Case for watercooling

semper_si · 2 Dec 2006 at 00:21

Ah, my first post in this forum. Have heard many good things about the wisdom of the contributors here, so thought I'd try my luck

Essentially I'm in the planning stages of building a watercooled PC, and my first task is trying to select a decent case. I've built quite a few PCs in the past, but this is my first foray into water cooling... Anyhoo, my upper limit on cost is around £100, and I've managed to make a short list of the following:

Thermaltake Shark

Akasa Eclipse 62

Antec P180

Lian Li PCA10 (the most expensive being over budget ~£149)

Antec 900

My main problem is figuring out where to put radiators without having to cut holes into the case. Ideally I'd like to mount them internally too... Or is there another case anyone can think of?

Thanks in advance for any help

semper_si · 2 Dec 2006 at 08:30

Thanks agentbob, and good job with the 180! I was hoping to use a dual rad a cool the northbridge, gpu (not SLI yet) and CPU, then overclock a little - I just don't know if the 180 is entirely up to the task?!

semper_si · 2 Dec 2006 at 11:19

CaSh_MoNeY said:
Just a heads up, you should edit your post as it contains competitors of OcUK. They are not allowed on these boards.

Aah... sorry... will do

semper_si · 2 Dec 2006 at 12:03

okimanoob said:
Will need to edit the Akasa Eclipse link as well - competitor

Best to use manufacturers link to stay withing forum rules

eh? Custom pc don't sell the box... it's just one of their reviews

semper_si · 2 Dec 2006 at 21:37

So looks like Eclipse 62 is flavour of the month then

Well, a dual rad is all I was planning anyway - will I need to cut holes in the roof, or will this be cutting free? I don't mind drilling new holes into the frame, but actually taking a tool to the external aspects of the case fills me with some dread! :eek: