Which cases should I be looking at for triple radiators?

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I realized that I have enough spare parts laying around to put together another 4 GPU rig - but they'll only fit if they're water cooled. There are a bunch of cases which can fit 2x 360x45mm radiators, but I'm not certain that will be enough cooling unless I start keeping my living room at 60f/15.5c.

Are there any cases that allow for 3x360 rads which aren't gigantic? Maybe even also with space for dual D5s? I already have a Corsair 1000D, and, while it is gigantic, it is also kind of a POS which is much larger than it really needs to be. What else should I be looking at?

Since this isn't going to be an overclocked build, I could get away with just 2x360 rads and deal with the higher fan speeds. My goal, however, is to have it be quiet enough to leave in my living room and not have the fans take over the atmosphere of the room. I'm intending to use it as an extended compute node, so it will routinely be running at 100% load for a few days at a time.

I don't need any allowances for drives as this build will have only a single NVMe as its only storage.
 
should tick the boxes without braking the bank.
https://www.newegg.com/anthracite-grey-phanteks-enthoo-luxe-2-full-tower/p/N82E16811854089

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I took a look at that one but it looks like it can't quite get the job done. It is one of the cases (like the Corsair 5000D) which can fit radiators in three positions but cannot fit 3 radiators. The front two positions end up interfering with each other.
 
djstarfox said:
Have you considered the Lian-Li O11D? They claim support for 3x360.
https://www.newegg.com/white-lian-li-pc-o11-dynamic-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811112582
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Try the XL version, while I only have 2 360 radiators in mine, I could put a third in if I hadn't gotten the distro plate to put in the front glass area. Also, although it is large, there's the ThermalTake W100 that will hold 3 360, or even more.

https://www.newegg.com/black-therma...ke_w100-_-11-133-302-_-Product&quicklink=true
 
Maybe look at cases that support two 420 mm radiators. Two 420 will have almost as much area as three 360.
 
jerry8169 said:
Try the XL version, while I only have 2 360 radiators in mine, I could put a third in if I hadn't gotten the distro plate to put in the front glass area. Also, although it is large, there's the ThermalTake W100 that will hold 3 360, or even more.

https://www.newegg.com/black-thermaltake-core-w100-xl-atx-super-tower/p/N82E16811133302?Description=thermaltake w100&cm_re=thermaltake_w100-_-11-133-302-_-Product&quicklink=true
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The Thermaltake W100 will hold a 420mm up front, a 480 up top and two 480mm radiators behind the motherboard tray. With a P200 pedestal, it can hold two additional 480mm radiators.
 
Thunderdolt said:
I took a look at that one but it looks like it can't quite get the job done. It is one of the cases (like the Corsair 5000D) which can fit radiators in three positions but cannot fit 3 radiators. The front two positions end up interfering with each other.
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The front two positions interfere, but that means you can still have three 360 radiators, front, top and bottom.
 
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