Okay guys I'm about ready to invest in a watercooling system.
Yes i pwn at MSPaint. And yes my wiring sucks
But anyways, as you can see I have 1 SATA HD, and 2 Optical Drives.
This is what I was planning:
Move the HD's into a 5.25" bay (will probably be buying a raptor soon as well). That way all my 4 5.25" bays are taken, but the entire drive rack for 4 HD's is free as well as the 2 3.5" bays. I was thinking of cutting out the drive rack as well as the 3.5" bays and mounting a dual 120mm radiator. As you can see in my hardcore pics, I have about 11" the perfect size for a Black Ice Extreme II or a Heatercore (anybody know if those measurements are w/ barbs?) I would obviously want to cut out the front of the chassis to allow better airflow to the dual 120's. The grill on my case is centered directly in the middle of the case (although the stock fan is offset??). The Black Ice Extreme II's are 5.25 inches wide, which would get in the way of the circled USB mounting bracket (there are two mounting holes, other right below the power switch so this probably wouldn't be a problem). So basically there would be a little sliver of usb card infront of the radiator, no big deal. So what do you guys think, should I cut a 5.25" wide hole with the right side aligned with the right side of the external 3.5" bays? Would this be dumb as part of one of the fans would be completely blocked by the door (intake ends at the bottom of the external 3.5" bays)
The other option is to keep the HD rack, and move the drives down. And mount the dual 120's up top (again have about 11"), but I am worried about space up there (it was 11" from
PSU to front, included wires, so that may be a problem)
I'd kind of prefer to do option 1, but what do you guys think?
BTW does a push/pull combo benifiet radiators? I would want the fans mounted behind the radiators pulling air in right, not mounted outside pushing are in?
Thanks for your help and sorry for the long post.
Yes i pwn at MSPaint. And yes my wiring sucks
But anyways, as you can see I have 1 SATA HD, and 2 Optical Drives.
This is what I was planning:
Move the HD's into a 5.25" bay (will probably be buying a raptor soon as well). That way all my 4 5.25" bays are taken, but the entire drive rack for 4 HD's is free as well as the 2 3.5" bays. I was thinking of cutting out the drive rack as well as the 3.5" bays and mounting a dual 120mm radiator. As you can see in my hardcore pics, I have about 11" the perfect size for a Black Ice Extreme II or a Heatercore (anybody know if those measurements are w/ barbs?) I would obviously want to cut out the front of the chassis to allow better airflow to the dual 120's. The grill on my case is centered directly in the middle of the case (although the stock fan is offset??). The Black Ice Extreme II's are 5.25 inches wide, which would get in the way of the circled USB mounting bracket (there are two mounting holes, other right below the power switch so this probably wouldn't be a problem). So basically there would be a little sliver of usb card infront of the radiator, no big deal. So what do you guys think, should I cut a 5.25" wide hole with the right side aligned with the right side of the external 3.5" bays? Would this be dumb as part of one of the fans would be completely blocked by the door (intake ends at the bottom of the external 3.5" bays)
The other option is to keep the HD rack, and move the drives down. And mount the dual 120's up top (again have about 11"), but I am worried about space up there (it was 11" from
PSU to front, included wires, so that may be a problem)
I'd kind of prefer to do option 1, but what do you guys think?
BTW does a push/pull combo benifiet radiators? I would want the fans mounted behind the radiators pulling air in right, not mounted outside pushing are in?
Thanks for your help and sorry for the long post.