spec me a water loop

cloud84

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i've been out of the water cooling arena for a long time now and I am thinking of making a return.
Things seem to have changed a lot so I am a little bit confused. I used to trust DangerDen and HW Labs for my gear but now there are some new kids around and DD is nowhere to be seen.
So spec me a water kit, but there is a catch.
It will be going into a PC-7FNWX and I have no way of modding that case. So all the gear has to fit inside without drilling or cutting anything.
The case has a 14cm fan at front and top and a 12cm fan at the back. I would like to cool CPU and 2xGPU. I will not be cooling VRMs. I am looking for a 4GHz range overclock with 6 core i7 or Phenom II.

I am all ears :)

This is what i had in the past.

http://loader.sc0rian.com/files/12/SLI Rig/finished2 001.jpg
 
Looking at the case, there doesn't look to be enough room at the top between where the motherboard would stop to utilise the 140mm spot for a radiator.

You could get a 120mm radiator on the back for the CPU and a 140mm radiator in the front for the GPU if you are willing to lose all the drive bays there and put your HDD in the 5.25 bays.

So if you do one loop which would be the most efficient in this scenario, but you say 2xGPU, what GPU's are you thinking of?

If they are something relatively cool like a GTX460 then you might be able to get away with it but its not going to be quiet, its going to be loud as you will need pretty fast fans to keep the temps down. Anything higher than a GTX460 and I'd be worried it wouldn't be able to cope.

Not a great case for watercooling really. :(
 
yea, it's a terrible case for WC.
I was thinking along the lines of doing two loops in there. One loop dedicated to CPU using a 12cm rad at the back and another loop with a 14cm rad at the front. But where can I find a 14cm rad?
I can lose the hdd bays and get one of those Lian-Li drive bay converters. I have no use for all those 5 1/4" bays at the top. Maybe i can then squeeze two res/pump combos at the bottom, where the hdd bays are.
i dunno, i kinda despair looking at the case, that's why i asked for advice.
I will be going with some nuclear powered GPUs so going with one loop and a 12cm rad isn't an option.
 
Then I would sell the case.

You could maybe get a H50 for the CPU on the 120mm fan, that would keep the CPU loop separate and you wouldn't need a pump or res as its all built in.

If you do go down the watercooling route for the gpus, then you might be able to get two 140mm radiators in the front but its going to be a tight squeeze.

As for 140mm radiators there are around 6 at least, here is an example:

Magicool 140mm Copper Single Radiator : 140D
Dimensions : 183x29x142mm
price: £ 24.99, inc VAT 17.5%

Hardware Labs Black Ice® GT Stealth 140mm Single Radiator : GTS140
Dimensions (WxDxH) : 153x29.6x171mm
price: £ 35.99, inc VAT 17.5%

EK CoolStream XTC 140mm Single Radiator Black : XTC 140
Dimensions LxWxH : 177 x 145 x 55mm
price: £ 36.99, inc VAT 17.5%

Phobya G-Changer V1.2 140mm Single Radiator : G-Changer 140 V1.2
Dimensions (WxDxH) : 150x75x195mm
price: £ 39.99, inc VAT 17.5%

Hardware Labs Black Ice® GT Xtreme 140mm Single Radiator : GTX140
Dimensions (WxDxH) : 153x54x171 mm
price: £ 46.95, inc VAT 17.5%

Hardware Labs Black Ice® SR Series 140mm Single Radiator : SR1 140
Dimensions (WxDxH) : 153x55.9x171 mm
price: £ 46.99, inc VAT 17.5%
 
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i would but then the logical step is to buy a bigger case and i do not have the floor space or desktop area for a big case. Any similar size cases out there that will make my life easier?
 
Good question, its a midi case right? Perhaps the PC-P50 would be ok, it could take a slimline 280 rad in the roof and you could mount a 280 in the front 5.25" bays. Stick with an SSD for storage and you can velcro it to the chassis somewhere
 
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