Mounting a 120.2 Rad in case roof

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Anybody here got any tips about mounting a 120.2 thermochill in the roof of my V1100?

What order should it look like i.e. fan grill on top of case, then fans then rad? Or Fan grill, then rad then fans. I have seen many cases with the fans at the top and the rad underneath - does this mean that the rad is attached to the fans and then the fans to the case? I cant think of a way of bolting them both together...

I guess this will also depend on whether i decide to have the fans pulling air into the case or out. Any opinions on this as well?

Cheers in advance.
 
I was also thinking about mounting a 120.2 rad in the top of my case.

The best way to do it in my eyes would be to cut the holes, put the grills on the outside of the case and attach the fans and rad via screws through the grill/case and into the fans.
 
The fans have screw holes on either side, so they can be reversed, it is how the rad can be attached.

Top of the case, fans blowing out, sucking through the rad is a option, or just have the rad in the roof with the fans below.

Quite easily done :)
 
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Piccy of mine, got a top down view as well if you wanted. Its in a v2000b

Takes up loads of space.

My fans are taking air in, im starting to realise now that this is a bad idea as heat is not escaping from what the motherboard is creating, and there is not enough cold air blowing on the mobo, so im going to be changing the fans around to exhaust.

Good choice with the 120.2, but with a 1100 you might be able to fit a 120.3 in maybs? The 1100 is the longer case right?
 
Ah right, ok.

Theres quite a lot of revisions of these cases, theres a plus model now or something right?

OH btw, thats not pink liquid in that loops, its stupid red dye which i would recommend anyone to still clear of :)
 
v300
v600
v800
v880
v1000
v1000+
v1100
v1100+
v1200
v1200+
v2000
v2000+
v2100
v2100+

Probably missed a couple, but give a quick idea :p
 
you can download a .pdf from the ThermoChill site that acts as a template, so you can trace all of the screw holes to be drilled - then its a case of making a cross between the 4 corners to find the center and then armed with a 114mm holesaw cut the hole out, then drill out the 4 corner screw holes and bobs yer uncle. (in theory of course)
 
gr1mey said:
you can download a .pdf from the ThermoChill site that acts as a template, so you can trace all of the screw holes to be drilled - then its a case of making a cross between the 4 corners to find the center and then armed with a 114mm holesaw cut the hole out, then drill out the 4 corner screw holes and bobs yer uncle. (in theory of course)
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Thanks - will probably do this. The silent Tricod fans that i will be using have holes all the way through so i should be able to get some nice anodised (black) bolts to go all the way through. I already have a black AC Ryan grill but the holes dont line up with the rad exactly so might have to see about painting the thermochill one.

I dont need a 120.3 as i already have a PA160 at the bottom of the case as shown below. The aim is to have the one rad cooling the processor and the other cooling the GPU(s). This way i can have the fans on dead slow and hopefully a near silent (but significantly overclocked) PC.

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Possibly also get a case window water cut in the side panel but havent decided on that yet. Will need to tidy up the wires even more for that though. The picture above looks kinda messy but up close u would see summin like this:

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Finally does anyone know where to get black Tygon in the UK? Email me if its a competitor please. I saw it being used on another forum and really liked the look of it. Its also lets no light in at all and hence green stuff cant grow in it i.e less maintenance! :)

Here's a pic taken from other forum.

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gr1mey said:
what waterblock is that u are using?

nice setup btw
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The CPU block is an original Cathar Storm (all the way from AUS). The GPU block is a Polar Flo TT.

In case you were referring to the waterblock in the last pic, do a Google for "ek waterblocks". There are made by a tiny comany in Slovenia, but look like they are pretty good quality. I personally dont see the point of cooling GPU ram, but they look darn nice! :)

RE: TYGON I have found sites in the US that sell it but i dont know if they would ship over here. Maybe i should start a thread to see if others want some and i could order some in bulk! :)
 
Hmmm, seem to have found a place with some black uv resistant tygon r-3400, 1/2OD

But its $200 per 50ft. So thats $4 per foot.

Could get one a bulk buy here if enough people are interested.

Edit: Oops someone posted already.
 
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t_aitch said:
Hmmm, seem to have found a place with some black uv resistant tygon r-3400, 1/2OD

But its $200 per 50ft. So thats $4 per foot.

Could get one a bulk buy here if enough people are interested.
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Yeah its the 3400. I looked for 7/16" as i would prefer this for a 1/2" setup but havent managed to find any.
 
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