Last April, I started on my water cooling project. I was well on my way to completing it when, on July 5, I sliced the top of my wrist all the way down to the bone wth a mitre saw, severing all four extensor tendons (controls your ability to open your hand). This accident cured me of my fascination with power tools, and put my water-cooling project on indefinite hold. I have since re-gained about 75% functionality in the wrist/hand.
Well, here it is, a year later, and I still haven't finished my water-cooling project. However, I will be trying to finish it up this weekend. The primary reason I'm posting is because of something I discovered today.
I was gathering all the parts around me in a pile, and today, I recieved my Criticool 4-inch reservoir (and I ordered athe 6-inch version just in case I could use it). It turns out that the 4-inch is PERFECT, and here's why.
I'm using a YY-Cube case, and the case comes with several detachable 3.5-inch hard drive bay brackets on the back side of the case. I've already modified one to hold my Via Aqua pump, but I had no idea how handy the remaining one would be. It turns out that these drive bay bracks are exactly the right width to slide the 4-inch criticool reservoir into, and as if that wasn't enough, the holes drilled in the side of the bracket line up perfectly with the mounting holes in the reservoir.
What a stroke of luck! I can now easily mount the bracket itself anywhere on the motherboard side of the case that I find the most convenient. I was going to take a picture, of the reservoir attached to the bracket, but I have to recharge the camera's batteries (grrr).
Anyway, I'll be here a little more often as I get myself back up to speed on this watercooling stuff, and I'll post a picture sometime tomorrow.
The YY-Cube case continues to amaze me with it's built-in verstatility.
