Question about large rads (phobya etc)

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Hey guys

I have a following problem:
I am planing a Corsair 540 mod with 1080 Phobya rad.
I'd like top put it on the right side, outside, in the special 'case' (made by Phobya as well).
The problem is, if I cut the window in the right panel there wont be much left of it (maybe 15-20mm and huge hole in the middle), so I don't think this will have actual strength to hold the rad in place.
So my question is, do I actually need to cut the hole at all?
Or is it enough to just screw the radiator box to the right panel and direct airflow outside, so air isn't blowing into solid wall?

Why do I want to use that rad at all, well, I thought this was a big case and I was planning to use it to make a killer build over time, with 4 gpu's, solid tube watercooling etc, but I realized that it can only take 2 280 rads inside or 280 + 360 if I put fans outside the case + 180 (2x90) rad above the PSU if I remove the SSD cage. And thats absolutely not enough for cooling oc'ed 4770k and 4 high end gpu's.
Thats why I thought about the 1080 Probya, rad, it could probably handle 2 or even 3 gpu's and the rest would be easy.

Anyway, if you know answer to my question, please let me know :)

Thanks
 
I know, I thought about it.
Problem is I am planing to use solid tubing.
Wouldn't be a problem at all with flexible, I could just put some extra tubing, in case I have to move the case a bit. With solid tubing and rad not attached to the case, that would be tricky and could damage the loop.
Let me change my question a bit: Is there going to be any airflow/pressure if there is solid wall just behind the fans? That was my main concern there :)
 
In that case (and assuming that the side panel could hold it), just run the fans in pull. As long as there's a small gap at least, it should be fine.

If you had it on a stand next to the PC, you could just drill holes in the side panel at the right height and use a couple of QDC's and/or bulkhead fittings with a short length of flexible tubing to connect it to the rad. It'd look straight enough.
 
You could cut out nine circles instead of one enormous square hole, and perhaps screw some reinforcing material to the remainder if it's flexing a lot. Radiators have a fair amount of structural strength themselves though, and the 10kg or so it might weigh isn't going to tear screws laterally through aluminium, so I think you'd be OK even with a big square hole.
 
There will be around 25mm space between rad/fans and case panel.
The box that holds the rad have option to put fans on both sides, but I figured that 18 fans would be an overkill and besides I don't want to knock a hole in the wall.
To give you an idea what I am talking about, here is the box:

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I have my 560 rad free standing, just use some quick release fittings between the rad and PC. So you can work on your PC or install another component.
 
Hi again, was thinking of getting that rad but got a Phobya 560 rad new for £66. if l got the 1080 was going to make fan brackets for one 230mm fan on a fan controller would not be hard to do + far cheaper to boot.
 
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