Looking for the smallest possible case that will house custom water cooling loop

hughythomas

hughythomas

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Hi guys

The time has come to upgrade my second rig based in a Sugo SG03.

The thing is, I will be upgrading to the GTX 680 in my main rig and use a custom watercooled loop housed in a TJ07.

I am looking for a transportable m-ATX/ATX case (former if possible) so that I can simply move my GTX 580 with EK block into the 2nd rig without hassle.

Having two custom loop based machines make more sense to me as I can simply swap components around and use all the spare fittings/hose I have etc.

What would be the best case for this scenario?

I keep coming back to the Fractal Design Arc Mini - is this pretty much the best?

Ideally I want to be able to cool a CPU/GPU with 2x Dual rads (ideally one rad would be an XSPC RX240) so there has to be space enough to house all of this BUT be transportable as I want to be able to take it to a friends house etc.

What say you guys?
 
I'm intrigued as to the thickness of radiator that the Arc Mini/Arc Midi will fit in the roof...

Wonder if I could fit an XSPC RX240 there for example?

Thanks again for the reply KD - I have done some background research but can't find too many examples of watercooled builds around these cases.

Shoulda gone specsavers I guess.
 
Nice build there dude!

Any more recommendations for small mATX cases that can facilitate a custom water loop setup?

Ideally I'd like to get at least a dual rad in there (thicker rad if possible!).
 
Yer, I can't seem to find that case at all!

I'm liking the look of the new unreleased Bitfenix Prodigy. Granted it is only ITX but this second rig of mine is purely for LANs anyways. Maybe ITX would be more appropriate as I want to keep the portability of the thing!
 
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