25mm Fan Spaced Radiators?

Shayper

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Hi guys, just about finished with the dremel today, will be posting pictures up later :) but basically I have taken both hard drive cages out of my Phantom, cut the larger one down to three bays and replaced it, and also cut a side window, which is currently being covered by mesh until I finish cutting the acrylic to shape :)

But, I'm planning to install a 120.2 rad in the bottom of the case (the reason that I cut out the hard drive cages [the amount of rivets I had to drill out :mad:]) and I found out the fan spacing is 25mm...

Which pretty much chucks the idea of me getting an XSPC RS240 kit out of the window, as the rad spacing on that is 15mm, probably going to get the 120.3 version instead and install it in the roof. However, I will be installing a 120.2 rad in the bottom at some point for when I get 2 core only GPU blocks.

Which leads me onto my question: What is the best 120.2 Rad with 25mm fan spacing to use with 4 quiet fans in push pull? Sorry for the wall of text, would understand if you felt like TL;DR, but would appreciate any replies. Thanks :)

EDIT: A quick search shows the Black Ice Stealth GT has 25mm fan spacing, how does this radiator fare? If it isn't as good I will be willing to drill holes in the bottom of the phantom, but it is such a chore :(
 
Just be careful, thermochill changed the later rads to the 15mm spacing. As you have MM access speak to ToxicTbag or look in his for sale thread, I believe he has some for sale, although they may be triple rads and not duals.
 
As above, the 25mm spacing is only found on older discontinued Thermochill PA rads, MM or the bay :)
 
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Shayper said:
EDIT: A quick search shows the Black Ice Stealth GT has 25mm fan spacing, how does this radiator fare? If it isn't as good I will be willing to drill holes in the bottom of the phantom, but it is such a chore :(
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Erm, does it? I have one here and can categorically say that it's 15mm like basically all other radiators besides the earlier PA120 series.
 
Looking at some photos of this case I guess you are talking about the case side when you say bottom? It looks to have a double fan arrangement built into the side.

Even if the fan spacing is 25mm you can still happily fit a 15mm spacing rad there, just support the rad from the case side by one fan only. The other fan you just attach to the case side and not to the rad, or if you want use velco or something between the rad and second fan. You will end up with the second fan slightly offset on the rad from where it should be but nothing which will affect performance so you'd notice, especially if you are push-pulling.

One fan will easily support the rad so don't think that is an issue and from the outside you will be none the wiser as the fans will line up with the side panel holes correctly.
 
No I'm literally talking about the bottom of the case, there are two fan mounts previously occupied by the hard drive cages, I will be cutting the fan mounts out of the side of the case, might be putting a second window there to match with the first larger one (I'll upload pics of the larger when I get on my pc :))

Cheers for the info on just screwing in the one fan on a 15mm rad, guess I can just use cable ties to secure the other to the case, and the other two pull fans won't be a problem :)

Thanks everyone for your help :)
 
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If you look at the HDD cages there, think the taller one but cut in half (the bottom part missing), that's where the rad is going to go :)

Edit:along the bottom where the fan grills are I mean :rolleyes:*facepalm*

Edit2: This is what the taller HDD cage looks like now :)

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Shayper said:
EDIT: A quick search shows the Black Ice Stealth GT has 25mm fan spacing, how does this radiator fare? If it isn't as good I will be willing to drill holes in the bottom of the phantom, but it is such a chore
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Hi Shayper, l'm using the BI GTS 360 version cooling my 920 CPU 4.2GHz + GPU gtx 470 850:1700:2000, at 1 hour of p95 core temps > 67:68:70:72'c, plus l'm cooling my GPU at idle at the same time, both in the same loop, Viper fans work well with this Rad mine never go over about 1450 +my rad is mounted on the rear of my FTO1 and l can't here the Vipers. :)

l'M about to change Rad this week, so my 360 will be up for sale > Rad / x3 Vipers / x3 Xilence fans / PWM Spliter / 4pin molex to 4fans / fan screws + washers, all in very good condirion if your interrested. You can see my rig in the Watercooled Case Gallery - OLPHART-Project Tight Wad.
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Could you err.. save the rad, fittings and pwm splitter for me ploxorz? Get paid on thursday, and may as well grab that for the top rad, then all I need is the core blocks and ramsinks :)
 
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