I heard someone here say that the Gigabyte and ASUS models only support 8 bit + FRC, but I can’t find this information anywhere else. Is this true? If so, is it a real issue that I should take into account?
I'm planning on building something similar to the Nukit Tempest Euro using the Ikea starkvind filter, but I also want to use the carbon. This design does exactly this and it puts the carbon filter on the inside, after the particle fitler. The original Ikea starkvind purifier also puts the carbonfilter after the particle filter.
However, I have also heard other sources (I don't remember which ones exactly) recommend putting the carbon filter before the particle filter. I would prefer having the carbon filter before the particle filter, as I think the carbon filter is more aesthetically pleasing, but since the other starkvind designs do the opposite, I am wondering if that order is suboptimal.
Does filter order matter? If so, which filter order is best in this case?
Side questions:
Most designs keep the fans within the profile of the filters so that the total volume is minimized. Won't this make the fans block the outer edges of the filter so that they remain unused? Is it fine as long as you keep a small gap between the filters and the fans?
Similarly, since the starkvind carbon filter is smaller than the particle filter, if you stack them right next to each other, won't this also block the outer edges of the particle filter? From what I can see in the pictures, Ikea does not seem to care about this in their own design. Would leaving a small gap here between the filters also help?