not to expensive case to use with dual 120mm rad

[stirfryguy]

im headed back to watercooling (now cooling a pentium 805) and i just bought a dual 120mm rad.

i'm now looking for a case that will support front or rear mounting.. i use to have an old chieftec case that i had to get rid of the drive cages to fit the rad..but i dont want to get rid of any hdd space

anybody got a reccomendation that's not to restricting on airflow and not to expensive? less than 100 but prefer less than 60

 

[TrevorRC]

Keep the current case and chop a hole in the top

 

[stirfryguy]

well my current case is the qpack

i kinda did a mini destroy my old case/anger management

 

[soloz2]

if you get a Swiftech Radbox then just about any case can support a double rad on the back. You'll just have to drill a couple holes for the tubing to go through. My aspire x-navigator works great for a double rad mounted on the rear (I actually have a double heater core which is bigger)
here's a pic
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/2125/img2027116pw.jpg

I am currently modding a cm stacker to fit a tripple rad so once that project is complete I'll be moving my rig over to the stacker. If you like the x-navigator I'll be selling mine in the not so distant future.

 

[stirfryguy]

hmmm interesting...very interesting...might have to try it or might as well just go for http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811233002

 

[soloz2]

Originally posted by: stirfryguy
hmmm interesting...very interesting...might have to try it or might as well just go for http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811233002

I looked at that case for my current build but decided to go w/ the cm stacker instead. I've heard some good about that case, but I've also heard that it is cheaply built. not sure. Regardless it will still have you pulling warmer air from inside your case through your rad so you might want to consider a rad box regardless. Just something to think about.

 

[Zepper]

Aerocool Spiral Galaxies? Codegen 9011 (dealsonic, ewiz), and a couple of the server case companies sell cases that could handle WC modding: http://www.buildtoorderservers.com, http://www.servercases.com .

And there are several "full tower" cases at Newegg that could be modded into shape: Aspire X-Navigator, I-Star Nitro, InWin X710. Beyond that, the prices get kinda crazy. Plenty other full tower cases around that could be whipped into shape. I've seen 'em from $19. up.

.bh.