800D Extra Rad Placement

3t3P · 17 Oct 2020 at 09:39

This rad is going out back. I considered adding one below the shelf but will just involve more plumbing.

I'll see what temps I get with the 140 + 360 and if can't get 50 degrees or less under load will add one under the shelf.

Have dug out the case round rubber grommets ready to put tubing through!

3t3P · 23 Oct 2020 at 19:06

Got the rad in (really impressed by it's quality), had to cut supplied screws as i've not mounted through the full thickness of the fan, rather one bit of it only, as wanted to FINALLY (ten years) fit the MNPCTECH fan grill that I needed to file to fit in.

Hope it helps positioning wise, I think it looks neat from where I sit and not too Janky at all.

Where the tubing case holes are there makes it closer than I thought, i'm going to need some 90 degree rotaries, at least two for one run to the radiator inlet. Outlet run I can get away with one 45 degree rotary.

Decided to keep fan as an intake.

SirConfused · 27 Oct 2020 at 22:25

Nice one, it does look pretty neat mounted outside the case. I was worried it would look silly hanging off the back but I could definitely live with that.

What's the loop order going to be? I've been trying to design mine and nothing I've come up with seems very neat so far. My top rad ports are at the rear so I was thinking out of that and into the 140, then that to the cpu block, to the gpu then over to the res but that leaves a massive stretch of pipe back from the res to the inlet of the top rad. Not sure how to manage it better though!

3t3P · 29 Oct 2020 at 09:23

Pump to top 360 rad, to Corsair 140 (external), to CPU, GPU, return to pump Res

3t3P · 29 Oct 2020 at 09:25

SirConfused said:
Nice one, it does look pretty neat mounted outside the case. I was worried it would look silly hanging off the back but I could definitely live with that.

What's the loop order going to be? I've been trying to design mine and nothing I've come up with seems very neat so far. My top rad ports are at the rear so I was thinking out of that and into the 140, then that to the cpu block, to the gpu then over to the res but that leaves a massive stretch of pipe back from the res to the inlet of the top rad. Not sure how to manage it better though!

I have a whole lot of tubing behind the rad up top, there's a star wars channel there you can route into. You might have to move rad of already installed to see it. I'd suggest using that for cleanliness. Are you soft tubing or hard-line though?

Hopefully fittings get here today will upload more pics

3t3P · 29 Oct 2020 at 15:41

Happy with how this turned out, much smarter IMO than tubing sticking out. I can't quite align things with the case rubber grommets on, though may try again when doing the actual install. Likely will need to trim them.

If it helps anyone parts used are:

Corsair XR5 140mm radiator (30mm thick)

my Outlet side is:
Barrow 90deg rotaries x2
Barrow 30mm extension + 40mm extension

my Inlet side is:
Barrow 90 deg rotaries x2
10mm extension + 40mm extension

These are my first Barrow fittings, awesome is all I can say very good quality. They come in individual packets like EK is doing. Really good weight to them and rotary action is reassuringly firm but not too firm. Will buy again excellent VFM IMO.

TOIGHT in here! and yeh disconnected the fan power by accident:

SirConfused · 31 Oct 2020 at 23:54

Oh wow, thanks for the detailed pics. If anything that's convinced me that a new case isn't such a bad idea after all... I've been looking at the 011D XL and for the size and money it just looks like life would be so much easier and I could easily throw another 120.3/140.3 in there and my problems would instantly disappear rather than worrying if the extra 140 would be enough!

3t3P · 1 Nov 2020 at 13:49

SirConfused said:
Oh wow, thanks for the detailed pics. If anything that's convinced me that a new case isn't such a bad idea after all... I've been looking at the 011D XL and for the size and money it just looks like life would be so much easier and I could easily throw another 120.3/140.3 in there and my problems would instantly disappear rather than worrying if the extra 140 would be enough!

True moving to a new case makes radiator placement easier for sure but depends how you want to spend you cash. There are diminishing returns when it comes to radiator real estate, Linus video on that re cooling a 3080/3090.

SO if you are buying a new case and new big radiator which is £90 in effect you may be paying £250-300 for a couple of degrees.

I think this extra rad will be enough, if it isn't I can add one more at the lower partition intake area.

Food for thought