Got in all my parts for my watercooling setup today (Eheim 1048, DD Maze1, Innovatek GF4 block, 5x9x3/4" oil cooler, and enough hose and clamps to get it all together 
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Its going to be a closed system all going in an Enermax CS-501 case on my OC'ed axp 1500+ (currently @ 1.7ghz) and OC'ed ti4200 (270/540mhz). I've got a few ideas, but looking for some feedback from you guys.
My proposed ideas to fit all this crapola into my case:
-Going to attempt to get the PSU moved down into the lower 3.5" drive bays, or possibly where the rear 2 exhaust fans go, the drive bays look possible, but I'm not sure about air intake/out for that that, and just the pure fact the physical dimensions dont work now with my 2 HDD's in there, I may possibly place them elsewhere to get the PSU in there. Putting it where 2 exhaust fans are would be pretty easy, just would need to cut out the remaining metal from where the fans are, and since I already totally cut out thsoe areas for the fans, I'd need to make a little bit of a trim plate for it because of some dead space that would exist around the back panel of the PSU. The only problem with this is that if I were to put in a window (which I think I'm gonna wanna do after the WC'ing goes in) is that it would block the view of most of the mobo.
-If I get the PSU moved like I intend to, I had previously bought a HDD cooler that takes up one 5" drive bay, and has a front plate that is basically just a grill with 3 30mm or so fans on it to blow air over the drive. The fans are totally removeable, which would leave me with a nice grill for an intake on the front of the PC. My plan with that is, is to use the top 5" bay and cover that with the grill, and build a duct in a
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shape along the top of my case, with my rad in the area of the I's. This way the air would be pulled up through the fins of the radiator as it was pulled through the duct, as well as seal this off from the rest of the case (and the nasty hot air in there as well). I was thinking of just a straight duct along the top, but I figured that wouldnt work so well as the air would simply get sucked OVER the fins as opposed to THROUGH them I would have a few fans at the end of the duct exhausting the air out the back of the case.
-And seeing as how I only use one CD drive, I have lots of room in my 5" bay, cause I have 4 5" bays, and will only be using 2 (one for cd, one for the grill/cover to the duct. I figure I can put the pump in the lower portion, with the fill tube coming down from the side of the drive bays.
I was going to place the radiator at the bottom of the case pulling air up through the bottom, but I've got 2 PCI cards, my AGP, and another PCI card opening filled up with an optical/digital I/O card for my soundcard, and seeing as how I'm nto having any problems with my IRQ's, I want to leave them as they are now.
Basically I'm just looking for any feedback, and if I'm on the right track with how I might set up my radiator in a duct like that. And of course, I'll have pics
Jeff
)Its going to be a closed system all going in an Enermax CS-501 case on my OC'ed axp 1500+ (currently @ 1.7ghz) and OC'ed ti4200 (270/540mhz). I've got a few ideas, but looking for some feedback from you guys.
My proposed ideas to fit all this crapola into my case:
-Going to attempt to get the PSU moved down into the lower 3.5" drive bays, or possibly where the rear 2 exhaust fans go, the drive bays look possible, but I'm not sure about air intake/out for that that, and just the pure fact the physical dimensions dont work now with my 2 HDD's in there, I may possibly place them elsewhere to get the PSU in there. Putting it where 2 exhaust fans are would be pretty easy, just would need to cut out the remaining metal from where the fans are, and since I already totally cut out thsoe areas for the fans, I'd need to make a little bit of a trim plate for it because of some dead space that would exist around the back panel of the PSU. The only problem with this is that if I were to put in a window (which I think I'm gonna wanna do after the WC'ing goes in) is that it would block the view of most of the mobo
.-If I get the PSU moved like I intend to, I had previously bought a HDD cooler that takes up one 5" drive bay, and has a front plate that is basically just a grill with 3 30mm or so fans on it to blow air over the drive. The fans are totally removeable, which would leave me with a nice grill for an intake on the front of the PC. My plan with that is, is to use the top 5" bay and cover that with the grill, and build a duct in a
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......IIIII____
shape along the top of my case, with my rad in the area of the I's. This way the air would be pulled up through the fins of the radiator as it was pulled through the duct, as well as seal this off from the rest of the case (and the nasty hot air in there as well). I was thinking of just a straight duct along the top, but I figured that wouldnt work so well as the air would simply get sucked OVER the fins as opposed to THROUGH them
I would have a few fans at the end of the duct exhausting the air out the back of the case.-And seeing as how I only use one CD drive, I have lots of room in my 5" bay, cause I have 4 5" bays, and will only be using 2 (one for cd, one for the grill/cover to the duct. I figure I can put the pump in the lower portion, with the fill tube coming down from the side of the drive bays.
I was going to place the radiator at the bottom of the case pulling air up through the bottom, but I've got 2 PCI cards, my AGP, and another PCI card opening filled up with an optical/digital I/O card for my soundcard, and seeing as how I'm nto having any problems with my IRQ's, I want to leave them as they are now.
Basically I'm just looking for any feedback, and if I'm on the right track with how I might set up my radiator in a duct like that. And of course, I'll have pics
Jeff
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