Watercooling in a Lian-Li PC60 or PC61

meths · 26 Jan 2006 at 22:05

Could anyone who's squeezed a watercooling setup into this case please post pics as I don't have a clue where to start with mine.

I don't want to mutilate it too much as I only got it today. :eek:

weescott · 26 Jan 2006 at 22:10

Here's my old PC

http://server6.uploadit.org/files/weescott-radontop_sma.jpg

meths · 26 Jan 2006 at 22:16

Thanks for the pics Weescott.

I've got a thermochill PA160 so I'm thinking I could take out the HDD tray and squeeze the drive in to the floppy disk bay. This would let me screw the rad's shroud onto the 120mm intake fan then put the pump under the graphics card. I really want to keep it all inside the case.

Has anybody done this?

Edit: The rad's too big for that.

weescott · 26 Jan 2006 at 22:21

I *think* that a 120.1 is the biggest rad that you can get in there without modding. It will fit in the roof with modding though!

Believe it or not I got my 120.3 in there once!

loltim · 26 Jan 2006 at 22:25

Thats a PC7+ btw but I think they're similar internally.

CPU block dettached waiting for X2 3800+

loltim · 26 Jan 2006 at 22:40

Just incase the above pic makes it look like the rad > pump tube is kinked heres a pic showing it cooling my old opteron 146.

Theres less than half a litre of water in this loop, really pleased with it

I just got another PA160 shroud today so shortly it'll have a fan on each side, one blowing and the other sucking.

MikeTimbers · 26 Jan 2006 at 22:48

Also check the gallery for other pics.

weescott · 26 Jan 2006 at 22:57

What the heck is that Mike? Looks very old skool.

Martynt74 · 27 Jan 2006 at 14:05

Didnt Marci make a guide to fit a PA160 into a pc60, i'll have a look over at XS as the other forums he posted it on are competitors and it'll probably have been pruned from here

mightynimrod · 27 Jan 2006 at 14:13

Marvt74 said:
Didnt Marci make a guide to fit a PA160 into a pc60, i'll have a look over at XS as the other forums he posted it on are competitors and it'll probably have been pruned from here

Yes mate he did, over on The big fellas too

Martynt74 · 27 Jan 2006 at 14:15

Aye i'm guessing thats a competitor though so can't link to it

mightynimrod · 27 Jan 2006 at 14:18

I linked Tim to that when he was contemplating it.

mightynimrod · 27 Jan 2006 at 14:27

needmorespeed · 27 Jan 2006 at 15:14

whats the pipe that goes to the top of the case for

Martynt74 · 27 Jan 2006 at 15:18

T-Line, eliminates the need for a resevoir as you just pour water down a tube and seal it up

mightynimrod · 27 Jan 2006 at 16:29

needmorespeed said:
whats the pipe that goes to the top of the case for

Yeah, it's purely for filling the system up, sealed with a fillport.

meths · 27 Jan 2006 at 16:43

Thanks for the pics guys. I've got some ideas on what to do now.

I'll post some pics when it's done...hopefully by next Friday.

loltim · 27 Jan 2006 at 19:29

mightynimrod said:
I linked Tim to that when he was contemplating it.

Didn't actually follow that guide, he was drilling and screwing all over the place, I just fixed the shroud to the fan mounting at the front of the case.

meths · 27 Jan 2006 at 21:16

Tim said:
Didn't actually follow that guide, he was drilling and screwing all over the place, I just fixed the shroud to the fan mounting at the front of the case.

That's what I'm gonna do.

I've decided to remove the floppy drive along with the 3.5' bay and the rad will fit easily. Then I'll alter the 5.25' bays at the top to take my hard drive and one optical drive. Might even mount a fan in there as well to cool the HDD.

Seems easy enough at the moment.

What should I add to the deionised water once it's going. Is bog standard anti freeze okay or will I need some inhibitor to prevent rust as well?

matt100 · 28 Jan 2006 at 14:06

skies the limit in these cases if you're mad enough

thats 2 loops and sli cooled.