help a n00b - water cooling

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well first time im posting in here! basically my mates upgraded his water cooling and has given me his old Thermal take big water set up for free! i have a chieftec dragon and what i want to do is screw the rad to the top of the case and run the pipes through two holes that i will drill, what i want to know is do i need to get some rubber rings to stop the hole slicing the tube when its gone through? like an open can kinda thing?

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It is purely cosmetic though, a filed down hole wont cut his tubing like he asked about.

Although it does make a bodged up job look professional by using some trim I will admit. :p
 
I recently done this with my P160.Blowhole trim does make it look cleaner imo ;) Was easy to do,i used a 2p to get the hole the right size ,then used a dremel

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Rob
 
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Mikey1280 said:
Thats quite nice rob, what case do you have? Is it easy to cut through steel/aluminium with a dremel?
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As Yewen says,it's an Antec P160 & the dremel cut throught it with no problems,took about half an hour,took me longer to get the edging on :eek:

Rob
 
What did you use on the dremel, and was it a dremel or a cheap rip off one?

Been trying to find someone who has used a cheaper one as I am in need of one for a few small jobs.
 
Yewen said:
What did you use on the dremel, and was it a dremel or a cheap rip off one?

Been trying to find someone who has used a cheaper one as I am in need of one for a few small jobs.
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I use a dermel clone.It's a Draper multitool with flexi cord,used it for loads of case mods without any problems ;)Has a 100 accesories,just like the dremel. I think you can pick it up new for around £25-30.

collisster said:
The gigabyte 3D aroura has those kind of things built in.
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Yes,i'm aware of that,but don't like the case very much,great idea from Gigabyte though,Twin 120mm blowholes at rear as well.My next case is either a V1000 or V1200 :D Can't quite make my mind up

Rob
 
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Think i had one of those Draper multi tool things - just be careful all the aluminium dust doesnt get in the motor as i think thats what caused mine to burn out quite quickly.
 
Hi guys,

I'm very much new to this case modding malarky. I was looking at multi tools as I intend to water cool a new Conroe come the day, wanting to put the rad on the roof of a PC-7, and found this cheap and cheeful offering:

http://www.toolfinder.co.uk/catalog...=1282&osCsid=817f04d7640674526f8dc309436c4238

Does it look reasonable? And how does the circle/hole cutting actually work with these tools?

Cheers,

Fluff_eei
 
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