Water cooling my machine, is it feasible?

[Shehriazad]

Hey there pals, I've been thinking that after years of being an airhead (hah) I want to try watercooling for the fun of it.

I am not afraid of having to do some custom work...but I am not sure if watercooling of any sort would be feasible in this mini cube that I would like to try it with.

Again, I am not looking for a more efficient method of cooling as this build (see sig) really doesn't generate a lot of heat...but I want to do it for the experience.


Now the question is....could it actually work?

Let's ignore the budget for now. (Of course we should stay reasonable) The case I would like it in is the Cooltek U2 which does have constraints, but has room to mount 2 additional 120 MM radiators in the case.


So if anyone has any idea what kind of watercooling I could use in this build...be it some "ready to just install" or some "ghetto" DIY that is known to actually work...give me all you got!

For now I'd really only care about the CPU itself...unless of course just going full water would be smarter.

Here a picture of how it currently looks:

P.S. One of my Ram sticks is currently in RMA and both slots are usually filled...just in case that matters for room.

 

[Burpo]

Feasible, but posted in wrong section.. You may get better help posting in Cases & Cooling..

 

[Shehriazad]

Feasible, but posted in wrong section.. You may get better help posting in Cases & Cooling..

Yea, messed that one up. Just gonna wait for a mod to move it.

 

[Aikouka]

My opinions are purely based upon eyeballing images and not actual clearance numbers.

Honestly, I don't think you'll be able to get a decent setup in there without crazy modifications. There just isn't enough clearance in any spot. Here's a build log where a guy made serious changes to get it to work: http://www.overclock.net/t/1442893/project-ot-ov-ultimate-watercooled-cooltek-u2-5-1-update .

 

[xthetenth]

That looks very tight. If by water cooling you're including AIO solutions it may well be viable, if not it likely wouldn't. You should probably include a picture of the whole thing as well though.

 

[Inzone]

It will be tight to try and fit water cooling parts in there and you may have to be looking a combo parts. Like reservoir/ pump , CPU/ pump or radiator / pump parts because of the limited space.
The good thing is that the big CPU fan cooler will be removed and a much smaller water block in it's place.
I have seen pictures of small cube cases being water cooled , but I think it's better to have some experience with water cooling first.