Hello, this is my first post here at the procooling.com forums. I'm pretty new to modding but have done quite a bit of reading and research. I'm planning on building a new case out of acrylic to house my new water cooled setup. I would like to create a case a little reminiscient of the Shuttle.
For the radiator of my system, I went to a scrap yard a picked up a couple heater cores. The one I used in my design was the larger one, about 12" by 5". I have one that's a little smaller, and didn't know if I would be gaining much by using the larger radiator. If I used the smaller radiator I think I could design a much more compact case. I thought I would cool this with two Panaflo L1A 120mm fans. These fans of course would pull air through the radiator and into the case, and a fan in the back would pull air out the back.
However, I'm wondering if by attempting to put a watercooled system in such a cramped case is reducing a lot of the cooling potential? With the heated air coming off the radiator and blowing over the motherboard, am I increasing temps by a significant amount? As follows are sketchs of the case I'm considering making.
Components for my sketches were graciously provided by the following people from the
The Sketchup Component Collection: ATX PSU by Pjotr; ATX Mobo by CandyKing; Standard GPU by metku; 5.2'' Optical Drive by - Unknown -; Standard HDD by Pjotr; Standard 120mm Fan by CandyKing; Hex Mesh by ouija; Eheim 1048 by JungleGorilla; D-TEK White Water Poly-top by BagUd; Black Ice I & II by Brubacker; Aquatube by kaZuo;
Anyway, your insight on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!