Hi guys, its time for a new build and im looking at building a media sever. was originally gonna be air cooked but im toying with the idea of watercooling it.
Im going for an AMD A8 7600 so not additional GPU to cool, and im gonna be using the phenom itx case. Only issue is im going to be using this machine as my home server, ill start out with 2x 4tb hdd but would like to be able to use all of the hdd cages if necessary.
Questions:
1] how much clearance is there in the top of the phenom if you just remove the odd cage? could i fit in a slim line 240 rad and slim line fans? I think a slim black ice comes in at 30mm and a thin fan at 15mm, could i get 45mm out of it whilst keeping both hdd cages in? could anybody measure their phenom and give me a number?
2] leaving the hdd cages in gives me nowhere to mount the tube res/pump combo. im not keen on drilling through the case side, so id be looking to mount it on the side of the hdd cage or the back panael above the mother board.
3] if i cant get a slim 240rad and fans in the top id consider a single 120 on the back. that should be enough as im not really likely to do any gaming. or should i put another 120 in the roof as well?
noise wise will a w/c set up be more silent than 2/3 slow case fans and a quiet cpu fan?
thanks guys
Im going for an AMD A8 7600 so not additional GPU to cool, and im gonna be using the phenom itx case. Only issue is im going to be using this machine as my home server, ill start out with 2x 4tb hdd but would like to be able to use all of the hdd cages if necessary.
Questions:
1] how much clearance is there in the top of the phenom if you just remove the odd cage? could i fit in a slim line 240 rad and slim line fans? I think a slim black ice comes in at 30mm and a thin fan at 15mm, could i get 45mm out of it whilst keeping both hdd cages in? could anybody measure their phenom and give me a number?
2] leaving the hdd cages in gives me nowhere to mount the tube res/pump combo. im not keen on drilling through the case side, so id be looking to mount it on the side of the hdd cage or the back panael above the mother board.
3] if i cant get a slim 240rad and fans in the top id consider a single 120 on the back. that should be enough as im not really likely to do any gaming. or should i put another 120 in the roof as well?
noise wise will a w/c set up be more silent than 2/3 slow case fans and a quiet cpu fan?
thanks guys