The Perfect watercooling case?

t00lb0x · 08-18-2003, 12:08 AM

Have any suggestions for which case is the perfect case for watercooling?

t00lb0x · 08-18-2003, 02:16 AM

No one thinks they have "the perfect case for watercooling"?

dima y · 08-18-2003, 02:21 AM

actually i do. This is mostly due to the fact that i made my case from scatch, this way i can have a wind tunnel for my heatercore.

it THE BEST WAY FOR A PERFECT CASE.

antecs are pretty nice in my opinion. but not perfect

JCYC5 · 08-18-2003, 02:33 AM

Xaser III?

t00lb0x · 08-18-2003, 02:34 AM

I dont know, you should be more positive in your answer. Like XaserIII!!!!! Not XaserIII? Its like your answering my question with another question.

joemac · 08-18-2003, 02:42 AM

I am working on the perfect case (imo) but still have a way to go. It takes a lot of money to bring a good case to market and I have put most of my efforts to my block. :shrug:

starbuck3733t · 08-18-2003, 07:41 AM

"Xaser III"

I should kick you.

JCYC5 · 08-18-2003, 08:24 AM

hee hee

msv · 08-18-2003, 08:27 AM

I´m happy with my Chieftek Dragon (it looks soooo innocent), but I do envy the guys with YY-cubes.
regards
Mikael S.

JCYC5 · 08-18-2003, 08:29 AM

I'm going to try to use a Lian Li PC60 for my setup.

supz · 08-18-2003, 08:40 AM

I have been wanting to get one of these lately, due to the huge amount of empty space at the top, and large number of drive bays. You could definately fit a nicely sized radiator into it... and cheap too.

But for now I'm going to stick to my dragon case.

winewood · 08-18-2003, 09:15 AM

I use the Chieftech or Antec case (same thing really). You can get them at a fair price, and they have the window, and fans that you need to get a good flow in the compartment. They are also VERY modifyable. The rivets only take a drill to pop, and its all Alu. so it cuts really easy.

The closing front keeps my son out of it.

satanicoo · 08-18-2003, 09:28 AM

Lite-On FS-020.

Better yet, build your own.

mad mikee · 08-18-2003, 12:15 PM

Heck NO!

Rule #1. You will always get a big enough case to hold your stuff - BARELY!! If you have an open case, you will find more to stick in there until...

Rule #2. There will be something in the wrong place or layout

Even my Chenbro SR-103 server case is a nightmare to try to rearrange (had to fix some wiring this weekend) w/o pulling it all out. Also ahd to mod the heck out of it to get what I wanted in there in the first place!

Sooo - plans for next case (Rev 3.0 - DIY) are hatching in my mind as I type:

1. Will be height of Desk(nothing goes above it anyway so why not!)

2. Motherboard will sit Horizontal (let heat rise) and blow out back.

3. Rads/pumps will get their own compartment w/ fans at back blowing out.

4. Hard drives in back are good idea, same compartment as MB.

5. PSU may be in same area as MB, gotta figure that out.

6. Question for general discussion: given something like above, should rads / pumps go above or below MB (see good reasons for both setups, want more views).

Got pretty good w/ riveter during last project, plan to make main support structure out of AL angle and sheet for internal air baffles, then enclose whole thing in Oak / Maple (looks nice and deadens sound also). May start a new thread to garner ideas from the intellegent masses....

arcsylver · 08-19-2003, 09:25 PM

Ok I am new so I will bite on this on just to see the responses I get.

I just acqured (read scounged from local company that shall remain nameless.) This Cabinet.

http://63.90.33.38/hubbellpremise/da...S&FAM=Cabinets

This should make a pretty decent starting point for a W/C rig I would think. At leastt hat is my current project.

Now all I need to do is get the $$$ up for the custom RAdiator and Res I want to put in it's back panel and one of Cather's Silver Cascades and I will be set.

Hellion_Prime · 08-19-2003, 10:35 PM

http://www.addtronics.com/cl9240.htm

Phant0m51 · 08-19-2003, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hellion_Prime
http://www.addtronics.com/cl9240.htm

I want one... Wait, no I don't, I go to LAN parties... If I had that case, I would put all 3 of my computers in that one box, and run the wiring to the center of the room...

golovko · 08-19-2003, 11:48 PM

i like my lian-li pc70, its a great wc case - lightweight and plenty of room/features.

bigben2k · 08-19-2003, 11:56 PM

I like my Cheftec Dragon DA-01 (see link in sig), but I'd like to try out a YY cube sometime (can YY read this?

)

Maybe on the next build.

nikhsub1 · 08-20-2003, 12:28 AM

www.mountainmods.com is all i have to say

]

Installation shotsHERE

msv · 08-20-2003, 12:57 AM

nikhsub1, You made me drool in my keyboard.

regards
Mikael S.

