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Originally Posted by |kbn|
Bladerunner did you mention a few pages back or in another thread about antec psus? Im thinking about adding my CWT 550w to my list of things to w/c and its exactly the same as an antec truepower 550w on the insides. Do you know if the layout is good inside?
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Well I had an Antec a while back was a 400 watt I think and It was very messy inside. Someone was watercooling a truepower 550 I think recently and it still didn't look the easiest to w/c to me. Other than that I can't comment as I haven't had any others.
A lot depends on what you are trying to do. if you are water-cooling the PSU and intending to have no fans in it or near it then it can be more complex than it appears. One major thing I've learned in my fanless cooling ventures is things that don't get hot or even warm in the slightest of airflow can overheat surprisingly when the forced airflow is taken away.
As PSU's all differ in design and layout, so there's no one definate overall solution or answer, it's something that you will have to discover and cure as you go. My solution, while I accept it may not be the best way to do it, also partly cools the transformer, and I later added cooling for a hot coil and a large ceramic resistor. It still works fine though and has done fanless for over two years now, but water-cooling any PSU shouldn't be taken lightly imo.....