAF-XB, an i7 4790k 4.0ghz, 32 gig Corsair Vengeance pro DDR3, Samsung 850 pro SSD's, MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Mobo. I'm still shopping for fans, the Graphics Card, and Power Supply. I'd also like to use one of the Cool Master V8 GTS cpu coolers inside if it will fit. Has anyone ever read or heard of this cooler being used in this case? I am afraid it will be too tall to use in conjunction with a 200mm top case fan.

HAF XB supports up to 180mm cooler height. This may include a couple of mm slack, I don't know. V8 GTS is 166.5mm, leaving ~13.5mm for internal top fan.

This is an example of a 12mm thick 120mm Fan that I believe would fit.... snuggly. https://www.quietpc.com/slipstream-120-slim-2000

Also, just as a suggestion, a 120mm top fan may not be neccesary to keep everything well within tolerances. Front and rear fans can do a lot, and your chosen CPU cooler seems very efficient.

Good luck.

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/v8-gts/
http://www.coolermaster.com/case/lan-box/haf-xb/

 

[t77snapshot]

Hello everyone! I am glad to see the XB club is still kick'in.

I will be update the OP soon and adding new members to the list.

Thanks,
T77

 

[GreiverBlade]

Hello everyone! I am glad to see the XB club is still kick'in.

I will be update the OP soon and adding new members to the list.

Thanks,
T77

welcome back then

i am off the club ... i committed myself to a vertically aligned copycat ...

 

[Octopuss]

Ha, there's a thread about this genius case.
I need help. Our flat is relatively dusty, and those damn 80mm fan slots are sucking lots of stuff inside the case. I've been trying to figure out a good way to cover both of them, but never came up with anything. Typical dust filters don't work, because they need a fan on the other side to screw into. Furthermore, the grille is protruded outwards, which makes it even more complicated.
Any ideas?

 

[t77snapshot]

Ha, there's a thread about this genius case.
I need help. Our flat is relatively dusty, and those damn 80mm fan slots are sucking lots of stuff inside the case. I've been trying to figure out a good way to cover both of them, but never came up with anything. Typical dust filters don't work, because they need a fan on the other side to screw into. Furthermore, the grille is protruded outwards, which makes it even more complicated.
Any ideas?

Do you have a couple old 80mm fans you don't mind gutting? cut the whole assembly out and only use the shroud to allow the fan filters to screw into.

 

[Octopuss]

That's a bit too MacGyver for me
The nonexistant dust filters is pretty much my only complaint about the case. This place and the side panels. What were they thinking?

 

[t77snapshot]

That's a bit too MacGyver for me
The nonexistant dust filters is pretty much my only complaint about the case. This place and the side panels. What were they thinking?

The XB was designed to function more as a benchmark box where you may be swapping hardware and/ overclocking often. Maybe this case isn't for you?

I tell you what, you buy the filters online and I'll send you two custom 80mm shrouds for 6 bucks shipped. (lower 48, pp only)

 

[Octopuss]

I might replace it at some point in near future, yea. It's my wife's "office" PC, and it works just fine - it's just the dust. Plus it looks fairly nice and fits in the room.

 

[GoldenPP]

Thought I would put my build out there. If anyone would like to know my specs let me know. It is a custom loop.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Can you fit a Master Liquid Pro 280 I here along with a MSI 1080 duke?

 

[8-Bit Wolf]

Anyone know where to get the HAF XB HOTSWAP PCB (REVISED)? Or, is selling one; I will do paypal.