Hellion_Prime · 08-20-2003, 12:20 PM

I like the mountainmods case, except for a few nitpicky things... it really should be all 120mm fan mounts (and fewer of them). They might want to give some thought to doing a specalized version for watercooling with a place for res mounting and oversized radiators and such. That could go over quite well.. lord knows it has the room for it.

Phantom: You know you want that case.. then you could rig up R/C gear for it! Then it would carry ITSELF to LAN parties.

Phant0m51 · 08-20-2003, 02:03 PM

Heh, I could drag it around with my new T-Max 1 HP motor! That'd be awesome!

Hellion_Prime · 08-20-2003, 03:37 PM

I can see it now.. Pro/2-D2!

FallOutBoyTonto · 08-20-2003, 03:50 PM

I've tried looking, but can't find any vendors that carry the U2-UFO case and ships to Canada.

Are there any Canadian vendors that carry it yet? Or is it still too soon? :shrug:

08-18-2003, 02:34 AM	#5
t00lb0x Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2003 Location: In a box Posts: 221	I dont know, you should be more positive in your answer. Like XaserIII!!!!! Not XaserIII? Its like your answering my question with another question. __________________ "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit"

08-18-2003, 02:42 AM	#6
joemac Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Dallas Posts: 339	I am working on the perfect case (imo) but still have a way to go. It takes a lot of money to bring a good case to market and I have put most of my efforts to my block. :shrug: Last edited by joemac; 08-18-2003 at 02:47 AM.

08-18-2003, 07:41 AM	#7
starbuck3733t Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: State College, PA Posts: 338	"Xaser III" I should kick you. __________________ Goliath: 3.4E@3.91/Abit IC7, Maze4 (temporarily) + custom splitter to crazy 4-way watercooling parallel loop: X800XT @ 520/1280 + AC Twinplex, AC Twinplex Northbridge, Silenstar Dual HDD Cooler, Eheim1250, '85 econoline van HC + 2x120, 1x120 exhaust - polished aluminum frame panaflo L1As, 2x18GB 10K RPM U160 SCSI, 4GB PC4000. I wanna be BladeRunner when I grow up! Project Goliath - nearing completion.

08-18-2003, 08:27 AM	#9
msv Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 336	I´m happy with my Chieftek Dragon (it looks soooo innocent), but I do envy the guys with YY-cubes. regards Mikael S. __________________ The only constant factor in all Your failures is You. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnen mihi habis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

08-18-2003, 09:15 AM	#12
winewood Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: in my chair Posts: 574	I use the Chieftech or Antec case (same thing really). You can get them at a fair price, and they have the window, and fans that you need to get a good flow in the compartment. They are also VERY modifyable. The rivets only take a drill to pop, and its all Alu. so it cuts really easy. The closing front keeps my son out of it. __________________ -winewood-

08-18-2003, 12:08 AM	#1
t00lb0x Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2003 Location: In a box Posts: 221	The Perfect watercooling case? Have any suggestions for which case is the perfect case for watercooling? __________________ "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit"

08-18-2003, 02:16 AM	#2
t00lb0x Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2003 Location: In a box Posts: 221	No one thinks they have "the perfect case for watercooling"? __________________ "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit"

08-18-2003, 02:21 AM	#3
dima y Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: palo alto, CA Posts: 164	actually i do. This is mostly due to the fact that i made my case from scatch, this way i can have a wind tunnel for my heatercore. it THE BEST WAY FOR A PERFECT CASE. antecs are pretty nice in my opinion. but not perfect

08-18-2003, 02:33 AM	#4
JCYC5 Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 102	Xaser III?

08-18-2003, 08:24 AM	#8
JCYC5 Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 102	hee hee

08-18-2003, 08:29 AM	#10
JCYC5 Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 102	I'm going to try to use a Lian Li PC60 for my setup.

08-18-2003, 08:40 AM	#11
supz Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2003 Location: de_dust, NJ Posts: 8	I have been wanting to get one of these lately, due to the huge amount of empty space at the top, and large number of drive bays. You could definately fit a nicely sized radiator into it... and cheap too. But for now I'm going to stick to my dragon case.

08-18-2003, 09:28 AM	#13
satanicoo Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: portugal Posts: 635	Lite-On FS-020. Better yet, build your own.

