Recommendation for DVD and water cooling

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I have a couple 3080s and 3090s I installed waterblocks on that I have been using for mining. It was quite the beast of a contraption I built, using a fountain pump, heat exchanger and then swimming pool water to cool everything. Well, that was that and now eth mining is done and I am left with a few cards with full cover waterblocks. So, I figure I may as well use one in my machine in a couple weeks...they are paid for after all and better than what I've got. I've never built a real custom loop before other than the afore mentioned beast, so I'm working at getting my ducks in a row.

I run a 5800x but who knows, that may be a 5900x or 5950x someday.

Then, I have a cooler master N400. From what I have been reading, while the specs say it can fit a radiator, reality says otherwise. Soo, guess step one is a new case.

The tricky bit here....I still use a DVD drive for extracting DVDs for my EMBY machine, so for my set-up, I still require at least one full sized 5.25 drive. Then, as I rip, i do rip them onto a 3.5in spinning drive before I upload them to the EMBY box.

Any recomendations out there for a good case that still has a 5.25in drive bay??

Thanks-
 
I just picked one of these up full tower
Core V71
 

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Phanteks , otherwise get an external enclosure for the DVD, that's what I did.
 
kydsid said:
Phanteks , otherwise get an external enclosure for the DVD, that's what I did.
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I was looking at that one or maybe the antec dp502 flux. I like how on a phantec it can be plain jane, no clear panel. Just a computer...no bling.
 
owcraftsman said:
Phanteks has the best cases to build in I've come across for water cooling cable management.
Enthoo Luxe Tempered Glass
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I've been reading about them for the past hour trying to figure them out. I figure for the 3090 I need at least a 240mm rad based on what LTT tested a year or so ago. Then the CPU is going to need another 120mm at least. Throw in 120mm for safety/quiteness, etc, and I'd need to have at least double 240s.

It looks like I can get a single 240 up top while still having the DVD. Then I can get another 240 in front, but I think I'd need to remove the hdd drive cages. Does that sound accurate?


Vashypooh said:
id probably just get a usb dvdrw. It honestly will make it simpler I think.
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DVD extraction seems to digest portable drives. I've gone through two already. The internal I have just seems to chug along.
 
If you don't mind bigass super towers the thermaltake x71 will house pretty much anything wcing along with your dvd drive no problemo.
 
RE: Enthoo Luxe. I use a 280 up top in pull and a 240 up front in push/pull and use a Monsoon Dual Bay D5 which still leave room for a optical drive. Never any woories about heat. The cooler they run the longer they last.
My rig sig below I use an external Nova 1080 with disconnects but my other Luxe is mentioned above. Both cool CPU and GPU. All overclocked and Gaming CPUs barely hit 60c and GPUs 42c
 
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applegrcoug said:
I've been reading about them for the past hour trying to figure them out. I figure for the 3090 I need at least a 240mm rad based on what LTT tested a year or so ago. Then the CPU is going to need another 120mm at least. Throw in 120mm for safety/quiteness, etc, and I'd need to have at least double 240s.

It looks like I can get a single 240 up top while still having the DVD. Then I can get another 240 in front, but I think I'd need to remove the hdd drive cages. Does that sound accurate?




DVD extraction seems to digest portable drives. I've gone through two already. The internal I have just seems to chug along.
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they make USB 5-1/4 external cases you can pop a DVD into. I had my friend get one when I upgraded his case to one that didn't have drive bays.
I can't remember which one I had my friend get but it's just like this,
https://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NST-536S3-BK-NexStar-External-Enclosure/dp/B01MRUN0HQ

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owcraftsman said:
Good Luck with the build post some pics :D
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I'm not sure anyone will want to see it. I'm more concerned with function than looks....

And it is more of a remodel I suppose....

The one that will really be interesting is my son's. When I pieced it together, I grabbed an old atx case from 2012 from the waste bin at work. The price was right...I actually grabbed two. One is my emby box and it has a big rack for muliple hard drives, which is great when I have five drives. But it is totally a generic black case that has a 120mm fan mount in the rear and I think an 80mm in the front with a top mounted PSU. It can hold up to a 11in GPU....woooooooooo. But here is the kicker....for some reason, he just loves that thing. Won't let it get upgraded. I figure I can drill out a bunch of holes in the top and mount a 20mm thick 240mm rad. The top mounted PSU means I won't crowd badly on the MB. It'll have to crowd into one of the 5.25 bays, but that's ok. We don't use it. I just hope a 240mm will handle a 3080. I'd love to throw the 3600xt on the loop too, but that may be asking too much.
 
I once mounted a 360 rad with a radbox off the the rear of the case at the 120 rear mounted fan worked a treat with a couple holes for tubing. ;)


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I almost have everything...

Turns out planning to use my mining GPUs for rigs makes sense....dang it has tanked.
 
owcraftsman said:
RE: Enthoo Luxe. I use a 280 up top in pull and a 240 up front in push/pull and use a Monsoon Dual Bay D5 which still leave room for a optical drive. Never any woories about heat. The cooler they run the longer they last.
My rig sig below I use an external Nova 1080 with disconnects but my other Luxe is mentioned above. Both cool CPU and GPU. All overclocked and Gaming CPUs barely hit 60c and GPUs 42c
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For more reference, I have the Arctic Cooling Liguid Freezer II 420mm AIO mounted in the top of my Luxe TG and also have a BR/DVD drive in there as well.
 
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