120mm Radiator placement in Coolmaster Wavemaster

dmw16

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Nov 12, 2000
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Ok, so I have decided on my water cooling components, but now I need to figure out where to put everything. I am going to go without a resivior and just use a fill tap w/ a T junction. But anyway, where is the best place to locate a 120mm radiator in a Wavemaster? I was originally going to go w/ an 80mm radiator and put it inplace of the front intake fan, but I think a 120mm willl be much better. So now I am left with figuring out where to put it. I had thought about the case door, but that would mean I couldnt really remove the case door anymore without getting water anymore. I can't mount it where the 5.25" drives are because of the front door on the case. I suppose I could cut a whole in the top, but that would still be a very tight fit since the middle of the top of the case has the IO panel on it. I am really at a loss. With all these problems, would I be better off w/ an 80mm or 80mm dual pass?

Sorry this is so long. Here are the Cliff's Notes:

1) Where can I put a 120mm radiator in a Coolermaster Wavemaster?
2) If there is no good place am I going to lose a lot of performance going w/ an 80mm?

thank you.
 

gotensan01

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Jul 6, 2004
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Wow, you're just in luck. I recently added a water cooling setup in my WM case. I was going to make a nice website that detailed my work, but I quickly made a temporary one showing how I installed a 120mm rad assembly. I can go into much further detail if you need me to.

Here is my hard work. Btw, this took around 4 hours. It should be quicker for you because I basically had to figure out what I was doing as I was going along.

EDIT: typos