Cooling options for v2000

[dagnasty]

Greetings All,

I am interested in water cooling a new upcoming rig based around the p5q and the q6600.
The problem is that I have a Lian li v2000 and I do not have the resources available to do any cutting into the case and would rather avoid it if possible. I am mostly interested in CPU overclocking and eventually GPU overclocking on a card to be determined. I have searched around and it seems radiator placement is an issue so if anyone has any setup advice and/or some information on the best method of doing this without modifying the case itself that would be very helpful.


- thanks

 

[theseeker]

Check out the Lian Li case gallery in the case forum. It should give give you plenty of ideas.

 

[bigredhog]

I have a Lian li 2000v water cooled and didnt have to do any cutting for my WC system. In fact Im running a PA 160 Rad which is a fairly large unit no prob. As you can see in my pix it all fit nicely I did remove HD brackets to get some room but they unscrew so no hacking of the case was needed. Iv had this case for a few years they are very nice and roomy for sure!

 

[dagnasty]

Thanks you guys for the response!

This example is along the lines of what I want to do. Do you by chance have some other pictures of this case? Also would a single Rad be enough for a q6600?

 

[bigredhog]

Heres a link of my latest builds some are my wife LL1000 case my 2000V and my sons aircooled Antec 900. I would think one good rad should do it I have been using this setup for a nubers of rigs. Right now I have no prob cooling my i7 at 3.8 ghz, will be cooling the 280 soon. I have run this cooling both CPU and GPU with no prob as well. These are cool running cases to start with, by design they dont build much heat up. Good luck to ya!

http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Bigredhog/P6T computer build/

 

[Yuk]

If you want to add a radiator in the drive bay this is always a good option.

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=332&products_id=21047

You would need 3 of these also. Or get the silver ones if your case is silver.

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210&products_id=23450

This method only works if you have 4 open drive bays thou for a 120 radiator.

 

[dagnasty]

thanks for all the input i really appreciate it, this should give me somewhere to go