watercooling in a coolermaster haf x

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:25

watercooling in a coolermaster haf x,resized pics

i decided to change to full watercooling on my gtx470 and i7 930 clocked to 4ghz.whay did i decide to? well i did it because i love to tinker with things and i love the look of a good water setup.
now i settled on the haf x because i thought it was big enough to get a 360 and a 240 rad inside.when it came to it,i found that a 360 in the top was possible but fitting a 240 in also was a problem.i did'nt want a rad outside the case so i decided to mod the case.
after much worry and thinking i got out the dremel,placed all my tools on the table and ripped everything out
this is what i started with

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:26

now to fit the 240 rad in the case i wanted to put it in the front so i had to take out the front hdd bays

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:28

heres a pic of the 240 rad in place at the front.i also had to take part of the floor out of the 5.25 bays at the top to make the rad fit.note i left a piece in to keep the rigidity

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:29

the 240 rad is a black ice stealth which i think needs a high cfm fan so i fitted 2 scythe kaze 1900 rpm fans which are running on low through my fan controller

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:31

next pic shows where i fitted the res and pump.it also shows some old tubing i used while waiting for the new stuff to arrive so that i could plan the route and order of the loop

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:33

next i fitted the 360 rad in the top with the 3 fans that came with it.not sure what fans they are but they are silent so i'm happy with them

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:35

i took the big front fan out completely

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:36

then fitted ah ex hf full nickel block onto my i7

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:38

then i fitted the ek nickel/plexi full water block to the gtx470

i then decided to order a full back plate for the gtx470 also

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:40

now because i fitted the res at the side at the back of the case the big side fan won't fit so i thought it would'nt be needed now the gtx470 is under water so i removed that also.i fitted it at the top alongside the other one so i have the 2 big fans pulling hot air out and the 3 fans on the 360 rad pushing air out the top

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:44

now i was ready to fill the loop and test for leaks

after much reading about coolants and asking advice on the forum.i decided to not use the bottle of feser 0ne i had and instead use deionised water with no additives as i also have a silver kill coil in the bottom of the res

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:44

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vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:49

now after all this i had a problem as to where i was going to fit my 3 hdd's.i have 2 wd blacks in raid 0 as my main drive so i put those in the 2 hotswap bays in the 5.25 tray.sortedi also hve another hdd for storage and i did'nt have somewhere for that to go so i just put it on sticky pads at the bottom of the case which worked out ok.mt dvd drive was a tight fit because of the pipes from the top 360 rad but i di fit ok.

vectisitch · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:54

when i do jump onto the ssd band wagon i'll then have room for my storage drives so i'm not worried about losing the hdd bays really.
i put this build log together to show it is possible to fit a water loop with 2 rads in a haf x with some modding and keep it tidy.and to show of my hard work.lolol
comments are welcome and if anyone has a better idea about anything i've done then please say,because then i have an excuse to fiddle again.