Which case for water cooling?

[Jagercola]

I'm building a new Athlon 64 system that is going to be watercooled and I need your suggestions for a case. I need 120MM fan holes in the front and back so I can mount a radiator in the front. Also, I'd like enough room to suspend (decouple) 3-4 hard drives. Factor in room for the pump, res, 2x 5"1/4 optical driver, and a fan controller. Those cube cases are nice, but cost 200+. I'm looking for something in the $50-150 range.

Thanks -Jagercola

 

[loco21]

bump!!

 

[drewdogg808]

theres not too many with 120mm in the front and will fit a radiator, but the ams g-tower and antec superlanboy can fit a black ice radiator in the back exhaust.

many people go with the chieftec/antec cases since there's plenty of room and you can fit a heatercore up front even though there are no 120mm holes.

good luck.

 

[Falloutboy]

your best bet is to get a Chieftec and take outt he lower HD bay. then put a 120mm fan hole in the front for the rad.

 

[Jagercola]

I ended up buying a P160 from Antec. Now I just have to figure out if I can mount a single 120MM black ice or heatercore in the front fan intake, or what i would do to put a double 120MM radiator. I've got a pair of tin snips, but I doubt that would cut a straight line or circle. Any suggestions?

 

[echow87]

you can get a nibbler and its works real well, but takes a while to cut the hole.

 

[Falloutboy]

cool that should work out great. if your looking for a kit I got a complete AMD setup with WA261's Dual 120mm Rad that I'm looking to sell LMK if your interested

 

[VisableAssassin]

Only case I know of that has a 120 in the back was that lite-o fs 0200 or whatever...its the same case swifty uses for their pre built WC'd cases....right now ill vote for a lian li PC70 PC75 both have a ton of room ! Hell mine will be having a dual 120 rad mounted up top this weekend 🙂

 

[echow87]

yup, i got one too and I can fit:

vapochill
watercooling system for gpu/chipset
up to 9 hd!!!!
1-2 cd drives