Soldato
Whilst I've built a few water-cooling setups for others, mainly just installing kits (e.g. EK-KIT P280) that people have bought. I personally don't like the bulky look with pump/reservoir, thick tubing (even if hardlined for a neater look) especially when doing a CPU + GPU combo.
I have often preferred the less invasive/cluttered AIO look with smaller braided tubes not getting too much in the way. I have now installed a X62/G12 combo for my GPU (excellent cooling performance), but I would like a full water block on the GPU which would overall look neater.
So, I have an idea to do a more 'stealth' install that looks a bit more AIO from outside the case..
The idea would be to use the quite large space behind the PSU in the bottom compartment to horizontally mount a pump/reservoir combo, then bring the thinnest (possibly braided as well)tubing from the GPU/CPU blocks as neatly as possible into the PSU compartment, and do the cross over between blocks and pump/radiator connections..
Forgive the terrible diagram, I'm just trying to show approx layout (RAD will be front mounted, 360 or possibly 420 in a Phanteks Evolv X (Already have the case). There is a nice hole near the GPU for the tubing to go into the PSU compartment easily and I would route the CPU tubing across then down close to the radiator through the opening to the PSU/Bottom compartment.
Most obvious observations for me are
- Much longer tube lengths than normal, is this crazy?
- Is there any fittings for 10mm OD tubing, or is 13mm OD pretty much the thinnest?
I'm not after super overclocking performance, just 280mm AIO levels of noise/cooling really but from an easier to control setup that doesn't require iCUE/CAM or other bits of software that you end up being at the mercy of the manufacturer as to when they'll break something in the next update.
I have often preferred the less invasive/cluttered AIO look with smaller braided tubes not getting too much in the way. I have now installed a X62/G12 combo for my GPU (excellent cooling performance), but I would like a full water block on the GPU which would overall look neater.
So, I have an idea to do a more 'stealth' install that looks a bit more AIO from outside the case..
The idea would be to use the quite large space behind the PSU in the bottom compartment to horizontally mount a pump/reservoir combo, then bring the thinnest (possibly braided as well)tubing from the GPU/CPU blocks as neatly as possible into the PSU compartment, and do the cross over between blocks and pump/radiator connections..
Forgive the terrible diagram, I'm just trying to show approx layout (RAD will be front mounted, 360 or possibly 420 in a Phanteks Evolv X (Already have the case). There is a nice hole near the GPU for the tubing to go into the PSU compartment easily and I would route the CPU tubing across then down close to the radiator through the opening to the PSU/Bottom compartment.
Most obvious observations for me are
- Much longer tube lengths than normal, is this crazy?
- Is there any fittings for 10mm OD tubing, or is 13mm OD pretty much the thinnest?
I'm not after super overclocking performance, just 280mm AIO levels of noise/cooling really but from an easier to control setup that doesn't require iCUE/CAM or other bits of software that you end up being at the mercy of the manufacturer as to when they'll break something in the next update.
