Thought i'd start a new thread for this since its outgrown the original.
Basic premise is to watercool my P180 mini... Owners of this case will realise that its probably not the easiest of tasks! Especially since its going to be self contained.
I've already got a 7" lcd modded into the front panel, so there are limitations imposed on this build from the start. I've also a windowed door that will feature at some point.
Initial problem is the radiator... There is no space internally for a 120.2 or larger, and i'm going to need at least that to cool a e8500 and 4870 (and I7 in the future). So I elected to attempt a car heater matrix as the main rad.
This was going to be mounted in the top with the big boy above and 2 120mm fans below... However there is a premium for space so i've dropped the big boy for the time being (option is there to mod it back in later).
The heater matrix will be held in by a piece of perspex that will be mounted to the rear fan mount to provide support.
As you can see i've lost both 3.25 bays and the top 5.25 bay. In the 2 bottom 5.25 bays i'll have 2 laptop optical drives and a single hdd... I'm planning to build a perspex 3.25 mount so I can attach 2 hdd's to the front fan as shown.
That needs some more thought but I think the concept is sound.
Watercooling spec is tbd.. I've an lga775 Danger Den block that I may use, although i'm going to try to get hold of some XSPC gear. Pump is an aquastream XT Ultra, and it will serve as fan controller for the 2 heater matrix fans. Should fit as shown here.
Res is tbd as i'm very limited to mounting positions... Rather not use a fill port if I can fit a res in.
Thoughts and comments....
Basic premise is to watercool my P180 mini... Owners of this case will realise that its probably not the easiest of tasks! Especially since its going to be self contained.
I've already got a 7" lcd modded into the front panel, so there are limitations imposed on this build from the start. I've also a windowed door that will feature at some point.
Initial problem is the radiator... There is no space internally for a 120.2 or larger, and i'm going to need at least that to cool a e8500 and 4870 (and I7 in the future). So I elected to attempt a car heater matrix as the main rad.
This was going to be mounted in the top with the big boy above and 2 120mm fans below... However there is a premium for space so i've dropped the big boy for the time being (option is there to mod it back in later).
The heater matrix will be held in by a piece of perspex that will be mounted to the rear fan mount to provide support.
As you can see i've lost both 3.25 bays and the top 5.25 bay. In the 2 bottom 5.25 bays i'll have 2 laptop optical drives and a single hdd... I'm planning to build a perspex 3.25 mount so I can attach 2 hdd's to the front fan as shown.
That needs some more thought but I think the concept is sound.
Watercooling spec is tbd.. I've an lga775 Danger Den block that I may use, although i'm going to try to get hold of some XSPC gear. Pump is an aquastream XT Ultra, and it will serve as fan controller for the 2 heater matrix fans. Should fit as shown here.
Res is tbd as i'm very limited to mounting positions... Rather not use a fill port if I can fit a res in.
Thoughts and comments....
