Setup - Your views

cougem · 05-12-2004, 04:00 AM

Hi, I've got a coolermaster 220 shown below

and I've just purchased 2 rads from soulsend shown below:

What I was GOING to do was put my hard drives in the CD bays above, the wider housing that ends level around with my CPU cooler. I was then going to hack saw off the housing below that which goes up from the bottom to about 2/3rd of the way up the case, which holds the floppies and the hard drives.

I was then going to mount the 2 rads in that space, 1 on top of each other, move my sound card up to just below the 3d cards which will be water blocked (Maze 4 GPU you reckon?) so air circulation wont matter so much, and also water cool my A64 with an A64 RBX (all agree?) and mount an MCP600 pump (a suitable pump would you reckon? I need silence as I sleep by this thing) under that.

The rads would be nearly touching, but they've have a 120mm fan each, and the fact theyre nearly touching wouldnt even be that bad because the air flow of the lower 1 would increase the performance of the top 1.

The only trouble is that'd mean the bottom rad is pretty close to the bottom of the case, SO I was gunna cut a 92mm blow hole into the far side (the one you cant see on the pic) of the case at the bottom and put a 92mm fan in, and then stick another fan around level with the top rad, and an 80mm fan where the floppy drives would usually stick out.

The thing is, would you do this? I'd guess this'd make a good watercooling setup, but how good would you reckon? I've got a 80->92mm fan adapter for the read air intake/outake, and an 80mm fan pushing air through the top.

Or would you just screw this all over and just make an external housing for the rads/pump? I need it to look sexy, but quietness is oh-so-desirable.

My idea for the design is below, the circles by the rads are the fans on the far side.

Thing is, will this ge enough air-flow? Should I go external?

trit187 · 05-12-2004, 05:18 AM

you could try starting with 1 rad and seeing how your temps work out to begin with. another option could be to locate one rad in the top of your case, between the psu and front of the case, and add a blowhole in the top of the case, then locate the second rad in the front of the case with a fan pulling air in from eaither the front of the case or the bottom.

*the rads need to have cool air flowing through them. not just circulating air from inside the case through them
sorry i can't see your pic, so can't be sure of your plan

kronchev · 05-13-2004, 09:52 AM

80mm's all around is not great. youll have to have them going full speed to get any good air flow, and thats noise. if you can use 120mm instead definitly go with them

sandman · 05-13-2004, 10:17 AM

I would put the radiator in the top, and just use one.

pHaestus · 05-13-2004, 10:21 AM

I would definitely build an external box for under your case. You'll be happier in the long run this way and performance will also be better than shoehorning it into the midtower.

cougem · 05-13-2004, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pHaestus

I would definitely build an external box for under your case. You'll be happier in the long run this way and performance will also be better than shoehorning it into the midtower.

I think that's what I'm going to do.
I love my case too much

I think I'll put the two rads on the TOP on either side of the fan hole, and then bring the water cooling tubes through that. Mainly because currently I have no way to put them under as I have no suitable containment etc.

Any ideas for presentation though?

kronchev · 05-13-2004, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pHaestus

I would definitely build an external box for under your case. You'll be happier in the long run this way and performance will also be better than shoehorning it into the midtower.

I'm inclined to start agreeing with this

my setup is entirely in a Lian Li PC-601 which is a smaller midtower. It fits perfectly and theres no issue there, but the cooling isnt all that wonderful. the case gets kind of hot in my opinon, that might be due to bad setup, I dont know. If I could have really good connections (i dont even know what i'd use, quick release valves? i dont think ive seen em on a WC system) and a really small box I would consider that. Having another box to lug around kind of turns me off though...

pHaestus · 05-13-2004, 11:00 AM

http://phaestus.procooling.com/radbox2.jpg

Made front piece by buying a Lian Li PC-60 replacement bezel and then cutting it to size.

http://phaestus.procooling.com/radbox3.jpg

4x20 LCD installed (the brains of my cooling loop)

2 120mm fans, Fedco 2-342, MCP600 pump, and my 400W ATX PSU all fit in nicely.

