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Hey everyone, I am going to be doing my first real shot at water cooling, and I wanted to run my parts list by some experts to get some advice to see if everything should work together, or if you have recommendations for the build or different parts.
I am getting the Corsair 900D, but I have some concerns with the hard drive cages and using a 480mm radiator in the bottom of the case. I was planning on having a 480 up top, and one down bottom, but I don't think you can have any of the hard drive cages in the bottom of the case with a radiator installed down there (it doesn't look like it from the pictures). It also doesn't look like you can put any of the hard drive cages in the front of the case if you have a 360mm installed in the front which would limit you to one HDD cage that can only be put right next to the PSU. It looks like you can have a max of 6 drives in the case at one time if you want to have dual radiators like that. Has anyone done a dual radiator setup in a 900D?
I plan on cooling 2 EVGA Titan HydroCoppers and an i7 3960X CPU on this loop only, maybe a third Titan later when I get the monitors for it.
Here are the parts I was planning on using so far:
XSPC EX360 (If I can't fit dual 480 radiators)
XSPC EX480 x2 Preferably
XSPC Raystorm CPU Block
Swiftech MCP655-B Pump (Would you advise 2 pumps?)
Phobya Balancer 250 Reservoir
XSPC 1/2" Black Chrome Barb Fittings
Enzotech 1/2" 90 Degree Barbed Rotary Fittings
PrimoFlex Advanced LRT 7/16in. x 5/8in. Tubing
Corsair SP120s on all of the Radiators
I am assuming that all of these will play nice together should I find a good place to get everything mounted nicely. I can't find any other tubing to use on Amazon either (I was planning on ordering everything through Amazon). Also, Would adding a quick disconnect somewhere to the loop make it a lot easier to flush everything every month or two? If so, what kind of quick disconnect should I look into?
Thanks very much for the help! Looking forward to what you all recommend.
I am getting the Corsair 900D, but I have some concerns with the hard drive cages and using a 480mm radiator in the bottom of the case. I was planning on having a 480 up top, and one down bottom, but I don't think you can have any of the hard drive cages in the bottom of the case with a radiator installed down there (it doesn't look like it from the pictures). It also doesn't look like you can put any of the hard drive cages in the front of the case if you have a 360mm installed in the front which would limit you to one HDD cage that can only be put right next to the PSU. It looks like you can have a max of 6 drives in the case at one time if you want to have dual radiators like that. Has anyone done a dual radiator setup in a 900D?
I plan on cooling 2 EVGA Titan HydroCoppers and an i7 3960X CPU on this loop only, maybe a third Titan later when I get the monitors for it.
Here are the parts I was planning on using so far:
XSPC EX360 (If I can't fit dual 480 radiators)
XSPC EX480 x2 Preferably
XSPC Raystorm CPU Block
Swiftech MCP655-B Pump (Would you advise 2 pumps?)
Phobya Balancer 250 Reservoir
XSPC 1/2" Black Chrome Barb Fittings
Enzotech 1/2" 90 Degree Barbed Rotary Fittings
PrimoFlex Advanced LRT 7/16in. x 5/8in. Tubing
Corsair SP120s on all of the Radiators
I am assuming that all of these will play nice together should I find a good place to get everything mounted nicely. I can't find any other tubing to use on Amazon either (I was planning on ordering everything through Amazon). Also, Would adding a quick disconnect somewhere to the loop make it a lot easier to flush everything every month or two? If so, what kind of quick disconnect should I look into?
Thanks very much for the help! Looking forward to what you all recommend.
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