Need case reccommendations

metsrule3186 · Mar 10, 2004

hey, im looking to setup a water cooling system but have never modified a case before and wanted to know which cases would be good to use that dont require modification. i was originally planning on getting a coolermaster wave master case but i have searched the forums and found that people cannot fit the radiators/ heatercores in them without making adjustments. i am looking for a case that preferably has external usb and firewire ports, and maybe sound ports, and also has a side window.

Korndog · Mar 10, 2004

i don't think there is any case that can fit a heatcore without some slight adjustments..
My Antec plusview AMG1000 fits a heatercore in front if i take out the second 3.5" bay (which is as easy as drilling through the bolts that hold it). (same with the chieftech dragon)
waht you COULD do is get a BIX or just a black ice, which are smaller, and get a sonata which has a 120mm fan space in the back. simply screw the heatercore to the fan, then the fan to the case and ur done, no modifications what so ever.

metsrule3186 · Mar 10, 2004

who makes the sonata

Soja · Mar 10, 2004

Antec

ILikeMy240sx · Mar 10, 2004

I would still cut out the "grille" on the hole tho... Not too difficult but does require a dremel.

Silent Buddha · Mar 10, 2004

How hard would it be to remove the side-way hard drive mounts in the Antec Sonata/3700BQE/P160? Then you could put a heatercore there and move the hard drives to the floppy cage.

ILikeMy240sx · Mar 10, 2004

Silent Buddha said:
How hard would it be to remove the side-way hard drive mounts in the Antec Sonata/3700BQE/P160? Then you could put a heatercore there and move the hard drives to the floppy cage.

That's exactly what I did... If you only have 2 HDDs then I suggest you do that... then again you might need that HDD cage.

metsrule3186 · Mar 10, 2004

would it be a big deal to use a small radiator instead of a heatercore and if i were to use one would that work inside a coolermaster case. also i have seen people create a fan hole in the top of the case and put a radiator there. is that hard to do cause i think it looks pretty cool. and would there be a tutorial on doing it somewhere.

Voodoo Rufus · Mar 11, 2004

Don't like making shameless plugs too often, but I made a list of decent H2O cases here (in the sticky section):

http://www.ocforums.com/vb/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=260240

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