That frees up all the 5.25" bays in my PC-50 (that's where PSU is now) and allows me to put my HDD rack back in the front (where BIX currently is placed).

cougem · 05-13-2004, 11:54 AM

Hmm, I presume you can't buy any suitable casing for rads anywhere, that would suit my case?

05-12-2004, 04:00 AM	#1
cougem Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge Uni Posts: 176	Setup - Your views Hi, I've got a coolermaster 220 shown below and I've just purchased 2 rads from soulsend shown below: What I was GOING to do was put my hard drives in the CD bays above, the wider housing that ends level around with my CPU cooler. I was then going to hack saw off the housing below that which goes up from the bottom to about 2/3rd of the way up the case, which holds the floppies and the hard drives. I was then going to mount the 2 rads in that space, 1 on top of each other, move my sound card up to just below the 3d cards which will be water blocked (Maze 4 GPU you reckon?) so air circulation wont matter so much, and also water cool my A64 with an A64 RBX (all agree?) and mount an MCP600 pump (a suitable pump would you reckon? I need silence as I sleep by this thing) under that. The rads would be nearly touching, but they've have a 120mm fan each, and the fact theyre nearly touching wouldnt even be that bad because the air flow of the lower 1 would increase the performance of the top 1. The only trouble is that'd mean the bottom rad is pretty close to the bottom of the case, SO I was gunna cut a 92mm blow hole into the far side (the one you cant see on the pic) of the case at the bottom and put a 92mm fan in, and then stick another fan around level with the top rad, and an 80mm fan where the floppy drives would usually stick out. The thing is, would you do this? I'd guess this'd make a good watercooling setup, but how good would you reckon? I've got a 80->92mm fan adapter for the read air intake/outake, and an 80mm fan pushing air through the top. Or would you just screw this all over and just make an external housing for the rads/pump? I need it to look sexy, but quietness is oh-so-desirable. My idea for the design is below, the circles by the rads are the fans on the far side. Thing is, will this ge enough air-flow? Should I go external? Last edited by cougem; 05-12-2004 at 12:17 PM.

05-13-2004, 09:52 AM	#3
kronchev Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lawrenceville, NJ Posts: 254	80mm's all around is not great. youll have to have them going full speed to get any good air flow, and thats noise. if you can use 120mm instead definitly go with them __________________ Ghetto riggin'!

05-13-2004, 10:21 AM	#5
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	I would definitely build an external box for under your case. You'll be happier in the long run this way and performance will also be better than shoehorning it into the midtower. __________________ Getting paid like a biker with the best crank... -MF DOOM

05-13-2004, 11:00 AM	#8
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	http://phaestus.procooling.com/radbox2.jpg Made front piece by buying a Lian Li PC-60 replacement bezel and then cutting it to size. http://phaestus.procooling.com/radbox3.jpg 4x20 LCD installed (the brains of my cooling loop) 2 120mm fans, Fedco 2-342, MCP600 pump, and my 400W ATX PSU all fit in nicely. That frees up all the 5.25" bays in my PC-50 (that's where PSU is now) and allows me to put my HDD rack back in the front (where BIX currently is placed). __________________ Getting paid like a biker with the best crank... -MF DOOM

05-12-2004, 05:18 AM	#2
trit187 Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2003 Location: shanghai, china Posts: 200	you could try starting with 1 rad and seeing how your temps work out to begin with. another option could be to locate one rad in the top of your case, between the psu and front of the case, and add a blowhole in the top of the case, then locate the second rad in the front of the case with a fan pulling air in from eaither the front of the case or the bottom. *the rads need to have cool air flowing through them. not just circulating air from inside the case through them sorry i can't see your pic, so can't be sure of your plan

05-13-2004, 10:17 AM	#4
sandman Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 50	I would put the radiator in the top, and just use one.

05-13-2004, 11:54 AM	#9
cougem Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge Uni Posts: 176	Hmm, I presume you can't buy any suitable casing for rads anywhere, that would suit my case?

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