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I've been planning on getting a watercooling kit for my cpu. I'm not gonna WC these graphics cards, but they'll be replaced soon and the new card/cards will be added to the loop.
My case is massive... but it doesn't really have anywhere I can mount a decent sized radiator near the edge. The HDD cage stops me putting a 2x140mm in the front and the two 120mm on the rear are seperate so if I use them it'd have to be two 120mm radiators. Not enough really.
I don't want to modify the case externally. I don't want top vents as I put stuff on the case, and the sidepanel is blocked by it's position under the desk.
This is the layout of my case. A lian li PC-A70F. (Photo is off the web, not my actual pc).
From what I can tell there are 2 options. Put the PSU on the top where that HDD case is, make holes + dustfilters in the bottom, and have a radiator running the whole length of the case sucking air through the bottom.
Second option would be just to stick it in that massive space between the drive-bays and the mobo tray. Vertical, facing front-back. This is the easier option (no case modding), however I'm not sure whether it'd be effective due to it's position right in the middle. I'd keep the 2x140mm fans in the front so they'd be blowing over the HDD's and into the radiator.
So..... is this a viable idea? Or would I be best abandoning it and modding my case to fit the rad underneath?
Thanks in advance.
My case is massive... but it doesn't really have anywhere I can mount a decent sized radiator near the edge. The HDD cage stops me putting a 2x140mm in the front and the two 120mm on the rear are seperate so if I use them it'd have to be two 120mm radiators. Not enough really.
I don't want to modify the case externally. I don't want top vents as I put stuff on the case, and the sidepanel is blocked by it's position under the desk.
This is the layout of my case. A lian li PC-A70F. (Photo is off the web, not my actual pc).
From what I can tell there are 2 options. Put the PSU on the top where that HDD case is, make holes + dustfilters in the bottom, and have a radiator running the whole length of the case sucking air through the bottom.
Second option would be just to stick it in that massive space between the drive-bays and the mobo tray. Vertical, facing front-back. This is the easier option (no case modding), however I'm not sure whether it'd be effective due to it's position right in the middle. I'd keep the 2x140mm fans in the front so they'd be blowing over the HDD's and into the radiator.
So..... is this a viable idea? Or would I be best abandoning it and modding my case to fit the rad underneath?
Thanks in advance.