help with Water cooling

[studio north]

Hi, I am new to this forum,

And i am looking for a water cooling solution fo rmy setup. Internal or External. I am looking to cool the cpu & mobo on 1 loop. and the gtx 480 on another loop.

this is my spec at the moment:

1x Lian Li PC-P80 Case
1x Coolermaster 1000w PSU Modular
1x Intel 980x@4.3ghz
1xNoctua NH-14D Cpu Cooler
1x Asus P6T 7 WS Supercomputer
6x 2gb DDR3 1866 OCZ GOLD (12gb)
1x Asus GTX 480
3x Chembro SK355 5 Bay HD Enclosure
1x Pioneer BLu Ray Writer
1x Areca 1680 ix Raid Controller 16 port
15x Samsung F3 1tb
5x WD Velociraptor 150gb

I can remove a 3 bay hdd enclosure for a res if i have to.

thanks in advance.

Baz

 

[aigomorla]

wow to be honest id keep that case the way it is..

i love how you have a storage capacity like that.

>.<

and to mount a rad u would need to get rid of those hot swap bays.. and omg.. that is a very very difficult choice even for me as i love hot swap bays.

 

[faxon]

how thick is that front door on the P80? you should mod it and put a swiftech MCR 320 or 420 QP radiator in there, it's probably thin enough that it would fit. mod the front so you can have the fans on there and then you're good to go . i thought about getting the armorsuit myself a while back, but the options for installing watercooling inside of it just werent there the way i wanted them. the best way to do WC inside that case is if you mount your radiators externally on the back side of the case using a rad box, just bolt it to the back door and then mount the radiator to it. so long as you have enough support for the radiator it shouldnt be to hard. running your tubing might get a little interesting though, but some 45 or 90 degree rotary fittings should help with that. i still think it would be badass though if you can find a way to fit the radiator in that front panel

 

[EarthwormJim]

It looks like the only place you have room left to mount a radiator is at the bottom (a 3x120), either through a cutout in the side panel, or a cutout on the bottom panel. Unless of course you went external (bleh).

That basically lets you watercool one thing. The CPU or the GPU. Personally I'd watercool the GTX480 since it will scale the best, and it's cooler is already loud.

I do wonder though, would it be possible to have two 320 radiators vertically mounted (or horizontally, one on top of the other) to the side panel? How much clearance is there between the side panel and your video card? Could a radiator and a 25mm fan fit?

 

[aigomorla]

Hey op hoenstly i would think about building another system with a new case.

All that hardware you invested in your current setup is just too good for you to pull out.

That system you have would make one hell of a server or file server.

 

[nitromullet]

I agree with aigo...

With that amount of HDs, you've seriously limited your options for internal watercooling in that case. I'd suggest checking out a Mountain Mods Extended Ascension case. That's really about the only thing that's going to have enough room for all your HD, rads, and leave you some room for future growth.

If I was going to consider external I'd look into the MO-RA 3 Pro. http://www.overclock.net/hardware-news/728832-watercool-hwluxx-mo-ra-3-a.html It was just announced recently by watercool.de so it might take a little to make it to retail. Not as attractive as the MO-RA 2, but it looks like an easier stand alone external rad.