08-18-2003, 12:15 PM	#14
mad mikee Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: US of A!!!! Posts: 146	Not to my eye.... Heck NO! Rule #1. You will always get a big enough case to hold your stuff - BARELY!! If you have an open case, you will find more to stick in there until... Rule #2. There will be something in the wrong place or layout Even my Chenbro SR-103 server case is a nightmare to try to rearrange (had to fix some wiring this weekend) w/o pulling it all out. Also ahd to mod the heck out of it to get what I wanted in there in the first place! Sooo - plans for next case (Rev 3.0 - DIY) are hatching in my mind as I type: 1. Will be height of Desk(nothing goes above it anyway so why not!) 2. Motherboard will sit Horizontal (let heat rise) and blow out back. 3. Rads/pumps will get their own compartment w/ fans at back blowing out. 4. Hard drives in back are good idea, same compartment as MB. 5. PSU may be in same area as MB, gotta figure that out. 6. Question for general discussion: given something like above, should rads / pumps go above or below MB (see good reasons for both setups, want more views). Got pretty good w/ riveter during last project, plan to make main support structure out of AL angle and sheet for internal air baffles, then enclose whole thing in Oak / Maple (looks nice and deadens sound also). May start a new thread to garner ideas from the intellegent masses.... __________________ His PCV2000 DFI ULTRA D (SLI Modded just because) 4200 x2 @ ~ 10 x 260 /1.49 Vcore , G5 + PA160 + 150mm Papst@5V + Maze 4 GPU + mcp350. Temp 36-37(load-2 x D20L) 2x1GB Ballistix PC4000, x800xl 256m, 74G rap + 160G Hitachi SATA , 21" mit/nec 1920x1440 Crt + 19 Neovo F-419 1280x1024 LCD, OCZ Powerstream 600 Hers: (my beloved who lets me do all this) LianLi PCV1000, SD3700 @ 9x300, 1GB GBLA, 250+ 120 SATA, X700pro, 19" Neovo F-419 LCD, another OCZ 600

08-19-2003, 09:25 PM	#15
arcsylver Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: State of insanity Posts: 101	Ok I am new so I will bite on this on just to see the responses I get. I just acqured (read scounged from local company that shall remain nameless.) This Cabinet. http://63.90.33.38/hubbellpremise/da...S&FAM=Cabinets This should make a pretty decent starting point for a W/C rig I would think. At leastt hat is my current project. Now all I need to do is get the $$$ up for the custom RAdiator and Res I want to put in it's back panel and one of Cather's Silver Cascades and I will be set. __________________ Been Building these things since the IBM XT and I aint about to stop now!!! Prescott 2.8Ghz @ 3.08Ghz ECS 865PE-A Mobo Corsair 768 MB PC3200 DDR HP CD-Writer 9300 Maxtor 30 GB ATA Danger Den RBX 1957 Chevy Brass Radiator Danner Mag 7 Rackmounted Dual Blower w/Thermostat All this in a 4' Server cabinet

08-19-2003, 10:35 PM	#16
Hellion_Prime Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Arlington, MA, US Posts: 90	http://www.addtronics.com/cl9240.htm __________________ That which does not kill me had BETTER do enough damage to keep me from firing back!

08-19-2003, 11:48 PM	#18
golovko Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Purdue University, USA Posts: 141	i like my lian-li pc70, its a great wc case - lightweight and plenty of room/features.

08-19-2003, 11:56 PM	#19
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	I like my Cheftec Dragon DA-01 (see link in sig), but I'd like to try out a YY cube sometime (can YY read this? ) Maybe on the next build. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

08-20-2003, 12:28 AM	#20
nikhsub1 c00ling p00n Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: L.A. Posts: 758	www.mountainmods.com is all i have to say ] Installation shotsHERE __________________ :-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-: E6700 @ 3.65Ghz / P5W DH Deluxe / 2GB 667 TeamGroup / 1900XTX PC Power & Cooling Turbo 510 Deluxe Mountain Mods U2-UFO Cube Storm G5 --> MP-01 --> PA 120.3 --> 2x DDC Ultras in Series --> Custom Clear Res "Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity." 1,223,460+ Ghz Folding@Home aNonForums :-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-: Last edited by nikhsub1; 08-20-2003 at 01:26 AM.

08-20-2003, 12:57 AM	#21
msv Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 336	nikhsub1, You made me drool in my keyboard. regards Mikael S. __________________ The only constant factor in all Your failures is You. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnen mihi habis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

08-20-2003, 12:20 PM	#22
Hellion_Prime Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Arlington, MA, US Posts: 90	I like the mountainmods case, except for a few nitpicky things... it really should be all 120mm fan mounts (and fewer of them). They might want to give some thought to doing a specalized version for watercooling with a place for res mounting and oversized radiators and such. That could go over quite well.. lord knows it has the room for it. Phantom: You know you want that case.. then you could rig up R/C gear for it! Then it would carry ITSELF to LAN parties. __________________ That which does not kill me had BETTER do enough damage to keep me from firing back!

08-20-2003, 02:03 PM	#23
Phant0m51 Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 160	Heh, I could drag it around with my new T-Max 1 HP motor! That'd be awesome!

08-20-2003, 03:37 PM	#24
Hellion_Prime Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Arlington, MA, US Posts: 90	I can see it now.. Pro/2-D2! __________________ That which does not kill me had BETTER do enough damage to keep me from firing back!

08-20-2003, 03:50 PM	#25
FallOutBoyTonto Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Nunavut - Canada Posts: 35	From where? I've tried looking, but can't find any vendors that carry the U2-UFO case and ships to Canada. Are there any Canadian vendors that carry it yet? Or is it still too soon? :shrug:

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