Best Water cooling case for < £150?

Monkeyspaz5000 · 6 Jan 2012 at 15:13

Best case for Water cooling < £150?

I currently have a Zalman Z9 plus case. I could possibly fit a 240 rad and maybe 2* 120 rads, but it would be a tight squeeze!

Seen the xigmatek Elysium, which seems to have loads of space for rads etc.

Any other suggestions? Cheers.

edgedemon · 6 Jan 2012 at 15:43

CM690 II
If you google it you will find a few build logs where they have 2 x 240 Rads, top and bottom....
That is what Im planning next...

Monkeyspaz5000 · 6 Jan 2012 at 16:06

Seems cheap. Any links to builds mate?

Staffy50 · 7 Jan 2012 at 12:39

Xigmatek Elysium is easily the best case i've seen and used..

Check out my unfinished build log to get an idea of it.

Avathar77 · 7 Jan 2012 at 12:41

+1 for Xigmatek Elysium
or if you can find a 2nd hand one, go for TJ07

scottmuir424 · 7 Jan 2012 at 12:44

+1 for xigmatek good solid build quality cant beat it

Staffy50 · 7 Jan 2012 at 12:47

Stinger53 · 7 Jan 2012 at 13:07

+1 for Xigmatek Elysium

or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-036-CS&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=1489

shahpor · 7 Jan 2012 at 13:54

I replaced my CM690II with an Elysium.

While the CM690II is a great case, for watercooling I would definitely suggest the Elysium. Would be much less hassle and has much more room for future expansion.

Monkeyspaz5000 · 7 Jan 2012 at 14:18

Staffy50 said:
Link

that is a beast of a case. Especially for my matx board!! (don't ask why I bought a matx board! My error!)

Staffy50 · 7 Jan 2012 at 22:31

Monkeyspaz5000 said:
that is a beast of a case. Especially for my matx board!! (don't ask why I bought a matx board! My error!)

Yeah, it makes mine look tiny haha.. Plent of room for watercooling though

edgedemon · 8 Jan 2012 at 09:13

Some CM690 builds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YzbR3cHiNE&list=PLECDD4BEAF5D8B1A1&feature=mh_lolz

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18257239&highlight=cm690

search on youtube as there are loads

There are much better cases out there, but a mid tower case that can take 2 rads for just over a ton, can't go wrong. A CM690 will be my next build and my first waterooled machine before I move to a TJ07 or TJ11 next year..

Staffy50 · 8 Jan 2012 at 14:37

CMII690 can only fit two small 240's in it i think? Not much room if you want full loop sli/cf..

Monkeyspaz5000 · 8 Jan 2012 at 15:32

Yeah... Sli/crossfire and CPU to be cooled.

wildman · 10 Jan 2012 at 19:05

I think 2 x 240 rad in a 690 would a seriously tight squeeze. YOu would get one in the roof ok, but to get a 2nd one in the bottom might be a challenge.

Thats the inside of my current 690 build, forgive the cable mess this was a phot taken mid buildbefore I tidied everything up. To get a 240mm in the bottom you will deffiantely need to rip out the lower part of the HDD cage, then I think depending on how long your PSU is you might run into space issues trying to squeeze it in

Monkeyspaz5000 · 10 Jan 2012 at 19:24

Yeah, it can be done if you remove the lower hd cage. Like you say though, you have to also watch the ps length.

Decently priced though.

MouthBoy · 10 Jan 2012 at 20:25

Its possible with 2 thin rads. One at the top and one at the bottom. You can actually just about get 3 in I believe as you can have a 120mm rad at the front too but I have only seen that once, unsure how much modding was done. I am looking to dual rad my 690 at some point so been looking into this for a while.