Thought I'd start a thread about the features we'd like to see in a series of cases that would be ready-built and targeted to house water-cooling or phase-change cooling of the buyer's choice.
My one item... I wish the major case manufacturers would offer a "stretch" version of their popular cases that would easily accommodate pump, rad, res, phase change, etc. in a bottom compartment It's a PITA to do component swaps/maintenance with all the watercooling gear cramping up the mobo area in most configs using non-cube cases.
Separate home-made water cooling boxes seem to be gaining popularity, but it would be great if some cases were just made "ready to go" to accommodate most watercooling or phase change gear. All that is needed is 7 - 10" or so of open space under the motherboard / drives compartment.
The Lian Li PC-Vx and Coolermaster CM stacker are nice (and expensive), but they still cramp the bottom compartment by moving the PSU and/or drives to the bottom.
Here's a Photoshop-created sample using a full tower Chieftec of what I'd spend some extra $ on to save time on case-modding or external box-building.... this would hold 6 x 5.25, 2/6 x 3.5 external/internals + watercooling gear on the bottom.
My one item... I wish the major case manufacturers would offer a "stretch" version of their popular cases that would easily accommodate pump, rad, res, phase change, etc. in a bottom compartment It's a PITA to do component swaps/maintenance with all the watercooling gear cramping up the mobo area in most configs using non-cube cases.
Separate home-made water cooling boxes seem to be gaining popularity, but it would be great if some cases were just made "ready to go" to accommodate most watercooling or phase change gear. All that is needed is 7 - 10" or so of open space under the motherboard / drives compartment.
The Lian Li PC-Vx and Coolermaster CM stacker are nice (and expensive), but they still cramp the bottom compartment by moving the PSU and/or drives to the bottom.
Here's a Photoshop-created sample using a full tower Chieftec of what I'd spend some extra $ on to save time on case-modding or external box-building.... this would hold 6 x 5.25, 2/6 x 3.5 external/internals + watercooling gear on the bottom.
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