Best watercooling case?

[NinjaJedi]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: Mech0z
Those are really nice but not that pretty though^^, but damm they are expensive with their UK reseller 400$+ that is above what I am happy to pay I think

:laugh:

Front:
http://i125.photobucket.com/al...aigomorla/IMG_0709.jpg

Side Inside
http://i125.photobucket.com/al...aigomorla/IMG_0721.jpg

Rear
http://i125.photobucket.com/al...aigomorla/IMG_0722.jpg

Yeah those are 4 raptors in raid0
http://i125.photobucket.com/al...aigomorla/IMG_0727.jpg

My second radiator:
http://i125.photobucket.com/al...aigomorla/IMG_0692.jpg


<3 MM however its kinda big. People get my computers mixed up and think the MM is the NAS and the NAS my main.

And no i dont have patience... whats this thing called load time? OH you mean when im waiting for everyone else to load? <sarcasm dont take me seriously>

Is that the new modular design?

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: NinjaJedi

Is that the new modular design?

no its the U2-UFO.

 

[NinjaJedi]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: NinjaJedi

Is that the new modular design?

no its the U2-UFO.

Yes I know. They have revamped the design of the U2-UFO cases. Its called hyper modularity.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: NinjaJedi

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: NinjaJedi

Is that the new modular design?

no its the U2-UFO.

Yes I know. They have revamped the design of the U2-UFO cases. Its called hyper modularity.

oh... didnt check it out...

no its an old one. Custom done by sneaky. Why it has all the rubber gromets.

 

[NinjaJedi]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: NinjaJedi

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: NinjaJedi

Is that the new modular design?

no its the U2-UFO.

Yes I know. They have revamped the design of the U2-UFO cases. Its called hyper modularity.

oh... didnt check it out...

no its an old one. Custom done by sneaky. Why it has all the rubber gromets.

Check the MM home page. I think its a better design but $10 more

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: NinjaJedi


Check the MM home page. I think its a better design but $10 more

i already did.. and its nice. It would allow you to custom what you want and you could buy spare parts to change your config

I dont think i'll buy another MM tho. There a bit too big for my taste right now.

I have a Black TJ-07 sitting right here empty. Im going with that on my next build. Only problem is i have 2 boards in front of me as well. 780i and DFI LT X38. And i cant decide on what platform i want to go with. :T


But Mountain Mods are nice, but if you ask any owner whose had it for a year, they'll all tell you, it gets kinda boring after a while.

 

[NinjaJedi]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: NinjaJedi


Check the MM home page. I think its a better design but $10 more

i already did.. and its nice. It would allow you to custom what you want and you could buy spare parts to change your config

I dont think i'll buy another MM tho. There a bit too big for my taste right now.

I have a Black TJ-07 sitting right here empty. Im going with that on my next build. Only problem is i have 2 boards in front of me as well. 780i and DFI LT X38. And i cant decide on what platform i want to go with. :T


But Mountain Mods are nice, but if you ask any owner whose had it for a year, they'll all tell you, it gets kinda boring after a while.

Doesn't everything get boring after a while for an enthusiast?

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: NinjaJedi

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: NinjaJedi


Check the MM home page. I think its a better design but $10 more

i already did.. and its nice. It would allow you to custom what you want and you could buy spare parts to change your config

I dont think i'll buy another MM tho. There a bit too big for my taste right now.

I have a Black TJ-07 sitting right here empty. Im going with that on my next build. Only problem is i have 2 boards in front of me as well. 780i and DFI LT X38. And i cant decide on what platform i want to go with. :T


But Mountain Mods are nice, but if you ask any owner whose had it for a year, they'll all tell you, it gets kinda boring after a while.

Doesn't everything get boring after a while for an enthusiast?

QFT!!!

Dayam... you got me there...

 

[Rodknock]

Right now I'm sold on the Silverstone TJ07 as being the best watercooling case I had previously purchased a Stacker 810, but my Hitler-esque demand for aesthetic perfection didn't jive with the 810's bulky, unappealing industrial-look. I'm in the process of returning it to Newegg for the TJ07. Don't get me wrong, from everything I've read on here and elsewhere you can do some amazing stuff with the T01 and 810, I just think they could use an overhaul in the visual department.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Rodknock
Right now I'm sold on the Silverstone TJ07 as being the best watercooling case I had previously purchased a Stacker 810, but my Hitler-esque demand for aesthetic perfection didn't jive with the 810's bulky, unappealing industrial-look. I'm in the process of returning it to Newegg for the TJ07. Don't get me wrong, from everything I've read on here and elsewhere you can do some amazing stuff with the T01 and 810, I just think they could use an overhaul in the visual department.

They've had one, it's called the 830 and the 832 and it's a pain in teh @$$ to mod compared to the t01/810. It's a pain to mod compared to just about anything else I've worked with, and thats a really really really long list of cases.

