New WC setup Q's
 

Sup guys, I've been reading this forum for about a week,and you guys seem to know whats up(so I ask you), and now am ready to order my new setup, I'm going to order a Maze2(1/2"), 1/2" Sil.hose, Eheim 1250(with 1/2" adaptor). Now I have Q's on the Rad. I have an Inwin q500n case, and want to have this completely enclosed in it. The rad will have to go above the power supply either against the rear panel(space is 7 5/8w x 6 3/8h x 10 3/8d), or attached to the top panel(which is removable).It would be EZ to mount a cube to the rear panel(and mount a 120 to it), and still have some room behind drives to do stuff, but have been reading that cubes s***.So if cubes are that bad, I would rather use a heater core, and mount a 120 to it. How are you guys mounting the rads to the box, and the fans to the cores, and what kind of fan/rad setups are you using.
I am a rookie to WC boxes, so go ez on me lol. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I just upgraded to a socket A, and I have an SK6 with YS Tech 7k fan..... and the noise is unbearable. This IS going to be ordered quickly!!!!

Thx. in advance guys,

[ 11-03-2001: Message edited by: muzz ]

It isn't that the cubes suck... but there are better performers. I know www.liquidcool.org sells a heatercore w/ mounting tabs. Otherwise you have to rig up your own solution from whatever resources you have avaliable. I have my Black Ice attached to a shroud. The fans are mounted to the case and the shroud has holes to attach it to the case. Zip ties work too...
-Kevin

Yeah I kinda figured I would have to rig it up, was hoping to be able to bolt the rad directly to the case, looking at that leviathan for that reason, obviously I will have to wire the fans to it though. Gonna look into the shroud to see what kind of mounting options I can come up with there.

Thx kevin,

no prob, amigo

damn i love the feeling of intoxication...

The cores out on the watercooling market wont fit inside that case. I have same case. YOu have to figure the support beams on the top of the case. They steal a good inch both dimensions. I have found a heater core at autozone that will fit however. Autozone part number : 398260 . As fas as mounting you could use some threaded nylon rod through the rad. That is what I am going to do...

Hope it helps

This is the first time I didnt like this case.I noticed the rails about an hour later, was tight enough as it was..geeez
Thx.

[ 11-03-2001: Message edited by: muzz ]

i have the inwin case, actually probably the older q500. which is only a little different. but i am putting the heater core in the bottom front, which fits that and my 1250 after i remove the hard drive cage.

i do this so when i put my res, it, and not the rad, is the highest point in the system, and also cuzz i want the coldest air to cross the rad.

so you might want to keep that in mind.

Could you post some pics nuts?

Thanks

aha. luckily i just ordered a 2.3MP digi cam! (just for posting pics too, but shhhh! don't tell my GF).

my case is really ugly, so i will try and show you a pic of how it looks configuration wise. when i am done painting, etc. i will post complete pics!

btw. it is deez (j/k)

np dEEZ....

OK well get up quick...

Thanks