Cooling new cooling for a CM stacker

im intending on getting a CM stacker and i want some uber cooling for it, so that means watercooloing, i probly will run dual PSU in the feckin thing and id like if u can recommed parts from this joint as im in Oz

www.below-0.net

here r my system specs.

GB 7n400 pro2 (may change this but i like what i can overclock the thing so im not sure) also no bolt holes so keep that in mind
AMD 2800+
512 ddr333 and 512 ddr266
mx440 soon to b 9600XT ultra
2x optical drives and 5x Hdd
who needs a floppy?

i would prefer stuff this store has but nethin else will come in handy and they can alwayz order in for me

ne help is much helpful thanx

 

good case choice
brilliant for water cooling, uddles of room inside



if you need any info on case im happy to oblige

 

yea i know, mate has one wif dual psu and a x800 things stays cold as a mofo

59 posts and no1 has ne ideas? might get better help over in hardware and overclocking

 

dom,

How easy it it to mount 120mm fans in the front of it without buying additional 3 drive cradles?

 

ermm hmm... you would have to make some sort of bracket up really. they cant be screwed into anything you see... i will take pic...



bit big but it shows the detail
as you can hopefully see you would have to make a bracket that was held the fan and had sides bent inwards to attach to the sides. to attach it you could screw it in direct or use their holders that you screw onto cd drives and they then clip in place. you can see these in the pic, the black plastic piece down the side of the hdd holder.


edit:
also to the starter of the thread dead_man we havnt forgotten you. i cant really comment on the gear your need cooling as i have only ever had pentiums and i have a different graphics card, i can recommend a decent radiator and res though

as radiators go thermochill 120x2 seems good and mine is on the way to me now. also as for res's im get a tank o matic, purely for asethetics alone. because it will look so damm spanky in my case. as for positioning of the res see the grill at the bottom of that pic? it will fit there if i remove the grill and as the case is on wheels the fans will blow air over the rad and straight out the case. to keep airflow good i will reverse the rear fan in the case so i have 2x120mm's bringing air in, 2x120mm's blowing air out, and the top 80mm fan is going as a window will be replacing it in due time

 

ooo cool dom Nice cooling, it quite?

 

yeah the 120mm's are only a little louder than my old 80mm's undervolted to 5v and these fans are running the full 12v

im surprised how quite it is really and my temps went down so much changing from a coolermaster centurion. cpu temp went down around 8 degrees and case temp went down between 9 and 10 and hh'd went down about 10 too
so instead of 40 degree hdd's i now have 31-30 degree hdd's
although the metal behind the fan over the hdd's is going soon as i can feel rather a lot of air blowing back off this. so once this has gone hopefully hdd might go down another degree

edit: removed these pieces and now hdd are at 28degrees

 

back on topic, does ne1 know what kind of watercooling setup i should use in this? coz this is the reason i wanted the case, for watercooling

 

Something with a twin or triple 120mm rad i'd say. I was looking at this case for the same reason but unfortunately there dosen't seem to be a quick and easy way to attach fans to the front of the case... That's where I'd have the rad... there's that much room in there you could use whatever you like, just depends on budget.

 

To be honest, with that much space you may as well just stand the rad up on the floor of the case, and cable-tie (or some other ghetto method of holding it in place) it to the drive mounting holes. You want the fans sucking air through the rad into the case anyway, rather than blowing through, so there's not much point in trying to mount the 120mm fans to the front. And the drive cradle things probably don't space the fans the right distance for a 120.2/3 rad, you'd have to do it yourself whatever you decide.

Another thought is that you might want to cut blowholes in the top of the case and mount the rad there, though then you're sucking already warmed air through the rad...