 

[Mech0z]

Made this much better drawing now with measurements (In cm, not inches)

http://images.uploadimago.net/52943h2o.jpg

There aint much space even if I remove the top panel

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Mech0z
Made this much better drawing now with measurements (In cm, not inches)

http://images.uploadimago.net/52943h2o.jpg

There aint much space even if I remove the top panel

Don't worry about fitting the pump and reservoir up there. Check out aigomorla's layout, mounting the pump and reservoirs in the unused 5.25" bays is realistically the best way to go. Running them all the way to the floor adds unneccessary tubing length and trying to cram it all in the top just makes life more dificult then it needs to be.

 

[Mech0z]

But that would remove alot of my 5.25" slots. But you think its a dumm idear to install it all top? It would forfill my wish of having all the watercooling parts in the top of the case and isolated from the rest of the hardware. But it would make it possible to install a PA120.3 though

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Switch reservoir to a swiftech microres and with the pump mounted sideways and the res it would eat up 2 5.25" bays. Wait, is this still going in a stacker or in your p182?

 

[Mech0z]

This is for the Lian Li PC-A70 http://files.shg.dk/images/pro...7LJAISRGVJ_529_500.jpg where I want the upper part above the bar as watercooling.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Whoa, when did we switch to an A70? No wonder I was lost. Depending on the number of hard drives you have I think the best install for the A70 is to put the radiator at the top, the pump in the top lower hard drive bay and depending on reservoir right behind the hard drive cages shouldn't get in the way.

 

[Mech0z]

Originally posted by: Mech0z
Case: I am gonna go with this Lian Li PC-A70/A71 It looks awesome and is perfect for fitting a radiator in the top. http://files.shg.dk/images/pro...WEH1KFKLSA_529_500.jpg

Here 3 days ago

But yes that sounds like a plan I was just wondering if tubing from there would be a problem, atm I only have 1 hard drive, but I want more later (1 flash when they get a proper price) but 4 should be enough.

Also where does the pump shoot? Top or side I would guess its top but I am not certain

 

[Rodknock]

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12

Originally posted by: Rodknock
Right now I'm sold on the Silverstone TJ07 as being the best watercooling case I had previously purchased a Stacker 810, but my Hitler-esque demand for aesthetic perfection didn't jive with the 810's bulky, unappealing industrial-look. I'm in the process of returning it to Newegg for the TJ07. Don't get me wrong, from everything I've read on here and elsewhere you can do some amazing stuff with the T01 and 810, I just think they could use an overhaul in the visual department.

They've had one, it's called the 830 and the 832 and it's a pain in teh @$$ to mod compared to the t01/810. It's a pain to mod compared to just about anything else I've worked with, and thats a really really really long list of cases.

Yeah I see that case (the 830 and its variants) everywhere--'front pages' of newegg, zzf, etc., vendor reviews in Maximum PC or PC Gamer, the list goes on. IMO, and I know a LOT of people seem to like those cases, I can't stand the way they look, haha. Just my opinion since I've never worked on one before...but from what you're telling me, that isn't exactly a joy either.

 

[Mech0z]

I made a solution like the one you said now http://images.uploadimago.net/46476Untitled.jpg I just don't have precise measurements of the case so some of it is estimates!

Btw. about the reservoir, I really like this model, if I place it as in solution 2 I can have pump on on one of the side holes and the end of the loop on the other side, then have a drain in the bottom and a fillport connected to the top, but the drain is probably not possible because its not the lowest part of the system.

Picture: http://www.tweakup.dk/images/article/1354/8.jpg http://www.tweakup.dk/images/article/1354/10.jpg

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Depending on the fan and direction you will more than likely want the fans pushing air through as they're typically more efficient that way. With solution 2 it is pretty much perfect flow-wise. The extra tubing will have no measurable effect on the system. I would put the resevoir lower down though, that will give you a more defined bottom of the loop so you could T off the inlet for a drain. Ideally the set-up would go pump>radiator>blocks>reservoir>pump but quite frankly the difference between having your radiator right before your blocks and right after your blocks is 1-2C load so long as you're not over-taxing the loop.

 

[Mech0z]

Well my reservoir needs to be higher than my pump so it can run down to the pump while filling? Else its going to be very hard to fill it. :/

 

[DerwenArtos12]

With the reservoir you're using so long as the top of the reservoir is at the same level or just a little higher than the top of the pump it's pie to fill. Just fill the reservoir all the way to the top with fluid filling as much of the fill line to your fill port as you're comfortable with and give it a few minutes to settle, the fluid will start to come out the outlet of the pump then you can pull your 24 power connector and jump it to get the pump to spin over a little and that'll pull fluid through. Just keep pulsing the pump on till fluid starts coming out the outlet of the radiator. then put the cap on your fill port and run the pump till you see fluid fill the lines or the reservoir gets to about 25% full. re-fill and re-peat. Make sure to tip the case to the rear for a while, then to the front for a while then back to the back for a while as you're bleeding the system to make sure you get the air out of the radiator.

 

[Mech0z]

Ehm my case love has just taken a spin in the direction of something close to the MM mods http://www.hardwareforums.com/...ular-cube-case-1-12167 its not cheap but it would make it all SOO much easier. And there is a lot of accessories. Then separating the water cooling and the hardware would be a breeze

 

[DerwenArtos12]

A 343? You're not kidding are you?

 

[Mech0z]

well other than not being that pretty its got some damm nice features for watercooling